Animate Guardian

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HH_PoE wrote:

Can we please get rid of the "lose all items on death" bs and just make it go on a long cooldown/give the player a debuff that prevents recasting AG for a period of time?

Bad AI, needs empower and +level spam to gain any real measure of survivability no matter what you put on him...

Make the Haku mod effect all the gear on the g when one mod is present on one piece of gear so we can use the useful unique chests with him?

I've come to accept that this skill is nothing but a trap for players.

Even in Hardcore if you die, they don't delete your gear. They simply move you out of the league to Standard.

Then there's AG, whos got a double standard on him. For one, if he dies in PvP you DON'T lose him. BUT, if he dies in PvE, they simply delete all the gear on him.

Its really stupid, and this skill will NEVER see any real use because of the constant item sink trap that he is.

Edit: And for anyone who would cry that he would be OP without the item deletion, stop and think about it for a mintue.

He requires at LEAST 2~3 gem slots just to survive high level map trash (nevermind the fact that most bosses or a nasty pack will instagib him). If you don't have a dedicated summoner tree hes even more fragile.

So you have to give up precious gem slots to gain, what at most, will amount to a 15% damage buff for most people. Not to mention his suicidal AI means you probably won't even get to enjoy it for that long anyways, and you've now got 2~3 gem slots that are being tied up (or you can try to swap them out mid map, meaning your taking up 2~3 inventory slots in your bag for spare gems just to replace for him when he dies).

actually he can easily survive high level maps in a 1 link if your build right , (ie you have methods to over cap his resists and you give him a ton of block)


my guardian can get around 8.5k life, have 75% block + 74 spell block under bone offering and 8.5% life regen.

he is a 0 link aura totem, there are a few bosses i don't use him on of course but he can survive.


but even then i would never ever invest more than the 3 chaos in unique items i have on him at any given time

In PvP if you unsummon the guardian you can not resummon it.

pls, make animate guardian available for pvp only chars!!

You really need BiS gear in order to have the guardian actually keep up with zombie damage. And even then, you got 1 guardian and 10 zombies

is there any way to see what gear the guardian has equipped? If not, can this be implemented in the future?

No , and maybe.



if you happen to build using unique items, their skins will tell you everything you need to know


but generally for a standard aura totem guardian the items that might have variable stats would be the feet and gloves , and those almost always pack move speed and resists.

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Saltychipmunk wrote:

No , and maybe.



if you happen to build using unique items, their skins will tell you everything you need to know


but generally for a standard aura totem guardian the items that might have variable stats would be the feet and gloves , and those almost always pack move speed and resists.

could you clarify what else an aura totem guardian would wear? Leer cast, dying breath, and zahndethus cassock? Wouldn't that mean you're relying on bone offering for block chance instead of using flesh offering for clear speed?

Does equipment with +strength give the Animate Guardian +HP?

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Kaz2ndChance wrote:

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Saltychipmunk wrote:

No , and maybe.



if you happen to build using unique items, their skins will tell you everything you need to know


but generally for a standard aura totem guardian the items that might have variable stats would be the feet and gloves , and those almost always pack move speed and resists.

could you clarify what else an aura totem guardian would wear? Leer cast, dying breath, and zahndethus cassock? Wouldn't that mean you're relying on bone offering for block chance instead of using flesh offering for clear speed?

you use both, flesh is for normal clearing, bone is for bosses that do too much damage for the minions to otherwise survive. just use bone , proc the consecrated effect aoe and get around 6.5% life regen on all minions in it. it is not like trash mobs are a real threat most of the time