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Herald of Purity Minion Instability Worm Bomber



3.11 Harvest

Necromancer

6.45K--InfinityT

(135)


Ghastly Eye JewelSmall Cluster JewelMedium Cluster JewelCobalt JewelCobalt JewelLarge Cluster JewelMedium Cluster JewelFortress CovenantCobalt JewelSmall Cluster JewelTyrant's SekhemStag SceptreDeath's OathBone HelmetSorcerer GlovesCircle of GuiltCircle of GuiltAmber AmuletSorcerer BootsStygian Vise
The Writhing JarThe Writhing JarBasalt FlaskCinderswallow UrnQuicksilver Flask

Hope you enjoy my end-of-league build. I had a blast seeing it come to life.

Build "Basics":

Combine minion life, minion damage as well as levels (2 wep, amulet, minion helm) to get a level 32 Herald of Purity with 400k life on sentinels.

With Infernal Legion support as well as a Fortress Covenant for Minions take 160% increased damage (templar jewel socket), it takes 1.06 seconds for a sentinel to die.

Stack fire res lowering (flammability, ele weak, wave of conviction, combustion, EE) as well as inc damage taken (skitterbots, cinderswallow, infernal cry, others I didn't use but possible: aspect of spider, bottled faith) for big damage. Unfortunately the explosion is not a spell, so Unnerve doesn't work. We end up at 14.5M Minion Instability average damage per sentinel.

So how to summon sentinels?

You summon sentinels on kill, so combine 2 Writhing Jars with any DoT that will instantly kill the worms to summon 4 (max) sentinels on demand (has precedence over Infernal Legion Dot). I chose Death's Oath since in my testing, desecrate wasn't working properly and Death Aura is much more convenient than Plague Bearer, RF. This essentially forces us to run regen (level-boosted stone golem) as well as max chaos res since you are constantly taking 450 chaos dps.

With 19% reduced flask charges used on belt, I get 3 casts per Writhing Jar, and for bosses with phases, the Pantheon Ryslatha's Soul recharges charges to all life flasks (or hybrid).

How do you clear?

Ignite proliferation support (that's a gem???). With combustion + Raze and Pillage cluster notable (20% chance to ignite for minions), we get 74% chance to ignite. (PoB says 24% since it doesn't count combustion but seems bugged).

Since ignite proliferation kills count as the player, not the minion source, this will continue Herald of Purity's sentinel spawning, so if I run to packs fast enough, I don't have to use Writhing Jar beyond the first pack.

So for clearing I use HoP + Infernal Legion + Combustion + Ignite Prolif. For bossing, I switch to HoP + Infernal Legion + Conc Effect + Deathmark. (Helm links Minion Damage, Minion Life, Hypothermia)

Defences

Not the tankiest build around. HP pool is decent, every Writhing Jar press recovers 33% of life from Peak Vigour life cluster jewels and Herbalism anoint. With Pantheon upgrade, this nears 50% on low life. Fortify albiet inconsistent with Animate Guardian, possibility of Divine Flesh (since we max chaos res for Death's Oath anyway).

Since we do have tons of minion life and levels, we might as well use 8x taunting zombies with ~100k life each. Using +spell/+minion wands instead of +spell/+phys sceptres (which were easier to craft) can beef it up more.

Animate Guardian with ~200k life and 20k ES with Mask of the Stitched Demon has 93k regen per second. Note that the life isn't fully "accurate" since with Fortress Covenant minions take 2.6x damage, plus MI will kill any low life minions, but we do have res/meat shield (net .41 damage taken multi for elemental).

Important Details

  • No quality for Infernal Legion as it would increase time for sentinels to die
  • Global minion ele res is off limits (no Sacrifice or Indomitable Army which would be really good nodes)
  • Storm brand EE so Wave of Conviction doesn't raise resists
  • 6 passive medium cluster + 3 passive small cluster since it's hard to find as good quality nodes as those (minion life is biggest damage source on tree for this build)
  • Additional Curse + Ele Weak gloves on AG allows for dual curse (use weapon range enchant since why not)
  • Bleed Immunity using Bone Barrier
  • There are tons of improvements to gear that I've realized after the fact from playing the build, but don't really want to recraft any.
  • Profile: here character FlippyWormBomber
  • PoB: https://pastebin.com/wuWrAr9K
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Life

6450

Mana

31

Energy Shield

402

DPS

-InfinityT

Effective Hit Pool

Chaos Res

68

Fire Res

75

Cold Res

75

Lightning Res

75

Armour

3K

Evasion

423

Block

15 | 0

Crit Chance

0%

Crit Multi

152%

Rage

0

Strength

321

Intelligence

360

Dexterity

122

Ward

Item Quantity

0%

Item Rarity

0%

Movement Speed

35%

Bone Barrier
Bone Barrier
Mindless Aggression
Mindless Aggression
Plaguebringer
Plaguebringer
Unnatural Strength
Unnatural Strength
Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Equilibrium
Minion Instability
Minion Instability
Constitution
Constitution
Cruel Preparation
Cruel Preparation
Deep Wisdom
Deep Wisdom
Devotion
Devotion
Discipline and Training
Discipline and Training
Divine Fervour
Divine Fervour
Endurance
Endurance
Essence Extraction
Essence Extraction
Faith and Steel
Faith and Steel
Fearsome Force
Fearsome Force
Heart and Soul
Heart and Soul
Holy Dominion
Holy Dominion
Light of Divinity
Light of Divinity
Lord of the Dead
Lord of the Dead
Overcharge
Overcharge
Purity of Flesh
Purity of Flesh
Quick Recovery
Quick Recovery
Redemption
Redemption
Retribution
Retribution
Righteous Army
Righteous Army
Shaper
Shaper
Spiritual Aid
Spiritual Aid
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  • Elemental WeaknessElemental Weakness

  • Death AuraDeath Aura
  • Feeding FrenzyFeeding Frenzy
  • Elemental ArmyElemental Army
  • Meat ShieldMeat Shield
  • Minion LifeMinion Life

  • Wave of Conviction
  • Curse On Hit
  • FlammabilityFlammability
  • CombustionCombustion

  • EnlightenEnlighten
  • Summon SkitterbotsSummon Skitterbots
  • Flame DashFlame Dash
  • Infernal CryInfernal Cry

  • DesecrateDesecrate
  • Spell CascadeSpell Cascade
  • Flesh OfferingFlesh Offering

  • Summon Stone GolemSummon Stone Golem
  • EmpowerEmpower
  • Storm BrandStorm Brand

  • Animate GuardianAnimate Guardian
  • Feeding FrenzyFeeding Frenzy
  • Elemental ArmyElemental Army
  • Meat ShieldMeat Shield
  • Raise ZombieRaise Zombie
  • Minion LifeMinion Life

  • Herald of PurityHerald of Purity
  • Infernal LegionInfernal Legion
  • Deathmark
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect
  • CombustionCombustion
  • Ignite ProliferationIgnite Proliferation

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