Summon Raging Spirits

Hi.

I was wondering, what's this buff's potential. It says that it deals damage based on your %phys damage so I assume that if I use a staff this skill will do minimal damage, yes? Is it meant to be used with a strong weapon?

Thanks in advance.

Summon Raging Spirit is a persistent buff that summons minions (Raging Spirits) when you cast fire spells.

The minion has its own stats, only determined by skill level. So it is independent of your weapon, other than + to skill levels.

It is most commonly used in minion builds, due to scaling.

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Avaricta#4758 wrote:

Summon Raging Spirit is a persistent buff that summons minions (Raging Spirits) when you cast fire spells.

The minion has its own stats, only determined by skill level. So it is independent of your weapon, other than + to skill levels.

It is most commonly used in minion builds, due to scaling.

Thank you very much for your answer. So the % of phys damage converted is from the minion itself, right? Therefore if I wanted to boost its damage I'd have to invest in minion damage and fire damage, and weapon and spell damage is irrelevant to this particular buff, right? Or would global increases to %phys damage also affect it?

If I understand what you typed correctly then yes. Everything that scales minions damage works.

Some examples.

Does work:
- Increased minion damage
- Allies have ... (minions count as allies)
- + to minion skills
- Support gems for Summon Raging Spirit that increase minion damage, physical damage, fire damage, ...

Does not work:
- Increased fire damage
- Increased physical damage
- Increased attack damage
- Increased spell damage

Edit:
And yes, the conversion effects the minion itself. The minion has a base physical damage based on the skills level. 70% of that base damage is converted to fire.

Edit 2:
Indirect sources to scale damage, debuffs on the enemy. For example:
- Fire Exposure
- Break Armor
- Flammability

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Avaricta#4758 wrote:

If I understand what you typed correctly then yes. Everything that scales minions damage works.

Some examples.

Does work:
- Increased minion damage
- Allies have ... (minions count as allies)
- + to minion skills
- Support gems for Summon Raging Spirit that increase minion damage, physical damage, fire damage, ...

Does not work:
- Increased fire damage
- Increased physical damage
- Increased attack damage
- Increased spell damage

Edit:
And yes, the conversion effects the minion itself. The minion has a base physical damage based on the skills level. 70% of that base damage is converted to fire.

Thanks a ton for your detailed post! It's so much clearer now. Thank you for your patience, now I understand the skill!

You're welcome. And sorry for the bump but I forgot this:

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Edit 2:
Indirect sources to scale damage, debuffs on the enemy. For example:
- Fire Exposure
- Break Armor
- Flammability