Skeletons duration

[BIG SHAQ 👑]

Hello,

Can someone tell me what do I need to do in order to increase the duration of summoned skeletons? for example from 20s to more.

Thank you

[Lagwin1980]

take the increased duration nodes, yous the increased duration support gem and/or get queens decree

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Originally posted by Lagwin1980:

take the increased duration nodes, yous the increased duration support gem and/or get queens decree

Sorry I am new to the game, what are duration nodes and how can I get them?

I am using wand so queen's decree I think is out of the question

[Blondi]

Originally posted by Derp:

Originally posted by Lagwin1980:

take the increased duration nodes, yous the increased duration support gem and/or get queens decree

Sorry I am new to the game, what are duration nodes and how can I get them?

I am using wand so queen's decree I think is out of the question

i think hes talking about those skill gems, that you can add in your weapons with multiple slots..

i think there are some passive skills for summons too.. just google it or somethign, its been like 1.5 year that ive oplayed this anymore. :)

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Originally posted by TooMuchCoffeeMan:

Originally posted by Derp:

Sorry I am new to the game, what are duration nodes and how can I get them?

I am using wand so queen's decree I think is out of the question

i think hes talking about those skill gems, that you can add in your weapons with multiple slots..

i think there are some passive skills for summons too.. just google it or somethign, its been like 1.5 year that ive oplayed this anymore. :)

I was staring at the passive skills for more than 30mn just trying to find anything related to skeleton duration but I saw nothing. Maybe I missed? but I swear I didn't see anything. Can someone give me a hint please?

[Blondi]

yeah i cant do much atm than this ....

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Minion

check the skill pictures, and try to find it according to the skill picture icon in the skill tree....

and perhaps once you know what the names are of the passives you want, you can find them and search them here

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree

and form there it wont be hard to find them on the skill tree ingame.

[BIG SHAQ 👑]

Ok thank you I found it .

[rcp246]

Originally posted by Derp:

Originally posted by Lagwin1980:

take the increased duration nodes, yous the increased duration support gem and/or get queens decree

Sorry I am new to the game, what are duration nodes and how can I get them?

I am using wand so queen's decree I think is out of the question

yes and make sure you link the gems ;)

[Undeadpoet]

I will tell you a better idea than wasting points on spell duration, and what I do on my summoner. I put skeletons on a 4 slot linked piece of gear with minion damage, minion health, and the totem support gem! Now, all you have to do is cast it once so it summons a totem in the middle of a group of mobs, and the totem will auto summon skellys for you! Next group, summon totem, rinse, repeat. It works great, its not hard on your mana, and who cares how long they last, the totem will continue to summon to replenish the ranks as long as it lasts, and as long as an enemy is nearby (an enemy has to be within range of the totem for it to start summoning). When you move to a new area, just summon another totem! Another wonderful side effect of this is that the totem summons the skellys right on top of the enemy, so it doenst have to walk over there all slow to attack!

[uni790]

Originally posted by Undeadpoet:

I will tell you a better idea than wasting points on spell duration, and what I do on my summoner. I put skeletons on a 4 slot linked piece of gear with minion damage, minion health, and the totem support gem! Now, all you have to do is cast it once so it summons a totem in the middle of a group of mobs, and the totem will auto summon skellys for you! Next group, summon totem, rinse, repeat. It works great, its not hard on your mana, and who cares how long they last, the totem will continue to summon to replenish the ranks as long as it lasts, and as long as an enemy is nearby (an enemy has to be within range of the totem for it to start summoning). When you move to a new area, just summon another totem! Another wonderful side effect of this is that the totem summons the skellys right on top of the enemy, so it doenst have to walk over there all slow to attack!

Why didn't I ever think of this, problem my Witch has with this though is the lack of any Str (if the totems still require it), but that can be remidied.

[Vegetamaker]

Imo skeletons have 2 problems: they have low health AND don't follow you like Zombies, so increase their duration is useless.

Originally posted by Undeadpoet:

I will tell you a better idea than wasting points on spell duration, and what I do on my summoner. I put skeletons on a 4 slot linked piece of gear with minion damage, minion health, and the totem support gem! Now, all you have to do is cast it once so it summons a totem in the middle of a group of mobs, and the totem will auto summon skellys for you! Next group, summon totem, rinse, repeat. It works great, its not hard on your mana, and who cares how long they last, the totem will continue to summon to replenish the ranks as long as it lasts, and as long as an enemy is nearby (an enemy has to be within range of the totem for it to start summoning). When you move to a new area, just summon another totem! Another wonderful side effect of this is that the totem summons the skellys right on top of the enemy, so it doenst have to walk over there all slow to attack!

That was I was just writing! I tis a amazing tip. But I guess extra health is no needed, they don't have alot duration and your totem will keep summoning them. Let them die and find a use for your "Minion Instability" :).

[Blondi]

Originally posted by Derp:

Ok thank you I found it .

np bro, this game needs alot of research to get the most perfect skillbuild, that was the exact thing i loved about htis game hhehe.

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Originally posted by Undeadpoet:

I will tell you a better idea than wasting points on spell duration, and what I do on my summoner. I put skeletons on a 4 slot linked piece of gear with minion damage, minion health, and the totem support gem! Now, all you have to do is cast it once so it summons a totem in the middle of a group of mobs, and the totem will auto summon skellys for you! Next group, summon totem, rinse, repeat. It works great, its not hard on your mana, and who cares how long they last, the totem will continue to summon to replenish the ranks as long as it lasts, and as long as an enemy is nearby (an enemy has to be within range of the totem for it to start summoning). When you move to a new area, just summon another totem! Another wonderful side effect of this is that the totem summons the skellys right on top of the enemy, so it doenst have to walk over there all slow to attack!

Wow I didn't know about this. Thank you so much. I will try this one.

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What is the name of the Totem support gem?

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@Undeadpoet
Is it the Spell Totem? http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Spell_Totem

If that is the case you said that you can summon the totem and it will autosummon skellys, how this will work since the Totem can last only 8 seconds?

[Vegetamaker]

Exactly, that one.

Totem last 8 seconds, but it is more than enough. It will summon near all your skeletons (if you can have 10 or more) with a single cast. Try summon 10 with normal skill, it keep you totally vulnerable and useless.

Thats why this totem is a great idea, atleast if you want use skeletons ofc.

In mi case the first thing that I do when see a monster is cast that totem and when see my skeletons quanty decreasing recast it. Pretty easy, you will notice it. I can't imagine my summoner character without it atm.