Could someone explain to me how Elemental Equilibrium works in the "Pure Specter" build
When you use your armageddon/storm brand or tempest shield, you "hit" an enemy with fire or lightning damage. This applies EE, with -50% cold being key part here. When your minions hit with cold, they do not apply EE since effects with "you" do not apply to your minions. Therefore, you get a massive increase in damage for 3 skill points or less, depending on your pathing.
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I just tried killing Atziri (with the mortal fragments) and when I got to her my minions (spectres, skeletons, zombies and carrion) got obliterated in 2-3 seconds, 0 left. Did anyone have the same experience since this didn't happen to me before, it's like they had reflect or something.
Enjoying the build. Just got the frost auto scouts. Game changers. What aura do I swap out for Vaal Haste? I'm still using the minion army league starter build. Also probably a really dumb question but I can summon up to 4 spectres however I can only summon 3 frost auto scouts. The 4th one is a Baranite Preacher. I just can't seem to summon another scout. I've perhaps overlooked something on the build or I'm not summoning correctly maybe? Would appreciate some advice.
Edit: Somehow I managed to get a 4th FAS just now. Still curious as to how it works.
Could someone explain to me how Elemental Equilibrium works in the "Pure Specter" build
If you use armageddon brand it will cause the enemy to become more resistant to fire damage and less resistant to all other elements. Your minions are automatically converting all damage to cold due which the monsters will have less resistance of as a result. One thing to keep in mind is that minions cannot proc elemental equilibrium themselves, but can still benefit from it when you trigger it.
How to craft the +1 wand with minion damage for the spectre build? Essence of fear gives minion damage, but the +1 to minion skill gems has a 0.1% spawn rate. Fossil that roll minions seems even worse, so there must be another way? Also the wand in the gear section has a > 100% minion damage, but this seems outside of tier 1 of possibilities and it does not exists in the market right now.
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The forum guide also has a full levelling walkthrough as well as recommended spectre list, animate guardian guide and crafting guide!
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KEY MECHANICS
League Start & SSF is designed for league start and solo-self-found. It is completely made from rare items, that you can pick up or self-craft. There are no uniques needed for this build.
The build uses a small army of minions: your Spectres are the main damage dealers, the skeletons give you extra DPS against tough monsters and bosses and the zombies and golem are your bodyguards.
I recommend using the Frost Auto-Scout spectre. It’s the best all-round spectre with good damage and survivability.
DEFENCES
The build has several defensive features.
• Meat shield minions to take incoming attacks instead of you.
• A large life pool so you can take a hit and not instantly die.
• Good amount of block, and life recovery on block.
• Several defensive flasks that increase damage mitigation.
• Blind and taunt from your minions.
Passive Tree & Jewels, Ascendancy, Pantheon and PoB Pastebin
PASSIVE TREE & POB PASTEBIN
POB PASTEBIN
https://pastebin.com/Z2UweZ2n
JEWELS
You can craft or buy ghastly eyes. Mod priorities:
#1: life
#2: Taunt and blind
#3: increased minion attack/cast speed or increased minion damage
Highly recommend for Sirus fight
'Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you'
Recommended Unique Jewels:
Anatomical Knowledge: +flat life & 8% increased maximum life
Unending Hunger: 50% chance for minion to gain Soul Eater
*Skip Unending Hunger if it too expensive.
CLUSTER JEWELS
See Pure Spectres build for cluster jewels.
BANDITS
Kill all
*Help Alira if you need extra resistance (good for HC or SSF)
ASCENDANCY
1. Mindless Aggression
2. Unnatural Strength
3. Bone Barrier
4. Mistress of Sacrifice
BODY
5L rare -> Tabula Rasa or 6 link rare -> 6 link +1 spectre
Frost Auto-Scout 6 link:5 blue& 1 green.
Swap for mapping:
GLOVES
Crafted gloves
Meat Shield Minions:3 blue & 1 red.
BOOTS
Crafted boots
Skitters and Aura: 2 blue, 1 red, 1 green.
1. Skitterbots chill and shock enemies.
2. Hatred Aura for more damage.
WEAPON & SHIELD WEAPON:
Wand or Sceptre with minion damage
Weapon:1 green, 2 blue.
1. Desecrate spawns corpses.
2. Bone Offering consumes corpses to increase block chance for minions and you, as well as some life recovery.
3. Tempest Shield gives extra block chance for you.
SHIELD:
High life/resistance -> Crafted Shaper/Warlord shield with 'recover 5% life when block'
Shield: Elemental Equilibrium & Curse 3 blue
Arma Brand reduces enemy ele res (Elemental Equilibrium -50% and Frostbite curse -44%)
BELT
Stygian Vise with high life/resists.
Socket Ghastly Eye with Taunt and Blind.
AMULET
Any amulet -> amulet with +1 to all intelligence gems.
Early in league: Anoint with Alacrity
+30 Dex to help with gearing
Later in league: Anoint with Ravenous Horder
Minions deal 20% increased Damage
Minions have 5% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 5% increased Cast Speed
Minions have 10% increased Movement Speed
Minions have 10% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill
Use:
RINGS
Rings with high life/res.
1x Unset Ring
1x Coral or Vermillion rings
RECOMMENDED FLASKS
Bubbling Divine Flask of Staunching - instant life flask & remove bleed
Basalt of Warding - phys damage reduction & remove curse
Quicksilver of Adrenaline - increased movement speed
Quartz Flask of Heat - 10% Dodge, phasing & remove freeze
Granite Flask of Iron Skin - extra armour (physical damage reduction)
Recommended Unique Flasks:
Upgrading after League Start
You can upgrade to Skelemancer or Pure Spectres. Skelemancer is easier and cheaper to upgrade but it has more clicking to resummon. Pure Spectres is more expensive but easier to play!
If you want to try Pure Spectres, upgrade in this order:
1. 4 spectres (Raise Spectre gem level 25)
2. Devouring Diadem + reserve Haste aura
3. Cluster Jewels
4. 5 spectres (6L delve body)
5. Awakened Gems
6. Unending Hunger*
Key mechanics: Skelemancer (Skeleton Warriors)
KEY MECHANICS
1. Aggressive Skeleton Warriors / Skeleton Army
Vaal Summon Skeletons + Maw of Madness + From Dust
2. Cold Conversion
Triad 4G + Hatred scaling
4. Skitterbots + Bonechill
Applies chill effect on monsters and increases cold damage taken.
5. Support minions
Carnage Chieftains: frenzy charges, Host Chieftains: power charges, Carrion Golem: extra base damage.
Passive Tree & Jewels, Ascendancy, Pantheon and PoB Pastebin
ASCENDANCY
1. Commander of Darkness
2. Mindless Aggression
3. Unnatural Strength
4. Mistress of Sacrifice
PANTHEON
Major: Lunaris
Minor: Shakari
Gear, Gems Links & Flasks
HELMET
Enchant: +40% skeleton damage
BODY
Extra gem levels:
+1 active gem = shaper / warlord.
+1 intelligence = faceted fossil.
+2 duration = corruption
Mapping Swap:
GLOVES
4 green sockets for 100% cold conversion
BOOTS
+2 minion boots from delve
Can swap:
WEAPON:
*Trigger
WEAPON 2 or SHIELD:
*No trigger
LINKED:
UNLINKED:
BELT
AMULET
Hunter + Elder influence
Anoint with Death Attunement
When you anoint Death Attunment on your amulet, you can refund the passive points and use them in another place.
+1 to Maximum number of Spectres
Minions have 8% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 8% increased Cast Speed
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons
RINGS
NOTE: One ring should have Frostbite curse on hit.
FLASKS
• Life with staunching for bleed removal.
• Granite for extra armour.
• Quicksilver for a speed boost.
• Quartz for phasing and dodge.
• Jade for extra evasion.
Key mechanics: Skelemancer (Skeleton Mages)
KEY MECHANICS
1. Devouring Diadem
+ sovereignty notable to reserve 100% mana with 2 auras and skitterbots.
Eldritch battery: uses energy shield instead of mana for skills.
Feast of flesh gives a large amount of life and energy shield recovery.
2. Support minions
Carnage Chieftains: frenzy charges, Host Chieftains: power charges, Carrion Golem: extra base damage.
Passive Tree & Jewels, Ascendancy, Pantheon and PoB Pastebin
PASSIVE TREE & POB PASTEBIN
POB PASTEBIN Use POB Community Fork*
https://pastebin.com/70wW7Be0
JEWELS
• Dead Reckoning (needed for Mages!)
• Ghastly Eye: Taunt, Blind, Life, Damage
ASCENDANCY
1. Commander of Darkness
2. Mindless Aggression
3. Unnatural Strength
4. Mistress of Sacrifice
PANTHEON
Major: Lunaris
Minor: Shakari
Gear, Gems Links & Flasks
HELMET
Enchant: +40% skeleton damage
BODY
Extra gem levels:
+1 active gem = shaper / warlord.
+1 intelligence = faceted fossil.
+2 duration = corruption
Mapping Swap:
GLOVES
Alternative:
Anointment: Ravenous Horde
BOOTS
+2 minion boots from delve
Can swap:
WEAPON:
*Trigger
WEAPON 2 or SHIELD:
*No trigger
LINKED:
UNLINKED:
BELT
AMULET
Hunter + Elder influence
Anoint with Death Attunement
When you anoint Death Attunment on your amulet, you can refund the passive points and use them in another place.
+1 to Maximum number of Spectres
Minions have 8% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 8% increased Cast Speed
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons
RINGS
NOTE: One ring should have Elemental Weakness curse on hit.
FLASKS
• Life with staunching for bleed removal.
• Granite for extra armour.
• Quicksilver for a speed boost.
• Quartz for phasing and dodge.
• Jade for extra evasion.
Key mechanics: Pure Spectres
KEY MECHANICS
The Pure Spectres build uses Devouring Diadem to boost DPS and quality of life.
devouring diadem + sovereignty
1. Reduce mana reserve combined with the sovereignty notable to reserve 100% mana with 2 auras and skitterbots.
2. Eldritch battery: uses energy shield instead of mana for skills. This will allow you to do maps with ‘no mana regen’.
3. Feast of flesh gives a large amount of life and energy shield recovery.
Passive Tree & Jewels, Ascendancy, Pantheon and PoB Pastebin
ASCENDANCY
1. Mindless Aggression
2. Unnatural Strength
3. Commander of Darkness
4. Mistress of Sacrifice
PANTHEON
Major: Lunaris
Minor: Shakari
Gear, Gems Links & Flasks
HELMET
Devouring Diadem. 1 blue, 1 red, 2 green
Vaal Haste and Hatred linked to Generosity will give a big boost to DPS. Skitters don’t benefit from generosity, but need the reduced mana reserve from diadem.
Enchant: Spectre damage, minion ias, or flesh offering ias
If Devouring Diadem is too expensive. Just use a normal helmet and swap Vaal Haste to Bonechill.
BODY
Delve body armour with +1 spectre number. 3 blue, 1 red, 2 green
GLOVES
Triad Grip 4G. 4 green
BOOTS
Fossil-crafted boots with +1 spectre gem level (Elder influence) 3 blue, 1 red
WEAPON & SHIELD WEAPON:
Minion damage wand with Trigger craft 2 blue, 1 green
SHIELD:
Shaper or Warlord influence shield 2 red, 1 blue
LINKED:
UNLINKED:
*CWDT set at 30% of HP!
BELT
Stygian Vise with high life/resists.
AMULET
Amulet with +1 to all intelligence gems.
Anoint with Death Attunement
When you anoint Death Attunment on your amulet, you can refund the passive points and use them in another place.
+1 to Maximum number of Spectres
Minions have 8% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 8% increased Cast Speed
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons
RINGS
One Unset, One with curse on hit: frostbite.
RECOMMENDED FLASKS
•Life with staunching for bleed removal.
•Granite for extra armour.
•Quicksilver for a speed boost.
•Quartz for phasing and dodge.
•Jade for extra evasion.
Key mechanics: Sentinels & Spiders
KEY MECHANICS
1. Herald of Purity
Summons Sentinel of Purity for boss killing.
2. Arakaali's Fang
Summons spiders for fast mapping.
3. Support minions
Support spectres for buffs/debuffs + spider sustain
4. Speaker's Wreath
Block minion's killing hit.
Poison from minion counts as player kill = proc on kill effects:
summon sentinel, raise spider, life recovery, frenzy/power charges.
5. Aul's Uprising
Free Hatred aura.
6. Skitterbots + Bonechill
Applies chill effect on monsters and increases cold damage taken.
HOW TO PLAY
For mapping, cast desecrate, hold divine ire, and use the writhing jar flasks.
Divine ire’s charging aura will kill the worms, which spawns spiders and sentinels.
But note that they have a limited duration and will need to be resummoned.
For bossing, focus only on Sentinels. Hold divine ire and use writhing jar.
Remember to keep Storm Brand on bosses because it will resummon/refresh their life.
Passive Tree & Jewels, Ascendancy, Pantheon and PoB Pastebin
PASSIVE TREE & POB PASTEBIN
POB PASTEBIN Use POB Community Fork*
Full build: https://pastebin.com/VhsRj5td
Low budget: https://pastebin.com/bpfQuX68
ASCENDANCY
1. Commander of Darkness
2. Mindless Aggression
3. Unnatural Strength
4. Mistress of Sacrifice
PANTHEON
Major: Lunaris
Minor: Ryslatha
Gear, Gems Links & Flasks
HELMET
Enchant: +1 Sentinel
BODY *Must use Coming Calamity*
Optional swap for freeze locking:
GLOVES
4 green sockets for 100% cold conversion
BOOTS
+2 minion boots from delve
WEAPONS FOR MAPPING WEAPON:
SHIELD:
UNLINKED:
LINKED:
WEAPONS FOR BOSSING WEAPON 1:
*Trigger
WEAPON 2:
No trigger
BELT
AMULET
Full build: Aul's Uprising with Hatred
Alternative: +2 phys/str
Anointment: Ravenous Horde
Minions deal 20% increased Damage
Minions have 5% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 5% increased Cast Speed
Minions have 10% increased Movement Speed
Minions have 10% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill
Use:
RINGS
One Unset, One Circle of Guilt
NOTE: One ring should have Frostbite curse on hit.
FLASKS
• Life flask with staunching for bleed removal.
• Cinderswallow Urn with life recovery.
• Quicksilver for a speed boost.
• Quartz for phasing and dodge.
• And a writhing jar.
Key mechanics: Minion Bomber
KEY MECHANICS
1. The raging spirits are aggressive and can fly over, and around all land features. They will even fly off-screen to kill monsters and bosses.
2. Minion Instability
Minion Instability makes minions explode for 33% of their life pool when they reach low life (scaled by minion damage and minion life)
3. Tavukai
The tavukai unique amulet makes SRS explode from minion instability. It also gives a big boost to the explosion damage.
4. Earendel’s Embrace
Earendel’s embrace deals damage over time to the skeletons. So, they will also explode from minion instability. In addition, the skeletons will increase fire damage taken by enemies.
5. Replica Siege Breaker
Replica siegebreaker spreads burning ground when the raging spirits and skeletons die.
7. Spectres
Syndicate Operatives with added fire damage help clear speed and debuff monsters.
Passive Tree & Jewels, Ascendancy, Pantheon and PoB Pastebin
PASSIVE TREE & POB PASTEBIN
POB PASTEBIN
https://pastebin.com/UNMew13J
JEWELS
• From Dust
• Ghastly Eyes
CLUSTER JEWELS
Two sets of cluster jewels.
• 1x 8-passive Large jewel, with seal mender and ancestral inspiration or seal mender and arcane adept.
• 2x Medium jewels, with feeding frenzy, hulking corpses.
• 2x Small jewel, with surging vitality.
OPTIONAL TIMELESS JEWEL
Elegant Hubris with 80% minion damage, 80% minion life.
NOTE: Every Elegant Hubris jewels is different and give different notable passives. Check carefully for the right passives!
BANDITS
Kill all
ASCENDANCY
1. Mindless Aggression
2. Unnatural Strength
3. Bone Barrier
4. Mistress of Sacrifice
PANTHEON
Major: Lunaris
Minor: Shakari
Gear, Gems Links & Flasks
HELMET
Elder influenced helmet
BODY
Endgame boss swap:
GLOVES
BOOTS
DUAL WEAPONS WEAPON 1:
Melee weapon with Trigger unveiled.
WEAPON 2:
Earendel's Embrace
BELT
Replica Siegebreaker
AMULET
Tavukai
Anointment: Sacrifice
Minions have +10% to all Elemental Resistances Minions have 20% increased maximum Life
Minions Regenerate 1% of Life per second
Regenerate 1% of Life per second
RINGS
Left side: Profane Proxy
Right side: Crafted rare with minion movement speed
RECOMMENDED FLASKS
Bubbling Eternal life of staunching for instant life recovery and bleed removal.
Rumi's Concoction for extra block.
Quicksilver of adrenaline for big speed boost.
Quartz flask of heat for phasing, dodge, freeze remove.
Mana flask
In POB it doesn't calculate Vicious Projectile as doing any change on my Syndicate Operative specters, is that just a bug from POB or would using a different gem work better?
