GhazzyTV's Zoomancer Necromancer Ascendancy, Bandits & Pantheon Powers (PoE Necropolis)
Ascendancy
The most optimal way to play this build leaves very little 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
- Mistress of Sacrifice
- Bone Barrier
Mindless Aggression
Mindless Aggression is the first node for this build due to the sheer power of not just damage output but also speed.
Commander of Darkness
Commander of Darkness is my personal choice for this build: it makes gearing cheaper & easier to come by thanks to the extra resistances you gain, and it also provides increased attack speed & damage for your minions, as well as increased cast speed for you to be faster at summoning your minions.
Mistress of Sacrifice
Mistress of Sacrifice is a beautiful node: It makes it so that the Flesh Offering you cast affect yourself as well as the minions. This makes it faster to both move across the map, increasing your clear speed, but also makes re-summoning your minions less of a nuisance. Or if you’re using Bone Offering, it pushes you to the block cap for better defensive stats.
Bone Barrier
Bone Barrier Makes your minions beefy and gives us access to steady regeneration through their damage.
Bandits
As with most summoner builds, you will kill all of the bandits, as they provide no significant gains worthy of losing the skill points for.
Pantheon
As with most builds these comes down to a matter of personal taste. I for one, love adding the upgraded Brine King Major God to avoid being frozsen 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.