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

why go for the elemental focus on the skellie's setup?

i see most use this with skelleton's? vaal summ skel/feeding frenzy/minion damage/melee phys/multristrike/empower

The build seems nice tbh, fun and easy do set up
But the lack of a PoB link honestly made too hard to me to see the build as a whole

with the links and the gear all easy to see


thanks for sharing the build tho, seems really fun

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pluke89 님이 작성:

why go for the elemental focus on the skellie's setup?

i see most use this with skelleton's? vaal summ skel/feeding frenzy/minion damage/melee phys/multristrike/empower

I am avoiding using Empower, as to be good, it needs to be level 4, and this is a super low cost build.

We convert all phys damage to elemental damage in this build, so elemental focus is a great support.

Melee physical support will not boost the bonus damage from anger, only the base skeleton damage, thus is not as good.

I choose to put Feeding Frenzy on the golems, but it could be put in the Melee Skeleton linkage, but is wasted in the Skeleton Mage setup, as they never dash, and I wanted the setups between the two to only differ on the chest.

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xhbarbosa 님이 작성:

The build seems nice tbh, fun and easy do set up
But the lack of a PoB link honestly made too hard to me to see the build as a whole

with the links and the gear all easy to see


thanks for sharing the build tho, seems really fun

This is true.
Several reasons I have no PoB link.
1) I am lazy, and until I have a toon I can import from, it's too much work to do from scratch.
2) Newbies often don't have PoB, and this is a Newbie focused build.
3) I do not trust PoB for minion numbers.

In any case, everything you need to follow the build is in the guide, even though you have to read several sections of the guide to get it all.

P.S.
Thank you for your feedback.
I hope you try this guide.

Ok, added a section detailing how Skeleton Mages work, as that does not seem to be common knowledge.

Updated the passive skill trees to poeplanner.com 3.13

Hi, thanks for the build! I entered it by hand into PoB, omitting gear so that people won't focus too much on numbers. All trees and all gem links are present, as well as a filler amulet for Death Attunement, feel free to use it as a placeholder if you want to : https://pastebin.com/ywm6f7p0

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Jambe 님이 작성:

Hi, thanks for the build! I entered it by hand into PoB, omitting gear so that people won't focus too much on numbers. All trees and all gem links are present, as well as a filler amulet for Death Attunement, feel free to use it as a placeholder if you want to : https://pastebin.com/ywm6f7p0

Lovely! This community is superb! <3

Haven't tried elemental necro ever. That's why this looks so tempting.

Great guide Odif! Thanks. I will try it in 3.13 and give some feedback. I tried your old one and it was a real pleasure. Fun, effective and very versatile.

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Oxtov 님이 작성:

Great guide Odif! Thanks. I will try it in 3.13 and give some feedback. I tried your old one and it was a real pleasure. Fun, effective and very versatile.

Thanks for the feedback.

P.S.
Compared to the 3.11-3.12 build, this one will clear MUCH better with skeleton mages.

The more I research it, skeleton mages are going to be AMAZING.

Unfortunately, this means the key unique for it, Dead Reckoning Jewel, will be too expensive early league.

Hence this build having a full featured melee skel version, so people can do early mapping with melee skels.