Summoner/totem build viable?

Hello,

Has anyone successfully used a Spork totem/summoner build up into maps? I was considering 2 spork totems or 3 with Ancestral Bond using Soul mantle and zommbies/spectres for summons? Has anyone tried this with any success?

Thanks in advance for any and all feedback.

If you are planing using Zombie as a meat shield then its fine but spectre is not viable since you need 5-6L for totem and spectre to be effective. That mean you will have to use 2hander = less surviability. You have to choose one if you want yo do everything it it will end up horrible.

I've been wiping maps with 4 linked spectres, your argument is invalid.

Yes, it's possible. I personally don't spork (can't stand the things) but if your graphics can handle it then go for it.

Well Under 71-72 maps is fine with 4L but you will sometime lost your spectre very easy.

The clearing speed of spectre is alerady really fast to put totem on top is way overkill.

Yes it is possible but not optimal you should either go full summoner or full totem to be effective and the spidersilk defence is low you will need anchestral bond eventually.

Spectre 4L is perfectly fine, most summoners use 5th and 6th sockets for IIQ and IIR gems anyway. I'll be switching to double spark/summoner build shortly and i think it should significantly improve my indoor maps clear time where spectres get stuck on different sides of the walls. Just need to buy few 20/20 gems to achieve proper dmg with spark.

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Kirielis wrote:

I've been wiping maps with 4 linked spectres, your argument is invalid.

Yes, it's possible. I personally don't spork (can't stand the things) but if your graphics can handle it then go for it.

you arent even top 15k somewhere and i bet you mutilate your poor spectre with iir iiq and culling strike to get the last hit the infamous scrubcore setup

sure you faceroll maps *rolleyes*

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ventiman wrote:

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Kirielis wrote:

I've been wiping maps with 4 linked spectres, your argument is invalid.

Yes, it's possible. I personally don't spork (can't stand the things) but if your graphics can handle it then go for it.

you arent even top 15k somewhere and i bet you mutilate your poor spectre with iir iiq and culling strike to get the last hit the infamous scrubcore setup

sure you faceroll maps *rolleyes*

Why so much hate? Dude is completly right that CI summoner can take on any map with any mod but blood magic. Summoner clear maps reliably but slower then quite a few other builds.So called scrubcore setup is being used in every solid map runing party by one dude or another.

And what's that top 15K you're talking? Ladder? With godskilled dudes in top 100? Skilled in game where 1 drop can make or break you? Think many do care about it?
Seriously don't post unless you've something to add.

Thanks for all of the feedback!

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Crizisrf wrote:

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ventiman wrote:

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Kirielis wrote:

I've been wiping maps with 4 linked spectres, your argument is invalid.

Yes, it's possible. I personally don't spork (can't stand the things) but if your graphics can handle it then go for it.

you arent even top 15k somewhere and i bet you mutilate your poor spectre with iir iiq and culling strike to get the last hit the infamous scrubcore setup

sure you faceroll maps *rolleyes*

Why so much hate? Dude is completly right that CI summoner can take on any map with any mod but blood magic. Summoner clear maps reliably but slower then quite a few other builds.So called scrubcore setup is being used in every solid map runing party by one dude or another.

And what's that top 15K you're talking? Ladder? With godskilled dudes in top 100? Skilled in game where 1 drop can make or break you? Think many do care about it?
Seriously don't post unless you've something to add.

Maps aren't worth farming IMO. The risk and reward isn't there even with high IIR/IIQ.

With that said Summoners and dual totem can take on any maps without much problems. I gimp my dual totem dual cruses summoners for IIQ/IIR gears. My DPS is around 300 in the videos. My 4L is spectre + zombie + reduce mana + item quantity. I'm tempted to replace reduce mana for item rarity but I remind myself it better to farm currency than rares.

Don't waste your time worrying about the survivability of your spectre. Not worth it. If they died they died. Summon another one randomly from the ground. Don't waste 15 minutes trying to pick the prefect spectre. It's stupid.

These are old videos of me farming. I upgraded to 5L and gimped myself even more. My DPS is sub 300. I think 295 DPS for more IIQ/IIR gears.

I do maps for challenge and not farming. My farming is mostly done in Cats, docks, etc.

Crypt unID map:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCu1OYGvka8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gagax1-XL1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW4apM_W7bw

VAAL map:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHlmaYwII6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnmV1pFMsls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsx79P7VJDA

Dual Blacksmiths:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRTu13Knveo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq3mQ49zOEA

All my videos are unedited. Sometime I get disconnected and that lead to the impression I edit my videos which isn't the case. I got a lot more but haven't the time to upload them. Also the last couple of patches screwed up the sound on my XP system. So a lot of my videos are unusable.

I'm running a dual totem summoner atm.
I have 3 specters and might go 5, 11 skeletons and that may go up to 14, 8 zombies that may go up to 11...and 2 totems, not going to 3 though.

If I can get them I would like to run a Shavronne's Wrappings and dual midnight bargains, blood magic a low level aura and run low life pain attunement for my spark totems(not spork as I run 4L with faster cast and lightning pen).

Atm I'm running 4L zombies with life, dmg, and resist. with a 6l I'll add my specters and speed. I also run a dominating blow 4L with melee splash and culling strike(my skeletons are here also so they benefit from these supports as I spam them into groups or around bosses), my auras are clarity and discipline run with reduced mana..

yes I do zero damage with my dominating blow but since the effect is "on hit" it only matters that they die soon after being hit, and since culling is also on hit I can still kill things with it too(not to mention the dominated mobs gain melee splash and culling strike as well). And at times I have 3 or more totems since dominated totems don't count towards your max. I love having the "allies cannot die" aura.

My current build at 58 using queens decree, bones of ullr, and sidhebreath.