Slow Mo Zombies! (No Uniques Needed|Relaxed Playstyle|Easy to Gear|Anyone Can Play|All Content)[3.5]

Thank you for this guide, very well explained! I will start the league tomorrow on X1 with this build

Hey sooshka! Great questions!

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sooshka wrote:

1) any way to make it more tanky for hc?

The build wasn't designed considering Hardcore. I don't play HC.
Some leveling suggestions for HC are to ignore your zombies for a while. SRS with Summon Phantasm and Minion Damage will carry you for a long time. Basically until the Zombies are good enough. (Don't use my filter for leveling in HC. I didn't include mana flasks unless they had quality. SRS needs mana flasks until later.
For HC endgame, the key with zombies is to not go too fast for them, unless you want to hit Convocation all the time. Increase the quality of your Zombies and Minion speed. The bonus movement speed is a life saver. And definitely have the movement skill you like the most. The better the escape, the more you live.
In terms of being more tanky, you'd have to sacrifice something on the tree to gain either more health or damage mitigation. All of our mitigation comes from our movement skill which doesn't work to well if you NEVER want to die. you could attach Hatred to a Spell Totem so it doesn't reserve any mana. Then you could take Mind Over Matter on the tree (you'd want extra mana on your gear to better benefit from that).

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2) what are some of the higher end upgrades do you recommend (for example, if you find an exalted orb and can upgrade a few items to uniques)

Honestly, there aren't any uniques I LOVE. I'd honestly spend my Exalts on some "perfect" rares (like if doing the one-handed setup, putting your skeletons in a helmet that has +3 to minion gems). There are some uniques that have great benefits but also come with some consequences. But I'll give you a list of uniques and feel free to ask about them if they interest you.

-Sidhebreath Amulet
-Singularity (more slowing)
-Bones of Ullr or Alberon's Warpath
-The Baron
-Severed in Sleep/United in Dream
-Mon'tregul's Grasp
-The Scourge
-Queen's Decree/Queen's Escape
-Femurs of the Saints

Keep in mind, I don't know what crafting options are available yet. 3.5 changed it all.

(Increasing the amount of minions you have is always a good idea, but don't forget about Max Health).

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3) the build feels slow with charged dash... any way to incorporate shield charge for much better clear speed or something else?

Use any skill you want! Just make sure you're doing elemental damage that has no cold damage. So you'll need to have Lightning or Fire Damage on your weapon if you choose a pure physical damage skill.

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4) why can I summon chaos golem with a cwdt gem? I thought anything linked with cwdt can't be cast unless it's triggered by it? Are my color combos wrong?EDIT: hmmm nevermind, #4 seems to have been fixed... I can't cast the golem manually anymore, not sure what changed, still using the same items.

CwDT has a level requirement. So it'll only cast gems that are equal to, or under, the level requirement. As CwDT levels up, it increases the maximum level of gems that it'll trigger.

So if you have a CwDT that's level 1, you'll see that it has a maximum level requirement of 38. So any SPELLS linked to it that require you to be level 38 or lower will be cast by CwDT. If any Spells have a level requirement higher than 38 are linked to it, they won't be triggered by CwDT and you'll be able to self cast them.

It sounds like your CwDT gem is just a little lower in level to the gems it's linked to.

Does that help? Let me know if you need anything else.

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Xevilmf wrote:

...I enjoy this and this league and thanks for this guide <3

I'm glad! 3.5 is such a great addition to the game. Ask as much as you like!

Hey borispershin1488!

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borispershin1488 wrote:

Thanks for really good league starter! I got to maps with 67 lvl in betrayal so easy compare to other necro builds ive used before. I love this build!

Thanks for taking the time to complement! You're very kind. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

Hey IamFrench!

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IamFrench wrote:

Thank you for this guide, very well explained! I will start the league tomorrow on X1 with this build

Thanks! I'm glad you find it helpful! You're very kind. I'm excited for 3.5 on console too! It goes live in 3 hours! I play league on PC and Standard on console, and I feel like I'm going to be in League anyway on console with all the changes they made to core game. :) I'm excited to see what crafting options are available once it's all unlocked! I love this build on console.

I've been out of the game for a while don't understand Vaal think they have changed.

So if you have a 20/20 vaal skellies you have the normal summon skellies + vaal huge pack to summon, so it gives you two skills. Vaal is based on killing mobs.

This sound right?

I don't want to walk on my mans thread here, but as far as I see it:
Adding skeletons to this build makes it unbelievably OP.
I mean I thought just the zombies were great, now with dropping Skeletons all over it is insane.

The Vaal is just the extra F U to the bosses I can't wait to get it :)

Really really liking this, not even half geared yet, every level feels end game strong!

Yes you are right, normal skeleton spell and OP Vaal for trouble spots, so 2 spells, 2 slots. Vaal consumes souls to charge so emergency use only.

Hey Deklnu!

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Deklnu wrote:

I've been out of the game for a while don't understand Vaal think they have changed.

So if you have a 20/20 vaal skellies you have the normal summon skellies + vaal huge pack to summon, so it gives you two skills. Vaal is based on killing mobs.

This sound right?

I don't quite understand what you wrote (sorry), so I'll just explain vaal skills.

Vaal skills changed one or two expansions ago. Let's use Vaal Summon Skeletons as an example. It used to be that Summon Skeleton and Vaal Summon Skeletons were separate gems. Now, Summon Skeleton is still it's own gem, but the Vaal version of the skill now includes both the regular Summon Skeleton skill AND the Vaal Summon Skeletons skill. So if you get the Vaal version you get two skills with one gem. Each skill still requires it's separate key bind, but you only use up one gem slot :).

With Vaal Skeletons specifically, you have to "fill" the gem before you can use it. You fill the gem by killing enemies, or hitting Rare or Unique enemies. All kill/hits all your allies make fill your Vaal skills. After you spend a Vaal skills (some have multiple uses (ours doesn't)) there is a "locked" period where your vaal skill can't earn souls (it's so vaal skill can't be button mashed).

Increasing the duration of skills increases the duration that our skeletons are out for, but it also increases the duration of the "locked" period.

Sorry for the big answer, but does that answer your question?

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GrunkleBob wrote:

I don't want to walk on my mans thread here...

Answer as much as you like GrunkleBob. :) The more people chat about POE, the more people learn. This is everyone's thread.

Hello thanks for this build. What level should my Cast when Damage Taken" support gem be?