Thy's Detailed SSF Minion Infernalist Leveling Guide

Updated for patch 0.4 with all new PoB, loudouts, loot filter, etc.

This is a detailed Infernalist Sniper minion / Spectre build leveling guide, with the aim to get you into maps as smoothly as possible. Every Act/Interlude has a passive tree, the gear I had at the end of the act for comparison, and all skill and support gems, all the way to maps.

Early on, minion gear helps a lot. focus on +minion levels for minion scaling, and spirit to summon more minions.

Comes with:

• a detailed PoB w/ loadouts, all the way up to lvl 95 for some pretty aspirational gear, which is achievable in SSF this league thanks to the Vaal Temple
• a loot filter for those who want it and accept the risks

Until far into Act 3, you just run around and cast flame wall, and try not to die from ground effects you can't see due to all the explosions. Skeletal Sniper & Raging Spirits will do all the work.

Later, we swap into spectres, which blow up the screen.

There are several aspirational endgame settings in the guide as well. Please refer to those individual pages where I explain in detail how the build plays.

Scaling:

1. Minion levels are the most important, as it scales everything of minions. Their base health, base damage, etc.
2. Spirit, so you can summon more minions
3. Energy Shield, our main source of defence

Defence:

• energy shield from gear
• minions blocking stuff for you

Offence:

• Minions scale by + minion levels and spirit for more minions
• buffs like Pain Offering increasing minion damage
• cursing enemies with Elemental Weakness reduces their fire resistances
• Spectres clear the entire screen after Act 3

Synergies Until Act 3

Summon Infernal Hound takes 10% of our damage, and ignites enemies, plus inflicts fire exposure.

Flame Wall ignites enemies, and adds flat fire damage to projectiles, plus the ignite/flammability explodes the gas arrows from the snipers.

Skeletal Sniper shoots projectiles, and their command ability is excellent against single target.

Raging Spirits are summoned by using flame wall, and are another damage source

Skeletal Cleric and several tanky passives keeps our army alive

Synergies After Act 3

Vaal Guard Spectres blow up the screen, pretty much. And after that, in maps, Powered Zealots take the cake.

Very late game, there are more synergies which require uniques, such as The Whispering Ice. For those, please refer to the individual pages of the guide.

Regex Strings

Vendor: "\d+% i.+mov|^\+.*ills$|spiri|d rari"

• checks for movement speed, +levels, spirit, and increased rarity

Choices in Campaign

• act 2 - any of the charm options
• act 3 - stun threshold
• act 4 - I took resistance tattoos
• Act 4 prison - mana recovery from flasks
• interlude Qimah +5% elemental resistances

31-12-2024: Initial Version

16-04-2025: Fully 0.2 compatible

28-04-2025: Fixed small loadout errors / Added levelling YouTube video

26-07-2025 Added priority throughout the build

27-08-2025 Started converting this to 0.3, where possible. Provided updated support gems and changed chapters and interludes.

31-08-2025 Finished the levelling part of the levelling guide for 0.3

12-12-2025 Mostly ready for 0.4, as the build wasn't nerfed in any way.

27-12-2025 Started new playthrough to update the build, with a fresh SSF league. Act 1 done.

28-12-2025 Act 2 done, Act 3 before vaal guard swap done, vaal guard swap done, Act 4 done, Interludes done, loot filter added. Also added swap to Powered Zealot Spectres.

29-12-2025 Added level 80 overview, added lvl 85 overview, added lvl 90 overview, added written campaign choices

31-12-2025 Added lvl 95 overview, for very aspirational gear.