SrS Guardian build guide || SSF Build Guide

Summon Raging Spirit has been my favorite minion essentially every since I discovered their existence. Every couple of leagues I try and push them again and I have fun every single time even if/when I fail. Who is this build for? This build is NOT faster than skellie mages and it will never do more single target damage just to get that out of the way. SrS are a really smooth map clearing minion because they automatically fly around the world spreading their anger onto your enemies. If you want to play a "off meta" minion (at the time of recording I am the only SrS guardian on trade or SSF) and still want to have a reliable character this is it! Very solid and relaxed mapping, no aiming required and proxy shields do nothing against SrS. Build has a ton of versatility in what minions you use and auras. I have my recommended setup here but I strongly encourage you to experiment because you might find something more fun to you! As you can see from my skill gems and gear I am incredibly far from being optimized but even with my mediocre gear we are almost pulling 3m dps. With more upgrades and focus I really think it's a real possibility to hit 4-5m dps. I have not run all the numbers but It seems incredibly likely to me just based on what I have achieved so far. Please keep in mind all of my advice/tips are with SSF in mind if you are on trade you can skip a lot of this process and just become mega spirit neck man. For gems: use melee splash but swap to fire penetration for pinnacle fights. Not needed for map bosses (but if you get it to lv21 just keep lv21 fire pen in your invent and you can swap ez pz ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gearing: All gear is listed with mods in order of most to least important. I will try and give a quick tutorial on how to craft these or at least give you an idea to work towards. Body Armour: I absolutely love The Covenant and I think it is BiS so I am not going to recommend a rare chest. You absolutely could go that route but not only do you lose the free added chaos damage but now you have to deal with mana cost which granted isn't insanely hard to fix but it does require some sacrifice. ----- Weapon: +1 level of all spells, +1 level of minion spells (or fire just for +2 srs), minion damage, trigger, minion attack speed How to: I would only craft on convoking wands of course, you can do the delve fossil route but I have never even stepped foot in delve this league so I will not be recommending that method. Get +1 level of all spells or minion then try and combine with another +1. Ideally if you are going to take this build all the way you would like to get the +2 and then try and get aisling to craft 4s trigger. I would recommend for easy crafting to use Essence of Fear until you hit a +1 then try to combine. ----- Shield (shaper influence armour base): 30% socketed gem reservation, recover life on block %, flat life (90+), max resistance, resistance, armour How to: My ideal way of farming bases for shaper/elder is to farm the guardians. Take the nodes on the tree for double bosses and more influenced item drops and keep farming until you get the base you need. You can use scarabs but in my anecdotal experience it has not been worth it. I was using greed essence on my shield just to hit the flat life, I haven't had that much time on this character unfortunately but we still hit an "ok shield". If you get 30% reservation and high life that is good enough to start but the life recover on block is pretty insane especially since we are a guardian with bastion. ----- Boots: Life, Movement speed, resistance, chaos resistance, dext || Eater- increased armour from helm/gloves Exarch- chaos resistance How to: Simple craft with either essence of zeal or harvest with speed. Getting additional dex would require using an essence and isn't needed but is an option ----- Gloves: Life, resistance, chaos resistance, dex How to: Another simple craft for us, I recommend using Greed unless you really need dex but your rings should be able to cover it. || Eater- fire exposure on hit (can use shield charge to trigger) Exarch- minion damage ---- Helmet Elder base (ideally bone helmet if not armour/es): +2 level of socketed minion gems, minions supported by minion life (or damage), life, resistance, chaos resistance How to: Again farm elder guardians to try and get a nice elder helmet base or if you are feeling lucky farm Catarina and or use harvest gamble to try and farm Nook's Crown. From there you can do something simple like essence of greed or just alt/aug/regal until you hit. If you do not have AT MINIMUM +2 level of socketed minions and a support life/damage then I would keep rolling. ---- Belt (stygian vise): Life, resistance, chaos resistance How to: Nothing complex here. We already have a lot of investment just by having a unique body armour in 2022 so fixing problems is kind of easy since we get to use so many rares. Simply use any resistance essence that you are lacking most and keep spamming until you hit. ---- Ring 1 Hungry Loop: I use Carrion Golem in here but you could easily do animate guardian or even your spectres but I prefer the golem. Eat these supports: life tap, feeding frenzy, minion life, elemental army Ring 2 Rare Unset ring: + level of socketed gems, life, resistances, dex/int (as needed), chaos resistance How to: I alt spammed until I hit +3 level of socketed gems and then used aug/regal. You could also use essences that give you dex/int if you are struggling. The + levels is mainly to make our curse better for single target (or you can put molt shell here) ---- CLUSTER JEWEL LARGE: Call to slaughter, rage and pillage are the VIP we need them above all. You have a lot of options for a third notable but honestly they are soooo hard to get in SSF I would use whatever you get for a third. How to: I was just using fire harvest crafts as rage and pillage is my #1, I believe speed works also to get call to slaughter. I never did it as I got kind of lucky and hit the 2 noteables with a couple fire harvest crafts then slammed for the juice. Cluster medium #1: Blessed rebirth is REQUIRED for high tier mapping and pinnacle bossing, otherwise your srs bretheren simply get deleted upon entering the world. Ideally you want Renewal for the second notable. Cluster medium #2: Renewal and feasting fiends Cluster small (optional can put an eye here): dex/int, surging vitality (the extra regen just feels really nice honestly) Eye jewels: we actually can get some pretty cool utility and damage from all of the eye jewels we can fit such as taunt/speed. Don't forget attack/cast speed for minions also works on us! What I recommend having: minions taunt on hit, flat minion damage, life (for you), attack speed -----