[2.1 Ghazzy - Summoner Guides] Low Budget Builds

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Istor wrote:

Does anger provide more dps than Hatred just wondering wouldn't you run hatred?

The spectres does not scale from Anger assuming you are looking at the pure hybrid srs build. Its a matter of taste in the end but the build is designed to focus on spectres whilst having SRS as an extra source of damage, hence the decision to run with Anger.

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spawn10459 wrote:

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Ghazzy wrote:

Glad to hear everyone is enjoying the builds as much!


Regarding Melee Damage on Full Life:
Raging Spirits are NEVER targeted by enemies, they are ignored by enemies. The only thing hitting them are colateral splash and/or projectiles. Which makes them take dmg rather rarely, but yes the idea is to have them kill things super fast to avoid any of that. However, I usually switch that gem in instead of Melee Splash (Trash vs single target boss fights).


The priority of gems should be in the correct order of efficiency.

I find that in maps my SRS always get hit. Cull strike works better in most maps.

At the point where you would implement Melee Damage on Full Life is in a 6L which is in a situation where the enemies should die insanely fast, on the other hand I usually change MDFL for Melee Splash to avoid any complications/situations and its usually the most beneficial change in a 6L.

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Ace_007 wrote:

I'm working on a build modeled after the 6-keystone build- is this atziri-viable? Or will I eventually need to get 20-30 regrets and switch over to srs-hybrid if I want to do this with my group?

You can always make it Atziri viable, which would require Fire resistance (the revenants has good Lightning Resistance already). But again, I havn't tried it yet, doing Atziri with spectres as the main focus forces you to run defensive plays for your minions such as Necromantic Aegis (which is an upgradable branch for the keystone summoner), Minion Life jewels, Purity of Fire. But yes its doable, just requires more currency to be invested! :)

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Jiman wrote:

The current builds do not make use of Jewel slots... I think thats a big mistake.

If you take your time to read the guide the whole style of summoners is to reach a certain point of minion related nodes, aura nodes as well as self-defence. AFTER this point is reached is where we focus 100% on getting jewel slots. This is all written in the guide. So for the sake of people browsing through the comments, do us all the favour of reading the guide before lashing out with criticism.

Jewels are one of the most important details for the end game stage of any summoner build, the more jewel slots we get the stronger the build becomes. However, if you ignore the pre-required nodes/stats for your character it wont help if you have 30 jewel slots.

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ivraie wrote:

Wich flask would you use for Atziri?

Completely depends on the build, for example i'd use 3 HP flasks (2 instant 1 non instant) 1 Granite (changing it for Ruby vs atziri) and 1 Quicksilver if im playing the 5-6 Keystone summoner.
The hybrid builds reserving hp running with chaos res id use 1 HP flask (non instant) and 4 utility (example: 1 granite, 1 ruby, 1 topaz, 1 quicksilver, even 2 granite vs trio-boss instead of topaz).

If you have currenct to spend id run with the Rumis concoction flasks (unique granite).

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IamLoco wrote:

Hello there,

thanks for your guide, it is very helpful.
I´ve only started to play again for the first time after the beta and tried to respec my witch (lvl 77). I´ve kept very close to your first spec but I´ve got some questions.
You have left out 3 main minion nodes (+minions) and a lot of life and even life-leech. Obviously you did this on purpose as those nodes are only a few clicks away. Could you tell me, why?

Thanks..!

Hey!

Welcome back, glad you're enjoying it!
So to answer your question:
The first build (Pure SRS Hybrid) focuses on SRS as our source of damage, the other minions are only there to act as decoys to give you the safety of spamming SRS, they tend to die which is the entire point of them existing, for them to die rather than you being forced to kite to summon your SRS.

With that information it is rather logical to understand that "wasting" points in getting more of the decoys or making them more resilient is not worth the points compared to getting more jewel slots in the end for the sake of increasing the already absurd damage output the SRS will be doing!