Stress-Free PoE w/ BONE ZOMBIES! Relax & SSF League Start-End w/ “Any” Items & 1-Button | 3.16

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pizzamachine wrote:

Is it better to go with montreguls grasp or a rare minion wand?

The unique is better at clearing mobs pack like Blight, rare minion wand is better at most situation.

Wow, thank you so much for this build! At lvl 78 with only 4-links I'm able to clear much higher content than my lvl 89 arc which. Can't wait to see how far this one will take me, and I'm allready at higher tier maps than I've ever been. :)

Up to level 89 now with the build. I've followed it without a lot of deviation except for the 6 link. Swapped meatshield and stun for multistrike and Vaal summon skeleton.

I feel safe so far at low red maps but later on maybe I'll go back to the more defensive setup.

Also having the skeletons on tap for bosses and gigantic packs is just too good to pass up.

According to POB with just zombies I'm at around 1.1M dps which is respectable but not "delete all content" level. Just throwing skeletons into the 6 link turned my total dps into 2.2+M for bossing. That's a hell of a boost from one gem slot.

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nburke wrote:

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Thanks for this great guide! Love playing this build and I finally feel like deaths are because I messed up and not some bs.

Awesome, nburke! Thanks for taking the time to be kind. I'm glad the build is working well for you! (This is the 3.16 thread with 3.16's changes. I'm wasn't sure if you were following the 3.15 or 16 version.)

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flipside wrote:

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Skipped last league and just started again now. Desided to go for a chill build this time, and well... this truly is a stress free build :D Just throw an orb in big packs every now and then and just run in circles. It's perfect! Just hit maps and so far it's doing very good. thanks for this great build guide :)

Hey Closed Beta Supporter flipside! I'm glad the build suits you so well! The game can be so fun when you find something like that. :) Thanks for taking the time to be so kind.

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pizzamachine wrote:

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Is it better to go with montreguls grasp or a rare minion wand?

Hoenstly, pizzamachine, it's pretty equal. The pros and cons come out pretty evenly. Just make sure you have an even amount of zombies. Mon't's rounds down when it cuts your zombie #s in half.

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Shadehawk wrote:

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Wow, thank you so much for this build! At lvl 78 with only 4-links I'm able to clear much higher content than my lvl 89 arc which. Can't wait to see how far this one will take me, and I'm allready at higher tier maps than I've ever been. :)

That's great Shadehawk! Good for you! It's so exciting to break records and experience new content. Good for you! Thanks for passing it on. I appreciate you taking the time to be kind :).

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kraken9911 wrote:

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Up to level 89 now with the build. I've followed it without a lot of deviation except for the 6 link. Swapped meatshield and stun for multistrike and Vaal summon skeleton.

I feel safe so far at low red maps but later on maybe I'll go back to the more defensive setup.

Also having the skeletons on tap for bosses and gigantic packs is just too good to pass up.

According to POB with just zombies I'm at around 1.1M dps which is respectable but not "delete all content" level. Just throwing skeletons into the 6 link turned my total dps into 2.2+M for bossing. That's a hell of a boost from one gem slot.

Nice changes kraken9911! Good choices for sure. Smart support and skeletons are so hard to pass up. Especially the Vaal skill. And smart to know you may need more defence later, too. Nice work!

Nice guide, both to follow exactly and to use as starting point. I'll report my experience doing the later:

I started the league by following the build exactly, but I found that the "glancing" part of Glancing Blows were still hurting a lot, so I adapted the tree for full blocking. Right now I'm lvl 91 with 73% attack blocking, 72% spell blocking, 11k armour and using an Aegis Aurora, which gives back like 500 ES each time the witch blocks.

Here's the adapted Path of Building: https://pastebin.com/gZJcSDuL

The highest investment so far was 1 exalt for a 6-link Ambu's Charge (no particular reason for this chest other than I found it cheap) and 70c for the Aegis Aurora. Everthing else I bought for 2-5 chaos apiece.

Other changes from the build:

1) I defaulted to cyclone as the main skill, because then I don't have to worry about phasing. I thought it'd be hilarious and thematic if I linked it with CWC and SRS and I've been not disappointed by this so far. The flaming skulls help!

2) I also defaulted to a more traditional CoDT setup, using Immortal Call besides the desecrate + bone offering. With a guard skill on auto, I went for Commander of Darkness instead of Bone Barrier.

3) Specters are a more traditional 1 Carnage Chieftain + 2 Host Chieftains. I tried running with an Undying Evangelist, but I find hard to stay inside the force field, specially when it matters.


With the current setup I had no problems getting into red maps and taking the atlas to awakening 8. Delving and running heists are are also smooth.


My plans for improving the build from here are:

1) Getting lvl 21 gems for the skills (getting Vaal Skeletons in the process)

2) Putting the skeletons on a Hungry Loop and leaving the helmet for the specters (and maybe an animated guardian?)

3) Finding a decent amulet (I got the one I have equiped for 1c) and annointing it. I'm thinking Testudo or Deflection (not sure which one would be better) for even more blocking goodness, but maybe a defensive minion Notable would work nicely too.

4) Tuning up the best support setup for the zombies and skeletons: I'm running the zombies with the current support gems because I didn't bother changing the socket colours yet lol.

Another smooth league start with my favorite build. Thanks again for always updating it for each league.