Need Summoner Aura advice

My question is: why run anger/wrath? If the vast majority of my DPS is coming from my spell-casting flame sentinal spectres, why bother running these two auras? The damage they add to the zombies/skellies is minimal, and i'd rather use the mana reserve for something like determination. Any suggestions on what auras to run? I'm using EB so can sustain several.

Oh, also, is determination worth running? I'm talking end-game when the mobs are getting hit for high amounts of damage. Maybe determination wouldn't really do much.

determination doesnt do anything cause its % based and i doubt zombies have much armor (if any at all)

must have defensive auras are discipline and purity

wrath also is good cause your pets can apply shock stacks with that, on a single target like a boss or rare thats very effective

If your running EB why not run wrath,anger they are flat mana reserve and your mana pool should be able to handle it. Also don't underestimate the damage you get,

Lets say in 1 second all the minions in your army hit a a total of 50 separate times (all the tentacle miscreations projectiles included + zombie + skele)

wrath 9-147 * 50 = 450-7350
anger 49-81 * 50 = 2450-4050

those numbers are pretty significant when using attack based spectres


* you are right to say wrath and anger does nothing for your flame sentinels as anger and wrath works on "attacks" not spells like fireball.

If you can fit auras into your mana pool any aura is worth it.

Good point! Thanks :)

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Amiag wrote:

determination doesnt do anything cause its % based and i doubt zombies have much armor (if any at all)[...]

Zombies have/had "Reduced Physical Damage Taken". See this thread for more [lack of] info. Not sure if this is the same as Armour rating.

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AnnanFay wrote:

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Amiag wrote:

determination doesnt do anything cause its % based and i doubt zombies have much armor (if any at all)[...]

Zombies have/had "Reduced Physical Damage Taken". See this thread for more [lack of] info. Not sure if this is the same as Armour rating.

I'm pretty sure skeletons and spectres don't have armour, but they added armour to Raise Zombie in 0.9.12, but the amount is unspecified.

http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Version_0.9.12

So i can't decide whether it's worth it or not to run determination. I think i might not bother considering the skeletons will constantly be spawning and acting as a meat shield. I'm still not sure, however.

Oh right I forgot to mention running Vitality would probably be much better then determination. that 1.5% per second is pretty damn high when you look at how much hp the zombie has.

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mattc3303 wrote:

Oh right I forgot to mention running Vitality would probably be much better then determination. that 1.5% per second is pretty damn high when you look at how much hp the zombie has.

Yeah, true dat. Plus there's no way in hell i'll ever have enough mana to run 3 40% auras, even with a lvl 20 reduced mana. thanks for the help!

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killthezerg wrote:

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mattc3303 wrote:

Oh right I forgot to mention running Vitality would probably be much better then determination. that 1.5% per second is pretty damn high when you look at how much hp the zombie has.

Yeah, true dat. Plus there's no way in hell i'll ever have enough mana to run 3 40% auras, even with a lvl 20 reduced mana. thanks for the help!

Its possible with reduced mana nodes on the tree or prism guardian shield