Vaal Summon Spectre

Think this could work: Summons a rare version (including the +2 levels) of the corpse for 30 seconds. Counts as 1 specter against your total. Doesn't persist between instances.

Can summon boss act lol xD

summon avatar of chris wilson having culling strike and 100000% increased rarity

"counts as one spectre against your total" would never get used then. people would just rather have a permanent one than unsummoning a spectre for a temp vaal skill. imagine if vaal summon skeletons counted against your skeleton total lmao

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Think this could work: Summons a rare version (including the +2 levels) of the corpse for 30 seconds. Counts as 1 specter against your total. Doesn't persist between instances.

so basically summon a specter of that hasted aura bot rare....

its novel but considering how nutty head hunter is this thing could be insanely hard to balance

30 seconds might not be worth the headache since it is basically at the mercy of what ever rare you find to be good some times you win, other you lose. at which point wont it be easier to rock a vaal haste?


the main gimmick of specters are that they are a permanent minion with exotic abilities that you summon once and then not worry about again. making a temporary minion kind of goes against that.


realistically speaking at best this probably would be able to animate minor unique mobs but i dont think anyone would use it that way.

I say this because animate guardian would essentially be just like this gem. and even if you give the guardian the best gear in the game ( some one dropped 80 exa on one) they are still just one minion.

you could 6l reanimate the most bad ass rare you can find. it wont out dps your 4 linked zombies. not even close.

in all reality what will happen to the guardian will happen here. you will put it in an unsupported gem slot. reanimate the first monster rare with an aura you can find and essentially have about a minute or so of a particular aura. thats the best i can see coming out of this.

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raxleberne wrote:

summon avatar of chris wilson having culling strike and 100000% increased rarity

That right there is the first good idea i have seen this week ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Summon Spectre with "Nearby Allies cannot die".

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I'm going Summoner next league.

Being a vaal skill, and likely thus having some time limit, it wouldn't actually need to count against your spectre limit.

It means giving up vaal haste, after all. So it can be quite powerful without being op.

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DragonsProphecy wrote:

Being a vaal skill, and likely thus having some time limit, it wouldn't actually need to count against your spectre limit.

It means giving up vaal haste, after all. So it can be quite powerful without being op.

quite a few builds these days roll around with more than 1 vaal skill charging to act as an expensive method of banking more souls for extra utility or double dipping power at a critical moment.


you can easily use a vaal skill 7 - 8 times a map as is. so that is 3 -4 between two or about 6-7 if you bank one to use on the last boss and use just one for conventional clearing.

but i do agree it should not need to count against the spectre limit. not only because it is separate but just because of how tedious it already is dealing with spectres as is. having a skill murder one and then disappear after 30 seconds would probably be really really annoying.

Vaal Raise Spectre: Duration, Minion, AoE
Raise a spectre of each nearby monster for a duration.
Spectres have x% reduced stats.
This does not count towards your spectre total.