👻3.20👻 Kay's Summoner💥SRS Bomber💀Poison SRS💀Melee SRS🕷️Spiders💀Skeleton Mages

Kay, have you considered a Soulwrest phantasm build?

Guys can i get a little help with my standard build Ultimate_Daryl please.
Build is a pretty standard skeleton archer setup.
I replaced Awakened Elemental Focus in my chest with Empower 4, was that wise?

Should i use skeletons in my helm rather than in my chest?

Is it worth using 2 large clusters instead of only 1?

Sorry for asking questions i could answer myself if i could work out how to use POB properly but it is what it is.
Any recommendations as to how to improve single target damage gratefully received. Thanks.

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EDMOSES escreveu:

Guys can i get a little help with my standard build Ultimate_Daryl please.
Build is a pretty standard skeleton archer setup.
I replaced Awakened Elemental Focus in my chest with Empower 4, was that wise?

Should i use skeletons in my helm rather than in my chest?

Is it worth using 2 large clusters instead of only 1?

Sorry for asking questions i could answer myself if i could work out how to use POB properly but it is what it is.
Any recommendations as to how to improve single target damage gratefully received. Thanks.

Skeleton mages are casters and don't have "attack" abilities so Awakened Elemental Damage with attacks does nothing for you. Your mages are 5-linked.

Also, empower is most certainly worse than Awakened Elemental Focus since you don't have any +1 to skills on your chest.

Maybe if you had a +1 corrupted chest you could consider running Empower, otherwise it's definitely not worth it.

If I was you I'd look into getting a +2 to duration gems corrupted Flesh Crafter and replace Empower and Awakened EDWA with Awakened Spell Echo and Anomalous Pierce.

Could start there.

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EDMOSES escreveu:

Guys can i get a little help with my standard build Ultimate_Daryl please.
Build is a pretty standard skeleton archer setup.
I replaced Awakened Elemental Focus in my chest with Empower 4, was that wise?

Should i use skeletons in my helm rather than in my chest?

Is it worth using 2 large clusters instead of only 1?

Sorry for asking questions i could answer myself if i could work out how to use POB properly but it is what it is.
Any recommendations as to how to improve single target damage gratefully received. Thanks.

here's my armour with gems i use if that helps any. seems to work pretty good for me

Thanks so much for that Deadandlivin, will keep an eye out for a corrupted Fleshcrafter.

Thanks also to spaceace for your input, bit of a mindfield regarding support gems for this build. Some use volley/volley support/inc crits etc etc.

I do wonder seeing as my helm has 40% increased spectre damage could i use damage type specters?
I have tried to farm the skellie damage but i am almost certain it doesn't exist lol.
Thanks again for the great help from you guys.

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I do wonder seeing as my helm has 40% increased spectre damage could i use damage type specters?
I have tried to farm the skellie damage but i am almost certain it doesn't exist lol.
Thanks again for the great help from you guys.

Nice to see you fixed your gemlinks in chest.
Everything seems good there and your current setup is the strongest combination you can run. For single target bosses like Sirus and Guardians et.c. Swap Awakened GMP for Hypothermia before the boss fight.

Looked through your gear some more and most problem lie in your links.

First of all, you have a Zealotry that's NOT linked to awakened generosity. Zealotry is the only Aura you want it linked to.

Second issue, you don't have ANY way to procc your assassin's mark in your ring. You need some way to trigger it but you don't have any skill to do this.

So you're effectively running without a curse in your build. I suggest that you look into swapping for a dual curse setup.

The curses I'd look into running is Punishment and Snipers Mark.
This would skyrocket your damage.

So how should you implement this?
1. Do away with your Assassin's Mark ring that you can't procc, it doesn't do anything for you. Snipers Mark is way stronger than Assassin's Mark for your build anyway.
2. Add Vixen's Entrapment gloves to your build instead of Breahstealer.
Put in Snipers Mark into your Vixen's Entrapment Gloves.
3. Get a Unset Ring for an additional socket and put Punishment in there.
4. Swap your Amulet anointment for Charisma to solve mana issues.

Now, whenever you cast Punishment, you'l also be applying Snipers Mark through the gloves, which also give +1 to curse.

The two anointments you're running are very weak so losing them won't make a difference. Ravenouz horde does nothing for single target and since you're constantly resummoning skeletons while mapping you're most likely removing any skeleton who has onslaught anyway.

Just saw that you have a VERY strong minion helm. It's way stronger than your 6-link and you should run your skeletons in your helm.

The links I would use would be:
Skeletons - GMP - Spell Echo - Summon Phantasm for general mapping.
You should get 2 white sockets (2blue -2white) with Vorici so you can swap GMP Divergent Predator for single target.

By running Phantasms in your helm you'd effectively be running x2 7-linked minions instead of x1 8-link which is much stronger. You'd be adding 11 Phantasms to the build and they also get supported by all supports and everything in your helm.

You were also talking about running Spectres for damage which I think is a good idea. If I were you, I would look into running a spell caster spectre in your chest instead for additional damage support. They would mainly be there for clearing since spectre single target is kinda lackluster right now.

I suggest running x4 Frost Auto-Scouts linked to:
GMP - Spell Echo - Minion Damage - Awakened Controlled Destruction (They have 0% base crit) - Pierce

I'd put all support minions in your boots instead:
AG - Golem - Feeding Frenzt - Minion Life

Personally, I would look into running a damage shield for my minions rather than a defensive one with life on block for myself too.
This requires you to run Necromantic Aegis.

The shield you'd look to craft or buy is a Cold Attuned Buckler with 2 minimum power, 2 minimum frenzy charges and 5& chance to deal double damage. You could add other stuff too increasing the budget of the shield. This would include 1% damage per 1% chance to block et.c.

Minimum charges work ESPECIALLY well for Skeletons compared to Frenzy/Power spectres. The problem with Skeletons is that you constantly resummon them which causes them to lose all charges they gain from Charge spectres. Minimum charges makes sure they ALWAYS have their charges. Also, since I suggest running x4 FAS spectres you need some way to get charges for them, so a shield is the best slot.

Lastly, I want to touch a little on your Aura Setup. I see alot of questionable things which quite frankly, I find uncessesary.

You're currently running:
Zealtry - Skitterbots - Determination linked to Enlighten

Awakened Generosity - Defiance Banner

This is a very weird aura setup. Instead I would run:
Zealtry - Awakened Generosity /// Determination (Could be put in gloves together with Snipers Mark in gloves) Make sure Determination isn't linked to Generosity.

And I'd run Skitterbots - Awakened Unbound Ailments somewhere else.

To fit all these auras manawise and also be able to have enough mana to cast curses/offerings you need:
- Soveregnity and 15% mana reservation mastery which you got.
- Charisma annointment
- 25% determination mastery (Get it in the tree from combat stamina)

This should leave you with more than 130 mana to cast spells.
If you don't need the determination and combat stamina that's even better.
Which saves skillpoints.

Defiance Banner only gives you 50% increased armour and feels like a waste.
To get more armour, instead you should look into changing one of your life flasks for a Basalt Flask with 60% increased Armour mode on it.

As a last tip Id change your medium cluster to one with Blessed Rebirth and Life From Death.

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TarrasqueSorcerer escreveu:

Kay, have you considered a Soulwrest phantasm build?

I can try to revive the old build...

Working on a new build now!

Hey thanks heaps Deadandlivin, you certainly sorted me out.
1 question though is regarding the curse i have on my weapon.
Would it be better to try to get another with no curse or could i drop punishment so i can use Frostbite curse?
Thanks again.

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I do wonder seeing as my helm has 40% increased spectre damage could i use damage type specters?
I have tried to farm the skellie damage but i am almost certain it doesn't exist lol.
Thanks again for the great help from you guys.

it does exist ;)

if it helps, here's everything i'm running on my necro...




don't know if what i run is optimal or can be improved as i'm not really good at it lol

edit: just swapped the belt for this one to get a little more armour into the build


and changed some resistances a little but all gems and links are the same