[3.17] CheapBunny's Dual 8L Herald of Agony + Herald of Purity Necromancer | The Squire & Non-Squire



Updated to 3.17 - ArchNemesis League
Passives skill tree remain the same. Hydrosphere setup is removed, it is no longer useful for this build due to the hit cooldown change to hydrosphere. Dps remain the same, hydrosphere is just a QOL for this build.


Introduction
This build utilizing both herald minion skill, namely Herald of Agony and Herald of Purity, they are easy to be scaled together given they are both minion/herald/physical skill.

I have been doing the build with "The Squire" shield, which is a very rare shield cost above 100ex. However, I realized afterwards that this build can actually be done without "The Squire" shield, and still able to achieve almost the same result, at much more lower budget, so I included the gear/gem setup both for "Non-Squire Variant" and "The Squire Variant" in the build guide below, you can choose whichever you like to do, enjoy =).

Build Thought
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The build is built around the unique body armour "The Coming Calamity".


The build concept is simple, to boost the mana reservation of any 2 herald skill as high as possible (use as much support gem as possible), to abuse the "Mana Reservation of Herald skill is always 45%" mod.

I decided to use Herald of Agony and Herald of Purity, because they are easy to be scaled together given they are both minion/herald/physical skill. Since, this is going to be a minion build, I chose Necromancer ascendancy.




Because of the mod "Mana Reservation of Herald skill is always 45%", Essence of Worm Ring also gives us a free aura.




Videos


Skill Tree (PoB)
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Kill all bandits.

13 Feb 2022 - [POE 3.17] 96 lvl skill tree (Latest)
https://pastebin.com/TjYb6X8d

29 Jan 2022 - [POE 3.16] 96 lvl skill tree
https://pastebin.com/9sgTGxsM

(Please refers to Gear/Gem Link section for Gear/Gem Info, because I might not update Item/Gem in PoB if I did not change the skill tree)


Leveling
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Use Zombie and SRS to level until level 50 before swapping into Herald of Agony (without Herald of Purity). Try to take all the nearby minion damage nodes on passive skill first before you got the cluster jewel. Respec those nodes into cluster jewel afterward.

After you swapped into Herald of Agony, you may use "Icefang Orbit" ring if you feels like you need more chance to poison in early game, and change it later.


For "Non-Squire Variant", only turn into dual Herald setup after you get "The Coming Calamity" and pseudo 6L helmet.

For "The Squire Variant", only turn into dual Herald setup after you get "The Coming Calamity" , "The Squire" and pseudo 6L wand.



Ascendancy
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Mindless Aggression -> Unnatural Strength -> Commander of Darkness -> Mistress of Sacrifice


Gears
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Weapon
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Early Game
Rare Wand with +1 Physical Spell Skill Gems/Minion Dmg/Chance to poison

Mid/Late Game "Non-Squire Variant"
Wand with Minion Gem Level/Spell Gem Level/Minion Damage/Minion Attack Speed


Mid/Late Game "The Squire Variant"
Wand with Socketed Skill Deal 40% more attack damage/Supported Added Fire Damage/+2 Level Support Gem/Supported Faster Attack



Off Hand
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Early Game
Rare Wand with +1 Physical Spell Skill Gems/Minion Dmg/Chance to poison

Mid/Late Game "Non-Squire Variant"
Dual Wield Wand with Minion Gem Level/Spell Gem Level/Minion Damage/Minion Attack Speed


Mid/Late Game "The Squire Variant"



Helmet
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Early Game
Life/Resis

Mid/Late Game "Non-Squire Variant"
Life/Resis/Minion Damage/Supported by Minion Damage/Socketed deal more Ele Dmg/+ Socketed Minion Level


Mid/Late Game "The Squire Variant"
Life/Resis/Minion Damage/Nearby Enemy -Fire Resis


Helmet Enchant : Summoned Agony Crawler Fire 2 Additional Projectiles


Body Armour
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Early Game
Rare Body Armour with Life/Resis

Mid/Late Game



Gloves
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Early Game
Triad Grip with 4 Red Sockets

Mid/Late Game
Triad Grip with 4 Red Sockets + Curse Elemental Weakness on hit



Boots
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Life/Movespeed/Resis



Belt
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Life/Resis



Amulet
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Early Game
Life/ES/Resis

Mid/Late Game
Life/ES/Resis/+1 Physical Skill Gem or Ashes of the Stars


Anointment : Whisper of Doom


Rings
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Early Game
Rare Ring - Life/ES/Resis

Mid/Late Game
Rare Ring - Life/ES/Resis/Flammability on hit


Unique Ring



Jewels
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1st Cluster Jewel


2nd Cluster Jewel


Unique Jewel

Watcher eye with Determination +Armour (optional)



Rare Jewel (Belt)
Life/Minion Taunt on Hit/Minion Physical damage





Gem Link
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Power Siphon + HOA/HOA Setup
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"Non-Squire Variant"
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6L Herald of Agony (Body Armour)


Pseudo 6L Herald of Purity (Helmet)


4L Power Siphon



"The Squire Variant"
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8L Herald of Agony + Herald of Purity (Weapon + Shield)
Weapon -

The Squire (Map Clear) -

The Squire (Single Target) -


6L Power Siphon (Body Armour)



4L Stone Golem
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3L Molten Shell
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1L Determination (Essence Worm Ring)
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Other Gems
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My other build guide
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Triple Offering Low Life Chaos Tornado/Seismic Trap Occultist
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3239590

Summon Reaper Build (Hit based + Bleed + Poison) + Animate Weapon
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3155821

Petrified Blood Low Life 6 Aura Double Strike Champion
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3194071

Duo/Group Gravebind MagicFind Support
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3213600

Last edited by cheapbunny on Feb 25, 2022, 11:52:57 PM
Last bumped on Mar 11, 2022, 8:29:26 PM
13 Feb 2022
- Updated passive tree 3.17
- Removed Hydrosphere gem setup
Last edited by cheapbunny on Feb 13, 2022, 5:35:59 AM

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