Luminary Minion Merc League Start Guide - 3.29

Spectre will be Slave Drivers that you get at the Start of act 5 as soon as you leave the first area, it will be the first enemy you run into. We will later get forged frostbearers in yellow maps from verisium nodes. I will drop SRS in white maps once I have AG of Smiting For pathing through the tree I will rush spiritual command, enduring bond, +1 spectre and then lastly redemption. I will pick up defensive nodes later in campaign around act 8 Swap from bone offering into flesh offering for progression boss fights I think for the shaper fight I will spec into Indomitable Army and the +8% max res mastery. If the mercs are good then the merc alone should be able to clear it by itself if all else fails. The degen is the problem at the moment, minions are struggling to stay up during the beams. The +8 max should take care of this Try to get quality on the spectre gems and place them in a blue socket if you're able. Also put on bone rings as soon as you can. We will be losing the 30% resist from witch so we will need to compensate to keep them alive Mercs may change completley Notes on good Mercs from Captain Lance below - See his Mobalytics here: https://mobalytics.gg/poe/profile/captainlance/builds/captainlance9-s-luminary-merc-bot Ideal Merc Options AVOID Movement Skills on MERCS at all costs Kineticist BiS Clear Merc Kinetic Blast of Clustering - Multiple Projectiles Support - Returning Projectiles Support - Clear Support(pierce/chain/ect) do NOT get Kinetic Bolt - this will brick merc ai to not use clustering properly Buff Skills: Haste / Inspiring Cry ***Manyshot*** - THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE MY PICK. Good Clear / Single Target Ice Shot - Multiple Projectiles Support - Returning Projectiles Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Vaal Ice Shot (single target needed) - Returning Projectiles Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Cooldown Recovery Support Buff Skills: Grace / Hatred / Frost Bomb Bladebitter Single Target Merc w/ armour stack angle Profane Strike(purple Molten Strike ) - Multiple Projectiles Support - Faster Attacks Support Buff Skills: Grace / Malevolence / Withering Step Smoulderstrike Single Target Merc w/ armour stack angle Molten Strike - Multiple Projectiles Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Gilded Molten Eruption III(5 extra proj every 5th attack) Buff Skills: Anger / Molten Shell ***Blade Ambusher*** - MAY USE THIS IF MANY SHOT DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH SINGLE TARGET AS I WANT Good Bossing / Single Target Merc Spectral Helix of Trarthus - Multiple Traps Support - Trap and Mine Damage Support - Slower Projectiles Support Buff Skills: Grace / Summon Skitterbots Combatant Good All rounder / Starter Merc (better clear option as armour stack setup late game) Static Strike - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - More Duration Support - Chain Support Frost Blades - Returning Projectiles Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Chain Support / Buff Skills: Wrath / Purity of Ice