Skeleton Mages + Absolution Path of Exile 3.18 Sentinel League Build Guide

Start of 3.18 Leveling General Notes Regarding dex and str: Feel free to pick up 30 nodes if needed and Citrine Amulet is a great base for us. You can also add stats on gear if needed and res are capped. Cap Res first always, everything else is secondary. Don't force spellslinger too early it will cause a bad time, you want essence glutton first. At level 16, you can grab artic armour and herald of ash for a bit of clear and survivability even though they will be replaced quickly -2 alts, I wouldn't do this if you do not have at least 5 at this point, need 3 alts in act 3. Level 2 Raise Zombie, Freezing Pulse Level 4 Frostblink. Summon Raging Spirits + Summon Phantasms, Dash Level 10 Added Lightning Damage Support + Summon Raging Spirts + Summon Phantasms, Flame Dash start leveling Summon Skeletons Level 12 Absolution + Added Lightning Damage + Minion Damage Level 16 Herald of Purity Level 18 Concentrated Effect Support ( for when you have a 4 link),Minion Life + Raise Zombie Level 24 Determination + Discipline Only run Determination for now Level 28 Raise Specter + Animate Guardian these are more to level than to use as they will die a lot. Level 31 Run Library Quest get Inspiration + Meat Shield + Precision Summon Skeletons + Feeding Fenzy + Minion Damage + Onslaught (Replaces SRS) Level 38 Should be able to get all the gems needed as soon as you have the sockets. Summon Skeleton Gem links are set for Dead Reckoning, only use those link once you have aquired the unique jewel. ==================================================================================== Very Important ================================================================================================================================== For Specter's 2 Host Cheftain(Old Fields), 1 Carnage Cheftain(Old Fields) Animate Guardian but you want to level it up so it doesn't die when you add it in the lineup. Use cheap uniques at first like Leercast, Dying Breath, Southbound, Victario's Flight and Cloak of Tawm'r Isley Before using Kingmaker (Vendor: Soul Taker*, Heartbreaker* and an Orb of Fusing " *Corrupted items can not be used".) and more Expensive Items like influenced chests on Animate Guardian you want to get the Divergant Version for the added life (40%) and get it level 19 + Fleshcrafter is insane so is Dead Reckoning prioitize them as fast upgrades! Surviving: 1. Make sure your resistances are capped, you can do so reasonably by the start of act 3 and as early as act 1 with lucky drops. 2. Use Raise Zombie as a buffer between you and mobs, if still struggling use a Decoy Totem as well. 3. Block nodes and block mastery 30 life 20 mana on block will help till you can get a good shield. 4. You can get lots of spell suppression on evasion gear, this is harder to do on non-trade leagues but achievable if still dying. ============================================================================ Crafting Upgrades ====================================================================================== Boots: Normal Boots + Quicksilver + Orb of Augmentation = Movement Speed 10% also will upgrade Movement speed by 5% if it has the modifier. Weapon Upgrades: Magic Wand/Scepter/Rune Dagger + Topez Ring + Orb of Alteration gives added x Lightning damage to Spells. Rairity of ring effects Tier of mod. +1 Base, Need X "tagged" gems with at least 40 Quality. Makes a +1 All X Skills Weapon (doesn't work with Minion does work with Lightning) Ring: Magic/Rare Ring or Amulet with +x to Chaos Resistance + Orb of Augmentation + Amethyst Flask Reforges with just the chaos resistance roll (iLevel matters) Unique Item: 60 Unique rings gets you a Loreweave which is a pretty decent chest if you do not want to craft one. List of all reciepes: https://poedb.tw/us/Vendor_recipe_system Harvest Crafts to Look for: Caster= good for Weapons and Hunter Chest (+ level of spell skill gems, minion mods, Additional Curse, Spell Crit on chest.) Essence of Torment addes Lightning Damage to Spells on weapon which got massively buffed. Essence of Woe adds % Spell Damage to Weapons. Essence of Fear adds Wands, Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres: Minions deal % increased Damage Essence of Horror for Helmets: Socketed Gems deal 30% more Elemental Damage. This is how to get the best version of helm but can be expensive as you might need to spam to get good rolls. Really want +3 minion and 1 damage modifier using Elder or Shaper or a combined helm. You can always run Determination or Grace.Make sure resistances are capped, look at Tanky chest options like the Brass Dome. start trying to get appropriate base Items and work towards crafting the gear, I suggest Harvest crafting as it doesn't deplete your currency pool. http://www.craftofexile.com is a great resource for crafting any item, I really like the Emulator section as you can import your item or start from scratch to test with. =============================================================================== Enhancing Damage ============================================================================ Minion Wiki Page: https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Minion Minion's are complex interaction wise, so really good idea to check the resources listed in the wiki if you are having issues. Wand/Dagger Rolls:Look for all Minion/spell gem levels > Lightning Damage to Spells > Minion modifiers > Trigger Socketed Gems > %Lightning/Spell Damage > Cast Speed For rings, try to get a Conductivity ring, once acheived add frost bomb to trigger wand Unique Items to look for: Flesh Crafter(BiS), Dead Reckoning(skelly Mages), Corpsewalker Boots, Ashes of the Stars, Aegis Aurora, and Darkness Enthroned. Rotation: Summon Skelleton > Absolution > Summon Skelleton =========================================================================== Pentacle Content Changes ======================================================================== Helmet Crafting you want a Shaper and Elder Bone Helmet: Mods +3 to Minion Gems, Socketed Gems feal 30% more Elemental Damage, Hypothermia/Innervate, Minion Damage You can Either Bound+Frigid Fossil Craft once Shaper and Elder and hope to get +3 and Hypo Or go straight to Essence spaming and try to hit the ele damage, with Hypo or Innervate then suffixes can't be changed and bound fossil spaming. This is going to be very, very expensive to craft but will give you insane damage numbers! If you hit +3 Minion and Minion Damge, prefixes can't be changed and Essence spam. Again this can get very, very expensive. Need 6 link Fleshcrafter and want to look at getting a +1 to minion and +1 to all wand to improve dps.