[3.0] Tukohama Burning Spectre Necromancer

Hello!

First of, I'd like to give credit to Natt https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Natt for the build that piqued my interest about the spectres Tukohama's Vanguards and Wickermen and also for Mattc3303 https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/mattc3303 who suggested the shield that this build is based around:



The entire premise around the build can be understood from watching this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsv--pgxJ8Y

TL;DW: If you use Necromantic Aegis keystone with the Tukohama's Fortress, the spectres get to cast two totems each instead of one. Effectively this doubles each spectre's damage against bosses

Besides the spectres this build uses 4 big zombies for some additional single target damage and clearspeed. Zombies do surprisingly good damage nowadays and with only 4 of them, we get the added benefit that they're less apt to block the spectres. Linking them with minion speed and if possibly using minion speed jewellery further enhances their ability to get to their targets quickly.

The build uses Mind over matter with Eldritch battery. Thus gear pieces with ES+Life are preferred so that we get a decent shield on our mana which helps mitigate big hits. Instead of using Zealot's oath I opted to use the unique flask that provides it temporarily, so that life regen can continue during key moments where flask charges might have run out.

Usually I use two tukohama vanguards for 4 scorching ray totems and 2 wickermen for their righteous fire aura. This has provided me with great clear in maps and bosses, without having to swap around for different setups. There are some videos below which includes tests with all Tukohama Vanguards but there's a cooldown between each totem which makes it so that they can put them in bad places and you won't get any good clearing for a while. That's when the wickermen compliment them well.

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FAQ:

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Is this hardcore viable?

Ask yourself instead, are your builds softcore viable? For hardcore I think that Natt's build is probably a better fit, with all that block. This build trades the block survivability for double the amount of spectre totems. Your call if the tradeoff is worth it.

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Speaking of softcore, I hate having any survivability, can this build be made more glass-cannon?

Why of course, in case you feel 5.5k life is too much you can equip one of these:
for even more spectres and up to 10 totems. Total memebuild.

There's also this belt if you feel like you don't need your nerdy flasks and want to give your spectres it all.


I personally do not recommend either of these options, but they're available if you wish for it!

Changenote: Added new sections, first draft of FAQ and expanded gear / leveling

Next up will be Chimaera, Minotaur, Shaper and Uber Atziri, probably in that order

Amazing Job there. These guys are really really fun.

Come on over to the New PoE summoners Discord ThinkTank
https://discord.gg/XwWdSUa

Added Chimaera map and Shaper video. Chimaera as a boss is honestly harder than shaper for this build, I have no idea how to make the cloud phase easier except just going full block

If you have good movement or a movement ability you need to rush every smoke cloud asap. An extra life flask will help.

Its RNG but if you find him quickly you'll mitigate a lot of damage.

Hi!
The build is pretty fun, tho I changed a few things. Ditched the immortal call setup and flame dash too.I picked up shield charge with faster attack and fortify.Now mapping is a lot faster. Under the passive tree I went for the "decay ward" passive. Got a jewel that also gives 4% block for the minions, and Im using a Skullhead helm. Now my minions are very tanky.:) Keeping your spectres up is very circumstantial, but with this amount of block the helm allows me to keep them alive.It is so effective that they just don't die, not even my zombies. At 83 I decided to give the eternal lab a try and it went down smoothly. I haven't tried guardians + Shaper yet, but been doing hard mod maps just fine.

I have some questions tho.. :)
How much dex should I get ? And how important are the resist auras for the minions ?

Anyways thanks a lot for the build. Also learned a lot from Natt's guide, thx for linking it.
Cheers!

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JohnMcclane911 wrote:

Hi!
The build is pretty fun, tho I changed a few things. Ditched the immortal call setup and flame dash too.I picked up shield charge with faster attack and fortify.Now mapping is a lot faster. Under the passive tree I went for the "decay ward" passive. Got a jewel that also gives 4% block for the minions, and Im using a Skullhead helm. Now my minions are very tanky.:) Keeping your spectres up is very circumstantial, but with this amount of block the helm allows me to keep them alive.It is so effective that they just don't die, not even my zombies. At 83 I decided to give the eternal lab a try and it went down smoothly. I haven't tried guardians + Shaper yet, but been doing hard mod maps just fine.

I have some questions tho.. :)
How much dex should I get ? And how important are the resist auras for the minions ?

Anyways thanks a lot for the build. Also learned a lot from Natt's guide, thx for linking it.
Cheers!

Hi, the resists help but you can get them up with jewels aswell etc. I think Natt's build is probably smoother overall to play and the damage increase from the tukohama shield is not worth it with losing out on the block / survivability from MoM. I mainly used purities because it allowed me to be lazy with gear and it made sense since if I wasn't gonna have a shield, might as well get higher defense vs the scariest damage, elemental. Dex is just enough to use all your gems/gear

Thanks a lot for the fast reply. :)
I was hoping you say something like this. Ofc Natt's build seems to be easier, but this can be solid too. I already have nice res without the auras (still need to replace the gloves and amu). I was just wondering how much would it hurt my minions if I didn't have them. Manual dodging works for me. My aim is to have minions which can kill any endgame or hard mod bosses even when I bite the dust. Gona experiment without the auras then and will let you know how it works.
I was lucky and could buy a Tukohama for 420c, but couldn't find a decent/fun build, which is not an AWC one. This one is super fun.

HI. I can't get spectres to cast totems. I have gear setup (shield, sceptre, gems, etc) like yours and only missing one is added fire damage support. Can you please explain when/how the totems are cast?

I am using Necromatic Aegis on skill tree. See my skill tree below

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMDAASzBkkI9A18Dc0QlxEPES0TbBSwFScWbxcvGjgczhzcHRQkqiSwJy8o-iqYK1AsnDLRNZI26TpYOuE7DTwtQYdEBEVHRnFMLU25TeNVxlfJWfNmnmpDaqxr23IPfIN99YCkgh6Cx4Nfg8yD24VgiECMsY6-jxqPRpAzkFWSwZitm6GiAKZXpqynCKrErJivp7B3tAy3PriTvOrAZsT2xq7MvNP72L3ZC9rd2wvfsONq6rrr7uyK7-vwH_JF99f56PqA-tL-Cv5U_o8=?accountName=Jaca1966&characterName=TheBestJazy

Gear set up
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMDAASzBkkI9A18Dc0QlxEPES0TbBSwFScWbxcvGjgczhzcHRQkqiSwJy8o-iqYK1AsnDLRNZI26TpYOuE7DTwtQYdEBEVHRnFMLU25TeNVxlfJWfNmnmpDaqxr23IPfIN99YCkgh6Cx4Nfg8yD24VgiECMsY6-jxqPRpAzkFWSwZitm6GiAKZXpqynCKrErJivp7B3tAy3PriTvOrAZsT2xq7MvNP72L3ZC9rd2wvfsONq6rrr7uyK7-vwH_JF99f56PqA-tL-Cv5U_o8=?accountName=Jaca1966&characterName=TheBestJazy

Thanks and I look forward to properly testing it!