[3.18] Chaos Animate Weapon 😈 - Budget to MageBlood💎 88M DPS Unkillable All-Arounder
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If your minions are dying - anoint Decay Ward and use Fortress Covenant for 30% minion block, spell block, and 2% life gain on minion block.
League goal one: League goal two: archnemesisgoal achieved sentinal goal achieved  
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Disclaimer
Disclaimer: This is not a leveling guide. This is a build guide. I can show you my build, how to build it, give advice. There are tons of leveling guides on youtube or other threads you can use - I recommend Elemental Animate Weapon thread. They can help you level.
" While many players may not find 20 ex cheap - cheap is a relative term. Compared to the content this build is meant to engage with and effectiveness, it is 'relatively' cheap. There are very few builds in this game capable of consistently tackling the hardest content in the game (Feared, Blight-Ravaged, Wave 30s) - let alone doing it on a 20 exalt budget. I can understand your frustration but as I said in my disclaimer and mission statement. This is not a leveling guide. This is not a beginner friendly guide - this is the endgame framework designed to tackle GGG's hardest. This build guide is meant for tackling the hardest aspirational content in the game on a budget such as The Feared, Wave 30 Sims, Blight-Ravaged Maps " This build is probably the strongest all-arounder mapper/bosser for the budget. If you're playing any version of minions except this, I pity you for playing pseudo-totem builds (looking at you skelly mages) especially when I can do their 150ex worth of damage on a 20ex budget  Clearing Wave 21-30 Simulacrums with 25ex worth of Gear 77% Quantity The Feared
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Required Items
Level 5 Awakened Added Chaos Damage Level 5 Awakened Added Minion Damage This gives +2 gem levels to the gear. For your Animate Guardian Mask of Stitched Demon Kingmaker Everything else can be your own thing. Recommended: 2/3W Triad +1 Amulet 600 Es Regalia
Budget
Please refer to required items. Helmet can be couple chaos weapon is 30c Kingmaker is like 30c mask of stitched demon is 30-50c if you craft yourself 3W triad can be made with vorici for cheap and even a 4W can be crafted for 2-3ex with temples you buy. Awakaned 5 Chaos damage is 1ex Awakened 5 Minion Damage is 2.5ex Shield is 20-30c if you prophecy it yourself The gear is very cheap +1 Amulet is 1ex max. 6L 600 es regalia is 2.5ex bated breath is couple c sin trek is couple c Pariah used to be couple C but magic finders are pumping it so idk... My recommendation: 10 Ex to Get Started 15 Ex is Be Comfortable doing all general content 20 Ex to do Wave 30 Simulacrums and Blight-Ravaged or A9 Sirus 25 Ex to easily do Wave 30 Simulacrums Comfortably
Path of Building
Starter https://pastebin.com/FazRKWGC Updated for Archnemesis league using Mageblood https://pastebin.com/cRbNJyZ6
Pros
Cheap and uses a lot of Uniques Can get 7k ES easily Incredibly High Damage for the Budget Immune to Chaos Immune to All Elemental Ailments including Sap/Brittle/Shock/Freeze) Temporal Rift is Broken Fairly Tanky with Enduring Composure, Bone Offering Immune to Crit with Garb of Ephemeral Bleed Immune if you use Avoid Bleed Jewels Very Fast for a Minion Build thanks to Minion Speed Stacking
Cons
if you die in simulacrum/feared its hard to recover (not impossible) - it takes skill and practice. this is not a 100ex easy lazy build. you get what you pay for Playing Minions Some people will say a lot of buttons - but playstyle is not clunky in this build but I will add it here. Cannot invest more than 35ex+ in this build as it's difficult to scale further. Startup every map Not OMEGALUL Tanky levels like 9 End Charge Juggernauts but still fairly tanky
Defense
77/77/78 Immune to Chaos Res Immune to ALL Elemental Ailments (Sap/Brittle/Freeze) Phys to X Watcher's Eye 4 Endurance Charge with Enduring Composure and CWDT Immortal Call 55%+ Block and 31% Spell Block (I use Bone Offering in Deli 30) 7.5k-9k ES Immune to All Ground Types with Soul of Abberath (Shock,Chill,Desecrated,Fire) Immune to Temp Chains Fortify 10 Stacks Immune to Crits w/ Ephemeral Garb Minion Taunt (10% damage reduction and take enemy Aggro) High DPS 6% to 11% ES Regen per second with Bone Offering active. Temporal Rift instantly heals your entire ES pool thanks to how it snapshots/functions. Probably the strongest HP pool resetter in the game. When combined with high regen+block makes you very tanky in Wave 30s
Gear
I use Pariah in my videos and I think Pariah is 95% as strong as my new unset ring (cost 3c item vs 5ex item)
Jewels
Fortress Covenant Quickening Covenant 8-10 passive Minion Damage Jewel with Vicious Bite and Energy Shield Ghastly Eye Jewel with Chaos/Physical Damage (high sum) with Taunt and attack speed Clarity Watchers' Eye - Gain Max ES equal to % of your Mana
Starting Out Gear
I used the following Sin Trek with Scourge Mod - high ES and gives Dex Bated Breath with % Increased Max Energy Shield Corruption Pariah Ring (very cheap but magic finders increase the price) - Pariah is actually as good as my endgame option and is what I used for farming Wave 30s 1 Mod Clarity Watchers Eye Use a shitty Cluster Jewel like I did You're probably gonna use a +1 Amulet to start out with. If you do Your goal should be to get +2 as soon as possible to hit the next Animate Weapon breakpoint to get another weapon. +2 Regalia not required. Everything else is.
Gearing Priority
if you're using my budget options - this is the priority where Top is Most upgrade piece. +2 Amulet Reservation Enchant Helmet Crystal Belt with High Energy Shield 4W Triad Boots to Replace Sin Trek Cluster Jewel (good one) Ring to replace Pariah (anoint prismatic skin here OR Decay Ward) +2 Vaal Regalia (absolute last piece.) If you do not have a +2 regalia just use a bonkers 700+ es regalia and be tankier than me for gods sake.
Animate Guardian Gear
Required Items Kingmaker Mask of Stitched Demon is required to make your minion tanky - you can make this yourself with Vial of Summoning and buying a unique chamber on the trade site. Victario's Flight Now you can pick between: Soutbound Gloves If you want tankiness Garb of Ephemeral (what I use) Chest Budget Chest piece is a rare chest with 10% of Max life as extra ES - only costs few chaos if you want to get explosions like in my minotaur video Gravebind Gloves and Explodey Chest
Gems and Links
Sword - Generosity - Precision - Anomalous Convocation Helm - Divergent Clarity (1) - Purity of Elements - Temporal Rift - Bladefall (1) Boots - Feeding Frenzy - Carrion Golem - Flame Dash - Desecrate Shield - Animate Guardian (21) - Raise Spectre (21) - Minion Life Gloves - CWDT (20) - Anomalous Immortal Call (7) / Separate 2L - Divergent Flesh Offering - Assassin's Mark Chest - Animate Weapon 21 (you can use anomalous for more dps. I don't) - Awakened Added Chaos Damage (5) - Awakened Added Minion Damage (5) - Withering Touch - Increased Critical Damage - Awakened Melee Splash OR Multistrike This build has a lot of skills - but we don't use every button while mapping/in combat. Everything written in () brackets is required Swap Out Flesh Offering for Bone Offering during Simulacrums and Feared Use Multistrike for Single Target (swap out)
Enchants and Alternatives
Precision Reservation Discipline Reservation Purity of Elements Reservation If you can't get enchanted helmet you can remove ravenous horde and enchant charisma to get precision in - but you lose 30% minion movement speed but you save 2 points on Mana (witch area) which lets you get Practical Application for Strength/Dex/Res which makes it easier to start the build - and all you lose is 30% minion speed which is nothing. All work for this build For Amulet Anoint Ravenous Horde OR Decay Ward. Decay Ward for defence to help keep minions alive Ravenous Horde for clear When you replace Pariah use Prismatic Skin My Belt Enchant does Nothing
Flasks
Required For Mapping: Mana Flask with Bleed/Corrupting Blood Removal Quicksilver Silver Flask Rumi's Concoction Variable Slot - You can use Witchfire for clear. Overflowing Chalice for Mageblood levels uptime, or even Bottled Faith if you want. I use a Ruby Flask or Quartz for Phasing Required for Simulacrum: Rumi's Concoction Witchfire Brew Mana Flask Flask #1 (Topaz, Ruby, Sapphire, Quartz for Phasing) - You can also use bottled Faith Flask #2 (Topaz, Ruby, Sapphir, Quartz for Phasing) - Purpose is defense. Enchantments: use when charges reach full Suffixes in order of priority: Avoid Stun % on you during flask effect Reduce Curse Effectiveness on you during flask effect Stun and Block Recovery Cast Speed Anything else does not work because we have Purity of Elements
What Pantheons?
Soul of Lunaris Soul of Abberath OR Soul of Gruthkul depending on Content you do. Mapping = Abberath. Gruthkul = Simulacrums
How do I use what buttons? Gameplay Rotation
start zone bladefall to spawn blades summon weapons run flesh offering occasionally spawn weapons occasionally using AW loot filter (if in simulacrum you need to bladefall) use assassins mark on boss if in danger - temp rift if need to movefaster - flame dash
How to get +2 Regalia Easily
Get a 600ES+ Regalia if you can't get +2 gems. When you have money. start vaaling 600ES+ regalias for +2 then resocket/link with tainted currency. Here are failed attempts If you do not have a +2 regalia just use a bonkers 700+ es regalia and be tankier than me for gods sake.
How do I level this build
Leveling as Animate Weapon may feel clunky if you are familiar with the process as I'm not writing a leveling guide - only a build guide. Animate Weapon only gets good when you have minion life/damage/speed (early game you have none of these). If you do want to level as Animate WeaponL: I recommend leveling as Fire/Cold Animate Weapon Life Based and Respeccing to CI between 88 and 90. - I was playing this Day 1 of the league before I transitioned. POB for Leveling: https://pastebin.com/bFpYhPEa
What Ascendancy Take First
Mindless Aggression First. Unnatural Strength Second. You can take Mistress of Sacrifice OR Commander of Darkness for yourd 3rd Ascendancy DEPENDING on what you want. Resists or Clear Speed.
Do you do any gem swapping
For feared/deli 30 swap to bone offering and defense flasks
What spectre do you use
Spectres
2 Carnage Chieftains (Act 7) for frenzy charges 2 Host Chieftains (Act 7, same zone) for power charges No lifetap doesn't work on them
how are you using animate weapon in bosses like the feared? where do you get weapons from?
You can use bladefall to animate lingering blades off the ground, they have the damage of a Glass Shank
Can I use Chains of Command?
No. Because you lose Spectres / Golems and you don't have enough ES. Also it means your Guardian is squish without +3 gem please stop ask
Can I use this build without Animate Weapons?
No. Skeletons are weak. SRS is too short and weak. Golems are not enough in numbers. Zombies are slow. No.
Can I use this build without X this piece of gear?
Yes. I league started this build life based with less than 50c and kill Sirus 8 on day 1 league. You can do it
How are you getting fortify and culling strike
Kingmaker (a 30c to craft yourself unique item) - grants 10 stacks of fortify, culling strike and 50% increased crit damage to nearby allies.
why do you have so many weapons? 19? I only get 17 or 18.
Level 29 AW gives 19 weapons
27 AW gives 18 You need +2 chest to get the last weapon Level 20 (no ascendancy) gives 14 I believe " I am a Mirror, I do not exist. Last edited by SwordDivine on May 29, 2022, 12:49:59 AM Last bumped on May 4, 2023, 3:44:24 AM
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Swapped to this from skele mages last night. Somewhere around 10ex into this build so far, TON of room for improvement in my gear still but I'm already tearing through t16s with ease. T16 conqs die in <15 seconds. Really enjoying the playstyle vs skele mages, little more involved. Lookin forward to taking on endgame bosses with this.
FYI there's a precision helm enchant that gets the job done as well, I paid 1 ex for my helm.
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Last edited by boomersoonr on Nov 9, 2021, 2:00:21 AM
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how to level this ?
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How often you must resummon weapons during mapping? (what exact duration of AW with necro ascendency?)
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" 85.6 seconds best practice is to spawn 1 weapon every second/third pack. cast time is 0.3 seconds with flesh offering + onslaught so its p smooth as you can see I am a Mirror, I do not exist. Last edited by SwordDivine on Nov 9, 2021, 5:30:29 PM
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Got the level 5 awakened gems, and I'm more or less afking through t16 blight ravaged maps now. Build is nuts.
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seems insane, I am going to try the skeleton summoner first feel it and this is next
You thing I khare, but I realy dond.
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The pob for leveling is not in. Able to add?
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are those all the items you need for animate guardian?
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" Yes " you can level with whatever you want. if you don't know how to level to AW its not going to feel good. I'd rather recommend arc witch to first timers. animate weapon is not very noob friendly to level. if you want to level as animate weapon just play the elemental version on this forum as fire/cold and transition to chaos afterwards I am a Mirror, I do not exist.
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