[3.27] Lightning Golem Necromancer, all content + Uber viable ~150m DPS

Intro:

Hi everyone,

I want to show you my Lightning Golem Necromancer which performed well in various types of content including mapping, (AFK-)Blight and killing Uber bosses. I first played Lightning Golems in 3.21 on the Ascendant but the build was only viable for a single league. Since then a lot of changes have been made to the witch ascendencies so the Necromancer is now better in comparison.

Basics:

The LGs are permanent ranged minions that have three abilities: A Lightning Bolt, a Storm Orb and a Wrath aura.

The main ability, Lightning Bolt, has a cast time of 1s, a 15% less cast speed modifier, decent base damage and 250% effectiveness of added damage.

The Storm Orb has a cast time of 0.8s, 60% effectiveness of added damage, an 8s cooldown and 8s duration. It strikes a nearby enemy every 0.5s and isn't super useful due to the low dmg and limited range.

The Lightning Golem's Wrath grants a minuscule amount of added Lightning Damage and doesn't stack with the auras from other LGs.

The minion scales well with +levels, flat added damage, cast speed, crit and maximum number of golems. Increased Cooldown recovery (from quality, Primordial Harmony or the minion mastery) lowers dps because the golems use their secondary abilities more often and should thus be avoided.

Class/Ascendancy:

You want to play LGs on the Necromancer so you can grab Commander of Darkness, Mindless Aggression, Bone Barrier and Mistress of Sacrifice for increased damage, elemental resistances, minion&player survivability, skill effect duration, Offerings applying to the player as well as Minions leeching life to the player. In the high budget you can replace Commander of Darkness with Plaguebringer for more damage dealt and reduced damage taken.

You can use the Forbbiden Jewels to allocate Plaguebringer in the medium budget and Liege of the Primordial in the high budget.

Bandits & Pantheon:

Kill all bandits for the passive points.

Use Soul of the Brine King for freeze immunity and reduced chill effect as well as Soul of Ryslatha for flask charges and increased life flask recovery on low life.

Levelling:

The base skill gem can be accessed after the quest 'Breaking the Seal' in Act 4 but shouldn't be used early on due to the limited number of golems available to the player. I recommend playing as Absolution until you have gotten the Lightning Golem of Hordes and allocated Golem Commander.

The Lightning Golem of Hordes is a transfigured gem which you can access via lab or trade.









Miscellaneous:

Crafting guides for some of the items and additional LG Necromancer content can be found in the description of the video guide. A skill guide for the campaign and atlas passive tree progression can be found in the Low Budget PoB.

Enjoy!