AG, Empower, +2 lvls Rare Helmet - please help with official information

Hello,

as no one could tell me in other subforums for 100% about this, I am posting it here:

1) I have Animated Guardian lvl 20, attach an Empower gem lvl 2 to it and summon AG with items (Weapons, Torso, Helmet, Gloves, Boots), so AG will become lvl 21.

What happens if Empower reaches lvl 3 - will AG becomes automaticly lvl 22, or do I have to summon it with the items again (so sacrifice the items once again)?

2) Same as in 1), but now I want to use a +2 levels to minions rare Helmet instead of Skullhead or whatever. In order to do this, I have to socket the gems again into the new helmet.

Will the +2 lvls bonus from the rare helmet affect my current AG, or do I have to summon AG again by sacrificing items?




So the question is, do AG "remembers" the current state of +x lvls bonus as when I am sacrificing items to summon it or not.

From my logic the answer should be no, because otherwise we could just borrow Empower lvl 4, summon AG with it, then replace Empower lvl 4 with another gem (like Fortify, or melee splash etc).

And because of this the answer should be yes to 1), that when Empower reaches lvl 3, the current summoned AG will get +2 instead of +1 lvls.

Right? We don't have any numbers of AG's HP or anything else, so without an official information it's just a guessing game now.

I make it a topic because I am playing on X Box One right now and this game there is "fresh" so corrupted Empower lvl 3 is not 25c cheap. And my question is whether I have to wait until Empower reaches lvl 3 or no.

Thanks in advance!

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Hey,

not many people are using AG these days. So might be hard to get the right answer.

I would expect AG to only remember its gear, but not the gems it was linked to.
If it did, that would be snapshotting and that has been removed ages ago.

Just curious: why are trying to empower your AG?
If its just to make it more tanky, Minion Life + Minion Res would be better options.
That being said, a +2 minion helmet is basically a free lvl3 empower limited to a 4l. Should be a lot cheaper to get on xbox and I would roll with a helmet rather than an empower 3 or 4.
I´d probably go the extra mile to get me a bone helmet (assuming you are running a minion build) and craft the +2 minions on it myself.

If you swap your gems in town, your AG should be fine and not drop his gear.
You could easily verify this by using another char, buy AG gem and equip AG with some random vendor trash drops. Then swap the gem around and check what happens.


Cheers

Most snapshotting was removed but: Far as I remember it used to work so that rebuilding (using new items) is unnecessary. It may be necessary to switch area or resummon (without using new items) the AG though.

Increasing level of AG via Empower should be equal to leveling process. Note that if you swap support gems it affects summoned guardian.

If you remove skill gem from the socket AG will disappear. However if you put skill gem back to the socket (could be different one, doesn't matter) you can re-summon it again with existing gear. If you put your AG in to the weapon slot you can actually save your guardian by using weapon swap in case it's running out of life.