Endgame on Easy Mode | In-Depth Skeletal Reavers Endgame Guide

[@Kusnierr]

Changelog: Build update discussing below changes can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3XcqWmOe9V7bc0 Energy Shield variant is explained (with detailed how-to steps): kzbin.info/www/bejne/boLMhZ1ne8mggbs 16th Dec 2024: - Removed 'Gain # Mana Per Enemy Killed' mod from Gloves (I swear I tested it in campaign and seemed it worked with minions unlike POE1.. guess I was hallucinating as obviously doesn't work). - Removed 'Elemental Army' from Infernal Hound and added 'Envenom' + 'Corrosion' to help with Breaking Armour on bosses. - Added section on 'Venom Draught' - I recommend Ailment Threshold (Mana regen is fine) and Chaos Resistance. 17th Dec 2024: - Added a section about 'MoM vs. Energy Shield' explaining that the build can very easily just be Energy Shield based and does not need to be MoM. 19th Dec 2024: - Changed 'Minion Mastery' to 'Heavy Swing' in Skeletal Reaver - Changed 'Magnified Effect' to 'Expanse' in Pain Offering - Added 'Detonate Dead' as an alternative to 'Raise Zombie'. Helps with clearing in corridors/narrow maps. Keep DD as low level as possible (7). If you prefer 'Raise Zombie' setup you can just keep it and skip DD. - Allocated more Minion Crit Damage nodes in the 'Necrotic Touch' cluster 28th Dec 2024: - Published a video with couple tips how to transition this build into more of a 'Magic Find' one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGaZeZWka7Nsjdk

[@RobRuckus65]

For the per kill you need to wear the unique gloves Gravebind it makes all enemies killed by anyone in your presence count as being killed by you instead.

[@Paolini_18]

@@RobRuckus65 GRAVEBIND ROPE CUFFS is the name of the gloves for anyone wondering

[@Kusnierr]

@@RobRuckus65 Yup indeed, unfortunately not worth giving up the glove slot for it imo

[@RobRuckus65]

@@Kusnierr They can work really well with MoM with the minions.

[@FifaSkiller1337]

Any opinion on Chaos Inoculation? I love these builds, not sure if you can make it work with this pet build though.

[@ImxxFuZe]

This man earned my sub, He actually went and notified me of his new video on a comment. Wish you the best sir and thank you for the laid back gameplay build

[@cptfarell]

Awesome guide, respecced from SRS and loving it (my eyes were bleeding from the constant flamewall spam)

[@Kusnierr]

Great to hear :)

[@IamMaximumFury]

Ha I'm in the same boat as you. Scouring youtube to find alternate builds to SRS. Dude mentioned Reavers and Zombies and I'm like "yea I'm in on this". Only lvl 73 right now and my gear isn't the best, but hope something like this works out for me.

[@shadowenergyAI]

many of the summons are actually underrated. I change my summons based on the scenario. E.g. Reavers are superior to arsonists for higher hp foes, but are not as great for easy clears, whereby Snipers are in the middle somewhere. Please note that it is still better to either focus on attack minions or spell based minions. the debuffs/buffs support them differently. Either way 1 or 2 priest is helpful.

[@Neurak.]

Thank you so much for this build guide! Loving it so far at level 82

[@Kusnierr]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@EngineerSTG]

Convocation would fix so many issues with the reavers and minions in general. Why it was not transferred over to PoE 2 is absolutely ridiculous.

[@inerydk]

God when i saw this straight up brought me back to D2 Necro skellymancer, I swaped out a few of the Reavers for Snipers with Corrison support to break armor and handle the tight spaces where only 2 can attack if doggo gets to the gas it blows up and helps out :D

[@guitardaymos]

just finished a transition from srs/arsonists to that build and you know I'm very happy! breaking through the third cruel act with 12 reavers and 3 clerics,damage is truly insane, bosses are melting. Feels a bit more afk but that's fine, if you don't like that kind of playstyle why would you choose a summoner after all?? Best wishes to the author I hope you will update your guide so I could progress with you

[@Kusnierr]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Indeed it is a bit of an AFK summoner build :-) I will definitely be sharing updates!

[@shadowenergyAI]

Okay I see an area where you can improve your linked build (didnt watch vid yet). Get poison chance on hit + poison removes armor. Hound can do it. you will remove thousands of armor from bosses.

[@1DJRikkiBee]

Also, having bonecage (or another bone ability) and replace all stun buildup with pin. Prevents smaller mobs from being able to overwhelm you with numbers as easily. Good in breach.

[@TheRandRPodcast]

where/how do u get this?

[@shadowenergyAI]

@@TheRandRPodcast +poison and poison removing armor are both tier 1 support gems

[@TheRandRPodcast]

@@shadowenergyAI so where would you put them and what would you replace?

[@Kusnierr]

@@TheRandRPodcast I haven't tested yet, I would probably begin by removing the defensive gems from Hound, i.e. meat shield and elemental army. If the hound dies too much then I'd probably remove Maim. I think Culling Strike is too good though. I'll play around with it and update the guide based on how it feels.

[@Senior-tr4le]

I gotta say, this build does extremely well, even corrupted+irradiated T16 maps were a breeze. For anyone coming from SRS+Firewall, slap your fire gems on SRS and keep it. In tight maps, you throw a wall near/through the doorway, and your reapers will follow the SRS into the next room. Much less blockage.

[@jjz814]

Yep i just started mapping and i kept firewall and just went 8 reavers + 2 clerics and just spam SRS still until i get enough gear. I have +4 to minion skills so it melts bosses at lvl 65

[@Artreaus0307]

Just STARTED to put this together and its already just funny watching my minions decimate maps. Cant wait to get up in lvl for more!

[@Kusnierr]

Awesome, it only gets better as you scale the build!

[@gugi233]

Gain mana on kill DOES NOT WORK with minions unless you use gravebind unique gloves that have a mod which states "enemies killed by anyone in your presence count as killed by you". Any type od gain "anything on kill or hit" mod on your gear is a dead stat unless you use gravebind!!!!

[@Kusnierr]

Yep, indeed, I could have sworn I tested this in campaign and thought it worked differently in POE2, but apparently not. Updated the guide. Thanks.

[@Eustes]

best summoner guides on PoE1 and 2.

[@jasonmorris3110]

Nice build i may have to give it a try. Earned my sub!!

[@digitalermitanyo8937]

sometimes at the back of my head, I wish I have an "enigma" to reposition my minions. LOL.

[@danzfloor1]

Very nice build, will surely give it a try on my road to test everything POE2 has to offer. :) One question, what do you think about going the ES route instead of Life/MOM?....Worth it or require to many points?

[@Kusnierr]

Yeah can absolutely go ES. Honestly with enough investment it's probably stronger. Grim Feast is very good and ES scales harder than mana. If I was making a new character now I'd probably build it ES to see how it goes.

[@LyamCynobi]

@@Kusnierr Hello, do you have a recommendation for an es tree ? I never tried ES

[@Kusnierr]

@LyamCynobi No, but I am working on one this weekend. You can look at GhazzyTV and his ES arsonists build, that one is ES and the tree will be very very similar

[@sillakilla8674]

Is this Build still vaiable or GGG nerfed this? I wasnt up to date last time.

[@Kusnierr]

Yep, no nerfs. In fact minion crit dmg was buffed since this video was recorded.

[@CostelloDamian]

I think you might not know this based on your comments regarding minions being stuck, but in POE 2 you can direct minions even open doors and chest with your minions. Try it for towers just click inside once and enjoy ;)

[@Senior-tr4le]

Already steamrolling T15 content with SRS+arsonist, but just looking at how clean your screen is makes me want to switch to your build. So used to playing with a full screen of fire explosions.

[@Senior-tr4le]

I actually did make the switch. Saved my eyes, thank you. Doesn't clear quite as fast as the arsonists/SRS, but the slightly lower speed is well worth it for the rest my eyes are now getting.

[@Kusnierr]

Great to hear! :)

[@Eustes]

been using this sense you dropped first reaver vid. I cant decide between MoM or straight energy shield. ES makes more sense but your the summoner GOAT of PoE so i feel like you know best lol

[@Kusnierr]

Actually I feel like ES is probably better overall and I will be trying the ES variant soon :)

[@Eustes]

@@Kusnierr DOPE! then ill try it out and if mine fails ill refernce your next video as usual lol thanks man 👍

[@Eustes]

@@Kusnierr maybe big gear swap to be less mana bonus focused and more ES focused?

[@kaiwenwong5624]

@@Kusnierr waiting for ur es version :D

[@Kusnierr]

@@Eustes yep for sure

[@Azqalihm]

Can confirm the build is good, if a bit clunky! Was done with cruel just about the time it was published and managed to do my 3rd trial and get to t6 maps without a single death or fail.

[@ZehelFenris]

For the coridors i found that it helps me a lot to have a leap slam that exclusively uses my weapon set II with all summons set to 0 so I can leap through the doorway to the other side of the mobs at the door and then holding down the block that uses my weapon set I with my minions set so it resummons all the minions that was not dead when I unsummoned them from leap slamming, this creates a psudo convocation from PoE 1

[@Kusnierr]

Yep indeed, I'm playing around with a few options like this now

[@DubbedJey]

I made this as a crit summoner focus build thanks for the guides

[@Kusnierr]

How's it feeling?

[@DubbedJey]

@ A little different from the srs build, more laid back. I think I’m going to focus on defensive stats on gear more to prep for late game. Shreds bosses

[@Vex762]

I’m playing this build but also doing the shield stack like srs build and it feels good

[@jasonmorris3110]

Definitely going to try this build out.

[@Kusnierr]

Goodluck!

[@mikeb9486]

For leveling up, what I've been doing is the whole fire wall+raging spirits. I have +3 minion level, and the DPS i'm outputting is insane. It's trivializing the campaign and I'm not spending over 1 exalted per item. I'm actually just using firewall swapping between 1/2 arsonists when I run into tight hallways.

[@powrsh119]

I tried that earlier when the game released, I definitely did something incorrect, spent several exalted on leveling gear yet the DPS was horrible, I royally screwed up

[@LivinOnTheCorner]

I like that the minions are aggresive and make it a point to attack... some minions just get stuck doing nothing

[@RoxanneYuki]

Anyone has any updates on what Passive Tree to follow post level 84?.. Like, I absolutely hate / don't want to go speccing into those " Wide Barrier Nodes " there, seems like a waste of points.

[@Kusnierr]

I'd get the 'Left Hand of Darkness' minion nodes for more survivability. Then some minion dmg near 'Fear of Death'

[@RoxanneYuki]

@@Kusnierr Actually I made a plan, at 84 we have 14 points left right? If we try to go all the way around to get more sockets, we can only get 2 more jewel sockets, but if you go around a little bit and then inside the passive tree, we can grab 3 Jewel Sockets with only 13 or 14 points. And if we get the 15% increased dmg, 20% increased crit chance and like 25-28% crit damage bonus ones we get that much power added to the minions. But also what I've realized just now after checking, our critical damage bonus from jewels gets added to our minions' attack, but the crit chance doesn't it seems. My minions are supposed to have 41% critical chance but only have 13%, but the crit dmg bonus works and I have like 280% or something. I've tested this out with un-socketing and socketing them back in.

[@Kusnierr]

@@RoxanneYuki Remember that crit chance is multiplicative and not additive. So if you have e.g. 200% increased crit chance then a 5% crit chance turns into 15% crit chance. I highly doubt you would have base 41% crit chance.

[@RoxanneYuki]

@@Kusnierr Ah, I see so is that why the total minion on hand critical chance is 14% now, with 4 different jewels? I have 18%+ crit chance for minions on each of those

[@Kusnierr]

@@RoxanneYuki Yep exactly. That's why stuff that adds base crit chance (e.g. malice aura) is so strong, because it then further scales with increased crit chance as well.

[@spaxx2858]

Hi great guide i love my Reaver Minions! But you are sure that points in Crit are worth it? How much Crit Chance your Reavers have?

[@Kusnierr]

They have 15% crit chance with Malice aura from Omen Sceptre. Anyway there's really not very many things on the tree to scale their damage, so even if crit is not that amazing it's still the best there is for Reavers.

[@zgeer]

This has been a fun change of pace from the arsonist SRS builds that everyone else seems to be running. Have you messed around with skeletal brutes at all? They seem very cool but a bit clunky with the slower attack speed and lower single target damage. Think there is any way to make them viable in deep end game?

[@Kusnierr]

I did for a little bit but didn't find a use for them, at least in this build. The single target damage of this build is so high, the brutes are only getting in the way and aren't providing any utility. I think some lower-DPS but supremely tanky variant might benefit from Brutes, but I haven't theory-crafted anything like that yet.

[@Paolini_18]

You need the Gravebind gloves for the kill on mana to work on minion kills

[@Mamiya645]

Good one. They gotta fix minions getting stuck on a pixel and despawning instead of leashing to you.

[@Antiquated-Ether]

He picked the most open map to showcase the build 😮

[@CarrollLiddell]

Hahahaha yeah, imagine it in tight corners

[@Kusnierr]

I'll make a separate video in some days showing how to navigate tighter maps, it's really not bad as people make it out to be once you position correctly pre-emptively. Still worse than open maps of course.

[@Thor_Asgard_]

Alchemists are so damn worse on tight corners and closed maps like virtually every map is.

[@ZehelFenris]

For the coridors i found that if you have a weapon swap and on the second weapon set it to have 0 summons then you can quickly swap to second weapon set and back to the first to do a psudo convocation as it instantly respawns all the minions that is not currently reviving

[@Curlyheadrae24]

@@ZehelFenris that and you can also just use raise zombies inside, I’ve noticed that once an add or 2 dies you starting raising zombies for some reason the reavers will move inside 1 by 1 but the weapon swap in better

[@loedae]

How valuable is Malice on scepter vs Warriors that can give more utility/debuffing(but maybe they get in the way more)? and how important do you think crit nodes on tree or jewel are? Probably trying this after arsonists nerf. Do you ever use reaver command skill? They're adding a new support gem to boost effect of command skills

[@Kusnierr]

It's very valuable for pinnacle content. Once you start hitting T17 map bosses with +4 boss difficulty modifiers, the Malice aura is really valuable. However, until you start hitting that level of content, any sceptre type is fine and you can completely skip crit nodes on tree and jewel in such case. I use Reaver command skill on bosses only and when I feel like I got myself in a sticky situation, to avoid death, e.g. like 4 rares in a breach come at me, I might pop enrage then.

[@shireyed]

Might be my gear just isnt where it needs to be for max mana and mana regen but i liked having more shield and feast to overcharge it. Im only 70 so i got several levels to get some better gear that fits mana focus vs ES though. Be interested to see what changes you'd make to the passive skills to do a ES focus vs mind over matter build. Otherwise love the dmg output i have with my reavers.

[@Kusnierr]

I may have the video just for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boLMhZ1ne8mggbs

[@shireyed]

@@Kusnierr Super cool videos both of them. i dont have the time or the brain power to do the deep dives for builds like you and others do so its nice to listen to the reasoning for some of the choices and why certain passives or gear builds are used. Thanks for the update and ill be likely building out things for both of these and play around with both MoM and ES till they release new classes or nerf the shit out of my build lol.

[@markbaylis1085]

Great build. Thanks for sharing. Can I ask though, u missed out the skill gems on raise zombie...

[@Kusnierr]

Did i? I can see them in the guide. Infernal Legion/Minion Instability/Lacerate. Perhaps I missed them when I was recording the video.

[@markbaylis1085]

@Kusnierr nice one. Thanks for replying.

[@tyruss2432]

Are Bones of Ullr sandals good for this build? I cant decide. On one side I really miss the movement speed and other stats but that 20% reduction on reserves for minions is 2 or 3 extra skelly boys for me which is nice boost

[@Kusnierr]

Not for me, no. The movement speed is so crucial to our survival that, while nice, the Bones of Ullr bonus is not enough.

[@ichrastegleichauslol]

how important is reaching resistance caps in poe2 compared to poe1? is it necessary? or can i run like around 40% each.

[@Kusnierr]

It's pretty much just as important I'm afraid. You can get away with running at 70% or so for a bit, but 40% will wreck you in any serious content

[@TheZanarathas]

hey im currently learning this game and was wondering about you taking crit, is it a good stat to pick up? I thought crit was bad on minions or am i mistaking this for something more specific or something else?

[@Skellum_]

I am also interested in this. Base minion crit chance seem to be 5%, so even with +100% crit chance it will be 10%. For double damage at best. So is it really worth points investment? I understand that there might be nothing better to add, but I assume you can always buff survivability.

[@arcanumelite4853]

@@Skellum_ there is a node in the minion tree that changes their base from 5% to 20%... so yes its good.

[@Kusnierr]

In the endgame we use Omen Sceptre which provides Malice aura, that gives +10% base crit chance against enemies that stay in our range long enough (i.e. bosses), for a total of 15% base crit chance on reavers. That's high enough to really start benefitting from crits. Also, once you reach high enough level, there really aren't that many good minion nodes in the area, so you may as well pick up what you can.

[@TheZanarathas]

@@Kusnierr ah gotcha, thank you for that insight, great video!

[@mas0ny149]

awesome vid, im pretty sure the mana when enemy is killed only works wjen you kill the enemy, which means it doesnt work with minions

[@Kusnierr]

I'd have expected so, I'll have to retest it to make sure, but when I was going through the campaign I had the same mod but for health, and whenever there was a group of enemies that my minions killed my health jumped up. Maybe this one is phrased slightly differently to POE1 and works with minions. I'll test tomorrow to be sure, as I could just be hallucinating in which case I've wasted a mod.

[@AegisAmbulante]

​@@Kusnierrthwre is a unique gloves "enemies your minions kill count as you kill" you need this gloves to the mana jewels setup, 1ex glove

[@Wrongusername2]

@Kusnier? Can you make a showcase of dps on some pinnacle boss, e.g. breach one? My experience with dipping into this skellies wasn't so impressive tbh when i switched from my 6l lvl19 arsonists to l18 5l reavers(last support seems kinda weak regardless), kinda not matching with what you're showing. It was fairly geared lvl88 blood witch with +8 minion gems / all common dps nodes from tree(variation on ghazzy's life/mom infernalist). Sure it doesn't have malice or crit sceptre but in your case i don't get how it'd come into play given minion crit is negligible and bosses seemingly die within seconds on your case where malice doesn't have time to stack basecrit. Used my skele warriors from my scepter for some armor breaking utility to compensate missing malice. Sure i had like 2 reavers less cause not infernalist = less spirit to play with, but was still 11 reavers. And deeps was just veery underwhelming, like nowhere did i think "yeah lets scrap this arsonist thing and switch to reavers, or at least gemswap for high-tier bosses"... It wasn't even comparable to arsonists boss damage. And i'm kinda unhappy with skele arsonists t17+ map boss damage at this point, especially if more monster life involved, skele snipers definitly have it higher, pity is they don't really work with blood mage as command spam just eats your life.

[@Kusnierr]

I havent found one of those altars where I can put a breach stone in yet. I killed the citadel bosses and the arbiter, all without any issues. I also kill an expedition logbook boss, but not sure if that counts as an uber in poe2? For reference my skellies have 11k DPS each in tooltip. So with 18 of them + vulnerability + enrage + pain offering, they can reach around 1M DPS. I know have +4 boss difficulty in the atlas and I'm still clearing bosses with no issues. Without PoB kinda hard to tell what exactly went wrong for you

[@Wrongusername2]

> 18 of them 18 ah damn you have EIGHTEEN of them lol, i thought it was 13, how tf are you getting over 500 spirit. Even as infernalist some quick math tells me you'd need like absolute top rolls on every piece for that, body armour, amu, scepter. > For reference my skellies have 11k DPS each in tooltip Yeah this one i don't really get, mine get like 5.5k tt, picking crit nodes on tree shouldn't essentially double the dps even before taking malice stacks into account considering how abysmal 5% base crit is and how low PoE 2 crit scalers are. So while purely based on skele numbers you should have like 70% more damage individual skele dps shouldn't differ THAT much.

[@ChaotixAsbestos]

@Kusnier what we if take Pure energy and 3 energy shield recover passives at the begging of tree? would that work for this build?

[@Kusnierr]

Well it's an MoM build so no, they wouldn't work. If you want you can do this build ES just fine though

[@CheckTheWiki]

Thoughts on anointing Mass Hysteria for 6% ally attack speed instead of the current anoint? Also, thank you for this build, I'm having a good time with it. You saved my witch from waiting for buffs to my chaos damage build.

[@Kusnierr]

Don't think I'd go for it. The build isn't lacking in DPS anyways, and also not sure on the range of that notable. We are often quite far back so not sure if the minions would even always benefit from it.

[@1AnimeFinder]

how r u geting 86+ Strength to use the armr ???

[@Kusnierr]

The only two ways possible, through passive points and equipment affixes. You should aim to have at least a couple 30+ attribute affixes on gear.

[@Zn0nimus]

Hey, Just hit 31 and switched over to reaver from srs, but it is really really bad compared to srs. I'm following your guide as close as possible, and the reavers die to just a small pack. Is there somethings that's mandatory for this build to work? I have 197 spirit, and +1 to minion level. Replacing my 3 arsonist + raging spirit with 5 reavers, not sure what's going on here.

[@Kusnierr]

I think in retrospect, level 31 is a little early for the switch. In future guides I will probably suggest 35+. But honestly the build scales super hard with gem levels. Try to pick up +3 Sceptre, +1 helmet (or +2 if you can) and +1 amulet, all those should be 1-2 ex and will massively improve the survivability and damage of reavers.

[@ReVolverEk]

why don't you mix in srs in this build?

[@ZorrosRage]

I only have 3 spots for my skills. What would you put in them until you get the others

[@Kusnierr]

Probably: Brutality, Heft, Martial Tempo

[@ZorrosRage]

@Kusnierr I have a weapon with +3 skills, but it's other things are giving a range of lightning damage and fire damage to the attack. Brutality make it not work?

[@Kusnierr]

@@ZorrosRage Yes. But those mods basically don't give anything anyway because the default Reaver attack is 100% physical and we do not scale lightning/fire damage in any way, so should ignore those mods anyway.

[@NeinDao]

i feel like so many maps are tight corridors so they just get stuck and stand there looking stupid x3

[@AsYLuM141]

have you tested the "direct minions" hotkey? it works quite well in sending minions through narrow corridors past enemies so you can get a surround

[@Kusnierr]

Yep, definitely use it sometimes, though it's not perfect, especially in towers minions still aren't fast enough.

[@LaMereACaniche]

They still get caught in corridors. Wish GGG just made them size 0 units so they could sneak around

[@Azqalihm]

Cool guide! Are support gems listed in order of priority? Don't have the budget for 6links yet.

[@Kusnierr]

Yep, indeed. The only thing to consider is switching one of the gems for Last Gasp if your Reavers are dying because you haven't scaled them enough yet.

[@Azqalihm]

@@Kusnierr Okay, thanks!

[@이유동-w9h]

Arsonists nerfed; this build is coming on top

[@Kusnierr]

Indeed! Reavers stocks going upppp

[@guitardaymos]

is it crucial to get those unique items or I could live without them? And how much spirit must I have to begin with? Right now I have 274 with srs/arsonists.

[@Kusnierr]

You can definitely live without them. 274 is a good entry point to mapping, 2 cleric and probably 8 or so reavers, enough to get you going.

[@guitardaymos]

@Kusnierr thanks!!!

[@Curlyheadrae24]

This build is so much more fun that arsonist

[@raymondwang6272]

if we have convocation, sure its nice build, but now we have them body blcoking when entering door, too far behind us triggering death respawn timer etc, melee minion is kind of annoying to play with atm

[@Kusnierr]

Yeah they're annoying, once you get used to it you can play around it though, I barely find it an incovenience at this point. Anyways I'm sure GGG will somehow resolve/fix this soon.

[@chugs1030]

Do you take Venom Draught for Mana Regen because of MoM or the ailment threshold?

[@Kusnierr]

I took ailment threshold, but either choice is fine, I don't feel very strongly about either one.

[@ReVolverEk]

what do you think about arsonists? arent they superior compared to reavers? also the summon raging spirits feel pretty good aswell

[@jackjcv9608]

They are superior only in clear, their damage is actually lower especially in single target, which is good tbh since each have thier own strength

[@LaMereACaniche]

Arsonist spirit cost is about to get a nerf, plus the fire wall spam on screen just got too annoying.

[@hafu1874]

Keep us updated. Best minion build apart from ggg's pathing issues obviously

[@Kusnierr]

I have an update out in 3 hours actually

[@kephalai]

does your own health/player health benefit minion health? or is minion health completely separate and doesn't matter how much STR you have?

[@AegisAmbulante]

Two diferent things, your str dont affect minions. All thst affect minios have "minions" in The description

[@kephalai]

ok, thanks for clarifying. i just see lots of guides for minions asking to pump STR and get lots of life (not minion life just vanilla life) so i thought your minions life is like a percentage of your player life or something

[@arcanumelite4853]

@@kephalai the reason for that is because of infernal... where life is converted into spirit and shield (or mana)... since you can convert life into spirit,shield,or mana... having more life is just better... more life = more minions summoned for example.

[@m44niac]

how can u have 18 reavers 3 clerics and clarity? its should be 550 spirit but u have only 516 (counting it with 12% lord of horrors reduction)

[@Kusnierr]

18*28 + 3*18 + 10 = 568 * 0.88 = 500 spirit~ My costs might be lower due to higher level (28 for reavers, 27 for clerics)

[@ryster701]

On your guide you have gain mana per enemy killed, don't you need gravebind for this to work?

[@Kusnierr]

Yep, indeed, I could have sworn I tested this in campaign and thought it worked differently in POE2, but apparently not. Updated the guide. Thanks.

[@Tylos21]

What venom draught did you take for your first choice? Mana regen?

[@Kusnierr]

I took Ailment Threshold as I think it's harder to come by. Mana Regen would be fine as well.

[@Tylos21]

@Kusnierr thanks for the response I don't feel bad now lol

[@ssaucy69]

thx man

[@guitardaymos]

after arsonists cost raise soon enough everybody will be running with your build haha. Perfect timing I guess!!!

[@Kusnierr]

Haha I know right. Hopefully we manage to escape the nerf bat for now!

[@MarkOldfield42]

have a like and a sub for the hard work sir

[@gregpervis1481]

this seems like it could be easily adapted for blood mage, outside of the hound usage, is that right?

[@arcanumelite4853]

hound is a pretty big deal for survivability though... 25% damage reduction from having it around is pretty huge... blood mages are kinda bad in general...

[@Kusnierr]

In theory yeah, but I haven't tried Blood Mage, it's likely the Hound damage reduction is very important. Also the extra spirit is nice. If you do try it on BM please let me know how it went.

[@dodang_9147]

no because of spirit reservation skill that infernalist has.

[@Paolini_18]

What's this you can actually see the ground ?? The whole map isnt filled with fire :O

[@ichrastegleichauslol]

is this better than skeleton arsonist build ?

[@Kusnierr]

Well that's a matter of opinion. Arsonists are initially easier to scale and start off stronger. They're also slightly faster map clearers. Reavers have much higher single target damage (bosses/rares) are safer (because you can stay back further), have more visual clarity and less performance issues. They also scale a bit harder with lots of investment. I prefer Reavers but obviously it's going to be an individual thing.

[@1AnimeFinder]

what lvl r your gemS ????

[@Kusnierr]

When I recorded the videos my base gem was level 19 with + 8 from gear, so reavers were level 27. Once you really scale the build you should aim for base level 20 + 10 from gear, for level 30 total.

[@Shaboopalaboop]

my guy is out here making PoE2 builds, let's go. i hope this content takes off for you!

[@Kusnierr]

Thanks man!

[@archzillla]

All the indoor maps and towers we're forced to run really brick this build. The damage is there no doubt, they easily outdamage arsonists especially on bosses but they simply don't function on most maps. If we had the POE1 atlas and could always run wide open maps then sure, but for now its just an exercise in frustration.

[@Kusnierr]

I think 'bricked' is being a little overdramatic. I've been playing this build exclusively in mapping, running every zone, and completed all Citadels. Sure, open maps feel much nicer, but once you're used to the build and how to move around, narrower maps are fine. Instead of clearing an open T16 in 4 minutes, I clear a narrow T16 it in like 6 minutes, which is still a perfectly acceptable time. Of course waiting around a corner for 3 second won't be for everyone but narrow maps hardly brick the build.

[@archzillla]

@@Kusnierr your tolerance is higher than mine obviously, i started out using the reavers and they drove me insane. If we ever get better minion AI like poe1, get them leashing to the player instead of dying, get back convocation etc then I'd go back to them in a heartbeat. The boss damage and visual clarity in maps are huge upsides, but the clunkyness just was too much for me

[@Kusnierr]

@@archzillla Fair enough, not for everyone. I am certain we will get a bunch of minions QOL in the next few months, cause yeah, too often they just feel so bad.

[@Zn0nimus]

Will this work with another class like Gemling?

[@Kusnierr]

In its current state it's so overtuned it will work on everyone. Gemling is probably one of the best ascendencies for minions, although I would probably build it differently to take advantage of the double support gems. I haven't theory crafted it yet but I'm planning to play Gemling minions at some point for sure.

[@Zn0nimus]

​@@Kusnierr I'm going to keep my eye on your future videos for it then! lol.

[@unholyarthur1]

How do you have 2 charm slots?

[@Kusnierr]

ilvl 81+ belt with a +charm slot modifier. imgur.com/bkFH0dM

[@PipBoyMan]

won't you die a lot with this passive?

[@Kusnierr]

Which passive?

[@Paolini_18]

Arsonists are getting nerfed rip Reavers are my new best friends

[@SassyBeard]

Hell yeah

[@Mystra]

Great build. Any plans on making a Chaos damage Demon form build?

[@Kusnierr]

Yes! I love chaos DOT archetype, but probably not for a little while, I'll play around with minions for now.

[@royalecrafts6252]

What about skeletal mages?

[@Kusnierr]

Worse version of arsonists currently.

[@Thor_Asgard_]

like this much more then those damn alchemists, they suck and always despawn

[@Mrtrunks1985]

Maybe use contagion whit hinder gem and you will slow everythin 30% :D even easier to stay out off harms way :D .

[@guitardaymos]

let's go!!! the best witch build!!!

[@johnnycruz5209]

So one thing you can try which probably isn’t better but it’s fun is use the chest with 50% faster minion revive and last gasp. This results in instant revives after last gasp. Essentially making the cleric not needed. I currently have almost 700 spirit and 30 permanent enraged reavers just clearing the entire screen.

[@Kusnierr]

Haha oh jesus, that sounds mental. At 18 I already feel like there's enough and they're getting in each others way, 30 must be mental. Might check it out for fun!

[@JT.526]

Now run this in a tower. Have fun.

[@Kusnierr]

I run towers as a T1 waystone just to get through them quickly.

[@dingostar2620]

Minions are beyond annoying indoors, nearly lost my shit countless times. GGG Need to change them being stuck and despawning.

[@ZehelFenris]

For the coridors i found that if you have a weapon swap and on the second weapon set it to have 0 summons then you can quickly swap to second weapon set and back to the first to do a psudo convocation as it instantly respawns all the minions that is not currently reviving

[@dingostar2620]

@@ZehelFenris 200 IQ tip, thanks!

[@WifeDota]

I don't know why GGG made a masterpiece (poe 1), then removed every single uniquely amazing innovation from it and called it poe 2. Like where is convocation?

[@Kusnierr]

Eh it's EA with lots of gems missing, so I hope some of this stuff is brought back in eventually.

[@coltonsnaith9907]

Open maps? Reavers are great. Indoors in tight corridors? They are absolutely awful.

[@Gore-okami]

Can you stop with that mouse ADHD? when you showcase item.. stop mouse on a item and don't fk adhd on them. Then moving mouse to even not to a item but on background. Let watchers - watch and read stuff on item without adhd mouse. also.. you are using zombies so maybe.. empower them with power charges? you have free sloot so instead of running like a chicken use profane ritual and support zombies with infernal legion to make them burn. As they have a lot of hp it increase potential of map clearing.

[@Kusnierr]

Yep, sorry about that, first time I did something like this for a POE video so my bad! Will try to pay attention for future vids to not move my mouse as much. I already have Infernal Legion on Zombies, and yes of course I could try to optimize the build to spawn more zombies but there's a couple of problems with that: 1. They cost a lot of mana and mana is our health so obviously makes it riskier to use them 2. We have to stop moving to Raise Zombies which again increases the risk of us getting hit by something and dying If the clear/power level of the build was lower, doing the above might indeed be worth to push out a bit more damage, but in it's current state I'd rather be safer and only save using Raise Zombies for corridors/stuck minions interactions.

[@Gore-okami]

@@Kusnierr Do you know you can move your minions with ~ button? and make them go first. No need with minion build to be in center of fight. And recasting from behind is safer. With power charges you dont need zombies to spawn on corpses but at the back of the enemy

[@Kusnierr]

@@Gore-okami Yep, I use it sometimes, especially in very narrow maps, however the tradeoff is that it slows the clear quite a bit if you're not the one sprinting ahead and them following in your path. But yeah it definitely has it's uses. Yep, I don't usually find the corpses to be a problem, it's more that the mana cost of spamming Raise Zombies is fairly prohibitive. But definitely something to play around with more, especially on an ES build and not MoM.

[@johnstallone4807]

@@Kusnierr Dude, I didn't even notice anything like that, I wouldn't worry about it

[@제리-f9u]

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