Summon Raging Spirit
Servant of Arakaali Build

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There are many benefits to being a Servant of Arakaali. It's a Shadow ascendancy available only during the Legacy of Phrecia event. In this build, we will make use of passives that emphasize a Poison Minion archetype. Skincrawlers grants 50% Poison Chance and 10% to apply Withered on Hit for Minions, which is a very welcome improvement that saves us a lot of trouble. Malevolent Strands grants the Envy Aura, which adds tons of Chaos Damage to Attacks; to inflict Poison one must first deal Physical or Chaos Damage with Hits. Threadspinner and Silk Dancer are a source of a free Aspect of the Spider Skill. It significantly weakens nearby enemies so that they move slower, deal less, and take increased damage.

The Minions that'll deal the actual damage are Raging Spirits. You can quickly summon a lot of them to overwhelm the enemy. The only problem is, all their Physical Damage is Converted to Fire. That's why they're entirely reliant on the outside sources of added Chaos (or Physical) Damage. In our case, that's Envy, The Covenant, and AG's Crown of the Tyrant (white socket model). Because of that, the Gem Level of SRS is not really that important, which is an unusual characteristic for a minion build. As is the case with most builds of this type, you will employ Animated Guardian and various Spectres to enhance your performance.

The durability of the build stems from high Maximum Life and Block Chance against Spells and Attacks. Your Armour and Spell Suppression Chance can be improved later; after you can afford more defence-oriented items. With Eldritch Battery and Mind over Matter, your ES will absorb some of the incoming damage, and you will recover it with Aegis Aurora on Block. Life Recovery is rather poor, so be sure to invest in passive Life Regeneration to stay alive, or have Life Flask ready to use. Additional survivability comes from Silk Dancer, 10 Fortify, and Jinxed Juju.

You can also check all our Guides for the on-going Event right here: Best Builds for Legacy of Phrecia

1. Gameplay

Keep summoning Raging Spirits. Wait for Unleash to charge the additional casts. In the meantime, you're free to cast your other active Skills such as Convocation and Despair. Applying Temporal Chains should be the job of your Animated Guardian. Your other Minions that have to be kept alive are Specters and Chaos Golem. The spells you cast automatically are Desecrate and Flesh Offering. Your passive skills are Malevolence, Precision, Tempest Shield, Purity of Elements, Envy, and Aspect of the Spider. Maybe Vitality.

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

The build is nearly identical to this Poison Summon Raging Spirits Necromancer Build. The only difference is your starting location on the passive skill tree and better-suited ascendancy passives. Follow the leveling guide that's there.

Bandits:

Two Additional Passive Skill Points seem like the best option for this build

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

107 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster or Unique Jewels)
123 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Skincrawlers
2. Malevolent Strands
3. Threadspinner
4. Silk Dancer

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of Lunaris: 1% increased Movement Speed for each nearby Enemy, up to 8%; 1% additional Physical Damage Reduction for each nearby Enemy, up to 8%

Minor God: Soul of Gruthkul: 1% additional Physical Damage Reduction for each Hit you've taken Recently up to a maximum of 5%

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Summon Raging Spirit setup
	Summon Raging Spirit - Spawns plenty of Skulls. They will Poison, which requires Physical or Chaos Damage, sourced from items and skills.
	Unleash Support - Stores the spirit for later so that you don't have to release them one by one and rely on Cast Speed.
	Minion Damage Support - More Minion Damage, but less Minion Life.
	Unbound Ailments Support - More Poison Duration and Poison Damage.
	Void Manipulation Support - More Chaos Damage.
	Multistrike Support - Much improved attack rate for Raging Spirits, but slightly less damage per attack.

[UTILITY] Reservation setup
	Malevolence - More Damage over Time for affected allies.
	Precision - Your Minions will probably need extra Accuracy to land their hits.
	Generosity Support - Linked Auras affects not you, but only your allies. Their effect is increased.
	Enlighten Support - Linked Skills Reserve less Mana.

[UTILITY] Spectre setup
	Raise Spectre - Their role is to hit often (they have a 10% chance of applying Withered on Hit), or to provide some kind of bonuses for your other Minions. Try Spectral Leader, Syndicate Silencer, Pale Seraphim, Gilded Arach, Carnage Chieftain, or Stygian Silverback.
	Minion Life Support -  More Minion Life to keep them alive. It lowers their damage but they are not supposed to deal any significant amount of it.
	Empower Support - Increases the Gem Level for increased Minion Life.
	Meat Shield Support - Minions take less damage and stay close to your character.

[UTILITY] AG setup can be Socketed in Hungry Loop
	Animate Guardian - AG can provide you with powerful buffs, depending on its item. See our AG gearing guide and dress him up as you see fit. We expect him to wear Asenath's Gentle Touch Gloves and Windscream Boots so that he applies Temporal Chains on Hit.
	Feeding Frenzy Support -  Feeding Frenzy grants 10% more Minion Damage, 10% increased Minion Movement Speed and 10% increased Minion Attack, and Cast Speed. It applies to all your other Minions once the AG Hits something.
	Minion Life Support
	Meat Shield Support
	Melee Splash Support - Melee Splash causes your AG to Hit more enemies per Attack.

[UTILITY] Wand setup socketed in a "trigger" Wand
	Desecrate - Creates Corpses to be consumed with Flesh Offering. Useful if there are no corpses; against bosses in their arenas.
	Flesh Offering - Minions have increased Attack Speed, Cast Speed, and Movement Speed.

[UTILITY] Reservation setup
	Tempest Shield - More Spell Block Chance, Shock Immunity, and a Shocking bolt of lightning on Block.
	Vitality - Life Regeneration, which is rather desirable in a build like this. It's optional.
	Purity of Elements - Immunity to all Elemental Ailments and extra Elemental Resistances.
	Enlighten Support

[UTILITY] Chaos Golem setup
	Summon Chaos Golem of the Maelström - This type of Golem has a high chance of applying Withered debuff on Hit with its Storm Spell.
	Summon Phantasm Support - Summon Phantasms on Hit against Unique enemies. Like all your other Minions, they have a 10% Chance of applying Withered on hit - that's their only purpose. You can have up to 10 of them.
	Minion Life Support

[UTILITY] Convocation setup
	Convocation - Recalls all your Minions back to you in case they wander away.

[UTILITY] other gems
	Despair - Despair causes the enemy to take increased Chaos Damage. Your Curse Limit is 1, but after you apply it, your AG (with the Curse Limit of 2), will hit the enemy with Temporal Chains.
	Temporal Chains - Temporal Chains Curse is not needed here if your AG applies it on Hit. Otherwise, you have to cast it yourself and have a +1 Curse Limit from Whispers of Doom.

5. Gear Setup

It's a Life build that uses Energy Shield as a resource thanks to the Eldritch Battery, and a cushion for damage thanks to Mind over Matter. It's regained via Aegis Aurora and you won't need to look for it on items; you will have more than enough. That shield requires you to cap, or at least have a very high, Block Chance. Armour is important for it to work too - aim for over 5000 Armour. The Covenant is a source of added Chaos Damage, and so is The Jinxed Juju, be it more indirectly. You have to reach a 100% Chance to Poison for your Minions (50% is provided by Skincrawlers passive). That can be done with Rare Ghastly Abyss Jewels. It's a very good idea to combine them with Darkness Enthroned. Raging Spirits use Attacks, so their Accuracy and Attack Speed Matters. Be sure your Maximum Life is high and that you have enough Attributes. Gem Level is a fundamental stat to improve your Minions' Max Life, and if you find your Spectres or AG dying, invest more in Minion Life and especially their Resistances. Cap your Spell Suppression Chance.

(Helmet) Rare Helmet - You need the Minion Gem Level and Maximum Life Prefixes. After that, just get as much Resistances as you can afford. For the Eldritch mods get increased Minions' Maximum Life and Physical-to-Elemental damage shift.

Min. requirements: +2 to Level of all Minion Skill Gems +90 to maximum Life Resistances Optional affixes: Attributes Life Regeneration

(Body Armour) The Covenant - Socket your Raging Spirits here. The built-in Gem for Added Chaos Damage does the heavy lifting in terms of flat damage. It's not mandatory, but one must get it at some point.

Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 29 Added Chaos Damage +(20-30) to Intelligence (210-250)% increased Energy Shield 10% increased maximum Life Skills gain a Base Life Cost equal to 100% of Base Mana Cost

(Weapon) Rare Wand - A Bone Wand with Minion Damage, Minion Gem level, and a crafted Prefix that triggers socketed Spell is what you want. You can upgrade it with +1 to Level of all Spell Skill Gems.

Min. requirements: +1 to Level of all Minion / Fire Skill Gems Minions deal 70% increased Damage Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill, with a 8 second Cooldown (crafted Prefix) Optional affixes: Minions have increased Attack and Cast Speed Minions have +# to Accuracy Rating

(Off-hand) Aegis Aurora - It replenishes your ES on Block. An important feature since your Spells and taking damage drain tons of ES.

(300-400)% increased Armour and Energy Shield +10% to all Elemental Resistances +5% to maximum Cold Resistance +6% Chance to Block Recover Energy Shield equal to 2% of Armour when you Block (10-20)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - Gloves are a source of Maximum Life, Resistances, and maybe Attributes such as Dexterity. Spell Suppression can be found on Gloves with Evasion, while increased Minion Damage is a craftable Prefix. For the Eldritch mods go for increased Minion Damage and extra Suppression Chance,

Min. requirements: +100 to Maximum Life +90% to Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Life Regeneration Minions deal increased Damage (crafted Prefix) Chaos Resistance Attributes Spell Suppression Chance

(Boots) Rare Boots - Here you will find Maximum Life, Resistances, and Movement Speed. Chance to Suppress Spell Damage is a craftable Suffix. For the Eldritch mods try to get increased Movement Speed and Life Regeneration per Endurance Charge.

Min. requirements: +80 to Maximum Life +80% to Elemental Resistances +25% increased Movement Speed Optional affixes: Life Regeneration Spell Suppression Chance Attributes Chaos Resistance

(Belt) Rare Belt - Darkness Enthroned is overall better if you have the Abyss Jewels to socket here, but a regular Stygian Vise is cheaper. Here seek Maximum Life, Elemental Resistances, and Strength.

Min. requirements: +90 to Maximum Life +40% to Elemental Resistances Strength Optional affixes: increased maximum Life Life Regeneration Flask Charges gained/used Chaos Resistance

(Belt) Darkness Enthroned - Since Abyss Jewels are so impactful, you should at some point switch to this Belt with good roll and socket your two best Jewels here.

Has 1 Abyssal Socket Has 1 Abyssal Socket (50-100)% increased Effect of Socketed Abyss Jewels

(Amulet) The Jinxed Juju - You're using multiple Auras, including Envy, and relying on them to boost your damage in a significant way, and that's why Jinxed Juju is probably the best Amulet, especially since it's cheap too.

+(16-24) to Strength and Dexterity +(30-40) to Intelligence +(23-31)% to Chaos Resistance (10-15)% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills 10% of Damage from Hits is taken from your Spectres' Life before you

Recommended Anointments: Testudo

(Ring) Rare Ring - A Bone Ring has a mod pool that can improve Minions' Life and Damage which is definitely useful. If you still lack a lot of Resistances and Attributes, get a regular Ring with these missing stats instead.

Min. requirements: +90 to Maximum Life Minions deal #% increased Damage Attributes Optional affixes: Resistances Life Regeneration Minions have increased Attack and Cast Speed

(Ring) The Hungry Loop - Here, after the Ring consumes 4 Support Gems, you will socket your AG. We've listed these Gems in the Gem section of the guide. Without it, your AG will have to share its Support Gems with Chaos Golem or Spectres.

Has 1 Socket Consumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems Has not Consumed any Gems <Consumed support gem modifier>

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - We expect you to gain the remaining 50% Poison Chance from these Jewels alone. If that's not an option yet, you'll have to link your SRS with Chance to Poison and that's just suboptimal. One Jewel can roll up to 15% Chance to Poison. Mix it with added Maximum Life and other stats listed here.

Recommended affixes: Maximum Life Minions deal increased damage if you've used a Minion Skill Recently Minions deal additional Chaos Damage Minions have chance to Poison enemies on Hit Minions have increased Damage or Attack Speed Minions have chance to Blind Attributes Resistances

(Jewel) Amanamu's Gaze - Have five other Ghastly Abyss Jewels to extract all the bonus Damage over Time Multiplier from Amanamu's Gaze. Don't socket it in Darkness Enthroned - the bonus effect will not apply.

+(5-10) to all Attributes Minions have +6% to Damage over Time Multiplier per Ghastly Eye Jewel affecting you, up to a maximum of +30%

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - You're affected by two Auras: Purity of Elements and Vitality (and Envy but that's irrelevant here). Be careful - Auras linked with Generosity do not affect you and will not apply Watcher's bonuses. Prioritize extra Chaos Resistance from the Purity of Elements.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - If your character level is high, get a Large Minion Damage Cluster Jewel with 12 passives, their effect increased. If not, try an 8-passive one with useful notables such as Feasting Fiends, Call to Slaughter, and Renewal.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Call to the Slaughter Added Small Passive Skills have increased Effect Added Small Passive Skills also grant: Minions have increased Attack and Cast Speed

(Jewel) Medium Cluster Jewel - Blessed Rebirth and Life from Death will keep your Minions healthy, especially ones that you want to keep alive.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Blessed Rebirth 1 Added Passive Skill is Life from Death 1 Added Passive Skill is Dread March

(Jewel) Small Cluster Jewel - Enduring Composure generates Endurance Charges; it's very hard to generate Endurance Charges other way.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Enduring Composure

(Jewel) Rumi's Concoction - The build need a very high Block Chance and there is no way to cap it without using this Flask.

+1500 to Armour +(8-12)% Chance to Block Attack Damage during Effect +(4-6)% Chance to Block Spell Damage during Effect

Other suggested Flasks and Tinctures: Life Flask with Bleeding immunity/removal Quartz Flask with increased Movement Speed Basalt Flask with increased Armour Quicksilver Flask with crafted Life Regeneration

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