BalorMage's Poison Summon Raging Spirits Necromancer Ascendancy, Bandits, Pantheon Powers, Spectres and Animate Guardian (PoE Mirage)
Ascendancy
The most optimal way to play this build leaves very few choices when it comes to the Ascendancy nodes, which I will cover in this section of the guide.
My Preferred Set-Up
The ascendancy nodes are listed in order of importance (and tied to the way you need to travel to access them).
- Commander of Darkness
- Mindless Aggression
- Unnatural Strength
- Bone Barrier
Commander of Darkness
Commander of Darkness is our suggested first choice for this build. This makes gearing cheaper and easier to come by thanks to the extra resistances you gain, and it also provides increased attack speed and damage for your minions, as well as increased cast speed for you which effects summon speed.
Mindless Aggression
Mindless Aggression is the second node for this build, taken for the increased damage, but also the travel towards our converted uber lab.
Unnatural Strength
Unnatural Strength is a super solid offense, as it makes our previously 100% base fire SRS now 50% base chaos. This can be used to poison while providing free Wither on hit.
Bone Barrier
Bone Barrier is a super solid defense and great for recovery, but a level of tank we do not need in the early game. Therefore, we’ll be taking this last.
Bloodlines
None of the Bloodlines that we currently have access to are competing with our ascendancy choices at this time.
Bandits
As with most summoner builds, you will kill all of the bandits, as they provide no significant gains worthy of losing the skill point for.
Pantheon
As with most builds these come down to a matter of personal taste. I for one, love adding the upgraded Brine King Major God to avoid being frozen when upgraded, as I can then completely ignore that risk in maps when I have an army of minions at my command.
I tend to lean towards the Shakari Minor God pantheon to mitigate Chaos Damage, as it is a resistance very few builds bother to even think about.
Spectres
Note: Some of these Specters were from Affliction league, and have been re-introduced to the base game via Ritual Encounters.
- Perfect Judgemental Spirit: Ally skeletons deal additional fire and chaos damage with attacks / Casts Discipline
- Perfect Guardian Turtle: Owner gains 5% Physical Damage Reduction / Casts Determination
- Perfect Forest Warrior: Nearby allies have Onslaught / Culling Strike
- Perfect Warlord: Uses Enduring Cry / Casts Vitality
Animate Guardian
The Animate Guardian is a bit tricky and I would strongly recommend watching the initial video for this build guide as well as this in-depth guide for the AG Ghazzy also has a written guide you can find here.
For the exact gear to put on your AG, please see the itemset “AG” in your respective PoB.
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