Pale Council's items - a nuke and a fluke

So I've managed to get all 4 of PC items:


ofc i had to buy them all because despite having two lvl80+ characters and sitting at (23) i have one full key set. just one. but thats not the point

I'd like to know is there anyone who has even slightest idea what are the uses for the helm and gloves?

We all know the bow is batshit broken (it is criminal game destroying bribe item - but if a game has to resort to this dick move then their creators might know a bit more about the condition of this game than we do). I've managed to create a VERY fun and effective Abyssal Crier + this mace + ground slam + berserker - so this item is also very nice

But the gloves and helmet. I know these were fillers so the bow is rare (it is the Midnight/Hope crap again) but you can make less obvious garbage fillers than these two

Anyone made them work? Even remotely?

Ghazzy was using gloves for his low life summoner.

mask maybe alternative mana replenishing source for hybrids and ci also can be used straightly for mind over matter build. that 3% mana replenishment is per mob, so for example using arc with 7 chains it will recover 24% mana per cast and having like 8k mana with grandspectrum jewels it would be around 2k mana which is pretty good, but nothing too op. I assume lightning tendrils should be better with that AoE and frequent hitting, possibly full mana recovery per cast on 5-10 mob pack. But some shock duration all over skill tree and gear is a must as for such light hitting spell.

maybe you could freeze with zombies or something

Its truly unfair actually that very niche items like the helmet for example are only build worthy in SC leagues due to the very harst downsides to be even considered for HC. For example i have in the past when the leagues were different had a maligaro restraint witch and this specific helmet is BiS for her. Its a very nice themed piece of gear that wont see much usage, unless someone tries to build fun and themed builds.

I wont link tree because i dont like sharing my unique/niche builds but :

Maligaros restraint and a bit of shock in the tree (you can also go crit and malachai's loop instead of shock) plus mana regen and MoM can clear ez and safe up to t13 maps ( way before ascendancy that is). And that with a whooping 5k pure life and 2k ES plus MoM and insane mana regen with the main shocking skill (shock nova) on a 4l Geofri's Crest.

I cant even imagine what would this build do if i had Vessel of Vinktar back then or ascendancies. Shame that ill never run the lab to upgrade the build.

Game is full of very well made items that the 90% of the community considers trash cause simply they are not "meta" or they need much more investment to be comparaable with more popular ones.

EDIT : The mode on the gloves "extra physical as cold" is a hatred effect for every minion that actually STAACKS with hatred. Evangelists and zombies pretty much benefit the most from this. Though i havent played summoner for over a year and a half so i dont know where they are now power-wise.

well

thanks for suggestions. as for the zombies + freezing. we have Hatred + Generosity for that so i do not know what else these gloves will accomplish. Zombies wont be able to freeze stuff that isnt already frozen with this item. And they are already oneshoting everything anyway.

as for the mask. the ONLY safe way of playin MoM is %Damage Gained as Mana. Only when this stat reaches equilibrim with MoM - then MoM is safe. any other mana source (leech, regen, this helmet's mechanic, flasks) puts you at risk of going OOM and loosing both your defensive buffer and ability to fight. this helmet is a nice alternative to mana leech or mana regen (on half/no regen maps) but i wouldnt dare to play it with MoM as the only mana source.
what it might do in practice is 'reduced lightnig reflect'. but whole MoM? not a chance. tried that keystone several times with different setups and i wouldnt trust this at all.

The bow is kind of ridiculous but there wasn't really any good unique bow other than Lioneye's Glare (which made you explode instantly to reflected damage) yet there's a fair amount of good unique melee and caster weapons. The mace is also pretty amazing and gloves seem to give 20% extra damage as cold to minions without any real drawbacks. Mask seems pretty worthless, does it have an unique skin?

Gloves id use for Mirror Arrow Trapper, thats probably about it.

The gloves are a pretty obvious dps boost for your minions. 20% more SRS / phys spectre damage? Sounds fine.

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

Mind of the Council has good synergy with Lightning Coil since you are further reducing damage taken.

Except every hit has a 20% chance to shock you...