💀3.15💀 iLL3aT’s Cold Skeleton Warriors/Archers/Mages ❆ League Starter ❆ All Content ❆

@rozbojnik_alibaba - I don't put levelling trees in my PoB since I change PoBs so often whenever I update stuff. Instead, I've included some trees under the levelling section since then I don't have to update those (or only have to make minor changes)

@Wythe16 - Check out 8(6) for the theoretical maximum damage for skeletons, though those are 3.10 numbers. I haven't played with the PoB for sentries, but did play with them last league and they are very strong and both could kill Sirus/Kosis, etc. just fine. I did play skeletons + sentries for most of the league for extra clear/fun though.

@SRKslash - I wasn't too concerned with the taunt, since other non-minion characters pretty much have taunt 100% of the time by being the only enemy around. On major bosses, you essentially have taunt anyways. You do have a ton of minions that should be taunting on hit with a ghastly jewel. I think this one is a play with the skill then decide one, but it sounds too good to skip so far.

@Cruxxxy - Act 1 tends to be rough since zombies suck until you can get skeletons, but it's okay for levelling from there on. Once you can add on slave drivers in act 5, the campaign is super easy.

@SparkleMotion - The nerf happens at the top ends, the lower end/league starters will not feel it, since those variants do not involve cluster jewels. The damage is respectable and the playstyle good for early game bossing.

@iLL3at

I see what you mean. I was looking at doing just a one cluster jewel set version so I would only have lost a little bit of DPS.

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SparkleMotion написал:

@iLL3at

I see what you mean. I was looking at doing just a one cluster jewel set version so I would only have lost a little bit of DPS.

Sounds good! It looks like the one cluster version is largely unchanged for now (might rejigg the tree) outside of swapping VMS for either steel skin or enduring cry.

Do you think this build will still be viable for doing endgame content (ex: shaper, elder, A8 sirus, etc.)? I was really looking forward to league starting with this build and carrying it to end game and investing in it but after the Vicious Bite nerf, I just wanted to hear your opinion.

Awesome build guide as well. Made it very easy for me to understand everything I need to know about it. Keep up the wonderful work.

Gonna try playing around with a more defensive version. With dropping one wand for a shield and picking up glancing blows and using bone offering for high block chance. A good high armour shield with decent block chance and life with enduring cry might make for a pretty tanky build.

Not doing this because I play HC but because I like to not think on my boss killers.

If I can keep my skellies at least 700kish sDPS I'll be more than happy. It shouldn't be hard to achieve.

For the level guide on ACT 1. I don't understand where Blastchain Mine Support could be used.

Thanks for the response. I guess we will have to test it and see I was looking up taunt on the wiki and it says : When multiple players are taunting the same enemy, the first person to taunt takes aggro. The targeted player can maintain aggro indefinitely as long as it maintains its taunt on the target. Taunt immediately expires when the character that applied it dies.

Also from the 2.3 Manifesto: Enemies you Taunt deal 10% less damage to targets that aren't you (including in PVP). Your Taunt effects can't be overwritten by other taunt effects. You can replace your own taunts. Where multiple players are taunting, the first person to taunt gets the effect.

So I guess we should just wait until one of our minions taunt(look for the indicator) and then use enduring cry. Another thing I was thinking of trying was Ruin hellions that use rallying cry to buff your minions as it would also taunt stuff like bosses and stay alive so you wouldn't have any chance of overwriting its taunt (unlike skeletons expiring).

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Shearer0120 написал:

Do you think this build will still be viable for doing endgame content (ex: shaper, elder, A8 sirus, etc.)? I was really looking forward to league starting with this build and carrying it to end game and investing in it but after the Vicious Bite nerf, I just wanted to hear your opinion.

Awesome build guide as well. Made it very easy for me to understand everything I need to know about it. Keep up the wonderful work.

Viable is an understatement in that situation, no worries there.
DPS is off the charts even before you'd start stackimg good clusters (which is very endgame).
I played a tankier version with a shield in metamorph (before the minions nerfs but no clusters) and it absolutely melted bosses.

I highly suggest Melee splash for maps tho. I know it's already in the build but I really wanna emphasize this :)

I also did skellies in metamorph. Though the phys impale version. Melee Splash was mandatory when mapping. Otherwise it was super slow. Only time I swapped it out was when I was doing guardians, shaper, elder, or Sirus.

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iLL3aT написал:

Hey Exiles,

@Tallion99 - Sirus is one where you have to know all of his attacks by heart. I failed 4 of my first 5 fights in metamorph, but through learning the fight and watching videos, he's okay now. I believe in you. :) Simu 19+ and especially kosis are difficult for most builds. I just ran around in circles barely looking at the screen in simu - with phase run and phasing (flask), you're pretty hard to hit, but the hits hurt.

I agree on kingmaker - as long as it's 50c (delirium price) and not 1.4 ex (metamorph price). At 1.4 it's too expensive for most players. I think the DPS for phys and cold is pretty similar on bosses for most players, but I think min/max cold is better due to better medium jewels (outside of very expensive megalomaniacs). I league started phys before I got my 4g triads.

You too kind! :)

I see challenge 36 is a portal so I am on the team for Harvest!

I never got 2 bosses in a single sim but for the most part the boss was never really an issue with the build unless i was cornered somewhere so the layout was to his advantage... otherwise he usually went down fairly quiet. Most deaths were because i ran into something i didn't know was there, which happened a lot last league!

For this league, i would say get cluster jewels early as prices will rise (assuming there is an early low price)...