[3.25] Chaos Zoomancer & Minion Army Necromancer League Starter (All content - Ubers, T17, Simu)

Hi,

I have been following this guide for the past 3 months as I am new to PoE and like the idea of a Minion necromancer build. I have been learning so much about the game and crafting along the way and feel like I have reached a good level with my character but I am still struggling with capping resistances and not sure how to exactlty go about it. I have completed one T17 map (Sanctuary) which was not an issue even with the boss. Im yet to try other T17 maps and ubers though. Could you please have a look at my build and pinpoint any areas that could use some tweaking? I have been following the "late convening" build so far.

Apologies if the PoB doesnt display everything properly. I dont know how to use it properly and just imported my character without extra tinkering.


https://pobb.in/sesAOcTQtj1K


I would appreciate your insight on this!

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stormeyyy#8225 написал:

Hi,

I have been following this guide for the past 3 months as I am new to PoE and like the idea of a Minion necromancer build. I have been learning so much about the game and crafting along the way and feel like I have reached a good level with my character but I am still struggling with capping resistances and not sure how to exactlty go about it. I have completed one T17 map (Sanctuary) which was not an issue even with the boss. Im yet to try other T17 maps and ubers though. Could you please have a look at my build and pinpoint any areas that could use some tweaking? I have been following the "late convening" build so far.

Apologies if the PoB doesnt display everything properly. I dont know how to use it properly and just imported my character without extra tinkering.


https://pobb.in/sesAOcTQtj1K


I would appreciate your insight on this!

You are missing life on your helmet and boots so that should be fixed.
You are also missing 4% suppress from cap.

Also there is no reason to have 158dex, delevel your faster attacks support so it requires less dex and if you get more suppress on your helmet you need less dex from magebane.

You can get more suppress from your gloves implicit as well.
Make sure you use the correct spectres for the build, perfect guardian turtle is mandatory.

Why are you using Herald of Purity? remove that.
Your mana reservation in the PoB does not add up, make sure you have enough mana to trigger the offering skill.

You should really use melee splash for your AG instead of elemental army.
Melee splash improves the clear speed since the application of the asenath curse will be much better.

One of your ghastly eye jewels has hinder and lightning damage, those two are basically dead mods. Try to replace with something better.

You have a 10str skill point that is wasted near Sanctuary remove it.

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Hoffen#2482 написал:

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stormeyyy#8225 написал:

Hi,

I have been following this guide for the past 3 months as I am new to PoE and like the idea of a Minion necromancer build. I have been learning so much about the game and crafting along the way and feel like I have reached a good level with my character but I am still struggling with capping resistances and not sure how to exactlty go about it. I have completed one T17 map (Sanctuary) which was not an issue even with the boss. Im yet to try other T17 maps and ubers though. Could you please have a look at my build and pinpoint any areas that could use some tweaking? I have been following the "late convening" build so far.

Apologies if the PoB doesnt display everything properly. I dont know how to use it properly and just imported my character without extra tinkering.


https://pobb.in/sesAOcTQtj1K


I would appreciate your insight on this!

You are missing life on your helmet and boots so that should be fixed.
You are also missing 4% suppress from cap.

Also there is no reason to have 158dex, delevel your faster attacks support so it requires less dex and if you get more suppress on your helmet you need less dex from magebane.

You can get more suppress from your gloves implicit as well.
Make sure you use the correct spectres for the build, perfect guardian turtle is mandatory.

Why are you using Herald of Purity? remove that.
Your mana reservation in the PoB does not add up, make sure you have enough mana to trigger the offering skill.

You should really use melee splash for your AG instead of elemental army.
Melee splash improves the clear speed since the application of the asenath curse will be much better.

One of your ghastly eye jewels has hinder and lightning damage, those two are basically dead mods. Try to replace with something better.

You have a 10str skill point that is wasted near Sanctuary remove it.

Thank you very much for taking the time to look into the build and point out the changes. I have made all the changes you mentioned and my build is in a much better place! This is the most fun build so far, thank you for the work you put into it!

Uff, Ijust lost my AG worth of 12D in T17 Abomination against the boss. The mods shouldnt be the problem but I dont understand what exactly killed my AG. Which mechanic in the bossfight is dangerous?

And I tried to fight Uber Shaper but unfortunately my Zombies was dying fast (not that fast but they died many times while fighting). What could I change to improve my zombies survival?

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Bilal_Ibrahim#9089 написал:

Uff, Ijust lost my AG worth of 12D in T17 Abomination against the boss. The mods shouldnt be the problem but I dont understand what exactly killed my AG. Which mechanic in the bossfight is dangerous?

And I tried to fight Uber Shaper but unfortunately my Zombies was dying fast (not that fast but they died many times while fighting). What could I change to improve my zombies survival?

Zombies dying on Uber shaper should not happen as long as you have the correct setup for mid or late setup.
If you zombies or spectres drop low you can spam skeletons to basically instantly heal your other minions for 16% life. (Life from death notable)
Then you also have phantasm spawning constantly and you can convocate to move them out of the 3x ball attacks.

As for what in T17 abomination that is murdering minions I am not 100% sure.
I think it is when you kill one of the bosses and they become a "ghost" version, that version deals a lot more damage to minions.

Hey Folks, Hi Hoffen.
No native english, so sry for mistakes and bad english.

Glad i found the Thread here for the exchange of Thoughts and things like that.

Me is using this Poison Zoomancer Build now for severall Months with more and more success, will say "scratches in my Colt" for killed Endbosses and UBER Bosses.

here my PoB: https://pobb.in/rTmvDHeOv9ti its at 70M DPS with Svalinn. 79M with Minion Shield.

I see the other Dudes have same or similar Problems, that i had in the Past.
Me has solved (i believe so!) most of them.

Now and every last Days i tested around and tried to improve piece for piece of the build, in terms of items and skill gems and skillpoints and still do..

I dont not understand all of the points that fit into another (build mechanic), i just go for the DPS numbers in PoB. If i see an increase, i usually do it .

In fact i have some "questionmarks over my head" in some points:

(Btw, i use Helmbreaker endgame build but not the insane one, cant get hands on the items.)

Question:
1- Why phantasm support? for life reg on dead?

I tried several options now (i.e. Empower lvl 4) and been ending at " 2 summon carrion golem of the horde"
In terms of pure DPS the carrion Golem is my favorite. But u cant have regular Chaos and carrion Golems together. Need to use transfiguered golems. I read here, the Phantasm support is useless in higher levels but i think u had an idea to use them. perhaps u could explain?


2- Why F&F ? I went away from Flesh and Flame for 2 good Jewels. DPS boost was huge. I changed again one of them into Fortess Covenant, that gave huge DPS boost and surviveability for minions.

3- Aggressive Wand mandantory? I followed one advise in "6666" channel, NOT to take aggressive Minion Wand...dont know till now if that was clever or not. I sold it ;)


The tankienes at this point is usually insane.
When i fail at some UBERs, thats because of bad gameplay. Funfact, i lost 2 Zombies in UBER Elder fight and i failed coz of ...bad gameplay ^^. I read that some Posts above.

UBER cortex, not really easy but deathless. no big deal.

T17 with "checked Mods" are easy. Just look for chaos damage (over Time) Mods. they are deadly for minions and AGs. I dont do that mistake again.

Now i simply want to improve the Build, but i cant see points to do so. Most items that could give small improvements cost several hundred Divs. Not worth it imho.

Spectres:
i sticked to Helmbreakers guide...and yes i of course asked, Why not FROSTBEARERS?...... and ofc its logical...they do cold, not chaos. omg^^

Me clever one^^ looked for chaos spectres and found...judgemental spirits and spider mariarch. Had a perfect spider Mama in stash and kicked out Arena Master for her, coz PoB said so, i did it...but in fact, it wasnt better. Usage of PoB is another beast to handle ;)

The best Spectres for me are:
Turtle
Warlord
Forest Warrior
Arena Master.
When u set up PoB right, it will give the correct numbers.
Arena Master > Judgemental Spirit > Spider Matriarch

Tiger is way too expensive. Tested Naval Officer, but he is annoiying. U will see/hear ;)

In the End i dont see realy huge Mistakes in "my personal version" of the origin Build. If somebody finds some (and tells me), i would realy appreciate that.
But fixing that mistake should give an improvement in some kind.
would be nice. :P

sorry for the wall of text :)

See u on Battlefield..ah sry....was another game ;)