Thoughts on this idea for a more active Animated Guardian based build?

You might remember me from this skill idea from earlier - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3176691

I've also made a guide on good items to equip on Animated Guardians - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3036741/page/1

Well, here's an idea to make Animate Guardian a more interesting skill.



That includes all support gems socketed in said items, and skill modifier affixes on them.

If you're wondering how I chose the mana and regen amounts, it's basically the mana and mana regen attained by a level 100 character (not including what you get from attribute points) wearing a Cloak of Defiance, rounded up. It's not huge, but with a lvl 21 Clarity aura he has about 58 mana regen / sec.

The "Can Only Have 1 Of Each Minion Type" downside doesn't mean you can only run 1 AG and nothing else. Rather you can run 1 AG along with 1 Spectre, 1 Golem, 1 Zombie, etc. Most likely you'll be running him in combination with a Golem and some synergistic Spectre for a 3-man army troop. Keep in mind that you can fight alongside the Guardian too, so it's more of a 4-man army troop.

So what items would it be good to give your Guardian in such a build? It's definitely uniques, as only they come with in-built skills. Atziri's Rule comes to mind as a good item. The skills it gives operate on a cooldown as well, making them easier to keep up the mana for. Also keep in mind that you can give him multiple items with in-built skills in order to make him quite versatile. He'll cycle through them.