[3.11 HSC] Avontuur's Spectremancer | Doryani's Prototype | Boss killer

Welcome to my build guide exile!



Hey, i'm Avontuur and this is my first time, after +5k hours in this game, doing a build guide. I'm not english native speaker so your suggestions are a big help. Feel free to whisp me in game: @AvontuurPrototype

Special thanks to Duque for build image and Bubu el apuesto for Baranite Spectre idea.

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Updated 14/7/2020

-Added an advertising section to be honest about the difficulty to do this build.

-Gear update: Ventor's and Eyes of the Greatwolf Talisman prices skyrocket. Probably will make an alternative PoB for Xibaqua Timeless Jewel.

-POBs changes: removed mid and high budget settings, trying to make more streamlined and less confusing progress to endgame.


CONTENTS

1. Introduction & Explanation
2. Videos
3. Tree & PoB
4. Gear & Gems
5. Flasks & Pantheon
6. Spectres
7. Animate Guardian



1.INTRODUCTION & EXPLANATION

The build is based on:


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ADVERSITING <---------------- READ THIS FIRST!!

This is a hard build, if you are looking for a beginner friendly build just don't do it.

Can i delete content, Sirus A8, U-Elder, Shaper: you can do it with a low budget setup, but gearing this build can be a headache and here are the reasons why:

1) Isn't a starter build, you've to switch when you are in Yellow, or Red Maps.

2) A lot of specific uniques and rares (Wrath mana reservation helmet for example).

3)Flasks are very specific too. (Iron Skin, Rumi's...)



WHY I SHOULD PLAY THIS BUILD?

Mainly because you can hit millions of DPS without spending a lot of currency.
Sirus A8 is a joke.


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WHAT'S THE IDEA?
Nearby enemies have lightning resistance equal to your own. So, we can to stack negative lightning resistance, put some lightning based Spectres and melt all the content. Nearby distance is pretty decent to be honest (tried in PvP. Not sure if 75 units, but similar).

WHAT SPECTRE ARE YOU USING?
Well, there is a lot of Spectres based on Lightning Damage, but i will go with Baranite Thaumaturge.

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-Baranite Thaumaturge can be found on any map influenced by the Crusader/Baran.


Pros & Cons:

+High DPS with budget investment.
+Good survivability.
+Good clear.
+There's is a lot of Spectres to play with Lightning Damage.
+Can you league start with a normal Spectre necromancer up to level 90. (Highly recommend Kay's Spectre)


-Playstyle is noob friendly, but gearing is advanced.
-Baran ground lightning degen and Eradicator can be dangerous.
-Hard to min-max, some uniques are hard to find.
-Spectres cannot run reflect elemental & hexproof is our enfeeble.


HOW YOU LOWER YOUR RESISTANCE?
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There are quite a few options to lower your lightning resistance:

1. Obviously, -60 resistance penalty after Act X.
Note: We don't want Alira (+15) or Commander of Darkness ascendancy (+30).

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2.Unique items, we have two option here, examples:

Budget option:


You can hit -48 with Prismatic Catalyst (-24 / -24)

Expensive option:


You can hit -60 with perfect rolls + Prismatic Catalyst (-30 / -30)

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3.Curse reflection. Now comes the hardest part of the build, we want to reflect to ourself Conductivity and Elemental Weakness by putting a Curse on Hit setup on Shackles of Wretched.

Example:


To do this we have to grab Whispers of Doom notable in passive tree (you can skip it if you have Awakened Curse on Hit at least level 3).


Now you will have -45 from Conductivity, and -40 from Elemental Weakness.

----->Important note<-----: You have to overcap to (+115) fire and cold resistances at least, to handle Elemental Weakness, i recommend (+125) to not have issues at all.

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4. Curse effect (you can skip it, just complex maths)

Spoiler
Curse effect also applies to you. So, you usually will have:

For all Curses +15%:

+5% From Cluster small node.
+10% If you have 20 quality on Awakened Curse on Hit. (not required at all)

For Conductivity +40%:

+5% From Cluster small node.
+10% If you have 20 quality on Awakened Curse on Hit. (not required at all)
+25% From Cluster Tempt the Storm notable.


Tempt the Storm:
5% increased Cast Speed
25% increased Conductivity Curse Effect
Master of Fear:
Enemies you curse are Unnerved

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Final maths with level 20 gems:
Elemental Weakness: -42 to lightning resistance.
Conductivity: -58.5 to lightning resistance.
Total= -100

Final maths with level 20 gems & Awakened Curse on Hit:
Elemental Weakness: -46 to lightning resistance.
Conductivity: -63 to lightning resistance.
Total= -109


WHY YOU SURVIVE?
Spoiler
There is some ways to mitigate the lightning damage taken:

1. Life, we need to have a decent pool of life, more than 4,5k. Note: We can get a better life pool with x2 Ventor's Gamble. Note: A nice life pool + %5.6 life regen from Tree + Stone Golem will give us at least 350-400 of minimum life regeneration.

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2. Avian Twins Talisman, we have to make 50% of Lightning Damage from hits taken as Fire/Cold/Physical. Note: Fire is the best option, Cold Damage can freeze us, and Physical will depend on flask effects.

Eyes of the Greatwolf Talisman, best in slot. With this you can do maps braindead.

Example:


Please don't use this:

:pepega:

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3. Armour now also applies to Lightning Damage taken From Hits, so try to get +1500 base from Armours: Doryani's Prototype + Rare Helmet (Armour Base) + Boots (less important if you use Bones of Ullr)

Example:


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4. Flasks, well, now considering you already have a "decent" amount of base armour, can you stack a lot more with Basalt Flask of Iron Skin and Rumi's Concoction.

Example:


Rumi's will give us +3k of base armour (1.500+3.000) and Basalt Flask of Iron Skin will give us %(60-100). So we can easily hit 10k of Armour rating.

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5. Glancing Blows and pseudo full block.


This only gonna prevent you to get oneshoted, and not to receive less total damage.

So, we will be casting Armaggedon Brand/Flame Dash/Bone Armour, that gonna be triggering our linked Bone Offering + Desecrate + Spell Cascade with Trigger Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill on Weapon.

This is giving us 27/27 block.



Now, with Rumi's Concoction active flask we can reach 38/37 block (don't care about attack block roll, just about perfect spell block).



Tempest Shield gem on trigger wand will give us 3/3.



We will be 75/75 by Glancing Blows double chance.

Note: If don't want to use Tempest Shield you can reach full spell block with a rare jewel.



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6. Glorius Vanity Timeless Jewel: give us extra energy shield, around 2k.



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7. Guard Skills, you can put Bone Armour or Molten Shell instead of Move Only. If you are using Malachai's Artifices, you will have a free red gem socket to put Molten Shell (yes, you can also use Vaal for bossing).



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8. Optional, Kitava Teachings unique cluster.

Recover is not regen, so we can run cannot regen maps without issues.


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9. Soul of Aarakali pantheon choice will give us:

10% chance to Avoid Lightning Damage from Hits.

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10. Animate Guardian can use Kingmaker, giving us Fortify.



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Fortify is a buff that grants the player 20% less damage taken from hits for 4 seconds.



WHY NOT ELEMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM?
Spoiler
Doesn't work because enemies have Lightning Resistance equal to yours.

:pepehands:

WHY NECROMANTIC AEGIS?
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Necromantic Aegis is a keystone which can benefit our minions.

The character will no longer benefit from any modifiers on equipped shields including implicit modifiers such as armour rating and chance to block.

I like damage, so, using Victario's Charity for this build cause it grants Frenzy on Hit and Power on Kill to Nearby Allies. We can't hit fast enough with Armaggedon Brand to generate Frenzies, and obviously, we are not killing.



Feel free to try a more defensive shield without this keystone, like: Whakatutuki o Matua, Lioneye's Remorse, Ahn's Eritage, The Surrender or anything else. But this build is focussed on DPS.


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2.VIDEOS

Bosses:
Sirus A8.
Deathless Shaper Run.
Red Elder.

Shaper Guardians:
T16 Chimera.
T16 Minotaur 100% Life (Glorius Vanity test).


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3. TREE & POB

Updated 9/7/2020
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-POBs changes: removed mid and high budget settings, trying to make more streamlined and less confusing progress to endgame.


Budget version for start (10 ex budget):
Spoiler
+2,3m per minion Bombs (+8m dps total)
+Using malachai's artifice.
+Not counting Power Charges and Animate Guardian.

-4,3k life pool + 1,7 ES pool.
-Two abyss jewel with +12% Fire and Cold to fit resistances.
-Bones of Ullr poor movement.

https://pastebin.com/ZYNEE8iZ


Expensive version (50 ex budget):
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+5,7m per minion Bombs.
+We are not counting Power Charges on minions.
+Animate Guardian with Kingmaker, give us Culling Strike.
+5k at level 93. (+1,8k ES)
+40 ex investment.
+Not a mirrored Convoking Wand.

-A lot of Awakened Gems.
-Ventor's Gamble roll. (-23% Lightning at least)
-Take care about Animate Guardian cause Kingmaker can be expensive. Specially in delve +500.

https://pastebin.com/Yr3gUnaU


My PoB (Level 96; 55 ex invested):
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https://pastebin.com/jKVxuGm2

Total invested sheet:
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Jewels:

Example:



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4.GEAR & GEM LINKS

Weapon:
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Rare wand with:

+1 to Level of all Spell Skill Gems or +1 to Level of all Minion Skill Gems.
Note: This is mandatory to have 4 active minion.

Trigger Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill.
Note: This is mandatory to have Bone Offering.

To have more DPS you can aim for:
Minions have (x–y)% increased Cast Speed
Minions deal (x–y)% increased Damage.
+2 to Skill Gems. (Expensive)

Example:


Gem links:
Bone Offering - Desecrate - Tempest Shield


Shield:
Spoiler

Victario's Charity unique shield.

Example:

Provide Frenzies and Power Charges to our Spectres, BiS for high DPS.

Gem links:
Summon Stone Golem - Feeding Frenzy Support - Flame Dash

Note: While you have the Feeding Frenzy buff, all of your minions have 10% more minion damage, 10% increased movement speed, 10% increased attack speed, and 10% increased cast speed. Flame Dash is mandatory too, cause you will need at least one movement skill for bossing mechanics.


Helmet:
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Rare Helmet armour based with:

+70 to maximum Life.

+40% to Fire Resistance.
+40% to Cold Resistance.

Note: You can easily craft this one with fossils.

To fit Aspect of the Spider into the build, not required to start.
Wrath has 15% reduced Mana Reservation

Example:


Note: Please, don't put Lightning Resistance on any rare item.

Gem links:
Wrath - Summon Skitterbots - Generosity Support - Enlighten Support

Priority order of auras:
Wrath, Summon Skitterbots, and Enlighten 3 + Wrath has 15% reduced Mana Reservation to active Aspect of the Spider.


Body Armour:
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Doryani's Prototype unique body armour.

Example:


Note: One white socket allows us to put GMP for clear (Not required at all!!)

Gem links:
Raise Spectre - Spell Echo - Minion Damage - Deathmark - Elemental Focus

Six link:
Controlled Destruction Support for bossing.
Greater Multiple Projectiles Support for clear.



Gloves:
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Shackles of the Wretched unique gloves.

Example:


You can aim for these corruptions:
+2 to Level of Socketed Curse/AoE/Duration Gems.
+1 to Level of Socketed Gems.
(4-6)% increased maximum Life.
Double corrupt on gloves (hard to find).

Note: This gloves are mandatory for Curse reflection.

Gem links:
Armaggedon Brand - Curse on Hit Support - Elemental Weakness - Conductivity


Boots:
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Bones of Ullr unique boots or Rare Elder Boots armour based with +1 to Level of all Raise Spectre Gems.

Example:


You can aim on Rare Boots:
+1 to Level of all Raise Spectre Gems (Mandatory).
+60 to maximum Life.
+20% increased Movement Speed.
Fire or Cold Resistances (Two-Toned base if possible).

Note: Please, don't put Lightning Resistance on any rare item.

Gem links:
Animate Guardian - Meat Shield Support - Minion Life Support - Convocation

Note: Meat Shield and Minion Life are mandatory to keep Animate Guardian alive.



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5.FLASK & PANTHEON

Flask bar:
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Explanation:
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Life and Mana Flasks:
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Life:

You can use a Magic Bubbling Divine Life Flask of Staunching or Blood of the Karui unique flask.

You don't really need Bleed immunity if you have U-Lab done.
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Example:


Mana:

You can use a Magic Enduring Eternal Mana Flask of Heat. Useful anti-freeze and easy cannot regen mappig.

Example:



Utility Flasks:
Spoiler


Basalt Flask and Rumi's Concoction unique flask are BiS for survivability:
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Flasks, well, now considering you already have a "decent" amount of base armour, can you stack a lot more with Basalt Flask of Iron Skin and Rumi's Concoction.

Example:


Rumi's will give us +3k of base armour (1.500+3.000) and Basalt Flask of Iron Skin will give us %(60-100). So we can easily hit 10k of Armour rating.


Rumi's can also grants us pseudo full block.
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Now, with Rumi's Concoction active flask we can reach 38/37 block (don't care about attack block roll, just about perfect spell block).





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The Pantheon:

Choices:
Spoiler

Major God: Soul of Aarakali.

Soul of Solaris if you have Eyes of the Greatwolf

Minor God: Soul of Ryslatha for bossing / Shakari for mapping.



Explanation:
Spoiler

Aarakali because:
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Soul of Aarakali pantheon choice will give us:

10% chance to Avoid Lightning Damage from Hits.


Solaris because:
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Soul of Solaris pantheon choice will give us:

6% additional Physical Damage Reduction while there is only one nearby Enemy.
20% chance to take 50% less Area Damage from Hits.


Ryslatha:
Will recover our flask during boss fights (Specially during Sirus fight).

Shakari:
Reduce the Chaos Damage Taken and big help us against Poison.



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6.SPECTRES

SPECTRE LIST & WHERE TO FIND
Spoiler
SPECTRE LIST

-Baranite Thaumaturge

-Slave Driver

-Baranite Sister

-Risen Vaal Advocate (Lightning)

-Scinteel Synthete

-Scale of Esh

WHERE TO FIND?

-Baranite Thaumaturge can be found on any map influenced by the Crusader/Baran.

-Slave Driver can be found on The Control Block Act V.

-Baranite Sister can be found on any map influenced by the Crusader/Baran.

-Scinteel Syntethe can be found on Twisted Distant Memory or Cortex (I have bank).

-Risen Vaal Advocate can be found on Alva Temple or Vaal Outpost (Delve).

-Scale of Esh can be found on Esh's Breachstone or Breach.


TIER LIST
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BOSSING
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Tier A

Baranite Thaumaturge

Tier B

Slave Driver

Tier C

Scinteel Synthete
Baranite Sister
Risen Vaal Advocate (Lightning)



CLEAR
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Tier A

Risen Vaal Advocate (Lightning)
Scinteel Synthete
Baranite Sister

Tier B

Baranite Thaumaturge

Tier C

Slave Driver



-Left to test-
Scale of Esh


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7.ANIMATE GUARDIAN

Work in progress.

Options:
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Weapon:
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Kingmaker unique two-handed axe BiS.
Dying Breath unique staff budget option.


Helmet:
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Leer Cast unique helmet best DPS option.
Maw of Conquest unique helmet against Poison.
Mask of the Stitched Demon unique helmet with a hybrid rare chest: energy shield and life.


Body Armour:
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Garb of the Ephemeral unique body armour BiS against bosses.
Ambu's Charge budget option.
Rare chest with Gain (9–10)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield for tankiness.


Gloves:
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Southbound BiS.


Boots:
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Victario's Flight for movement speed.
Rainbowstride for tankiness.



My animate guardian:
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Leer Cast.
Kingmaker.
Ambu's Charge.
Southbound.
Rainbowstride.


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Left

Gear: Jewelry explained.

Animate Guardian: Show examples, i don't have the items atm.
Last edited by Av0ntuur_ on Aug 12, 2020, 6:22:24 PM
Last bumped on Aug 27, 2020, 11:54:00 PM
amazing build
Great on budget. Amazing on high budget!
Looks like an interesting version of the spectre build.
A version with spiders (phys to lightning support) would be great.

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soundpool wrote:
Looks like an interesting version of the spectre build.
A version with spiders (phys to lightning support) would be great.



I think can work, but i'm not sure if Spectre-based, changing a rare weapon can be an issue: will be losing 1 active Spectre, and Bone Offering trigger.

Thanks for message soundpool.
Last edited by Av0ntuur_ on Jun 29, 2020, 5:10:57 PM
Why bother with spell cascade for offering?
What's the gem links for Baranite Thaumaturge?
Also, if you want, check out Lyends' version of scinteel. He go pretty good gem links for that spectre.
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ericchongws wrote:
Why bother with spell cascade for offering?
What's the gem links for Baranite Thaumaturge?
Also, if you want, check out Lyends' version of scinteel. He go pretty good gem links for that spectre.


Spell Cascade is used to keep Disciples of Kitava consuming corpses during boss fights.
Gem links are in "4.Gear & Gems" and PoB, i will try to make them more visible.
I recently saw Lyends guide, is pretty good, makes a lot of damage too, and most importantly, is better for survival.
My idea when i've created this guide is: make a build with 30-40ex which works similar to most expensive ones.
Thanks for feedback ericchongws.
Last edited by Av0ntuur_ on Jun 30, 2020, 4:15:16 AM
It truly looks like a unique build!

One question if I may and this is more my lack of understanding. I see that you picked Enduring bond. Do skills like bone offering, desecrate, etc trigger that passsive so you always have 30% increased damage? The reason I ask is because I noticed that that part of the tree has a lot of minion duration for Phantasms and Raging Spirits. Those two you don't have in the build.

Thank you in advance for a response!




oh and also.. I've never really lasted long enough for end game. Where are the Baranite Spectres? :)
Last edited by Pracis on Jun 30, 2020, 1:12:02 PM
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Pracis wrote:
It truly looks like a unique build!

One question if I may and this is more my lack of understanding. I see that you picked Enduring bond. Do skills like bone offering, desecrate, etc trigger that passsive so you always have 30% increased damage? The reason I ask is because I noticed that that part of the tree has a lot of minion duration for Phantasms and Raging Spirits. Those two you don't have in the build.

Thank you in advance for a response!




oh and also.. I've never really lasted long enough for end game. Where are the Baranite Spectres? :)


That's right, we have "Minions deal 30% increased Damage if you've used a Minion Skill Recently (It refers to the past four seconds)" by trigger in wand.

The Enduring Bond notable and all nodes depending are giving me a insane amount of DPS (like 300k DPS per minion on mid-budget configuration).

Total:
Minions deal 48% increased Damage.
Minions have 4% increased Cast Speed (we don't care about Attack Speed)

Baranite Thaumaturge can be found on any map influenced by the Crusader/Baran.


Thanks for message Pracis.
Last edited by Av0ntuur_ on Jun 30, 2020, 4:33:23 PM
WTF damage vs Sirus 8

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