[3.14] Odif's Old Obsolete Skel Mage Guide, New one is in a new thread

Hey dude,

this build is awesome. Im playing hardcore and never got that far with any other character.

Can anyone take a look at my character and maybe tell me what to do next? Im feeling save on t7 maps but got like 50c right now to spend and wanna upgrade before it becomes too hard.

thanks in advance and thanks again for your guide

Thanks Odif for a great guid!

This is my first time playing POE and i reached T16's, defeated 10-man Maven. Only Sirius A2 still left(2tries RIP).

I wanted to ask you, and other's who are posting here with improved builds, what my biggest reason of constantly dying in T16?

I think it's because of lack DPS? Boss fights taking forever/Metamorphs also getting me to die :D My gear i think is on my character page.

I'm res capped at least 110% each, except chaos. I'm still with Tabula Rasa for that +2 gem lvl. Afraid to drop it for other with defensives and lose DPS.

Here's my POB https://pastebin.com/s3qDV59P

When i checked Cold mage DPS in POB it's like 50k dps lower than lightning, what skill would be good to replace Storm Brand?

Hello. This is really a great build.

What is your opinion to Summon Holy Relic? I Used it from the beginning on. Makes some things to minions.

Really loved the build, took it from scratch to killing the Maven tonight and am very happy with how the build scales when you get some currency. I still do seem to die sometimes and it definately isn't one of those immortal builds, but it's been great fun and got to 96 with it while doing any content :).

Gear:


Anyone have any suggesting on how to make the build more tanky without sacrificing to much damage?

~Nixxar

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Alf_AS wrote:

do mages also benefit from attack speed though? PoB seems to indicate they do. it probably doesnt matter anyway because maybe every source of minion attack speed also gives cast speed?

PoB is innacurate sometimes.

Just guessing, it says Mages get a benefit from attack speed because the base skill gem (melee skels) does.

Mages use a projectile spell, and benefit from anything that buffs projectiles and spells.

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OldManWithABaby wrote:

Hi Im using this build and i am just entering red maps.

My minions have never had issues dying, even without vitality.

my question is your guide says to use vitality and zealotry when with mages (which I have vaal skele and dead reck)

If I have vitality in the 2nd wand with desecrate and bone offering as per your guide and i take skitters out of the boots, what do you put in the boots in place of the skitterS?

Thanks!

Vitality is mostly for our own regen, anything it does for minions is a bonus.

It does not matter where you put skitterbots, but DO not get rid of them. They are a HUGE dps bonus.

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Meliserad wrote:

Hello. This is really a great build.

What is your opinion to Summon Holy Relic? I Used it from the beginning on. Makes some things to minions.

Summon Holy Relic requires that you ATTACK.
This build has us using SPELLS, so holy relic will never proc.

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luchat wrote:

Thanks Odif for a great guid!

This is my first time playing POE and i reached T16's, defeated 10-man Maven. Only Sirius A2 still left(2tries RIP).

I wanted to ask you, and other's who are posting here with improved builds, what my biggest reason of constantly dying in T16?

I think it's because of lack DPS? Boss fights taking forever/Metamorphs also getting me to die :D My gear i think is on my character page.

I'm res capped at least 110% each, except chaos. I'm still with Tabula Rasa for that +2 gem lvl. Afraid to drop it for other with defensives and lose DPS.

Here's my POB https://pastebin.com/s3qDV59P

When i checked Cold mage DPS in POB it's like 50k dps lower than lightning, what skill would be good to replace Storm Brand?

I do not know enough about surviving HC endgame, to even know what to say.

As far as cold spell, if you dont mind casting often, you can try Freezing Pulse.
If you dont mind channeling, Winter Orb.

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Nixxar wrote:

Really loved the build, took it from scratch to killing the Maven tonight and am very happy with how the build scales when you get some currency. I still do seem to die sometimes and it definately isn't one of those immortal builds, but it's been great fun and got to 96 with it while doing any content :).

Anyone have any suggesting on how to make the build more tanky without sacrificing to much damage?

~Nixxar

Ya, the build is not tanky at high level, and I think would require too much modifications to make it so.

It does what it does, gets you deep into endgame, with minimal currency, with easy newbie friendly playstyle.

For dominating juiced t16 maps deathless, and such, other builds may be better.

This build was never meant to be a build to dominate the endgame deathless. It's meant to help newbies who have never gotten to endgame.

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Nixxar wrote:

Really loved the build, took it from scratch to killing the Maven tonight and am very happy with how the build scales when you get some currency. I still do seem to die sometimes and it definately isn't one of those immortal builds, but it's been great fun and got to 96 with it while doing any content :).

Gear:

Anyone have any suggesting on how to make the build more tanky without sacrificing to much damage?

~Nixxar

Oh, i see you bought my old body armor! :-)
I actually feel rather tanky, and all i have different i think is keeping my 3 endurance charges up all the time (from cluster jewel), keeping myself in a range of +3k ES spore, and trying to time the use that vaal molten shell correctly. That gives me way more effective HP to play with. Every time i recast skeletons (which is all the time), my regen goes up, from another cluster, because that counts as minion dead.
Simulacrum is a good test for that, if you can stay safe in between monsters in last two waves, you are fine.

Checking your setup, I think you need higher level molten shell (you stoped leveling yours for some reason), and have a vaal one, and probaly have another defensive flask - what do you need mana one for?