3.15 Summon Reaper - Is this our first viable bleed minion!?

Here is my take on the Reaper Lady in 3.15:

► my min/maxed PoB: https://pastebin.com/CjpRW5cp

► basic template: https://pastebin.com/y3idbmL7

Budget: for my more min/maxed version ~40-60ex, depends on the economy

► PoB explanations:

I have included the 112% more bleed damage from the patchnotes on a green Flask. I am not sure if that is correct. I believe PoB still operates with the old bleed penalty. The time to kill on conqs generally leads me to think that it checks out in the end.

I am using A. Melee Phys for single target swaps. It does not work on the Ultimate Slash inside PoB, but does ingame. As far as I understand the "Ultimate" inside PoB is the dash component, when the Reaper passes through enemies, while the Ultimate Slash is the cross slash she does at the end or pointblank.

► General:

I leaguestarted with Reaper and got to t10 maps on a 4-link and was about to move one to some other build. Since most content creators ditched Reaper, I felt I should atleast try to make something for the players to enjoy before moving on. I sadly sold off most of my gear a few hours before the bleed hotfix, so I had to level a second Reaper character, yep... not 1 but 2 Reaper builds. So everything you see gearwise has been exclusively earned/farmed on Reaper characters.

► Build details:

• for single target we are using huge bleeds. We can reach 90-95% bleed chance with various alt. quality gems, which is consistant enough for all content.

• You will need Ensnaring Arrow for the big deeps, as it causes enemies to count as moving. This locks us naturally into a bow for our weapon. I tried weapon swaps.... just don't. Summoners generally don't tend to have alot of Accuracy, which is also the case here with just 60% chance to hit. To solve this issue and to also make the setup less micro intensive I decided to use Ballistas to do my Ensnaring Arrows for me (Resolute Tech works too if you are near it).

• I fixed the clear with Asenath Gentle Touch Gloves, which cause cursed enemies to explode in a cloud of sand dealing %hp as physical damage. This explosion counts as the players damage. Via Spritual Aid I am double dipping on ~660% increased Minion Damage to boost the explosions. Banner, Pride, Elder Helmet and Maim further amplify the physical damage taken of nearby enemies, resulting in a pretty satisfying clear and hefty bleeds.

I am also using Phantasm Support for clearing which is linked to my Reaper. The lady is still strong enough on a 5-link to take off 80% of a t16 map boss with 1 ultimate, before the bleed even kicks in. Phantasms take care of stragglers during mapping that get missed by the explosions.

!!!!!!! (For those that don't know, Phantasms scale with the gem level of the main skill. So a lvl 33 Reaper spawns lvl 33 Phantasms, which counteracts the Reaper penalties. Phantasms still end up with respectable 200-300k damage each, and 20k life despite Minion Damage Support and the Reaper nerfs.)

this part might be bugged in PoB, and might not work that way, awaiting confirmation from GGG !!!!!!

• Skellies on the other hand do almost negative damage. I am using them as Feeding Frenzy/Culling Strike Bots and obviously as fodder for the Lady. They also serve as a nice frontline. Anomalous Alt. Quality ensures that they live atleast 2 seconds even under heavy pressure.

• I mentioned that the glove explosions are player damage? That means we can use on-kill mods like the Onslaught/MS veiled mod on boots for faster clear.

• Defensively I am using Glancing Blows + Rearguard + Bone Armor + Endu Charges. Bone Offering instead of GB is an option aswell, but I didn't like how it changed the flow of my playstyle. Other than that, we have Maim slow, Skitterbots Chill, Ensnaring Arrow slows and Temp Chains + Blind. The build is suprisingly potent against Harvest Plots and Expeditions with all the slowing that is going on.

• Map mods to avoid: Phys Reflect + Hexproof

► Crafting Recipes: https://pastebin.com/xSiVdDq1

► Music: Path of Exile (Original Game Soundtrack) original composer Kamil Orman-Janowski

► Clips: Forged in Fire from the Season 5 episode, "The Grim Reaper's Scythe".

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