you have one of the most in-debth and well explained guides out there. Love your stuff. hope to see more builds from you especially for the new league.

I came back to this game after a long break thanks to your guide. I sincerely hope you would like to make a refreshed version of the build.

Amazing guides, love how detailed they are.....always a pleassure to watch them. :) Keep up that great work.

wow, what a guide! This is so good. I was just curious to see your thoughts about zombies and i watched almost all the video because of its great quality. Great video sir :0

Hi, I just want to tell you that this was my first league and your lacerate build got me to Sirius AW lvl 8 and also shaper and elder. It is tanky enough to learn their mechanics at safe pace. Thank you very much and keep up the good work :) Edit: Uber Elder done.

Thanks, Esoro. I always appreciate your content.

Damm, such detail, thank you so much for this comprehensive guide. Kudos to you good sir!

This is by far the most well written, explained and presented build guide I have ever seen. The quality is out of this world! Thank you so much for this guide. It fixed so much of my summoner build that now it is a breeze flying thru high level maps. Just amazing guide in every way possible!

Another quality guide!!! Can't wait to see what your starter will be this league!

Taking a few seconds from my precious and valuable time to just say, *Thank You* - Not just for creating this type of content, but for the effort and quality you put in it. Your content is clean, user-friendly, and rich in information. You make it very easy for me to get back into the game after a long break.

Thank you so much for this guide! I asked for this build in another video of your's and i'll be sure to try this build next league. I would love to see a Flicker Strike build guide from you. Love your Vids!

There's so much work put into this video. Really awesome to see people still putting a lot of effort into videos these days. Keep these up sir!

i reccomend putting bone armour on left click so when you move you are activating it and you never have to worry about it:))

The quality of your guides is absolutely insane. This is really good content. EDIT: Any updates coming for this build? I've seen your notes about the cluster jewels, it seems Vicous Bite and Rotten Claws are really strong, we can get to 80% - 100'% impale chance if setup right so the zombies can be scaled with impale and do ridiculous amounts of dmg. Would be awesome if there would be an update for the pob!

No way!! the build i asked you for!!! you did it!!! Mah man! cant wait to try this out! The level of detail is always so indepth! its an educational and fun experience, Thanks again! keep it up!

Glad to support the channel man. You are the only build channel with this quality of build tutorials!

I'm running a version of this build that utilizes Victario's Influence chest as I don't have an Enlighten gem. Victario's adds one level to aura gems, adds lvl 30 Generosity and increases both the effectiveness and AoE of auras, while reducing mana reservation. Seeing as I don't need the auras to do damage myself, it works nicely. I only had a five-socket Victario's but three of the sockets were red which is ideal. I'm running Herald of Purity, Flesh and Stone, Dread Banner, lvl 1 Precision and Skitterbots in the chest, and then Discipline in my gloves. I didn't want to run Discipline in the chest as the Generosity would deprive me of the ES and give it to my minions only afaik. With all of this running, I have just over 100 mana to use. The build seems really powerful and is tons of fun to play. Thanks for the build, Esoro.

I'm going to make this my starter for Harvest. Always wanted to try a zombie build. Excellent guide man. Very pro.

hey! i used your lacerate build 2 leagues and i lvoed it, ive been trying to find a zombie build and this might be it! looks really good! keep up the great fantastic builds/work! really proud!

Those guids are fantastic! Thank you, Esoro.

Was always hoping you’d take out a zombie build. Definitely going to be my league starter. Keep up the great work! 👍🏽

Would love to get your take on a champion or gladiator cycloner, your guides are so silky smooth.

Hey, Esoro. Just got my first headhunter because of this build. Thank you so much for this guide.

perfect mix of thoroughness whilst not being a novel. well layed out and you can hear how much you know the main points of the build and relating it to parts; difficult parts of the game. that font triggers me tho haha awesome man good shit. and you offer more dps options and mention when and where you can differ from the standard defensive build/gear/tree A+

Why man why!!! I was just getting used to the pyroclast mine build! Now you brought another juicy one?? Cheers!!!

great guide. its my first PoE league and i am loving the zombie build. one question, what Lethal Pride Jewel would you recommend picking up now? i've been told you cannot get the Kiloava version anymore and i'm not sure how the other types would affect the build. thanks

best style of delivering info , thank you

I love how you do your guides. You got my sub bro!

Hi, I've watched your vids for some time now. I love the way you give the guides and info it's really great. But I was kinda taken on how you didn't have Indomitable Army or anointed Decay Ward on a pair of Breathstealer gloves to keep your minions alive. Your description your wrote: "Other Notes: If your zombies are dying consider running Bone Offering and investing more heavily in minion life regeneration. Be sure to have that abyssal jewel that allows your minions to leech life for themselves." This is ok as a lesser way to aid the minions. But to truly give the minions a huge increase in survivability they need "Indomitable Army". I've tried many different variations of the build and capping your minions res and chaos res greatly increases the minions to survive an encounter with a tough boss like Sirius when the minions go into the vortex and don't die because of the res capping for them. Just my feedback and opinion what seems to be working since the changes in 3.10. Hope you have a awesome day.

My League Starter Notes (maybe it could help someone) Esoro Necromancer ------------------------------------------------------- Links Helmet Animate Guardian - Raise Spectre - Blood Magic - Meat Shield/Minion Life Other Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Multistrike - Melee Physical Damage - Impale - Empower/Feeding Frenzy Pride - Flesh and Stone - Vaal Discipline - Enlighten - Maim - Dread Banner Cyclone - Cast when Channeling - Desecrate - Flesh Offering Convocation - Summon Carrion Golem - Flame Dash - Enduring Cry ------------------------------------------------------- Spectres Carnage Chieftain - Old Fields/Ashen Fields Host Chieftain - Ashen Fields Merveil's Retainer - maps with area inhabited by sea witches Reanimator - Lunaris Temple ------------------------------------------------------- Animate Guardian Mask of the Tribunal - Mask of the Stitched Demon Belly of the Beast - Gruthkul's Pelt Meginord's Vise - Southbound Victario's Flight Dying Breath - Kingmaker ------------------------------------------------------- Levelling Raise Zombie - lvl 1 Minion Speed - lvl 18 Minion Damage - lvl 8 Feeding Frenzy - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Minion Life - lvl 18 Multistrike - lvl 38 Melee Physical Damage - lvl 18 Ruthless - lvl 1 - Act 3 - Siosa Fortify - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Maim - lvl 8 - Act 3 - Siosa Impale - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Summon Raging Spirit - lvl 4 Minion Speed - lvl 18 Minion Damage - lvl 8 Melee Physical Damage - lvl 18 Melee Splash - lvl 8 Multistrike - lvl 38 Summon Skeletons - lvl 10 Minion Speed - lvl 18 Minion Damage - lvl 8 Melee Physical Damage - lvl 18 Feeding Frenzy - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Multistrike - lvl 38 Impale - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Fortify - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Maim - lvl 8 - Act 3 - Siosa Ruthless - lvl 1 - Act 3 - Siosa Flesh Offering - lvl 12 Spirit Offering - lvl 12 Convocation - lvl 24 Raise Spectre - lvl 28 Carnage Chieftain - Old Fields Slave Driver - Control Blocks Minion Speed - lvl 18 Minion Life - lvl 18 Blood Magic - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Meat Shield - lvl 31 - Act 3 - Siosa Animate Guardian - lvl 28 - Act 3 - Siosa Summon Carrion Golem - lvl 34 Pride - lvl 24 Flesh and Stone - lvl 16 - Act 3 - Siosa Dread Banner - lvl 24 - Act 3 - Siosa Flame Dash - lvl 10 Withering Step - lvl 10 ------------------------------------------------------- Levelling Gear Goldrim Tabula Rasa Meginord's Girdle - lvl 8 Meginord's Vise - lvl 35 Wanderlust - lvl 3 Bones of Ullr - lvl 22 Queen's Decree - lvl 27 Queen's Escape - lvl 38 ------------------------------------------------------- Endgame Gear The Baron - lvl 26 Queen's Escape - lvl 38 Femurs of the Saint - lvl 58 Geofri's Sanctuary - lvl 64 Shaper's Touch - lvl 66 Alberon's Warpath - lvl 49 Astramentis - lvl 20 Cyclopean Coil - lvl 68 Blood of the Karui - lvl 50 Rumi's Concoction - lvl 68 Efficient Training Lethal Pride ------------------------------------------------------- Annointments Death Attunement - Clear/Crimson/Silver Ravenous Horde - Verdant/Opalescent/Opalescent ------------------------------------------------------- Thoughts after finishing Act 1-10 Feeding Frenzy is required in Zombies setup, the default AI is really stupid, zombies stick around you, doing nothing Highly recommend to link Convocation with Second Wind, your clearspeed directly depends on Convocation During levelling and early mapping linking Raise Zombie with Melee Splash helps with clearspeed/going fast Had troubles with bosses and Ritual mobs killing Spectres and Zombies during levelling up to lvl 50-ish. Vitality/Summon Holy Relic helped. After reaching level 88 End up taking Temporal Chains - Blasphemy instead of Discipline. Rituals became much easier to handle. Highly recommend to take Minion Life Leech node near Sacrifice. Boosts survivability better than any minion life node. Spectres: Carnage Chieftain + Host Chieftain + Undying Evangelist (proximity shield)

came back after years, a friend helped me with a few hundred chaos, this video helped me a lot to build again thanks mate

Hey man, thanks for the very thorough guide and detailed breakdown, with a clear and calm enunciation. My only minor criticism would be to up the recording volume on your mic. It's still a bit low on max for me. I started with another person's guide on this build but I just didn't understand a lot of the POB and guide and the mechanics. Luckily I found yours. Also your POB is neat and clear, unlike most other ones I've seen. Great effort here. Look forward to your future guides.

can this build handle 20 waves of simulacrum and t16 blighted maps?

Well here's the next hour of my morning...

Your presentation keeps getting better and more polished.

Good timing for this build right before the league. I have been plaing on and off since 2012 and your guides still give me fresh ideas.

Best part of the build..."Bury them all" 😂

Dear Esoro with all due respect but have you acutally play this very build at this stage in the game post all these nerfs? I'll go out on a limb here and make the bold claim that this build isn't viable any more. I have invested a shit ton of exalts into this build, level 93, 1500 strength, 12 zombies and the fully equiped Animate Guardian, cluster jewels you name it, I've done everything I could have done to make this build as tanky as possible but I must say wave 20 Simulacrum is outright impossible to survive and there is nothing gear wise and can do at this point to make the character more tanky. This is by no means meant to be hating or whining or your average entitled gamer moment shitpost and I appreciate and respect your great work and everything you do for the community, therefore I'd greatly appreciate it if you could put in your 2 cents as to whether this build is actually still good or if it could be possible that you have underestimated the severity of all the nerfs this particular buld has received.

Thats what is called GUIDE!Good job man!

Esoro your guides are AMAZING. No other words for it. Your Storm Burst Trickster is my favorite by far it was my first character and definitely my League Starter for Delirium. I love how the Oskarm Nubuck Gloves, Mark of the Shaper, Light of Lunaris, Rumi's, Atziri's Promise and the rest of the Gear is so cheap and flexible. I have about an Exalt maybe a tiny bit more wrapped up in him and it's by far the best character I've made and at 1/10th or less of the investment. The defensive layers, damage and fun factor all make for an amazing and fun Spell Caster. Thank you for all your guides!

12:11 how do you get the zombies to attack without feeding frenzy, mine just stand around, your POB says to replace with Impale.

ok sooo now let's wait for the patch notes : D

An awesome build and even better video. Thanx a mill for the content and gr8 advice!!

You found the perfect song for this clip. Superimpressed! And also, great video!! :)

Hey man, i have watched this like 10 times, learned everything there is to it, just 2 quick questions. Will you make this guide 3.11 RDY? And if i can use as a weapon the montregull, the thing that doubles the zombie damage but halfs the number of them? Love you content, just earned a few subscribers (me and my friends)

Dear Esoro, please update your build :( Please, This is the most interesting and beautiful necromancer build, I really want to update

I cannot tell how many times I come back to this video for help with my first character. This game is overwhelmingly fun and this guide super useful

Hi, Just want to say Thank you for the great guide!

Hey man, i've checked the build and the lethal pride you're suggesting doesn't exist in patch 3.13. What am i supposed to put there instead? warriors under kiloava does not exist anymore

Can anyone help me find the updated version of this please?

As always, amazing guide brother!

Such a comprehensive and intuitive guide. Thank you so much mate 👏🏼

In regards to the harvest update: you removed feeding frenzy for impale :O do you believe the aggression won't be needed?

Now that the patch notes have been released I'm wondering if this is still going to be a good build.

First time looking at a necromancer build, as well a spellcast build overall, and listening to your build description made me fall in love with a necromancer even before trying it for the first time. You do a fenomenal job there, fella. You deserve ALL of the poe community to think of you as of the most amazing buildmaker. P.S. Sorry for mistakes, english is not my native

dude this is gold!!! amazing video keep it up!

SPIRIT OFFERING is not viable anymore as it doesn't grant ENERGY SHIELD anymore.

my zombies keep dying in boss fights even with kingsmaker

Great guide as always Esoro! Minor note is I see you have max ascendancy on your leveling and midgame trees in PoB and you may want to update it for next league or patch. I went and changed it according to your video guide. Looking forward to using this as starter for next league. :)

I was looking for a build that won't give me carpal (like that mine build...), and your timing is perfect :) very nice guide, thank you for all the work put into it!

I get it got nerfed in many ways in general, I'm not that concerned about dps or overall health / ES pool, what worries me is the loss of 30% resistances from ascendancy, how big impact on gear it will have as 30 is kinda a lot.

He needs to do an update vid not keep reusing old ones

can i thumbs this up twice? This is such a good explanation of a build

Really enjoying your guides. Thanks!

Spirit offering nerf Bone barrier nerf Various other little nerfs What are your opinions on necro str zombs in 3.10?

I'm new at this game and my friend and I loved this video so much, Thank you very much!

Again and again and once again thank you very much for your effort and -build art-. Just another perfect content. Your builds are exciting me always. And as a person who hates leveling stuff, I can say that I'm changed. New Build, New Character.. What can i say ! :))

Man, always best guides!

Best builds of ytb! Keep doing this great work, we are thankful for this! Best regards

The effort in second to none!

As always, you went all out with a necromancer build this time! Excited to see this and wondering whether or not you’ll try to visit the lesser used ascendancies like Champion or Guardian! I’m doing my take on a Sweep Champion for Delirium and I’m excited to see what your starter will be! Take care and keep up the great content. ^_^

You r doing the best Guides Esoro ! Don´t stop please :)

Love it, thank you bro :)

Thank You, Thank You...... I've Been waiting for ages for you to finally do a Necromancer build. I hope you update it for 3.10

I will try it. Wow your path building is so clean. (Items).

Thank you Esoro, was waiting for your starter league advice, now I can sleep well :)

You are great Eso, good job!

yet another awesome and detailed build guide. thanks man!

Once again, an amazing build guide!

best and more understanding EVER . great job m8.

thanks for the guide. I just got into this game myself, and the thought of having a horde of murderous zombies sounds like something I should have.

I will changing to this from VD, thanks for the detailed guide.

I used this for Harvest league and it's very solid for everything, thanks.

yesssssssssssssssss! holy crap esoro always coming in clutch! i played a few of the fun builds for meta and loved it but i could never understand how people were building good 3.9 necros. your vids always lay it out really nice! and THIS as a league starter could help my absolutly scuff amature self finaly make some headway on 3.10 league start IF NECROS ARE SAFE. but evne if theyre not, necros could have some GODLY cluster potential. shoudl be really fun to enjoy thanks!

First summoner build I've ran. And it's been a blast! I've always heard they're boring, but this is super fun imo.

This is the most detailed zombie build video I have ever seen!

playing poe for long time and just went back to it this league and first time trying summoner after a few different builds and.. mann your vids are so good and explain so well thank you

Best build explainer on youtube no cap.

I'm one third into this guide, and I'm super impressed with the professional delivery of information. Made my day.

Man I cant count how many times I have rewatched this video but I followed it to a T and I am level 70 right now. Literally melting through everything like butter despite the nerfs to it. Not sure how I'll do endgame but this build is just amazing and fun as hell too. Superb guide my friend.

very good work! Thank you for that

Thank you for another great video Esoro. I would NEVER play summoners in any arpg, but you actually make me consider rolling one.

Very well done guide, in-depth and beginner-friendly at the same time, as usual ;) Although I fear that summoners will not only be nerfed slightly but nerfed into the ground as ggg usually does with those meta builds

We might have build requests for esoro but when it comes down to it, letting himself be creative in his own time is very worth it, I mean not only his builds are great but also his guides are top notch. Thank you esoro for what you do because this is amazing!

Esoro ..... WOW!!!!! I know now waht I play in Delirium :-D

I play poe for a very long time and Summoner is the last thing on my list i never played. Very very good video and i feel prepared for the league start. The leveling part was very small like best 3 or 4 link but other then that very very good!

I don't like playing with minions but I might try this if it doesn't get hardly nerfed. I'm looking forward to see an Inquisitor or elementalist build from you. Thanks for your amazing videos!

awsome work

Thanks a ton for these great build guides, Esoro! Granted we're waiting for the patch notes, are you learning towards any specific build for 3.10 as of yet?