The Lich Queen Skeleton/Spector High Clear 3.5 Build Guide [Work in Progress]

Do you want to play with your own "friends/army" and still get that feel of a true necromancer?


This build is being done just for the pure sake of simple and easy mapping T10 - T15.
You can do guardians and uber lab but that takes a lot of skill on your part to reposition your minions for boss mechanics.

How does the build work?
Our main DPS comes from Skeleton Mages. You summon them, they shoot and everything around 1-2 screens wide dies. If there is a rare/bestiary/essence/boss mob your spectres will kick in. 2-4 (with Vis Mortis and or Bones of Ullr) Zombies are there for a flesh wall to soak as much aggro as they can. Then your Femurs of the Saints is factored in and we get 2% increased Minion Attack and Cast Speed per Skeleton(up to 10) and (8-12)% increased Minion Damage per Spectre you own(up to 4), these both ramp up the skeletons to melt most things on your screen. On top of this we have the Haste aura and our creatures love the use of our Flesh Offering, so they can melt your GPU.

This variant takes you more time to set up than a spell echo build but once you have your minions up it shouldn't be a problem. It also uses your zombies to take the brunt of the damage that the monsters put out giving you time to cast the occasional Arctic Breath or more skeletons.

If you are new or uncertain how summoners work, how they are scaled or behave, check out this video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwgILNUEQs


So what do we need to get started?
To start the build you be level 24, need 2 Dead Reckoning Jewels, a 3 link (B-G-G)staff with minion damage. An easy way to get this is with an essenance of fear, I suggest using a 2 handed weapon to get a possible 4 link and really pushing the minion damage as high as possible.

Gearing & Stat Priorities

What base items to use:

The base items of this build really doesn't matter(except Bone Helmet) as we don't care about the base defensive stats such as armour(str), evasion(dex) or energy shield(int). You use your horde of minions to soak as much of the damage as possible. So instead the base items will follow the stat priority listed in this guide.
However, the attribute requirement of the items will base how hard it is to chrome (color) which will be the only thing we will think about when planing our gearing.
So, if you need 4 blue sockets in an item the recommendation is to get an item that has Energy Shield (int) base or a hybrid base which includes Energy Shield (int).



Defensive Stats:

1. Life
2. ES
3. Resistances
4. Dexterity(this build is dex starved)
5. Stregnth(more life=less problems)

Offensive Stats:

1. Minion Damage
2. Minion Life



Ascensions:

Invoker -> Bone Sculptor -> Soul Weaver -> Puppet Master

All levels are estimates it depends on your gear:

Invoker - should be pretty easy, just make sure to dodge the boss and let your minions do their own thing. Can be done about level 33-35.

Bone Sculptor - little more difficult but same basic strategy. Can be done about level 57-60.

Soul Weaver - traps suck, lots more dodging for you and your skeletons might need to be recast at least once during the fight. Can be done about level 68-80.

Pantheon:
Big God: Brine King
Small God: Ryslatha or Shakari

Don't forget to upgrade these when you start mapping.

Bandits: Kill All
The 2 passive points are the best we can have.

Labyrinth Enchantments:
Helmet: NONE! We have a Bone Helmet that gives us 40% more minion damage. No Enchant can do better.
Gloves: Commandment of the Grave- More Minions, because more friends
Boots: Regenerate 2% Life and Mana if you've been hit recently.


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