comparing the new femur of the saints with the new queen's escape

Now the added cost for Femur of the saints is that you must use at least 4 gem slots, and cast skeletons/SRS for the bonuses to apply. Since most minion builds are already doing 3 of these, this cost is not considered here.

- SKELETONS: 18% block moving up to 69% block - Using an active vaal skill gem with a few seconds to ramp up (at 4% block per passive, this is 17 passive points)
- ZOMBIES: about 6% life regen (at 1% per passive, this is 6 passive points)
- SPECTRES: 120% mana regen (at 20% per passive, this is 6 passive points)
- SRS: 40% attack/cast speed ramping up with SRS (4% cast speed per passive, this is 10 passive points)

GENERIC:
- About 20% more Minion damage and health via extra levels (about 4% more damage per passive and 6% more life per passive, this is 8 passive points, but only for socketed minions)
- 60% increased minion damage (at 15% per passive, this is 4 passive points)
- a 5 link to put some minion skills into
- As an added bonus, staff wielding passives are easy to get to , and can get you some nice block and spell block plus a little utility.

- 40% increased max life (4 passive points)
- 90% increased Minion move speed (at 15% per point, this is 6 passive points)
- 30% increased damage (2 passive points)
- +1 to max number of skeletons, zombies, spectres (I'll estimate each of these at 2 passive points each, so 6 passive points)
- Accuracy (worthless)
- Skeleton duration (mostly worthless, but if using lots of 'to dust' jewels, could be worth, say, 2 passive points)
- a 5 link to put some minion skills into
- No synergised passives from the tree
- Minion speed is a special type of defence in this game where most content is kill or be killed, regardless of your defences. In this case, the movespeed is worth a lot more than it seems on paper.