(0.10.1) Shadow Summoner Build

Hey now! Just tossing up a build for a Shadow Summoner, as I've noticed a lack of them on the Shadow side.

Some people say the Witch is the best at a Minion-Master, but the Shadow can do it just as well, with literally 4 more points needed to get there. Also, I prefer to have a Male Necromancer, myself.



Any suggestions are welcome!

EDIT: I only used 63 points, and only 3 points from having CI if need be. So it's pretty much leveled up to Act 1 Merciless, if my calculations are correct.

What will be your primary offensive skill?

Do you intend to use multiple aura support?



I see big flaws in there: you totally lack any HP nodes or anything usable except minions.


Lets say that you will have minions and some offensive spell (well thats the only option, because you havent picked any DEX nodes).


So it will be probably:

1h mace/wand/dagg + shield

active skill: LS, Arc, Pulse, firestorm


You need to have some offensive dps skill (probably spell), health, resists, str/dex/int req for equip, think about auras and supports, etc


Just passives with minions will not work imo. There are situations where you really cant rely on them or you dont have the time/resources to maintain the suffcient amount of corpses running around you...so you have to think about your defences and offensive support to your minions...they will not do THAT much dmg , at least during the first half of the necro grind.

basically this is my bow summoner build...you ofc dont have to go for bow that much, but its just a hint that you have to think also about the item requirements, auras (using auras= you have to have high mana regen), using nice passives (necro aegis, etc)

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Arclayd wrote:

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAdEFOgX5B2MI9A2ND6sRLxOeGYoZ1xzcHhoi9CaVKPoqWy1HLYMxiDY9NntGcVBCUzVVS1crX-Fh4mska9tsC21sbXtyu3NTeQN9GH3Sfll_xoIehK-Ia4t6jDaTJ5UglemXBpu1okCio6crp9S0DLVItve_l8BUwfPEosXMyT3Kj8tB0hnW0dpk2wvmged06-7sivF28h70-P7I_5M=

basically this is my bow summoner build...you ofc dont have to go for bow that much, but its just a hint that you have to think also about the item requirements, auras (using auras= you have to have high mana regen), using nice passives (necro aegis, etc)

Thanks for your feedback, Arclayd. I probably should've laid out my build a bit better, as this was my first time posting one.

Anyway, my aim is to achieve what this person did in the Video, only with a Shadow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl_B7M8krFU&list=HL1360755746&feature=mh_lolz

The difference: I'll be using a Summon Skeleton Totem, and casting my own curses, rather than using a Curse Totem, and summoning his own skeletons like he did. That's pretty much all.

By level 35, my sole purpose will pretty much be replacing dead zombies, moving the Skeletotem around, and casting Vulnerability.

This is what I was thinking of:

Bow + Minions