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

Short question:

Can I use Poacher's Aim instead of pierce support?

Hi there.

First things first, it's my first necro build and for the moment i quite enjoy it, so thanks ^^

Then i was wondering, why don't you mention Alberon's Warpath?
You can use them early on, has move speed and comes quite cheap.

plus an additionnal skeleton.

"

Odif escreveu:

"

Skua99 escreveu:

I just got a Tabula with +2 to Duration Skills. This would take my Summon Skeleton level from 25 to 27. Seems like a good thing, but when I look at my tool tip, the only thing I see is a raise in my Skeleton life. But I am loosing a large amount on my life when I replace my regular 6 link. I have a huge amount of Resistance so that really does not enter into the decision.

So which one should I use?

PoE has defective tooltips.
They are particularly defective for minion skills.
The tooltip tells you nothing about minion dps.

It sucks.

Does that mean that I got a bump in DPS with the Tabula and it would be the best choice?

"

Samu_h escreveu:

Short question:

Can I use Poacher's Aim instead of pierce support?

Unfortunately, all these modifiers do not work on the minions, if it work the best option on the Pierce would be the anointments Piercing Shots on the amulet. Lioneye's Vision is the only option but I prefer to stay on Femurs Staff

"

Odif escreveu:

"

Edius escreveu:

hi, where i can find older version melee skeleton with triad gloves?
Thanks.

I deleted it.

Perhaps that was premature.

Which gem can be replaced with empower?

"

Which gem can be replaced with empower?

skeleton mage scale much weaker from gem levels than other minion, mainly due to the fact that they throw spelas with a very high frequency. Put Empower for one of the suport will dps downgrade.

Just finished act 4, the build is op af im impressed, but I have a Sire of Shards is it possible to implement or worthy to use it? Love the guide thank you ^^

"

Odif escreveu:

"

Devilcorpsdoc escreveu:

I was curious why bone offering isnt linked to CWDT since it needs to have a high uptime...

Bone offering cannot be linked to CWDT, only skills from gems can.

I hate to be that person but flesh and bone offering works with CWDT, ill just take out descerate for another CWDT set up for defense. what level should i keep bone at?

First of all, thanks a lot for your build. It's really great and i'm loving it.

Any idea how to enhance single target? I'm trying to do blight which is working pretty well until there is a boss with a protection bubble that basically cancels skeleton mages. When i try to kill him there isn't enough damage. Any ideas? Thanks

This is the problem with pulling out all those red damage gems with Predator. Multistrike and Elemental Damage with Attacks along with Fortify and Elemental Weakness was Godlike melting.

I just got done redoing for this new Rev 2 - but I have some concerns. Triad Gloves was 2c. Enlighten L2 is 30c non-corrupt.

My trading is doing OK but not THAT ok

Plus I had quite a few skills at 18 and 19 and we are starting Level 1 with Peirce and Echo. My Anger was super high and all I really had to do was dial in my resistances starting with L 3 maps.

I also picked up a Primordial Harmony so not too sure I want to give up Chaos Gollum right away. Plus you had us pick up Gollum Commander in the tree.

I hope the two main people advocating all these changes mid-stream are on T12+ maps and not just theory crafting because these are some MAJOR changes.

Having all those OP skeletons killing map bosses off-screen before I even knew what was going on - was pretty nice. I hope bosses still melt and the build sustains as Rev 1 did.

*edit*

Yikes, I'm at 44/1034 on Mana. Skellies cast OK sustained but not 100 percent sure what's going to happen to my Immortal Call :)

Taking this out for a spin in some L1 maps

*edit 2

Ok, ran three maps and got some XP on the new Gems.
I'm impressed. All misgivings gone. :)

I have never run CWDT so the automation surprised me. The Immortal Call icon pops up over your head and it feels like a get out of jail free card. I always had problems not hitting flasks fast enough. I even actually die sometimes even at L77

I hadn't messed with Mages since they were reworked and I remember the old way they worked. The new way is like a laser. And with Echo and Peirce it's a pretty nifty crossfire of lasers all over the screen. Wayyy faster clears than running, even with Feeding Frenzy and Flesh Offering.

Now that the gloves are not necessary, they can be replaced with some high level resists.

I had a pretty decent crafting stack so stuck on some Max Mana adds to my rings until I score an Enlighten.

No deaths at all in 3 maps and I was aggressively testing.

Thanks again for the updates! Better than ever.