Zero to Hero | Poisonous Golem-Zoomancer Leaugestarter | PoE 3.26!

GREETINGS EXILES AND FOODIES! And wellcome to my Version for a build guide on Poison Summoner with focus on Golems & Zombies for Path of Exile 3.26 Secrets of the Atlas! I've seen quite a few builds in 3.25 and many were very League Start viable! And now that AG are buffed and we can get a Mercenary, that can likely buff us even more?? LOGIN! YOUTUBE VIDEO GUIDE DEEP DIVE (40min): https://youtu.be/XSzDRBOhEE0 YOUTUBE VIDEO GUIDE SHORT EXPLENATION (12Min): https://youtu.be/9vnVB5b8r10 I will try to keep everything written here, table of content, but you can use Loudouts, to get best idea (check top right next to the "Witch / Necro" dropdown menu's: 1 - Leveling/Bandits info (Read this or Cry) 2 - Spectres 3 - AG 4 - Entering Maps, When to go poison and Minions to use untill Mid game 5 - Why Golems? 6 - Ascendency Order 7 - Expensive part and End game - Gear, Jewels & more 8 - Tatoos (If you wanna minmax) 9 - FLASKS! 10 - Pantheon 11 - Mercenaries I really like to "not" use more than 1-2 abilities in PoE - So i try to automate all i can, as to why i like summoners... ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 - Leveling/Bandits info (Read this or Cry) LEVELING: I could go about and try to re-invent the wheel.... But @GhazzyTV has most likely THE BEST, guide on leveling your necro for this typa setup, and i will follow that, and shorten it (alot) and add leveling "gear". And you can start and level as his Zoomancer and transition later to this if you prefer. Link to his full guide here: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/zoomancer-necromancer-build-guide#leveling But first of All: String to copy (things to look for at vendors for smooth Levleing) COPY THIS STRING AND PASTE IN VENDOR SEARCH! incl. the " Signs. "b-b-r|b-[br]-b|r-b-b|nne|rint|ll g" Will hilight items that's correct collors for leveling If you want to make your own string/Search filter - Use: https://poe.re/ You can post that in the vendor for following: Correct links / movement speed boots / +1Lvl Any wand +1 wands are allso great for leveling! And given Absolution (which we will use) have these tags Spell, Minion, Duration, Physical, Lightning, AoE You have both "minion/Spell/lightning/phys" that can get +1 and thos you got BIG chances to get a +1 even 2 wands with +1 in ealy leveling! This is THE biggest boost and can carry till map .___. Guide: Before you get Splash Minions are doo doo and before you get Levels for your minions and regen they die :( Level 8, you can get Melee Splash Support or Infernal Legion Support ( i STRONGLY sugest) You get minions gems - And even summon your Zomboooodies (as minimum keep in weapon swap) So until I hit level 8 use either of these 2 (i pref. Freeze pulse): Freezing Pulse or Rolling Magma for clearing. Frost Bomb helps clearing when combined with Frostblink mobility. Level 8 when you enter Prison you can purchase Melee Splash Support or Infernal Legion Support Combine with Summon Raging Spirit. First couple of acts you can use Infernal Legion Support instead of the Melee Splash Links: Summon Raging Spirit - LVL 8 + Melee Splash Support or Infernal Legion Support Minion Damage Support Depends if you have a BBB or BBR Switch to Absolution lvl 12 -which you will be using untill maps... No joke... It slaps ass... I was suprised too Basicly you want a RBB at this point. Later a RBBB Links: Absolution Absolution Minion Damage Support Added Cold Damage or Added Lightning Damage (I SUGEST LIGHTNING! You will likely NOT have any Dex for Cold Damage!) If you get early 4link but don't have Epell Echo yet? - Remember, absolution is a "spell". (so could be Phys --> Lightning.) / Or Minion SPeed Act 2 you get access to Summon Skitterbots = Mobs get shocked = Big Numbers = Happy Exile. Start Using Other GEAR: If you're able to get yourself 1 or even 2 Bitterdream Bitterdream (busted ass Maces) start using Zombies, Spectres & Golems ASAP - This can carry you to red map basicly... - Can be giga worth spending up to like 10Chaos if you can get it early! Otherwise as in section 1 (+1 wands) and then for items just a few RES items to cap res, if you follow below you will literly only need Other than that? Basicly anything you can get your hands on that makes sense: from https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Minion#Unique_items BANDITS & Early resistance: OPTION 1: ALIRA! (15% All ele res) (best choice for league start IMO) Here's my opinion: - But note that Alira is in my book only "worth" in league start 1 skillpoint will be more worth in end game budgets, respec later with [20 x Orb of Regret + 1 x Onyx Amulet] - You can pick Alira for early resistances - Due to you get -60% from campaing! - The tree we use gives us 34% Flat to all Ele res. at around lvl 74 as we are starting out maps. - Now to top it off! You get 30% from our Ascendency - Alira Gives us 15 - We will from a lvl 15 Purity of Elements (which matches entetering maps (ish)) get 34% To all ele res. with our "aura effectiveness" (39% at lvl 20 gem) - So to sum it up we have 34+30+15+34-60=53% As we enter maps... = You need 1 ring with total of 22% All Res. And your capped. OPTION 2: Kill all ofc? and you will still have 38% All res When entering Maps. Meaning you need to Find total of 37% to all res, that's "high" modfies if you want them in 1 line and might be expensive with other mods like life / MS / Damage. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 - Spectres Spectres: Carange Chiefain *1 - Gives Frenzy (damage, Attack, Cast speed) - Can be found allready act 2 The Old fields - Rigth exit of Town 2 - https://poedb.tw/us/Carnage_Chieftain Perfect Forest Warrior*1 - Gives all allies onslaught.... - https://poedb.tw/us/Perfect_Forest_Warrior#PerfectForestWarriorVikingHigh Perfect Warlord (Often Expensive!) - Enduring Cry - Immortal Call - Vitality Perfect Hulking Miscreation - Big Badass tbh... - Gives Huge Damage Buffs If you can get to 5 Spectres with new Enchant Consider 1 of the following (or Perfect Warlord is Dibshit Exspensive): Perfect Serpent Warriors: - Have a shit ton of abilities... But TLDR: Inflicts Wither on hit = More Chaos Damage = Big Numbers = Happy Exile - https://poedb.tw/us/Perfect_Serpent_Warrior#PerfectSerpentWarriorBasaliskHighMonster Arena Master: - Gives - You have 20% increased Damage, Attack, Cast and Movement Speed. - Can be tricky to find (Can be found in Maps that are influenced with Drox the Warlord" - https://poedb.tw/us/Arena_Master#ArenaMasterAdjudicatorGrandMaster ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 - AG ANIMATE GUARDIAN: [insert GIF of descending angels in best Michelangelo painting style & Music made only for the heavens] AG FINALYT KEEP ITEMS ON DEATH - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH https://i.imgur.com/pOdwdBj.gif - Whoop Whoop Whoop Whoop FINALY! - LITERLY One of the only reasons i hate to play summoner: You need to RESUMMON and you need to buy new stuff if your AG Dies! Agression was added for PoE minions and now this - The support is nearly compleet! WARNING!!!! Everyone and their mother will Run a AG! - So items might be SHITTY expensive - If they are... well fml... Don't use for start, spend your Curr. ellswhere for bigger boi upgrades. - ENDGAME NOTE! - You'll want your AG hungry loop with (Minion life, Feeding Frenzy, Meat Shield, Elemental army) Allso not needed before maps... Just nice QoL - I will try to link Alternatives! But the TLDR 3 "mandatory gear pieces" (chest/wep/helmet) Helmet: Leer Cast - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Leer_Cast - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Blood_Price - Might be expensive but would make enemies faster to kill TLDR. Weapons: Dying Breath - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Dying_Breath Only 2-hander otherwise is kingamaker... That's in expensive budget :-) So for 1 handers - We you can get but: - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Sign_of_the_Sin_Eater - (Eat all Ailments from you (you're freeze/ignite immune)) - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Eclipse_Solaris - (blinds shit) Mix that with either the shields - Victarios normal or Replica - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Victario%27s_Charity - Springleaf for Regen against Replica Anbu - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Springleaf Body Armour: Gruthkul's pelt - Your AG will be immortal (allmost) - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Gruthkul%27s_Pelt IF You can ASSURE +2% life regen on your minions: This might be an option now: REPLICA ANBU - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Replica_Ambu%27s_Charge That would give 3 endurance and provide some crazy Defensive buffs (for you) - Allso a good tanky base for the AG +ele res / Life / High Armour. So TLDR, if normal "items" are expensive --> Sin eater (ailment immune(only worth if you don't use purity of elements)) --> Replica Anbu (free Endurance charges) --> Springleaf to counter Degen --> Regen from Blood Price Helmet Gloves: - Given AG gear is gonna be so GIGA Expensive most likely as they can't die anymore and everyone and their mother wants one.... I sugest: - Gravebind (if you combine with Legacy Furry Boots) - It's okay to dream that you're a Billionaire are okay to have.... - Windscreme boots and Asenath Touch Allso Viable picks. Nope.Expensive.COM - an (hopefull inexpensive) item: Loctonial - Ez Conduit so any time your minions are out of range for Charges due to Meat Shield Link and this, second they get within range, AG Shares Charges again. - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Lochtonial_Caress - Could work well with again (replica anbu, ez max endurance) BOOTS: - Given new Change to Ralakesh's Impatience, where they only give "1" / 3 types of charges, these might be cheap and worth getting for your AG with Loctonial! - Could work well with again (replica anbu, ez max endurance) - Legacy fury (with gravebind) - THIS WILL WITH 80% SURITY BE FK'er Expensive! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 - Entering Maps, Minions to use - When and why Chaos? Entering maps you can ofc. keep using absolution while you get your gear put together. Untill you get a decent wand, a Bitterdream can carry you FAR - Just remember that when you pick up Unnatural Str. ascendency you Should get a wand and not Bitterdream - Bitterdream = Ele based - Unnatural Str. = Phys Converts to Chaos - So TLDR: they don't play well together... --> If it's cheap (20-40C --> 0.5Div), United in Dreams might be a thing! (replace haste with the Envy it grant) - If it is as i likely predict +100C then don't buy it. As you have ton of res. From gears/Auras and so on, you JUST need to cap 3*22% res. (i assume you took Alira) --> This can be done on 1 Ring typically costing 1C (yes even at start) But relatively fast you wanna swap over to a 6-link 4 Blue 2 Red sockets (it's okay with corrupted). - You want your Carrion Golems/Zombies linked in here. (try to get Golem "of Hordes") - INITIALLY! Later we go away from it. - Reason for "Hordes" - Using 1 golem gem "of the HOrdes" you set your total max to 3 - Regardless of what you do! So even if you have +99 golems, if you use "Of hordes" it's 3 max golems. - Later when we get Anima Stones and Flame/Flesh jewels, we wanna swap away from it, as our maximum will be higher than 3. - So DOn't quality it up.... - Run Merciless lab for this Chance to spawn: "Transform a non-Transfigured Skill Gem to be a random Transfigured version" - Sprectres and Skellies (You prob. want to ditch skellies around yellow maps and go for 4 link Spectres on steroids) (swap in Minion Damage instead of Skellies). - AG+Stone golem with Meat shield. (Get normal Stone Golem As we allready use Horde Carrion) - Get Despair... Please.... You're a chaos build - You will MELT things with this. - Try to get links as shown in Skills while getting res. capped - Some early gear with Armour/Evasion is golden as you can get Supression on this! - We will naturly have a good ammount of Block due to tree. Transition to Mid game: - We will spec out of res. a few res notes, and get rid of Alira (So fix res.) --> Well allso swap to new Aura Setup for better late defense. - This is mid/end Yellow --> Start red tiers. - A +1-2 and just a little minion damage IS WORTH IT! you can get the "Trigger a Socketed Spell when you use a skill" from maps (we don't know where yet though... But chances are you wont have a wand ) - If as mentionend "United in dreams" are cheap, that could carry you far and save on early Jewel socket starve due to +60% chance to Poison. - Then a Darkendd enchtroned with 2*14% minion Chance to Poison, can basicly give your minions +100% chance to poison. - If Ashes of the Stars are cheap? Go grap it! If not, there are plenty of things to grap, like +1Level to all skill gems (regardless of the other stats) - Other than that look for generic Str. / Dex / Life - Ass needed. - You wanna start collection "GHASTLY JEWELS" with following - "MINIONS Poison on hit 14%+" "Maximum Life" "MINIONS Physical Damage" (in priority) - We will use a Darkness Enthroned for inc. Effect - Use best jewels in this belt (around 95% Should be good enough!). - When you can Acheive 100% Poison - Then this build becomes Fun and giga. - That's allso when you wanna start looking at getting a Amanamu's Gaze Ghastly (will likely be expensive) - If it's too Pricy - It's okay, there are better options in the start to spend Currency on. - The Anima Stone and the 3 Primordials (Will not Include in the "items") - this might be worth it? Might not, as it takes 4 JEWEL SLOT - Will have to test once everything launches, WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE DUE TO ELEMENTALIST GOLEM REWORK BEWARE! - If posible get a primordial Might which makes Golems "Agressive" - THE MAIN STAR OF THIS BUILD!!! - Likely Expensive but should be prioritised if under 2 Div: - The Covenant - Here's trade link: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/6ePjve0UG IMPORTANT Basicly a 4 link Covenant is to a 6link Normal.... - When you get enough "poison Jewel" for Poison Chance. - Go look at "High-End Budget Gems/skills!" As we start to swap in things like Void Manipulation.... - Be on the lookout for "cheap" awakened versions - Sometimes they are like 5-15 C only. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 - Why Golems? I like golems... this is most likely not the "Best" - But we can end up doing T17 maps with this build and all end game bosses.... Soooo I'm happy! Allso... Carrion golems are Chad Golems what's not to like? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 - Ascendency Order Without Bitterdream: 1. Commander of Darkness 2. Mindless Agression 3. Unnatural Strength 4. Bone Barrier (personaly prefference) With Bitterdream: 1. Commander of Darkness 2. Mindless Agression 3. Bone Barrier (personaly prefference) 4. Unnatural Strength - Replace Bitterdream at this point with +1 Wand and Generic %Damage. - You could got for Mistress of Sacrifice (end end game (if we can get Giga gloves with 100% chaos convert this might be better)). ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. - Expensive part and End game - Gear, Jewels & more - 6link Covenant - Carrion golem of Hordes if not forbidden Flesh - Summon Sombies of Slamming - MultiStrike - Void manipulation - Unbound Ailment. - Minion Damage - (Get all awakend when budget allows) - Trigger wand with +2 Minion level / minion Damage +60% / Minion 15% Attack & Cast Speed - High life ES/Armour Base +2Minion Skill gems Helmet. - with Phys as Fire/Minion life implicit (eater/exarc) - MB. new Spectre thing? - Aegis Auroraraororaorora - That shield i can't pronounce...https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/WDrpwmKfm - Bottled faith (Gl) - Roomies (mb. gl?) - Amanamu's Gaze Ghastly (will likely be expensive) - Cluster Jewels (check followup video) - Ashes of the Stars - Quality on gem - Forbidden Flesh/Flame with the new elemancer (+2 carrion golems and Elemental Immune) - HUngry Loop AG - new Gloves enchant for 100% conversion - BASICLY we can change ascendency points for giga buff (unpick unholy might) (might be expensive) ULTRA-END (+200 Div or mirror tier): - If you've gotten to this point... Then you don't need this guide... Or have too much tim - But Mageblood ofc. - Start looking at Curr Implicits. - Giga 6link helmet. - Omega Weapon. - Implicit Jewels. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Tattos As we can still get tattoos i sugest you go for something alon the lines of: - Chaos Res - Tankyness ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 - FLASKS! Basicly use craft "when Reaches Full" Eaely-Mid Game setup: - Divine Life Flask with Curr. Blood Immunity. - Roomies Conc (more block) - Quicksilver - With Charges When hit / Speed - Basalt - With Charges when Hit / Armour - Jade Flask - With Charges when Hit / More Evasion. End-Game: - Divine Life Flask with Curr. Blood Immunity. - Roomies Conc (more block) - Quicksilver - With Charges When hit / Speed - QUARTZ Charges when Hit / Flexible mod from what you feel - Bottled Faith. Mageblood Setup - Go Google - There are people out ther who's minmaxed that more than I have ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 - Pantheon Major: - SOUL OF LUNARIS! - When upgraded avoid Chain Projectile (can save your ass) Minor: - I like Ryslatha (Giga LIfe Flask on low life) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 - Mercenaries Get one of the following: - Curse Bot (not Confirmed) - Aura Supporter (Confirmed on Stream with Mark literly saying he can't wait to play aura bot with aurabot to boost people) - Another Minion summoner (GhazzyTV Posted video where it was included i trust in Ghazzy) - Duo Summoner POG? - Allso RIP GPU. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I think that was all ? 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