what summoner gems to use

What is the best gems to use for zombies, skeletons? (i've already seen the one for spectors).

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/114301

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Bob3104558 wrote:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/114301

That is for specters. I'm talking about zombies and skeletons. like using elemental damage.

For example: using added lightning damage to minons allowing them that extra damage, maybe a chance to 'shock' their targets, etc.

Thinking of extra things to do for minons. Ran into an issue, where in act (normal), in the slums, ran across some leech looking creatures that shot out multiple shards. Wiped out my zombies and skeletons in a matter of seconds. Had them exploding all over the place, not close enough to the enemy to make a difference. I had to duck behind a wall and cast skeletons for up to 5 minutes. Thinking of using a totem with skeletons, might help with that.

Personal setup

raise zombie - minion damage - minion life - physical melee damage

summon skeleton - spell totem - minion damage - added chaos damage (added chaos damage recently dropped b/c i needed more slots for curses/auras)

@computer tech, Those snake that shoot piercing projectile are probably the worst mob you will face as a summoner. It will get better once your zombies have more health. Your best bet is to GTFO of that map. The rest of act 3 is much easier then the slums.

my plans for my summoner would be...

skel+zombie+ minion life + minion damage + life on hit.

then, will be supported by hatred gem

then spell totem + spark + fork

and lastly arc+ inc. lightning damage +chain.


that'll would add more punch to my zombies & skel... (in theory though... i haven't tried hatred because it consumes almost all my mana. (still using clarity).

With my zombies I value Minion Speed very highly. With it your zombies are VERY fast, getting to the enemy and creating a wall of undead flesh between you and the critters. In a 4L I would use Zombie-Life-Speed-Damage. If I only had a 3L then I'd probably drop life next, as zombies are pretty easy to recreate when they die. Unless they are dying like crazy, then put Life back in and take out Damage.

Realistically your spectres are doing most of the damage, but nothing is doing damage if you're dead so I value minion speed pretty highly for my blocking minions.

Thank you for the advice guys. Really appreciate the responses. I did read the spell totem can have blue gem spells and create some havok with them. (very tempting to create, but very hard for most of the characters life ... below 60 i think).

I do know about the:
minion life + minion damage + minion speed (the one i need-hopefully to get soon).

I was wondering of other gems as well. Guess most of the reds cannot be used on zombies? Like ground slam, etc, etc. I know some gems can enhance specters (see link above).

So what other gems can be used just for zombies and skeletons?

Life on hit? physical/chaos damage? etc.

NO answer on what spell gems can be used on zombies?

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So what other gems can be used just for zombies and skeletons?

Life on hit? physical/chaos damage? etc.

LoH works so does chaos, works for both

thing about skele is that they induce a 50% penalty on elemental dmg so using fire/ice/light on them is a bad idea