PoE 3.30 - Zombie Father Forever. Necromancer Zombie Build.

NOTES USE LOADOUTS ON TOP RIGHT FOR OTHER VERSIONS (CHEAP, MEDIUM, FATHER'S SPECIAL (ANCIENT SKULL), MAGEBLOOD (ANCIENT SKULL)) Ancient skull is hard to get. Use regular +2 minion helmet no big deal. Use feeding frenzy in chest if no ancient skull. Join the discord server & become a Baron: https://discord.gg/jgXsdy6YHU Video: https://youtu.be/_H6M5ckRW_Q Mageblood Version: USE GRUTHKULS PELT ON THE BUTLER'S CHEST. We need it for divine shield. Extra two spectres: Perfect Dancing Sword / Perfect Hydra. Rest is below. Mageblood version has excellent gem setup. If you are experienced, you can borrow some ideas for other versions. Flask: You can use Bottled Faith for some more extra DPS. I prefer movement speed from Rotgut. Important: Start with the medium budget version, get comfortable with the build. Choose the loadout on top right. Once you are comfortable with your children, and you see they never die, which they shouldn't, only then start upgrading to ancient skull build. Ancient skull is dangerous and you should know what you are doing by then. This is not a complete beginner build. You probably will not able to find a vestigial "Minions are aggressive" implicit on it. That's fine, it still boosts damage. If you don't have an aggressive ancient skull, use feeding frenzy on the main zombie links. drop congregation. You should have around 50M dps without the helmet mod. Upgrade paths from medium to ancient skull build - Get ashes of the stars, minimum %30 quality - 6d - Empower 4 - 12d - Impossible Escape with necromantic aegis - 60c --- pick decay ward - You must have at least 5 renewals allocated. - You must have fortress covenant, make sure to use it in a cluster jewel, on the tree it would have a debuff. - Upgrade your rings and gear. - Get 3 grand spectrums jewels. (10d each). They grant +%90 crit multi if you use 3. Compare medium build to the Father's special (ancient skull) build in the compare tab on top left to see what you are missing. If you are struggling to keep them alive with ancient skull, drop minion damage and use increased critical damage. --- Make sure to get minion leech and taunt jewel. DO NOT mix and match uniques of the build. They are here for a reason. Ghostwrithe + Corruscating elixir + Brutal Restraint with Balbala Influence (allocate traitor keystone) is a must. Do not use ghostwrithe until you have all of these, and GHOST REAVER allocated, as well as mastery. If you don't know how this mechanic works, watch the old explanation video. Search for "Zombie Father sends his regards" in youtube. MAKE SURE to get at least +2 minion level implicit ghostwrithe. +3 is better. They are really cheap this league. If you are using empower, +1 can be used instead of +2. Get +3! All minion gems (except stone golem) must be level 21. Raise zombie must be 21/20. Minion levels are the most important thing in a minion build. You can also stick with the dragonfang, which should make them a lot tankier. Ashes have lots of quality of life and aoe, so purchase whenever you can. Minimum 30 quality gives you 2 extra children. (blue socket as well) More minion levels == tankier they are. Aim for at least 30+ zombie levels if you want to use ancient skull. At least 5 renewals, 2 medium cluster jewels, empower level 4, +2 ghostwrithe is a must for ancient skull, even then it might be hard. Make sure to get low -reduced life mod ancient skull, or divine it. You can craft all the rares yourself, but try to find them in the market. Don't pay more then 10d on any rare gear, craft yourself. You can craft six link ghostwrithe even when it's corrupted. Don't search for 6 link, link it yourself. If you don't know how, search for "tained jewellers orb and tainted orb of fusing 6 link crafting" GAMEPLAY: When starting a map, use flasks once. If you don't, any chaos damage will kill you. Once is enough per map. Quicksilver flask may ran out of charges, You can use that if it does. The others are permanent. Make sure to get "reused at the end of the effect" enchant on flasks. Use convocation often, make it a habit. When you approach a pack, bring everyone around you with convocation, move on to the other pack. Use spirit offering on every few packs. BLOODLINE: Catarina. See bottom of the tree. SPECTRES: Host chieftain, Forest Warrior, Perfect Blood Demon, Perfect Guardian Turtle, -- 5th one is up to you: Carnage Chieftain/Demon Harpy/Perfect Hydra (use another aura instead of hatred such as purity of elements etc), or go perfect tiger. You can unlock the fifth one with congregation on links. 1 level is enough. Extra two spectres in mageblood version (7): Perfect Dancing Sword / Perfect Hydra. REGEX: Use this safe regex for your maps. There are lots of mods that are dangerous to zombies, if you are doing everything right, a wild map mod is the reason they are dying. Most dangerous mods: Reflect, AOE, Flask charges, no leech (only with ancient skull, they need leech.) Paste this regex into the search bar in stash to filter out bad mods, it's very strict: "!to mo|' s|er ph|te of|m resistances$|k damage$|ced f|ve phy|from$|\d+ e|ills$|ech$|t reg|s def|mum p|e \d+% increased ar" "y: r" LEVELING: Use Absolution + Lifetap + Summon phantasm. It should be good until you hit yellow tier maps Use purity of elements + vitality, later get stone golem. Rest is up to you, absolution streamroll acts. You can use "bitterdream" while leveling for even more effortless leveling and other twink gear. There is a leveling tree on the pob for your reference.