[3.14] Flame Golem 101 - Complete Guide To Golemancy, ✔️All Bosses Down, ✔️Necro, ✔️Elementalist

That's super useful, i indeed should have tried using enfeeble earlier

About Vaal Skeletons, it's hard to fit into the build, it's already gem heavy enough but i'll try to use it, it's a great spell.

And about phase run, i'll give it a shot, i already was using the phase run flask but given how clunky shield charge has been for me so far, i'd rather use phase run as a skill, it's more reliable, I just hope packs of trash won't wreck me before I get past them.

i repost it in case you missed it

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> Edit : Can you elaborate on why we're playing as life/ES instead of full ES with CI ? Even with the Presence of chayula, life nodes investments seem really weak to me, am i missing something ? thanks in advance!

Thanks for your continuous help in this thread.

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Epsi_ escreveu:

That's super useful, i indeed should have tried using enfeeble earlier

About Vaal Skeletons, it's hard to fit into the build, it's already gem heavy enough but i'll try to use it, it's a great spell.

And about phase run, i'll give it a shot, i already was using the phase run flask but given how clunky shield charge has been for me so far, i'd rather use phase run as a skill, it's more reliable, I just hope packs of trash won't wreck me before I get past them.

i repost it in case you missed it

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> Edit : Can you elaborate on why we're playing as life/ES instead of full ES with CI ? Even with the Presence of chayula, life nodes investments seem really weak to me, am i missing something ? thanks in advance!

Thanks for your continuous help in this thread.

Hello :)

Vaal skels are really good at adding defense if you can find unset ring for them. Other than that, you can try dropping some support from utility skills and placing them there.

Posted the CI at end of last message but I was probable editing it while you were writing your own answer :)

We are going for hybrid as we lose lots of EHP (HP + ES) if going to CI. Endgame chaos damage is not usually that dangerous and chaos res is easy to stack in rare items. If you reach +20-40% you should be safe and regen should heal you faster than chaos degen can harm you.

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UPDATE

1) Replaced "Shield Charge" and all its supports with "Phase Run"



Phase Run adds tons of extra defense especially with "Temporal Chains" curse. It also works better than Shield Charge in tight places where there are less open areas or straight lines.

2) Replaced "Storm Burst" with "Winter Orb"



"Winter Orb" is much better that Storm Burst as stationary time casting is much shorter. It also continues to apply "Elemental Equilibrium" after casting while kiting, where Storm Burst would stop immediately after cast ends.

Both upgrades can be found in "Gems" section of the guide

After an hour or so of mapping, I can say that using Enfeeble + Phase run (instead of shield charge) is sooooo much better for early mapping, I barely ever die now, there is some filthy syndicate one-shot here and there, but that's about it.

buying jewelry for this build is so cheap. Think I paid like 20c total for all 3 of these

tried uber elder and got killed by the tentacle slams due to no physical migitation, and also the siphon move, any tips for these phases?

Just wanted to check: so maximum amount of golems for this build is 4?

Was wondering if there were any ways to increase that, besides Clayshaper and Anima Stone, without impacting the power of the golems too much.

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NSUCK escreveu:

I'm curious if its viable to do this with the build:

Drop one curse (temp chains)
Replace it with purity of elements (will need the resists)
Use shapers touch (extra ES)
Drop chayula
Add astramentis (for shapers touch bonus)
Pickup CI (since we lose a lot of chaos res)
Focus on str/res/es on rings/belt (can use a heavy belt with +12% attributes, or cyclopean coil)

Also, has anyone ran this build with atziri's reflection?

I did run with atziri's reflection, its a nice piece of equipment indeed..
Didn't try HoG with atziri, did it earlier couple of times.. could try it in standard at some point. I was using atziri's reflection to own defenses -> No necromantic aegis. Not sure if unaffected by curses would come to a char anyway?! have to try that out.

Also runned golem only (elementalist) --> With primordial chain. As didnt felt good with spectres, and the simple reason was, I did it wrong back then when tried it out. Now going with spectres.

Havent had so much time to play so crappy gear and bad drops = no currency so need to gather some up. Maybe on christmas holidays have some time to play.

"increased maximum energy shield" on your rings, how do you get those? i cant even find them on the market

Given how stupid some of the Syndicate members are when it comes to Chaos Damage Id seriously think about going CI or at least getting a Shavs if you want to stay Hybrid. Walking around with 3k life and 6k ES isnt going to do you any good. I kept getting 1 shot so I went CI and even with only 6800 ES at level 75 I dont die to Syndicate people anymore. Honestly some of them deal so much damn Chaos Damage it might require a small rework of the guide to either go full life or go CI cause life and ES nodes wont cut it unless you have gear with T1 life and T1 ES which is gonna be expensive once you throw in resists. Either that or people will need to run lots of Chaos res.

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Epsi_ escreveu:

After an hour or so of mapping, I can say that using Enfeeble + Phase run (instead of shield charge) is sooooo much better for early mapping, I barely ever die now, there is some filthy syndicate one-shot here and there, but that's about it.

Hello :)

Good to hear it worked. I might need to buy immune to poison flask also as Toras poison damage is very dangerous atm.

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buying jewelry for this build is so cheap. Think I paid like 20c total for all 3 of these

Hey :)

Yep, it's very cheap to buy ES gear as most builds are based on life / elemental damage these days. Those jewelries are very good, but some chaos resistance might make sure to not die in Syndicate attacks.

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tried uber elder and got killed by the tentacle slams due to no physical migitation, and also the siphon move, any tips for these phases?

Hi :)

Here's my video about Uber Elder run : https://youtu.be/JlBEiHzhgDw

There are basically 2x ways to increase survivability expect EHP (HP + ES) stacking and good kiting.

1) Overcap "cold" resistance

Shaper and Elder deal very high cold damage, so something like Kaltenhalt, purity of ice and cold res flask can halve their damage. My own setup can be seen from videos intro.

2) Stack Movement speed

If you get enough movement speed, you will be faster than Shaperss smash or Elders siphon. In the video on running around at very high speed as I'm not very good at kiting and I rather escape 50% of attacks by running below them. You can raise movement speed with good boots or high level / quality Phase Run. Movement flasks work also very well.

Other than that, it's basically trial and error. You need to have enough EHP to tank part of Shapers laser and be able to read at least some dangerous and dodge them. Don't stop at any time during the fight. The tentacles seem to hit you only if your stationary or move slow enough.

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Just wanted to check: so maximum amount of golems for this build is 4?

Was wondering if there were any ways to increase that, besides Clayshaper and Anima Stone, without impacting the power of the golems too much.

Hello :)

Max number of Golems for Necromancer or Occultist with this build is 4x. You can increase their number, but you have to drop either Tukohama Specs or very good utility shield.

You can however experiment with dual Clayshaper / Primordial Chains for very cheap and see what combo works best for you ;)

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I did run with atziri's reflection, its a nice piece of equipment indeed..
Didn't try HoG with atziri, did it earlier couple of times.. could try it in standard at some point. I was using atziri's reflection to own defenses -> No necromantic aegis. Not sure if unaffected by curses would come to a char anyway?! have to try that out.

Also runned golem only (elementalist) --> With primordial chain. As didnt felt good with spectres, and the simple reason was, I did it wrong back then when tried it out. Now going with spectres.

Havent had so much time to play so crappy gear and bad drops = no currency so need to gather some up. Maybe on christmas holidays have some time to play.

Hi :)

I thought that Reflection would be nice without Necro Aegis for own defense. Too bad it still costs too much to use more often.

I would like to hear how Hall of GM run went with Reflection and Necro Aegis as Minion builds usually have hard time in Hall of GM even if minions can be resummoned. I would be very glad if Golems can survive GMS damage one day.

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"increased maximum energy shield" on your rings, how do you get those? i cant even find them on the market

Hey :)

"Increased ES %" is unfortunately legacy line for rings. Only standard players have access to it atm. However if you are playing in standard there are plenty still around in trade. You can also buy few after league ends to min-max char.

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Given how stupid some of the Syndicate members are when it comes to Chaos Damage Id seriously think about going CI or at least getting a Shavs if you want to stay Hybrid. Walking around with 3k life and 6k ES isnt going to do you any good. I kept getting 1 shot so I went CI and even with only 6800 ES at level 75 I dont die to Syndicate people anymore. Honestly some of them deal so much damn Chaos Damage it might require a small rework of the guide to either go full life or go CI cause life and ES nodes wont cut it unless you have gear with T1 life and T1 ES which is gonna be expensive once you throw in resists. Either that or people will need to run lots of Chaos res.

Hi :)

I'm expecting some kind of nerf to Syndicates as some point as HC seems to be desert atm. Some Syndicates have bugged damage and they are way overtuned.

However atm, chaos resistances is very much needed. Luckily jewelry with high ES, chaos resistances and some extra res is very cheap to buy as few build use similar gear. I capped my own chaos res in Incursion for less than 20c while leveling. Presence of Chayula seems to be maybe best item for the build this league.

CI is certainly viable, but there's too many good HP nodes around minion nodes to be left taken imho. 2-2,5k HP barrier with +20-40% chaos res should be enough to tank Syndicates chaos damage.