Infernalist SRS/Reaver/Brute Build massacred Cruel Campaign

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I don't see any streamer playing this and i feel it's vastly superior to whatever Ghazzy/Sushi are playing. I can't speak of how good it will be on maps but on cruel campaign all rares/bosses get one shot.

Gems:

Reaver (main dps) - Martial Tempo/Brutality/Heavy Swing

SRS (extra dps and clear) - Feeding Frenzy/Fire Infusion/Fire Pen

Brute (breaks armor on heavy stun) - Devastate/Overpower/Heft

Hellhound (tank and exposure) - Elemental Army/Meat Shield/Fire Exposure

Storm Mage (for shock) - Stormfire/Controlled Destuction/Conduction

Pain Offering - Font of Blood/Font of Rage

Flame Wall - Fortress

Vulnerability - Persistence/Magnified Effect

Grim Feast

Last slot - Flammability when u get second curse from Whispers of Doom or Unique Ring

Setup is 5 reavers , 2 brutes, 1 storm mage.

Items:

Weapon - Skeleton Warrior or Discipline scepter with +1/4 to Minion lvls and extra spirit

Chest - Enfolding Dawn: +100 spirit

Belt - Infernoclasp

Helmet - +2 Minion Lvls

Amulet - +2 Minion lvls and spirit

Boots - Ms and resists/life/es

Everything Else just Life/Es/Resists

Tree:

Same as Ghazzy/Sushi - just all minion damage/life/resist nodes and es/int nodes.

Comments

TommyF08151

I'm in Act 2 Cruel and just tried this. Compared to an Arsonist build with the same number of support gems this feels just worse. The Reavers do less damage than Arsonists and also die a lot more lowering your average dps even more. I assume its mostly the +x minion levels that carried you through Cruel campaign.

Osossi1

Really nice! I'm following something close to Ghazzy, but I am behind on levels.

How well do these feel weel compared to pure SRS/arsonist kit?

And, how did you get so many +X to minion spells equips?

moal091

Need some video to back up what you're saying.

Peaky-Sneenis1

Just one of each minion that is NOT reaver?

dperls1

Do you find the minions get body blocked?

ShardPhoenix1

What did you take for 2nd/3rd ascendancy points?

mas0ny11

Why this setup over the standard arsonist one

Bask821

Interesting šŸ™‚

iFatherJr1

Showcase?

Senovis1

How does it go without +9 to minions?

LoLbastard1

Can you record video for showdown?

Such_Am_i1

I switched back to my minion build a few hours ago after dropping it because srs was annoying me. I started playing around with reavers and seeing how well I could keep them alive with shared block, link limits were stopping me from experimenting more though with the reaver damage as I'm only end of act 4. I too am using brutality/heavy swing atm, I was thinking of switching martial tempo off my srs to try when I had the links. Glad to know it works.

XZlayeD1

How is the storm skeleton working out? Doesn't it need a dead minion to cast the ground effect or am I reading it wrong?

I am currently using the snipers and at a glance I am at least getting better boss damage than ghazzy was on stream, but it is a more active playstyle on clear.

Given that I have 8 archers and 4 warriors just for offerings perhaps I should try out the reavers or the heavy.

noknok04271

just tried, didnt one shot anything

philmarcracken1

nice.. you pop reaver rage on cooldown?

koboldium1

I play pretty much that, with some minor differences (blood mage instead of infernalist, skellie healer instead of lightning skellie etc.). About to finish the campaign today and I’m very happy with the overall flow and feeling. Not OP but also not weak.

TheMetaphysician671

If you don't have the infernalist's dog (I'm running Warrior), what is the best alternative way to get fire exposure on this build? Can you use fire exposure support on Flame Wall? Is there an alternative hit-based skill that could be used instead of Flame Wall for proccing raging spirits that could be supported by fire exposure? Something else?

Reborn4091

What do you use on second hand?

thelaughingmagician-1

How does it compare to the infernalist minion build kripp has on mobalytics?

mas0ny10

i tried this setup, its absolute terrible in maps. Do not play it