[3.0] Dark Pact Occultist Summoner
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Bump also playing a similar build. Initially I moved towards Shadow for some more chaos and spell dmg nodes etc in the starting area, and i'm respeccing to branch towards Templar and up to some of the minion nodes with MI
I'm doing the new content slowly as I didn't watch any beta streams so it's all fresh. Have to say I love this build so far and besides the totem dying its better than self casting the skellies! |
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Around what level are you picking up Minion Instability? I'm just starting to fill out some minion life nodes at 47 (waiting on a few respec points)
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What would you use as a 6th link on Dark Pact?
What would you use in place of baron helm as it's 200c right now and is it the same links |
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What'd you choose for Pantheon's ?
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Sorry about the lack of replies.
For Pantheon I would take Brine King for the stun immunity (since we are playing hybrid) and Tukohama, since you are standing still to cast DP. In place of Baron just try using a +2 minion helm - I can't find any information on how much levels affect skeleton HP though. As a 6th link, probably chain, though I am sure there are other comparable supports. For minion instability, I would say wait until you can get an Apep's rage since that gives you the cast speed you need to reliably proc MI. Freebird, you should be able to get at least 3k ES with only moderate ES gear, that should help your survivability. I can try and get a vid, but I'm not sure my computer can handle recording at the same time as playing POE! |
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hello, just started building my own dark pact summoner when i came across your build, definitely taking some notes haha. but i am really wanting to get wither in here because i feel that the damage it gives is insane. Do you think that wither + cast while channeling + dark pact + spell echo + added chaos damage + void manipulation would work? i feel that it might not hit as hard for wave clearing but for bosses it should shred. if someone smarter than me could calculate this i would be grateful
Last edited by TwoSteps66#1151 on Aug 23, 2017, 10:03:16 PM
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Hi, I'm trying to build my own dark pact summoner using necromancer
Still rushing lvl here but I need opinion here. Life based MOM necromancer, using the scourge unique claw Life regen using maligaro's lens shield + necromantic aegis passive Planned passive tree
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https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/3.0.1/AAAABAMDAQQHBLMHHgj0DeIQlxGWE2wWbxpsHNwi9CSqKPoqmDLRNZI26TpYOuE8BT1fQYdCS0QERUdFnUZxSI5I50kTSU9JUUmxTLNN41JTUq9TUlXGVytcQF-wZ_xo8mpDa9tsC20Zb551nn0Yf8aCx4MJg9uFMoVgh8uIQIngjxqPRo_6kx-TJ5Uuly2XlZrgm4qboZu1oS-iAKZXpqynCKebqsSsmLB3tAy3PriTu028qrzqvYK-T76Kv5fAZsM6yT3KSsrTzLzPFdOP0_vXz9i92QvdX9-K42rmWOkC6-7sg-yK73zviPAf8NXyHvJF99f5N_no-oD-Cv6P_rM=
I'm more on using dark pact on skeletons, and since the scourge allows my minion damage to affect me, I can make use of the minion damage passives also. I'm not really bothered about my minions would die due to minion instability or spell totem+skeletons since beacon of corruption will trigger anyway. Pantheon I'm still finding my way around it but it will probably be around stun or reduce damage taken. |
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Whither dark pact could work, although I'm not sure how good the targeting for dark pact will be. I don't think even path of building will give you an accurate estimate of dps, I guess you will just have to try it out. If it happens to be good for bosses you might even consider just swapping gems in and out for boss fights.
JTYSM both those ideas sound interesting. I'm not sure the rate at which you are able to kill skeletons is enough to really take advantage of maligaro's lens, I think I have maybe 1 or 2 skeletons die per second at best. It also takes 11 casts before a skeleton becomes low enough to proc minion instability so that the regen will only kick in after a few seconds. If I am taking damage I usually try to run away, with maligaro's lens it may be better to stay still and keep casting dark pact, which is scary to say the least. I like the scourge idea too but as someone pointed out earlier in this thread added chaos damage (such as from Apep's rage) works really well with dark pact. Still, don't let that stop you creating the build you want. I was actually thinking of creating a build that essentially skips all the minion nodes in favour of more chaos damage (maybe even crit) and to see how that goes. |
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" I didn't get to bring my skeletons down to low life because of my spell totem+summon skeletons most of the time,therefore I can't tell if I'm regenerating from minion death But when I looked up on the maligaro's lens on wiki, that combo also works with SRS, so i assume that it will work regardless like the beacon of corruption passive |
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I did start a skeletton vaal pact summoner in beginning of the league but gave up somewhere in act 4.
It really didnt felt good. First you have to cast the skeletton totem, then you have to wait for the totem to push out a decent amount of skelettons, so that the dark pact can actually chain between them and then you cant control at all where the totem does cast the skelettons aka where the dmg is dealt. => in short, clearspeed was really bad and it also wasnt that safe for HC. Then I did link dark pact to the totem and did cast skelettons manually. Now I was able to control where the damage was dealt, but the dmg was shitty... on top of that bosses and packs with a lot of elemental AOE did destroy the totems pretty much instantly all the time... how did you solve those problems? |
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