[3.5] Sustainable Deadeye Summoner || 8.3k eHP | Devouring Diadem | 1 mill+ DPS Uber Elder Deathless

INTRODUCTION

Do you like the ranged DPS and summoner playstyle? Do you like being able to restore eHP without relying on potions? Do you like moving fast? Do you like being able to do all game content and all map mods? Do you like playing in parties? Do you like multiplying your MTX all over the screen? Do you like sustainability and greenery? If the answer is yes then please read on!

The Sustainable Deadeye Summoner is based around The Devouring Diadem unique helmet for high sustainability while having respectable DPS (using Blink Arrow and Mirror Arrow clones) and also being able to significantly contribute to party play (with empowered DPS auras).



Credits to dariidar (3.2 Blink & Mirror Arrow Necromancer) and TheuberClips (3.2 Deadeye Summoner) for their builds in which this build was inspired by. I highly recommend reading their guides for further insight on this build.


***PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE FOLLOWING MY GUIDE TO HELP YOU PICK THE RIGHT BUILD FOR YOU***




VIDEOS




PROS, CONS AND PLAYSTYLE OF BUILD




DPS AND DEFENCE TOOLTIPS




FINAL SKILL TREE, BANDITS AND PANTHEON




FINAL GEAR AND GEM LINKS




LEVELING SKILL TREE AND LEVELING TIPS




Q&A



Thank you for reading my guide and I would be happy to hear any constructive comments, suggestions and feedback. I have played Path of Exile for some time but this is the first guide I have written.

-FeFiFoFun (LvL 94 Sustainable Deadeye Cloner)

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I was considering giving something like this a try. Command of the Pit/Banner can give a ton of accuracy to minions - and Importantly Clones use both your Bow and quiver. Do they get the Voidshot from Voidfletcher in that case? They already benefit from stacking Flat Ele

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Command of the Pit/Banner can give a ton of accuracy to minions - and Importantly Clones use both your Bow and quiver.

Cheers for the post Jansports, I haven't considered Command of the Pit before and yes I agree it could open up new opportunities for a bow other than Lioneye's Glare. I'll think about the potential use of this glove a bit more. I note that this build is short of sockets (hence the need for 2 unset rings) and losing 1 socket in the glove could be hard to make up.

Regarding the Banner, it could be incorporated in the build at the sacrifice of some eHP. As it stands, my current set up reserves 100% mana (so we'd need to change up the skill tree to get some reduced mana reservation nodes).

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Do they get the Voidshot from Voidfletcher in that case? They already benefit from stacking Flat Ele

I just bought a Voidfletcher to test if the clones get Void Shot and can confirm that they do not. I would say this post earlier this year would double confirm that they do not.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2101410/

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Currently have a level 70 BAMA deadeye and was looking for more defense.

I have noticed having corrupted gloves curse on hit allows your mirage archer to apply curse on hit too. combinded that with blind/taunt/dread banner and it seemed pretty good.

its just when you do get it. This is pretty interesting. But why drop the Avian chest?

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I have noticed having corrupted gloves curse on hit allows your mirage archer to apply curse on hit too. combinded that with blind/taunt/dread banner and it seemed pretty good.

Interesting, I didn't realise curse on hit on gloves worked with Mirage Archer. Yes this would make map clearing a bit more automated (without the need to attack as frequently). However I note that if you use Mirage Archer, you don't have a reliable means of generating corpses for The Devouring Diadem.

Personally I would prefer the Commandment of Reflection labyrinth enchant over a corrupted gloves. I haven't got this enchant on my character yet but I have tried it in Path of Building and it would add considerable DPS (this image adds about 72k DPS).

I tested out Dread Banner with Lioneye's Glare. I do not believe it adds a great deal of benefit and it takes up a gem slot. The accuracy is not needed with this bow, minions do little physical damage (so impale isn't great), and less accuracy isn't significant when the mobs are blinded. I would be happy to hear anyone else's thoughts on this if they have tested it.

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But why drop the Avian chest?

I agree with you that the Avian chest is an option if the tree is changed up to take some Reduced Mana Reserved nodes. The chest would increase DPS and solve attribute issues. The trade off is lower HP and ES, resists that would need to be made up on other equipment and the need for Aspect of the Avian to be crafted on a piece of armour (1 less suffix).

According to TheuberClips, the Avian chest grants 40% chance to deal double damage every 4 seconds (cycling through 8 seconds). This is effectively 20% more dps every 8 second cycle. I have done some maths using the PoB in this guide. The comparison below assumes you have a max stat Avian chest, are able to make the most of the double damage opportunity, are able to balance out resists on other gear and can craft Aspect of the Avian onto a piece of gear with no losses.

This Guide
HP: 6207
ES: 4283
eHP: 8867
Mana: 0
Boss DPS/clone: 125.8k

Maxed Avian Chest + Tree Change for Reduced Mana Reserved
HP: 5616 (-10%)
ES: 3032 (-30%)
eHP: 8023 (-10%)
Mana: 35
Boss DPS/clone 169.8k: (+35%)

Essentially you lose 10% eHP, lose 30% ES "reserve" (not contributing to eHP in the form of 1 shots but ES will become active when you use hp pots) and gain 35% DPS.

This setup can be attractive to someone who wants more DPS. This set up has more chance to run out of ES such as to render your character unable to use any skills (until The Devouring Diadem activates to restore your ES). Thank you for the comment, I will mention it in the guide, happy to discuss further if desired. If you go down this path I would be interested to see how you go on boss fights.

I think you are grabbing to much ES. If you have 30% MoM, at 6K life you only need 1800. 40% is 2400 ( which I am aiming for.)

I am currently 77, here is a paste bin of my Char when I get to 95. https://pastebin.com/ivsbtt7f (same gear I am wearing now.)

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I plan on replacing the gloves, (crafting avian and hopefully minimum endurance charge on ammy). Also replacing the two stone ring with another unset to get a level 1 clarity to get another 10% MoM.

Also have positive 6% chaos res, plan on trying to get more on new ring.

Also, I believe Farshot on ascendency is a waste as we already have it on our bow.

I also have an Animated Guardian for extra DPS, Also have him equipped with Victarios Shield (for frenzies during boss fights) and Singularity for Hinder Aura (I wanted the wand that has blind aura but they cant be ranged.)

by 95 I should end up with 6.3k life and 2.4k ES

Also on my tree I grabbed the Faster start to ES recharge and a lot of flat ES, (only source on tree for those)

Also blind on quiver saves a jewel mod.

Mirage archer is also good for applying EE.

I will say my build doesn't generate corpses like yours. But I don't want to rely on that 5 seconds, I wanted it to be supplementary not the focus.

I have added you in-game aswell.

You have gone for more DPS and that's fine. I can see many variations to this build and people can play a modified version as they wish.

Your calculation for MoM is a little off. For 6k life you need 6k x 30/70 = 2571 ES (not 1800). If you have 40% MoM then for 6k life you need 6k x 40/60 = 4000 ES.

I think your setup is better for speed mapping both in terms of DPS and movespeed, and I think my setup will be better for boss killing and surviving, in specific, Uber Elder, because of the corpse generation.

Sustain is required only for boss fights like Uber Elder. You need the corpse generation in bosses otherwise you may find it difficult to stay alive. General mapping creates enough corpses such that you don't need additional corpse generation. I understand you have gone for faster ES recharge to help with ES in boss fights. What you may want to consider is how you are planning to heal up your HP without corpses in the Uber Elder fight. You could possibly bring in 3 life pots and take the Soul of Ryslatha pantheon.

I suggest to have some ES reserve such that you don't get hit to 0 ES. If u get hit to 0 ES (maybe because you have been hit + you used a pot + then hit again), then you won't be able to use any skills, such as blink arrow defensively to get away safely. You can only 'walk' away which can be deadly. I acknowledge that 4.3k ES is probably overkill. Since writing up the guide I have actually changed my tree to increase DPS and lower ES (to approximately 3.8k). Note that having ES reserve means I can get hit hard, use some pots, and still take some more punishment using up the rest of the ES reserve if necessary.

Animated Guardian will die in Uber Elder. As mentioned before I think your setup is better for speed mapping.

The Far Shot ascendancy is wasted yes, but because I use scourge arrow which has 100% chance to pierce, I don't need the ascendancy which gives pierce. The +50% AOE and +1 projectile ascendancy is better with my setup. I assume you have decent experience with Uber Elder so you know you need to keep moving, and in doing so you can out range your clones from your auras. This is where the +50% AOE is very helpful. For your split arrow setup, pierce is better. For reliable corpse generation, you need the scourge arrow + cast while channeling setup, which is boss focused.

For the Uber Elder fight I used Kaom's Roots. If you intend to do the same, then you will notice that your ES will drop further for this fight. You will also lose your CWDT set up so your desecrate won't activate for corpses. Something to consider if you plan to do Uber Elder (otherwise you can fully focus on speed mapping/party play). You will notice I have phase run in my setup, this is important for moving out of Uber Elder 1 shot mechanics. It is also good for delving.

After you mentioned Aspect of the Avian, I decided to buy a few pieces and test it out. I have only bought minimal pieces to test the setup so it hasn't been optimised. See my PoB below for the current set up with your suggested Aspect of the Avian. I've tried it in a few T16's and I think it's a good variant of the guide I've written. The aspect will certainly make party members happy. I will try Uber Elder with it in the near future and let you know what I think, though I will be using scourge arrow-cast while channelling as opposed to split arrow-mirage archer.

My Aspect of Avian Trial
https://pastebin.com/fmFAmSrm

Ty for the discussion, build variation and feedback. I've also added you in-game.

Sorry if my tone came off as "my version is better" was not my intention, just not to many of us playing this build and didnt want to make another thread just like yours, Thank for the feedback too. Every since playing this build alongside uberelite in the past I've wanted to push this to the limit.

I will probably stick with just the 30% MoM then, then put phase run in the new ring instead.

I can definitely see scourage arrow being better for bossing. But with how fast our cooldown is I don't like to stop summoning clones, and mirage fits my style for that better.

I will definitely tinker with both setups come boss time. (And record it)

Animate guardian at 21+3 and good items, once my tree is done should have almost 20k life and a shit ton of regen. I've never taken one of them in Uber before. But have seen had them tank normal shaper/elder. So I'll put him to the test down the road lol.

Also with 28/20 auras and my range feels pretty good,

Also I had some extra Mana so dread banner costing me only like 6% Mana, being a mini-enfeeble -20 accuracy + through blind is nice. Also the chance to impale for clones, granted we scale ele, lioneyes does some damage and free dps never hurts.

I can also drop the banner giving me strong fortify.