3.14 KING OF ALL SUMMONERS. Zombies & Skeletons & Spectres on STEROIDS! | League-Start to End-Game
" All that you're describing is normal. You have a budget weapon and gems, that is not enough dps (and by extension survivability) to go into late game. Videos you've seen are misleading and/or outdated. Nobody runs "everything" naked. That said, there are ways to improve your build beyond heavy investments. First thing first, fix your flasks. There's no reason whatsoever to run 3 life flasks. There are very rare situations where 2 are justifiable (Catarina, Lab, other prolonged encounters) but otherwise 1 is all you need. Movement and mobility is a big part of any character's offense and defense. If you have resources to fix only one, start with a Quicksilver Flask, ideally with mods that boost the movement aspect ("Experimenter's"/"Alchemist's" or "Chemist's"/Ample" + "of Adrenaline"). Next, your life flask. Panicked is kind of mediocre, ideally you'd want a Seething/Bubbling. Then add 3 utility flasks for personal defense, not minions (recover minion life etc.): a combination of Basalt, Quartz, Jade, Granite (and a bit more niche Stibnite) based on personal preference and build focus. Finally, between your life flask and your 3 utility flasks you should have immunities to Bleed (of Staunching), Chill/Freeze (of Heat) and Curses (of Warding), those are easy and fast to add to a flask in your Menagerie. Until you fix those there's no point in improving your defenses, you will always die no matter what. Having your flasks done is mandatory and as important as having elemental resistances capped for example. Then, I really don't think having Elegant Hubris in that position is worth losing Lord of the Dead and Ravenous Horde. I understand you're a console player and that might cost you a lot, but I'd move it in place of Watcher's Eye (or another place that doesn't touch important nodes, or remove it alltogether). Then you can spec into Ravenous Horde or use a Thread of Hope to do it. By itself your Hubris gives more dps and tankiness to minions than Lord of the Dead + Ravenous Horde, but those ideally should work in tandem not Hubris deleting them. Put the Watcher's Eye in the place of the Ghastly Jewel and it in return into a Stygian Vise. Ideally you'd want to replace that Ghastly Jewel with one that has both minions blind on attack as well as minions taunt on attack. Finally you'll want on either of those a "Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you" implicit. And rebuild the tree based on that. That is going to cost a lot because your tree in general needs a lot of work and unfortunately I see no cheap way to fix it, there are many strange skills taken and some bad pathings. I suggest following closer the tree in guide and not deviate unless you have a specific reason to do so. To recap, the order I'd proceed, based on cost, time and importance/impact, is: 1. Flasks and immunities on them 2. Weapon and gems 3. Tree and jewels Last edited by Jyzzzy#2245 on Mar 17, 2021, 4:43:00 PM
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I'm using the tanky version right now and swapped a synth str stack belt for torrents reclamation and my clear got a lot quicker and i barely lost damage after swapping to it and losing a zombie :)
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Is blind or taunt better for minions, tried quoting failed horribly lol
Last edited by Bottboy316#1371 on Mar 18, 2021, 10:13:26 AM
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" Nice - can you link a pastebin? I was thinkIng of giving this a try. :) |
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" Sure: https://pastebin.com/PbRZWBCG In case you're interested, I also made an AFK video of the build: https://youtu.be/PLAvOwGrwhM If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or contact in game. |
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" Yeah the gearing recommendations in this guide are outdated. Missing certain great things like Torrent's Reclamation and Darkness Enthroned off the top of my head, among many others. |
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I would like to recreate it but since it got so many nerfs, is it still worth it or are there now more effective minion builds? :)
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" How much currency did you spend in this particular build ? |
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" Not sure. I stopped counting after 3k ex. Was well worth it though :-) |
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" That's a lot of Ex's.. lol |
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