3.9 Xeratule's King of Summoners Variant - 90% Phys Res, Stun Immune, 1k more HP, more damage

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Features of this variant:

-90% Phys Resistance (75% from gear/auras, 15% from Basalt Flask)
-Stun Immunity!
-Pride aura now works since we dropped Victario's Influence (Pride does not work with Generosity support)
-1200+ strength (Extra zombie)
-Uses all of the existing Jewels, and most of the existing items from brunowa's Victario's Influence speedrunning PoB.
Note: For the curious, the gear choices I made represent good stat rolls, but are far from being perfect rolls.

From my PoB:
https://imgur.com/gallery/VMn2KiW

Pastebin:
https://pastebin.com/hLrH8Kqg

Skill Tree:
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/3.9.2/AAAABAMAAQHnBAcEswUtC2EQUREtFCAUTRZvFy8YkRodGjgaPhv6HNwhYCSaJd8nCycvKS4ppSycLR8y0TWSOlI6xjrYPC1AoEVHRZ1Kn0yzTaxQR1NSVcZV1lcNWfNakV4TXz9hUmO7ZOdmVGaeZ3Fnm2hlaPJqQ2qsa9tyD3LFdPF673yDfLh8u4Ckg1-DtoPMg9uGYIbRibyOvo8akFWSwZRvlSCYTZrgns2fy6DmogCkGacwqH2tSK4-r2y3PryfvOrAZsHzwmzFisau0B_SIdP72L3fsONq5FHr7uyK7w7vTu_r8B_xrPOb-tL8S_4K_o8=

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How was this achieved?

1) Swap Astramentis with Aul's Uprising
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Aul%27s_Uprising_(Strength)
The strength variant of Aul's Uprising gives "Determination reserves no mana" as well as +% armor, +all stats, +strength and +life.

2) Swap Death Attunement Anoint with Charisma Anoint
The extra 8% reduced mana reserved lets us fit in multiple new auras. Champion of the Cause conveniently adds in another 4% reduced mana reserved, and the +18% aura effectiveness from related passives improves upon the +10-15% aura effectiveness which will be lost when we remove Victario's Influence.

3) Swap Victario's Influence with Saqawal's Nest
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Saqawal%27s_Nest
Saqawal's gives 10% reduced mana reservation which is actually a global reduction to mana reserved, while Victario's 30% only applies to socketed gems. Victario's Influence forces generosity on socketed gems, meaning that Pride, Grace, and Determination would not be applied to your character if socketed into Victario's Influence.
Saqawal's also gives up to +75 to all stats which gives you back the necessary dexterity to use lvl 20 Hatred and lvl 20 Grace, which was lost when we dropped Astramentis.

4) Take Unwavering Stance
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Unwavering_Stance
Gives immunity to all stuns. The one weakness of most summoners is getting hit by that random, massive crit that stuns you for that one critical second when you can't cyclone spin your energy shield back. It also gives you 0% evasion, but this doesn't matter because:

5) Take Iron Reflexes
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Iron_Reflexes
...Iron Reflexes gives us 0% evasion anyway. Now all of the evasion on our gear gets converted into armor. This isn't all that much armor (~35% phys resist) but we have an ace up our sleeve:

6) Use Grace + free Determination aura from Aul's
Grace gives a flat >2500 evasion, which is amplified >50% by Determination. All of that gets amplified again by the passive armor nodes we would have taken anyway while trying to cap our elemental resistances. These two auras increase minion survival substantially, and get us to between 70% and 79% phys resistance depending upon gear (75% in the PoB).

7) Swap Rumi's Concoction for a 2nd Basalt Flask
The 3000 armor gained from Rumi's concoction only increases our armor from 29 to 32k, which translates to going from 75% phys res to 82% phys res. A 2nd Basalt Flask gives that flat +15% phys res needed to hit the 90% phys res cap, and obviously a 2nd Basalt Flask doubles our time at 90% phys resist.

8) Swap Minion Damage support link on Spectre + Animate Golem with Maim Support
Maimed enemies translate to a free 14% increased physical damage. Most small enemies won't be maimed since enemies usually die before the Spectres hit them, but a maimed Shaper takes more phys damage from zombies relative to the +minion damage node that was socketed previously. Another option is to socket Blind Support which gives enemies a 50% chance to miss. I believe that Blind miss chance is independent of your lost % evasion from Unwavering Stance.

9) More life nodes taken
Swapping out nodes in the top-right (Influence, Written in Blood) frees up a ton of points that let us take the rest of the Life nodes next to Constitution (max at lvl 100), big Life + regen with Golem's Blood, and life + regen + mana regen in Quick Recovery). This build reaches into 6500 hp and 2300 es BEFORE spirit offering is applied, and even gets into the 7000 hp range depending on gear and level.

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Hi just wanting to give attention to your build and don't want it to sink into obscurity. Are you sure this has higher damage than brunowas build? Might be wrong but just at first glance it looks impossible.

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Cruonit wrote:

Hi, nice build. I was looking for some ideas to use when ggg will nerf cwc+spirit offering combo and you have good innovation. Build looks solid but unflexible atm. I am in a hurry for improvements.
You may craft '+1 to minimum endurance charges' on your rings for extra elemental resist and physical dmg reduction.

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sabermetrics wrote:

I know that Pride doesn't get affected by Generosity, but it still functions by itself in a Victario's Influence right? Just wanted to clarify because your wording sounds like Pride just stops working entirely?

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sabermetrics wrote:

I took another look at it, and the tooltip in game actually doesn't show Pride being supported by Generosity while it's in the Victario's. The red "G" symbol just doesn't appear on the skill icon, which leads me to believe that the game understands that they don't work together, and therefore Pride still functions by itself.

I am definitely looking at swapping to a Saqawal's though, just having a tough time figuring out if I want to run Purity of Elements with it as well