How to make my spectre witch tankier?

Hi

I play a mix from this 2 (same) spectre builds:
https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/raise-spectre-necromancer-build-guide
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2255988

It's the same build with only minor differences. So I got an good working spectre witch.

Atlas quest wise I need to kill the shaper (all 4 guardians down).
My problem ist that I die to often. I don't go to shaper because I fear that I can't to it within the number of portals (also I have no idea how to get the next level up)
I did 3 of the 4 guardians deaathless (fire, ice and arena), but the minotaur whrecked me (yes the from guides called easiest one).
Currently I have this stats:
5,7k health
1k energy shield
33% Physical Damage Reduction (19% fron gear + 10 zombies + 4 chaos golem)
57% with granite flask
Fire/Cold/Lightning/Chaaos: 115%, 85%, 89%, -14% (flask +35% chaos, +21% all elements)

Damage should not be the problem, if the spectres focus on one target (ai is stupid some times) everything melts away in a couple of seconds.
But to survive this seconds is not always possible.
Biggest problems are syndicate ambushes, timless big jumpers, minotaur, elder last phase, ...
Only T12 and above (from T1 to T11 everything is ok)
So I thik it is an physical problem.

Has someone an idea what I can change in my gear?
A taste of hate could help, but if possible I would prefere a always up defense mechanism (my skill and reaction is not the best)
Cost wise I'm not rich but also not poor (currently I have abeout 500C and 20ex).

I found a update for my chest and some other items so I'm now at 6.3k health and 637 ES.
My current build and gear:
https://pob.party/share/ikihetasimahoh

My gear:



Currently I have no idea how to progress further.
I die sometimes so I'm stuck at level 93.
Has someone an idea?

I tired now uber elder.
I made it to second phase yay -.-

I need help here.
Is me gear that bad?

Hey Norxen,

I also search for a minion build that is tanky enough to not die from oneshots, with limited success. Part of the problem is GGG's terrible state of game balance at the moment, but nothing we can do about that.

The things you say kill you seem to be physical damage, and 19% from gear is a very low number for armour.

I suggest trying these steps:

- INCREASE ARMOUR: get rid of the ES chest piece and get an armour chest piece and try to get to the nodes on the tree near marauder that give increased armour % and some flat armour. If you can afford it, get a 6 link brass dome, just so that you can see what really high armour feels like.

- GO INVISIBLE: Make your movement skill phase run, it will stop a lot of monsters from attacking you, and make your manual dodging much faster

- CHANGE CLASS: Most spectre builds are necromancer, but I've tried minion builds with marauder and scion, and found that they are much easier to scale up your defences, at the cost of some damage.

- GET HIGH BLOCK: Scion and Necromancer both have ways of scaling block, while still using minion based gear. An example is this scion build i'm working on. I have phantasms doing the work here, but you can easily swap to spectres:
https://pastebin.com/Lr19XJpg

- USE AN EFFECTIVE LIFE CALCULATOR:
These things can show you how your defences go vs different damage types, and what combinations of things give you better chances of living. Here's one:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hd136bdTfO-V2jsP9sBCxZS8D0iXqFUgyQx0BtQEOrY/edit?usp=sharing

- USE ENDURANCE CHARGES: Flat physical reduction is better than armour most of the time, and Juggernaut is a great class for defences that can still get the spectre damage quite high. Here is a jugg build I've already tested that could easily switch to physical spectres, instead of phantasms:
https://pastebin.com/kYmyZAxe

Good luck!

Your Physical damage mitigation is lacking. Sub in Molten Shell and manually cast it. Use a granite flask in conjunction with it.

DON'T shield charge around a bunch either. You would be doing yourself no favors shield charging into a Legion pack or Minotaur just to get Fortify up. Your goal should legit be "don't get hit"...shield charging around goes against this logic.