[0.5] T15+ Zoo Companion Huntress

Overview

The above stats are by no means an exact blueprint of what the build requires. The Eye Symbol when you Highlight an item in the Equipment above signals the Stats you should Look To Prioritise First.

You won't reasonably get items with the above stats before level 6 so just get the best you can. The below covers the overall Stat Priorities for this stage of the game:

Attribute Priority

• Dexterity
• Intelligence (As Required)
• Strength (As Required)

Stat Priorities

• Movement Speed
• Minion Skills
• Maximum Life
• Attributes (Dexterity, Strength, Intelligence)
• Elemental Resistances (Fire, Lightning, Cold)
• Chaos Resistance
• Increased Evasion Rating
• Gain Deflection Equal To X% of Evasion Rating
• Increased Spirit Reservation Efficiency of Skills

Mobility

Movement Speed should be your absolute priority #1 when starting out a new character.

This allows you to move and attack better as well as stay away from groups of enemies trying to swarm you and avoid big attacks from bosses.

Your life will be forever better when you have Movement Speed on your Boots.

Offence

Offence can be scaled in many ways but early on you can look for the following:

• Physical Damage (On weapon through The Catha's Balance)
• Minion Ranks

For Mana Sustain you can rely on you basic Mana Pool and Mana Flask early on but any additional Mana Affixes will make this less of an issue.

After this the Levelling Passive Tree Trail will scale your damage so you can focus on defences and utility on your gear.

Defence

I'd highly recommend stacking Maximum Life along with as much resistances as you can get hold of.

Evasion will be your primary source of defence on this build so we want to stack it where ever we can.

You can reasonably stack Evasion along with Maximum Life to stay alive so long as you have some amount of Resistances.

I can't emphasise enough how important Resistances are for staying alive so make sure to prioritise this where you can.

It's also important to note that Deflection begins to be a big part of your Endgame survivability so we start to stack that multiplying off our Evasion.

Offhand

The recommended offhand item now we have started to build our army of Companions is a Sceptre which allows us access to Buffs to our Companions as well as Increased Spirit.

Flasks

I would take whatever flasks have the highest heal amount over the shortest time and not worry about these too much else early on.

Charms

We swap over to taking Charms that combat the various different Damage Over Time mechanics in the game at this point.

We will have so much Evasion and Deflection that Hit Damage becomes far less dangerous to us than DoT Damage which completely bypasses our main layer of defence.

The following Charms will be very useful:

• • Ruby Charm
  • Antidote Charm
  • Staunching Charm

If you come across any of the following Unique Charms you can use these instead:

• • Beira's Anguish
  • Arakaali's Gift
  • Sanguis Heroum

Uniques

Sylvan's Effigy

• • Unlocks the power of the Entire Zoo

Tyranny's Grip

• • Runeforged Version (Can Upgrade at the Verisium Anvil)
  • Highest Base Damage spear you can get at a reasonable cost
  • Strength helps meet attribute requirements

Trenchtimbre

• • +Minion Skills grants Extra Damage and Health to Companions
  • Less Damage than Tyranny's Grip
  • More Defensive than Tyranny's Grip

Darkness Enthroned (helmet)

• • Idol of Ralakesh
  • Primate Idol

Grip of Kulemak

• • Increased Spirit Reservation Efficiency of Skills
  • Recover X% Maximum Life When An Enemy Dies In Your Presence
  • You and Your Allies In Your Presence Have +X% Chaos Resistance

Amulet Anointments

Any of the following Notables would be great for the build:

• Warlord Leader

Jewel Stat Priorities

From Nothing

• • Access to nodes around Blackflame Covenant
  • Access to Vile Mending
  • Access to Entropic Incarnation
  • Access to Grip of Evil

Prism of Belief

• • +Ranks to Tamed Companions (+3 is maximum and insanely expensive)

Sapphire

• • Minions Deal X% Increased Damage
  • Minions Have X% Increased Attack and Cast Speed
  • Minions Have X% Increased Critical Chance
  • Minions have +X% Elemental Resistance
  • Increased Presence Area of Effect
  • Increased Magnitude of Shock You Inflict
  • Increased Area of Effect

Emerald

• • Companions Have X% Increased Damage
  • Companions Have X% Increased Maximum Life
  • Increased Evasion Rating
  • Increased Magnitude of Shock You Inflict

Ruby

• • Minions have X% Additional Physical Damage Reduction