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What Are Your Top Choices For Starting Builds In POE 3.24 Necropolis League? - Desecrate & Raise Spectre Limit

Mar 22, 2024

Here's a concise overview of how Desecrate interacts with the maximum limit on Raise Specter. I find this strategy particularly valuable in Path of Exile 3.23, especially with the addition of new Transfigure Gems like Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction.

As of now, it's uncertain if player corpse skills will undergo nerfs in POE 3.24. Nevertheless, even if adjustments are made, I anticipate that they will likely retain their effectiveness and remain favored options for starting builds in prominent leagues.

What Are Your Top Choices For Starting Builds In POE 3.24 Necropolis League? - Desecrate & Raise Spectre Limit

Understanding The Interaction Between Desecrate And Raise Spectre in Patch 3.17

Players familiar with corpse skills like Detonate Dead likely already understand how this operates.

In patch 3.17, GGG eliminated the need for Raise Spectre to transport Spectre Corpses into zones for Desecrate or Corpse Walk. Previously, players had to summon Raise Spectre minions with high life multipliers. When entering a new zone, these Spectre Corpses were added to the zone's corpse pool, allowing Desecrate to summon them. This setup allowed skills like Detonate Dead to inflict significantly more damage due to the higher life of these corpses compared to regular monsters in the zone.

In version 3.17, GGG altered the behavior of Desecrate and Corpse Walk. They introduced a memory function that stores the player's most recently summoned specters in a list of corpses, limited by the maximum Raise Spectre limit. Now, each time Desecrate or Corpse Walk summons a corpse, there's a 15% chance it will be replaced by a randomly selected corpse from this list. Consequently, once players raise specters with high life multipliers, they can safely remove the Raise Spectre gem. Desecrate and Corpse Walk will retain these spectre corpses in the list and transport them into new zones, mimicking the previous functionality when entering a zone with actual Raise Spectre minions.

This update relieves players from concerns about losing Raise Spectre minions or managing secondary spectre banks, providing an additional gem slot.

An Explanation Of Interaction

However, the key aspect here lies in the functionality: the Raise Spectre corpse list essentially mirrors the effect of bringing the entire list of actual Raise Spectre minions into the new zone, as seen in older patches.

Each Spectre Corpse saved on the list gets added to the existing corpse pool upon entering any new zone. You might wonder why this matters, given Desecrate and Corpse Walk's fixed chance to spawn corpses.

Yet, the crucial interaction isn't about the 15% chance that Desecrate mandates a corpse from that list. Rather, it's about the remaining 85% of the time.

When Desecrate or Corpse Walk spawns a corpse that isn't a forced Spectre Corpse from the list, it randomly selects one from all available corpses in the zone. Now, since the zone incorporates every Spectre Corpse from your Raise Spectre corpse list upon entry, these skills can potentially spawn a Spectre Corpse from the pool of available corpses, even without a forced Spectre Corpse roll.

Therefore, by raising your maximum Raise Spectre limit and summoning numerous high-life unique spectre minions, you're expanding the list of saved Spectre Corpses for Desecrate or Corpse Walk. Consequently, all these corpses accompany you into every new zone you enter. The greater the number of Spectre Corpses on the list, the higher the likelihood of spawning a Spectre Corpse whenever these skills roll the 85% chance to select a random corpse from the zone pool.

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Usefulness Of Interaction 

The efficacy of this interaction hinges entirely on the number of corpses present in a given zone compared to the character’s maximum Raise Spectre limit corpse list.

In zones with few corpses, this interaction can significantly amplify damage. Conversely, in zones inundated with corpses, the damage increase will be relatively minimal.

Raising The Spectre Limit

Increasing your maximum Raise Spectre limit is a straightforward and typically affordable endeavor, primarily because the unique items that offer this attribute are quite common.

For instance, a Raise Spectre Gem at level 13 allows for a maximum of two spectres, while reaching level 25 expands this limit to three. Additionally, the Death Attunement notable passive skill situated at the top of the skill tree provides a bonus of +1 to the maximum number of Raise Spectres. If your character is distant from this area of the passive tree, you can use anointment for 1 Clear, 1 Crimson, and 1 Silver Oil to acquire this benefit.

The Queen’s Decree, a unique two-handed sword, bestows an extra maximum spectre. However, if you possess two Midnight Bargain unique wands, it’s advisable to dual-wield them to gain +1 maximum spectre from each wand.

Moreover, the Wraithlord unique helmet offers an increase of +2 maximum spectres and also enhances socketed minion gems by two levels, aiding in reaching the coveted level 25 Raise Spectre gem. Furthermore, you can secure an additional +1 maximum spectre by equipping body armor with the Delve Drop-only prefix modifier that grants this statistic.

Which Spectres?

It’s important to note that this process only needs to be done once. After you’ve raised your maximum Raise Spectre limit to your desired level, ensure to summon unique spectre minion types up to the maximum limit.

Most, if not all, of the necessary spectres can be found in campaign areas. Seek out spectres with life multipliers of 360% or higher. Even if their life multiplier exceeds 360%, they’ll operate similarly to a 360% life multiplier Spectre Corpse. This is because spectre life totals were standardized in patch 3.17 to match that of a Kitava’s Herald spectre, which boasts a 360 life multiplier.

Once this is completed, you can safely remove the Raise Spectre gem, remove the associated gear, and reallocate any nodes dedicated to increasing maximum spectres. This summarizes the essence of the interaction between the maximum spectre limit and summoning corpses with Desecrate or Corpse Walk. It’s a valuable technique for players utilizing these types of builds.

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