Animate Guardian dies over and over

Orbaal has me (once again) convinced.
I already sold the skull helmet and got back to the +2 one.
Also bought the Crown of Tyrant, Kingmaker and Doppelgänger.

But 4-5 Div each time is too expesive for that risk in my eyes.
That's why I'm giving up some dps for more tankyness by using Fotress Covenant.

Its always fun to try out own ideas.
But in the end, trusting the top echolon guys makes more sense.

Not sure if you are using the AG for damage or just for his buffs. When I played him just for his buffs, I did the following setup:

AG (Divergent) - Minion Life - Meat Shield - Enhance 4. If you put that in a helmet that gives +2 to socketed gems (I used Viridi's Veil but Honourhome is a great helmet too), that's 2 more levels to the AG AND the Enhance becomes level 6. He will have a crapton of life. Get him a Doppelganger's Guise, cap his res, and he won't ever come close to dying unless you are fighting Ubers.

The problem with Minion Damage is that the gem has a pretty hefty life penalty. You aren't using yours in a 6L so honestly any damage he does is likely minimal anyway.

I quit using AG because his AI is incapable of dodging boss attacks, and something like Shaper beam will eventually kill him no matter what gear you spend there. Is there a way to make AG survive all pinnacle bosses?

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TemjinGold wrote:

You aren't using yours in a 6L so honestly any damage he does is likely minimal anyway.

I use AG only for buffs.
54k life atm before implementing Fortress Covenant next.

Im very Happy with the overall damage and everytime my AG died it was very noticable and i woulndt play this build without him.


@echo
its not only the AG gear that defines his survivability.
its the tree, the gems, your gear and the auras also.

I switched from Grace to Determination because SRS are always in your face anyways so they died very fast against bigger threads.
But with Determination they survive many encounters and i guess that works for AG too.

Nice vid here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN6X8Qab7Sg&ab_channel=GhazzyTV

Well in that case, definitely DON'T play minion damage. You are lopping off a chunk of his HP with it. You don't have to go as extreme as I did but swapping minion damage out for minion life makes a huge difference. Don't go divergent guardian unless you also go enhance as the cost of the gem isn't worth it otherwise.

I run minion life + meat shield.
But your right, the 40% Minions speed might be worth more than the 116 in total life.
Tested it: 48k life instead the 54k.
Could be negligible IF the enfeeble from my spectre works.


Just testing out spectres...
I got the diablo from upper prison who curses with enfeeble.
Since i already got 2 curses, does this work?
Cant see it in action cause i play with 800x600 resolution + dynamic resolution wich makes the game a pixel fiesta.


The enfeeble comes first cause hes too fast. (that i can see)
After that comes the Temporal Chains from my AG. (that i can see too)
But i cant see the Despair symbol in all the mist.
And everybody dies too fast.

But in theorie, its not me who casts enfeeble, and i didnt equip him with gear like the AG right?