SpectreMancer - A Summoner Build Guide [With Video]

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Why so many life nodes? ES scales alot better later on.

More life gives you better stun,freeze,shock resistance
access to instant hp pots
easy access to life regen and steal without spending the points to get it
access to EB with results in auras and artic armor usage

A CI ES build however will be better end game when great gear is obtained just because of that 20% more es multiplier at the end of the CI line.

I always wanted to use unrighteous fire mobs effectively. Am assuming the skill is fire,spell,AOE?

raise spec - fire pen - remote mine - concentrated - minion life - life steal

I also know that these spectre's fire debuff do not over lap. So getting more than one only serves to "increase their effective range".

You'll want to debuff mobs fire resist as much as possible since the damage is greatly reduced with the fire resist so. EE, shocks, flammability, ele weakness, vulnerability[assuming its degeneration damage which i think it is]

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Rusherboy wrote:

I really don't understand your passive tree. Why not connect the 3 nodes at the bottom instead of spending 6 at the top?

Why so many life nodes? ES scales alot better later on.

Here is my tree and I really recommend it if you plan to be hybrid life/ES

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAAP0CcQSzB2MMfRB_EJcRUBRNFLAaOBpsHNwkPCepKPopTyqYOtg74UNjRARGcUlRTblN2FXGVytY9VptWpFfKmaeaqxr220ZcU1zU3RVfM59GH5Zf8aBb4LHhWCIQIx2j0aQM5BVkyeVIJrPm6Gdrp3EnjyiAKKjpqynCKcrp1ynhKh9qsSsmLQMtzG4k7vWv5fAGsBUwfPDbck9zLzPZdDQ0_vZC9rd4vfkIuaB6-Tr7uwY7DjsivIe99f6gA==

I'm at level 76 now and my zombies have 17180hp and my skellies 5980hp. They tank very well. The best damage spectres, by far, are Burned Miscreations. Their Unrighteous Fire does INSANE dps, nothing comes close to it.

My gear setup is :

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I play self-found and solo only so my gear isn't the best, but I have 6k hybrid life/es and run through 66-69 maps solo with ease.

The only way I could see Burned Miscreations performing better than Flame Sentinels is in closed areas where Sentinels would have a hard time getting into (such as a dungeon map). Other than that, Flame Sentinels DPS is top notch, but more importantly the AI is excellent. They stay behind you most of the time, and can attack from a far range, giving them significant advantages in the survivability department.

Why GMP not LMP on sentiels ?

what is your opinion regards the tentacle miscreations?

Nice looking build, VoidMoon.

May I ask what Bandit Quest rewards you'd choose for each difficulty?

I rolled a 2h Cleave/Heavy Strike Witch for lulz in Anarchy but finding her rather unviable in Cruel as I have horrible gear with very low armour -- so I'm considering respecing her as a Spectre summoner.

Do passives that increase %fire dmg increase for minions too plz? Found no one able to answer me about that ; (

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Gloum wrote:

Do passives that increase %fire dmg increase for minions too ?(

Answer - NO.

Hi,

First off, thanks for this build! I am really having fun with it. I normally prefer a more active play style, but I really wanted a more passive solo character I could play even after a hard day when I felt braindead. And I love the visual pyrotechnics! I wish I had named my character ShockAndAwe or something (it reminds me of all the tracers in flak cannon barrages)! LOL

So after you get to around L30ish, this character just seems to mow through everything soooo easily (even the bosses and elites) - except Piety? Both times I fought Piety on the first playthrough, I died once (the only times this character ever died).

Even using the healing totem can't seem to keep the minions alive with her? Am I doing something wrong? Any suggestions?

Thanks again,

--Anthony

for piety skeleton spam with MI is the only way really

even with capped resists your minions are gonna die against her

Thanks for the response, but I'm confused because this build doesn't use MI?

Do you just spec into it temporarily on cruel and merciless if you don't want to die and lose XP and then spec back out of it since it's just 1 node off your tree progression?