The Minion Infernalist that melts them all

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ZappR#0601 wrote:

Should I grab Beidat's Will or Gaze first? Thanks

Will.

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MelangeCoffee#5599 wrote:

On a whim I respecced my minion build following this thread. The change in efficiency is exponential. Clearing much faster now and feel more defensively capable. Good stuff. Thanks.

Yay, glad to hear :)

Is all of the +1 to minion skills type stuff useless? Seems to reduce spirit minimally if at all, whereas N% to spirit has much great impact on spirit.

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neonpixelz#4317 wrote:

Is all of the +1 to minion skills type stuff useless? Seems to reduce spirit minimally if at all, whereas N% to spirit has much great impact on spirit.

Minion skill level also affects their damage, accuracy and HP.
You want both.

Thanks. I forgot to ask: should we get increased mana for the normal valley of titans buff, and then increased life for the cruel valley of titans buff?

Thanks. I forgot to ask: should we get increased mana for the normal valley of titans buff, and then increase mlife for the cruel valley of titans buff?

Also how can you tell that levels are increasing the minions damage and etc? There's no stats panel for the minions from what I can tell.

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neonpixelz#4317 wrote:

Thanks. I forgot to ask: should we get increased mana for the normal valley of titans buff, and then increase mlife for the cruel valley of titans buff?

Also how can you tell that levels are increasing the minions damage and etc? There's no stats panel for the minions from what I can tell.

Mana, and datamining :)

UPDATE

I have currently switched to Helm Breakers build (https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-leveling-guide#skills-header), and am playing it in HCSSF right now.
Currently in the middle of the campaign.
I think his approach to the build works better than mine.

Here are some adjustments I made to it though:

1. I removed Bonestorm
Trying to charge it loses too much SRS / Flame Wall uptime, and it's only there for a short period anyway.

2. Detonate Dead + Grim Feast
are recommended to prepare for later acts, but I already found them incredibly useful for act 2.

I put Flammability + Pain Offering, 2x Flame Wall for 10x SRS and then just spam Detonate Dead to clear packs. It's brilliant.

3. Sceptre + Shield
I am not sure whether Helm Breaker is using Wand + Sceptre or Sceptre + Shield for his leveling build, but after dropping ED in Act 1, I have immediately swapped to Sceptre + Shield.
The main cast spell is Flame Wall anyway (which we use for Arsonist projectiles + SRS upkeep), so no need for wand I think.

Whether his or my, or a mixture between both supports, edge out, I can not exactly tell, as I haven't gotten around to doing the calcs for it, but
I am having a very smooth run with his build and can highly recommend it.

I have also tried his endgame build (https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/bombarding-minions-infernalist-build-guide), and I think it's strictly superior to what I had.
Detonate Dead as a spammable skill for large packs is definitely something I have been sleeping on.