Wolfbrother's Onslaught Proven Summoner Guide v 1.1

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I'm using lightning damage to trigger equilibrium

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I'm using the lightning damage for shock/equilibrium I like what melee splash brings to the table.

Oh... you do know that minions can't trigger EE or use the shock passive from your tree? Those passive don't effect minions at all.

Also your arc problem,
ive been using a quality shock nova lately. You have to be closer to the mobs but u can trigger shocks and EE much more effectively

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mattc3303 wrote:

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I'm using lightning damage to trigger equilibrium

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I'm using the lightning damage for shock/equilibrium I like what melee splash brings to the table.

Oh... you do know that minions can't trigger EE or use the shock passive from your tree? Those passive don't effect minions at all.

Also your arc problem,
ive been using a quality shock nova lately. You have to be closer to the mobs but u can trigger shocks and EE much more effectively

Son of a ... Whelp that explains why I have been less impressed with EE than most people lol

I know the shock status passives don't work for minions but they can still trigger shock status. When i'm summoning up my zombies when I first log in I regularly see them critting the low lvl dudes and can see the shock. Without the fireballs all over the place.

I'll have to play around with shock nova. I like the way arc lets me direct my minions at specific targets, but with shock nova too for EE .. herm

That or I need to team up with a Sporker more often

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Wolfbrother923 wrote:

While Concentrated effect is multiplicative it only applies to Area Damage meaning the Mob actually hit by the fireball will not receive any additional damage from concentrated effect.

Not true. Of course it applies to the one that gets hit. The whole point of concentrated effect is that everything at the centre of the explosion takes more damage. You misunderstand the mechanics if you think you can discriminate between on-hit damage and and additional area damage. Unless it pierces fireball does aoe damage and that's it.

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Bada_Bing wrote:

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Wolfbrother923 wrote:

While Concentrated effect is multiplicative it only applies to Area Damage meaning the Mob actually hit by the fireball will not receive any additional damage from concentrated effect.

Not true. Of course it applies to the one that gets hit. The whole point of concentrated effect is that everything at the centre of the explosion takes more damage. You misunderstand the mechanics if you think you can discriminate between on-hit damage and and additional area damage. Unless it pierces fireball does aoe damage and that's it.

I'm pretty sure I read a post by the guy who makes the skills saying otherwise, I'll try and see if I can find it again.

But if you are right then its a much better skill than i think.

Great guide. Thanks for the work. One question, what Bandit rewards do you suggest?

Thanks.

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Bada_Bing wrote:

You are correct, the post I was thinking about was based on Pierce. When piercing the AOE effect does not occur on the first mob hit only the second.

That gem is a LOT better than I first thought.

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Prana wrote:

Great guide. Thanks for the work. One question, what Bandit rewards do you suggest?

Thanks.

Normal Difficulty

I personally take the Passive point each time.

Some people like helping Oak in normal for the 40 Extra HP.

Cruel, and Merciless

Take the Passive Points.

gonna start my summoner today, this will help me a lot, thanks man

Forgot to ask: Why are you using faster casting on your skeleton totem? Just to have the totem respawning them faster seems pretty pointless to me. Am i missing something here?

One question: What spell did you use to level until 35~40?