For a quick glance over the finished skill tree for this version, check out this link.įor medium budget options you can either go with a more offensive design or a more defensive design, here’s the offensive version: Mage Skeleton Necromancer Medium Budget Offensive Here is the Mage Skeleton Necromancer Low Budget PoB. The PoB community fork created by Localidentity is the only version being kept up to date, so make sure you have the correct version: PoB Community Fork. You have the option of investing more in to defense at the cost of offense if you feel the need for it. Defensive layers comes in the form of life, high block & recovery of life when you block. Minion damage is the bread & butter for our damage output since it all comes from our skeletons destroying our enemies. Since it takes a second for them to start casting their spells (similar to totem play-styles) you have to get used to staying in the back-line on the lower budget versions of this build. The playstyle is based around summoning your skeletons on the field and then let them kill everything for you. – Cluster – Since it is important to keep our skeletons alive to let them deal their damage we are going to want to use a VERY cheap & easily accessible cluster jewel which is only really needed against the highest end-game content. I strongly recommend watching the gameplay video before starting this build. – Unique Play Style – Due to the nature of this build’s playstyle, it is a build that not everyone will find enjoyable. + Unique Play Style – You will summon skeletons that will cast a fire, cold or lightning projectile spell which is a very unique play-style in Path of Exile.
+ Bosser – The damage output this build can achieve even in low budget is completely absurd. Since every other gear piece for this build is extremely easy to get a hold of the build works perfectly fine for a league starter build. + League Starter – The build demands 1 specific unique item which is the Dead Reckoning which can be somewhat pricey the first 12-24h in a league but nothing crazy and quickly drops in price. This will allow you to determine if this is the right build is for you! PROS In this section, I will outline the pros, cons, and general playstyle. Do note that the video might be outdated in terms of information, you should always look at this guide to make sure you have the updated information. Since this build has a very niche playstyle, I would strongly recommend watching the video linked below to see if it’s something you’d find enjoyable to play.īelow, you can see the build in action from my YouTube guide. I’ve made sure to showcase the lowest budget end-game destroying version in this written guide & there are also a handful of different PoB links showcasing medium as well as high budget options! There are multiple ways to play this build. This build uses the Dead Reckoning which transforms your skeletons from the Summon Skeletons skill in to spell casting mages! You are able to use this for leveling all the way from Act 1 using a Tabula Rasa, however, it is more than fine to league start this character in a fresh league as well as using it as your very first character in a new league.
We are leaving it up as a reference and are working hard to make it viable again.