[3.14] Odif's Old Obsolete Skel Mage Guide, New one is in a new thread

okay so doing this solo self found and chance orbs are hard to come by..what is the vender recipie for chance orbs so i can chance the gloves?

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exilekami escribió:

How can we get 6k life hmmm.

I have 6200hp now, with caped chaos resist, even with still very basic equip, pretty much all item slots needs to be replaced. I believe i can go up to 6500. But its already enough for easy farm T16 maps.
I did made a lot changes to the build... as i always prefer QoL things over DPS! :-)

Been playing it Tier 5 maps and cutting through like cheese. Hopefully try 8+ tomorrow.

One thing I'd like to ask about the 'Spell Echo' on Skeleton Summon.

Do we really need this? Does it affect the Skeleton Mages spellcasts?

If not, wouldn't a cast speed or even summon phantasm be preferrable?

I've also switched out Predator Support for Meat Shield Support as I never really used it, always too busy hiding while skeletons destroy

My current build too so people can compare.

i'm wondering,you use anger and elemental equilibrium ,and with storm brand you apply a debuff only for increased cold dmg ,and they get increased resist for cold and fire.
i tested it on drox,and he gets vulna to cold,and resist to fire and light
is it still worth then to do elemental equilibrium just for the cold? and whould avatar of fire not bad then,since you convert all dmg to fire,and they will only be resist to fire,and get vulna to light and cold

Currently lvl91 with 4.5k HP. Kill first spawn Sirus with this build using Elemental Army to replace GMP. Since that I already have Exposure on Hit on my helm, does replacing Elemental Army to another support gem will increase my skele damage? If so, what is the support gem.

Can someone please help to check on POB if I deal more damage using two weaps with +1 All Spell Skill Gems or the one that I'm currently using deals more damage? Skele mage is lvl26, Zombie is lvl25.

Really nice league starter build... I highly recommend this build guide to newbies and even some vets to enjoy this type of build. Keep up the great work! Maybe you can post some later endgame build set for this guide hehe :)

is the triad gloves required if im using skeleton mages?

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7itachi7 escribió:

is the triad gloves required if im using skeleton mages?

triad gloves will do nothing for your skelly mages as it converts physical damage to elemental. skelly mages only cast fire/cold/lightning spells

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Odif escribió:

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Oxtov escribió:

Hi Odif,
your build is very fun and enjoyable. In maps in 2 days. By the way i was very over levelled because of this crazy rituals..so much XP and loots. Got 4 triad grips... I hope +1 spell skill will drop from here.
I am sitting at 77 now and i just switch GMP to Pierce..relaxing for the eyes !!
i have very average gear, a 4R triad grip, no skitterbots, 5L chest only.

I dropped

I was wondering if the corpse fire explosion could be useful for rituals ?

If you can't afford a +1 all skill gems weapon, then that is ok.

But + gem levels is the best way to scale minion damage.

Sorry, just a bunch of rambling thoughts:

I know this is beyond the scope of your build guide as it's for league starter/newer players, but if you can get your skelly mages to level 31, it's only one press of a button for summoning 10 mages (due to spell echo), makes mapping/clearing a lot easier.

To get to level 31, need summon skeleton/vaal summon skeleton 21 + level 4 empower on a crafted 2h weapon (suggest maelstrom warstaff for the +25% block) with +1 socketed gems (Forgot what this was called), crafted +2 to support gems. Then you need a hunter amulet with +1 to all intelligence skill gem.

Also from having run a skelly mage build for a few days now I don't see the need for pierce, just takes away from the damage.

I know you don't put cluster jewels in your build but you can easily run elemental reflect without issue if you incorporate one medium minion cluster jewel with blessed rebirth on it (I also highly recommend bodyguards, it's a pretty good defense mechanism pushing monsters away or a boss into the wall).