ANGRYAFRICAN's basic guide to leveling a summoner build in 1.2.0.

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Ghazzy wrote:

So Raging Spirits not good enough to use to lvl with?
I don't see any reason in bothering with anything else than Raging Spirits + zombies with minion life in a helmet. Thats all you need basically.

Raging Spirit is a good leveling gem.

Later on you will have to decide between RS and Skeletons. You won't have enough gem slots for both.

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Meadowbloom wrote:

so im currently running this build and its really powerful, my only problem now is to get the dexterity to level my desecrate even further, i only get 74 dex through the passive tree and dont see a way to get more dex, only thing i can imagine is gloves with +dex, is there any other way to get it?

I am using:

Eventually I will upgrade, but it works for leveling.

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Raging Spirit is a good leveling gem.

Later on you will have to decide between RS and Skeletons. You won't have enough gem slots for both.

Its also a beast end game minion gem capable of Atziri and Uber Atziri =3.

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mattc3303 wrote:

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Raging Spirit is a good leveling gem.

Later on you will have to decide between RS and Skeletons. You won't have enough gem slots for both.

Its also a beast end game minion gem capable of Atziri and Uber Atziri =3.

True, but at that point you are building for RS.

Idk I was able to fit zombies/srs and Skele and Spectre into my build if I wanted to.

The key is to not 6L but to double 5 link a summon in a 2h or chest. SRS requires the same sort of gear setup and passive tree setup as a spectre/zombie user does. + the increase duration nodes which are pretty damn useful a truck load of other things.

Perma physical invulnerable - immortal call/endurance charge loop
15s Vaal haste

When i first saw this build thread I really didn't give it the time it required to see it's benefits. I edited my previous answer in this thread with this:

After seeing this build in action i must say that lvling with SRS feels more comfortable, however the end result of this build is far superior in terms of survival compared to the SRS build specially for HC leagues.
Good job!

So, im currently at Level 81 on Beyond with this build, its really fucking strong, but now my question is: where to go with the next skillpoints?
i thought about going straight for charisma to get another 60% aura, but i dont think thats really the best way to do it. so now i just spec into the last minion dmg nodes and the 2 6% aura nodes at sovereignity, but i cant figure out where to go after that.
please help :D

edit: is the leadership note really worth taking?

edit: current build: http://tinyurl.com/pols4pb
gear:

Why Hatred instead of Wrath? Hatred only buffs Evangelist spectres and has limited effect with SRS. Is it because Wrath doesn't buff Evangelists? Hatred does buff zombies too but so does Wrath.

I ask because I find myself using SRS a lot, an awful lot. I'm leveling with it and it's great for taking down bosses and rares (in Beyond). They even have a great ability to get in the way of projectiles so as I spam them I don't get hit and they do eventually kill the target. That's why I'm thinking Wrath might be better for me, at least for now.

This isn't the only summoner guide where I've seen Hatred recommended either. There has to be some mechanic to it I'm missing, beyond simply that it affects spells.

Dex is also a problem. I'm going down the tree past Sentinel now because some gems can't level further.

I might look in to tweaking this build just a bit to add some curse skills. In Beyond I'm thinking Enfeeble will be a god-send.

Hatred gives an absolute ton of extra cold damage. I think if u managed to grab every aura buff node on the tree + generosity you'll get around 106% hatred or 2.06* your minions physical damage. IF your minions hit for 1000 they are now hitting for 2k extra cold. A huge dps boost. Combined with the summoner's ability to utilize EE effectively and elemental curse your minions will deal true cold damage(or more) each hit.

Evangelist benefits from this 100%
Zombies 100%
SRS 50%

I figured out that you need dex on both rings and gloves to get rid of the dex nodes in the tree and level all the gems to 20, 3 items with 30str each are recommendet too so you can save up even more skill points. so the key to make this work is to aim for 30+ dex/str on rings, shield and gloves and maybe helmet if neccessary.