[1.3] Flameblast EB Summoner

To start off, dont bother too much with the minion nodes at the beginning. Go straight through all the life nodes to get Celestial Punishment. After that, I'd suggest going towards the Witch area to pick up more life and the Breath of Flames Node. By that point you should have a decent amount of life and you'll have a base 20% chance to ignite.

By around level 50 you should start putting points into minion nodes. An important thing to remember is that the minions are primarily there for defense. Therefor you should need to invest anything into minion damage until the level 90s.

By level 65, you should be getting Eldritch Battery and some gear to start using Arctic Armour which will save you from reflect.

You'll want to prioritize stats on gear by the following...
1. Life
2. Resistances
3. Mana Regeneration
4. Energy Shield/ Max Mana
5. Damage (cast speed, spell/elemental/fire/area damage)

Get your defenses running before you incest into damage as this build still works well without a 6-link and what not.

The weapon of choice is the Doryani's Catalyst. It provides us with cast speed, a ton of elemental damage which applies to our burn prolif, and lastly, it gives us a little bit of life leech which is always welcome.


When you can afford it, a Carcass Jack is very recommended especially if you 5 or 6-link one. It provides us with a fair amount of energy shield which grants more mana regen due to Eldritch Battery. It also provides a fair amount of defenses and a small damage boost. Be forwarned however, trying to get the right colors can sometimes be a hassle.


My Gear:
It is important to note that you will need some dexterity on gear to use higher levels of Arctic Armour.

When you start out, I'd suggest the best mace or wand you can get with +2 to fire gems. Socket it with flameblast, spell echo, and elemental proliferation. This setup can carry you all the way to level 80.

Endgame Flameblast Setup
5L: Flameblast, Spell Echo, Elemental Proliferation, Fire Penetration,Faster Casting/Chance to Ignite
6L: Add Increased Burning or Concentrated Effect. I personally use increased burning however concentrated effect will give you more damage but I'm just too poor to re-chrome my chest atm.

Aura Setup
4L: Reduced Mana, Clarity, Discipline/haste, Purity of Elements

Minion Setups
-Our Specter of choice obviously goes to the Scepter of Gods' Evangelists. They are incredibly tanky, deal decent damage by themselves, and provide a projectile immunity bubble.
4L: Specter, Spell Echo, Concentrated Effect, Faster Casting/Added Fire

-Zombies are going to be our main tanks. If you can, try to get a helmet with +2 to minion gems as this will greatly increase their health. In higher level maps they tend to die more often so keep your zombies on you skill bar for quick re-summons.
4L: Raise Zombie, Multistrike, Melee Splash, Minion Life/Melee Physical

Weapon and Offhand
3L: Leap Slam, Faster Attacks, Convocation
3L: Arctic Armour, Elemental Weakness, Bone/Flesh Offering

For your Weapon Swap you will want to have a desecrate gem. The rest you can use for leveling other gems.

-Keep a Desecrate Gem in your offhand setup. When summoning your specters, make sure to unsocket spell echo from your specters or you can end up raising the wrong monster.
-When dealing with reflect, cast flame blast in small short bursts (3-4 stacks tops). This will eliminate the lesser monster with the burn damage, leaving the rare monsters alone to hit with fully charged flameblasts.
-At higher levels of gear, you can switch our discipline with a haste gem to further increase your clear speed, so long as you can still keep up arctic armour.
-When playing in a half regen map, you cannot use arctic armour on the move. Cast arctic armour only on reflect packs or if you are being burst down. The rest of the time you can still manage without it, you just need to watch out for fast monsters that creep up on you.
-Remember to use convocation. When inside a close-quarter dungeon, use convocation to rally up your minions and keep them with you, they are your primary defense. If you find yourself suddenly taking a lot of damage, pop convocation and that will take most of the heat off you. Also dont forget that convocation can being used to pull your minions away from being wiped out.
-Be careful with big-hitting physical damage monsters. Arctic Armour is your only means of passive physical damage reduction so the big monsters still hurt a lot.
-The thorned beasts from the imperial gardens can be one of the most deadliest monsters towards this build. When they explode and shoot spikes in all directions they deal massive damage. In higher level maps your zombies will get wrecked by them. Try to cast flame blast on them from around corners to prevent them from killing you and all your minions when they explode. In fracture maps be especially carefull of killing them head on as your burn damage will kill the fractured ones which creates