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

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Saltychipmunk escreveu:

you hit a pretty big dps wall when you start doing sirus 6+ content that only multi multi exa level investment will cure.

if we go by what evilmindcz is using. its probably 6 exa for the chest plus a chunky amount of chrome and harvest socket color manipulation

his wands are on average 12 - 15 exalted each because the minion damage mod

the amy is 6 exa minimum .. perhaps more because he got lucky with the dex roll ( which is very desirable)

That fact in of itself is not unusual but that is about the limit for this build on a cheap budget sirus 6 level content.

Afterwords the scaling inefficiencies of the skeleton mages themselves really start to show

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Saltychipmunk escreveu:

you hit a pretty big dps wall when you start doing sirus 6+ content that only multi multi exa level investment will cure.

if we go by what evilmindcz is using. its probably 6 exa for the chest plus a chunky amount of chrome and harvest socket color manipulation

his wands are on average 12 - 15 exalted each because the minion damage mod

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Saltychipmunk escreveu:

the amy is 6 exa minimum .. perhaps more because he got lucky with the dex roll ( which is very desirable)

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Shadowslayer187 escreveu:

so i was looking at our skills and since bone armour and immortal call are both guard skills shouldnt we drop one since they share a cooldown and if so what should we swap in?

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gduber escreveu:

Would Phantasmal Summon Skeletons be any good for this build?

(Phantasmal Summon Skeletons (0–100)% chance to Summon a Skeleton Archer instead of a Skeleton Warrior)

I can't find anything that says if the skeleton-mage thing would happen with it.

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reclinemusic escreveu:

Hey sorry if it's been asked already but... does it matter which element you use for EE? Like, is it okay to use a fire brand and boost cold and lightning damage? I didn't know if fire and cold mages were used for a reason. If a mob runs into your flame dash trail, could they technically get resistant to fire?

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Odif escreveu:

Only HITS proc EE.
So a mob running over a fire trail would not effect EE.

On one level, it does not matter what element you use to proc EE, as long as you only do ONE element of damage.

Cold mage skels do less damage than the fire and lightning ones, so in that sense, it is better to use a cold skill to proc EE.

I choose Storm Brand for how AMAZING it is at generating hits on large groups, for a significant duration.

You can choose what ever you like.

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Shadowslayer187 wrote:
so i was looking at our skills and since bone armour and immortal call are both guard skills shouldnt we drop one since they share a cooldown and if so what should we swap in?

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I like automated guard skills.
Bone Armor cannot be automated, so I use Immortal Call.

If you prefer to self cast your guard skills, use Bone Armor, and drop IC.