[3.4] LL Classic Summoner - Shaper/Elder/Guardian Farmer

Which Watcher's Eye is combined with this build?

Wasn't there a leveling build here that uses necro aegis and stacks regen on zombies? I can't find any mention of it now.

Which ascendancy do you go for this build?

Nevermind it was attached in the pastebin. I just opened it with Path of Building

I really want to do a summoner for the upcoming 3.5 betrayal league, so is this build viable to do as a league starter? Also how much extra es should I shoot for on each item? Never done an es char before

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phatschtuff написал:

controlled destruction vs. pierce - thoughts?

controlled destruction gives mroe damage, but it's obviously a blue gem, so if you want to use it you need 5 blue 1 green on your shav's, which means you can not use faster projectiles in your clear setup. faster proj speeds up the build's map clear by a lot and we do not have problems with killing bosses anyway, so i decided to go with 2 green sockets. but if you just want to maximize boss dps controlled destruction is definitely the better option. if you have a shav's with a white socket you can have both ofc. ;)

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Porenta написал:

Why do you not use discipline anymore? I remember you used to. Can you please explain to me? Thanks for the guide i've been using it for a couple years now

i do still use discipline, if it is missing in any setups that's an editing error on my part, what made you think i do not use discipline?

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PSI_efficiency написал:

Which Watcher's Eye is combined with this build?

there are a lot of options since we use a lot of auras. i like faster start of ES recharge while affected by discipline a lot, also i'm a big fan of permanent freeze immunity while affecting by purity of ice. you could also drop arctic armour for a clarity to make use of the "gain x% mana as extra ES" mod, tho that will be a survivabillity downgrade in some cases involving physical damage.


I do not want to call out anything as "the best watcher's eye mods" for the build, they tend to get pricy even if demand is not that high and i do not want to point people to an unnecessarily expensive jewel that is not even optimal. just watch out for a watcher's eye that is affordable and sounds like it comes in handy. Phasing while affected by haste? sounds nice, also very useful while delving. immune to burning ground while affected by purity of fire? cool, now burning ground doesn't interrupt my ES recharge any more. Physical damage taken as elemental damage while affected by a purity? well, i got 83%+ ele resists. immune to shock while affected by purity of lightning? who wouldn't want that? the list goes on. ;)

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Rivx написал:

Wasn't there a leveling build here that uses necro aegis and stacks regen on zombies? I can't find any mention of it now.

I'm afraid you mean an other build, i never recommended to level that way - not saying it is bad, but i prefer to level with SRS.

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bluedood444 написал:

I really want to do a summoner for the upcoming 3.5 betrayal league, so is this build viable to do as a league starter? Also how much extra es should I shoot for on each item? Never done an es char before

the build is definitely viable as a leaguestarter, i did it in 4 different leagues now and the build did not get weaker.

even when you leaguestart on an ES based char i strongly recommend going life based in the beginning, especially while leveling. that includes picking life nodes on the tree and looking for some life rolls on gear. once i gathered some currency from doing low maps i buy some starter ES gear and do the transition. do not rush this, if you transition too early and now the only character you have in the league is that 1.5k ES summoner you will have a bad time.

the good thing with this ES build as a leaguestarter compared to other ES builds is that you do not need a lot of resists on your gear, so you can look for high ES pieces without needing resists at them at the same time, which is usually much cheaper. in a fresh league when transitioning i usually want to have the following things:

- reached around level 80
- Eye of Chayula (the non-upgraded version, very cheap)
- the Prism Guardian shield, if possivle with decent dexterity roll
- my bones of ullr boots
- a helmet with 200+ ES (remember that intelligence also gives ES)
- gloves with 160+ ES (i usually can snipe some 180s for cheap)
- 2 unset rings and a belt that together fix my dexterity and strength, if necessary i use jewels to help out with that. you do not need the +2/3 to level of socketed gems on the rings yet, while it is always nice to have, it's main use is to push purities to level 23, which we won't be able to do in the first days of the league anyway
- level 17+ versions of discipline (vaal discipline if possible) and all 3 purity auras, so make sure to level these before the transition! if you do not hit attribute requirements at some point just pick up some +30 nodes on the tree, you can respec them later
- a midnight bargain, rolls are not very important
- a 4linked Solaris Lorica with the socket colours BBRG (Raise Spectre - Minion Damage - Fire Penetration - GMP/Slower Proj). on average you need 65 chromatic orbs to hit those colours.


ES is a little low at this point (~3-4k), but still that setup enables me to comfortably progress through all the yellow maps (alched ofc) and possibly even the red maps, however i usually get some bigger upgrades before pushing into those. the first thing i look after is a shavronne's wrappings to replace my solaris lorica.
Back when Scriptorium Map was a T13 a friend of me who followed my guide after his own leaguestarter had failed used this exact gear setup to farm Scriptorium maps for his Shavronne's Wrappings (the map boss can drop "the Offering", a divination card that gives you a Shavronne's Wrappings).

Hi what you think about changing midnight bargain into united in dream cutlass