Intro & build description
If you haven’t played minion build in a while, now is a great time to do it in the upcoming Crucible League. Poison Summon Raging Spirit build is an awesome league starter while it encompasses the best of both worlds, defense, and offense. You will be able to progress through the content with ease and farm up that gear for your perfect next build or invest the currency in this build to push the hardest content game has to offer – with ease!
Build Pros
- Very strong league starter build
- Awesome scalability with currency
- Very strong single-target damage and clear speed
- Boss killer
Build Cons
- Can be FOTM build and thus some pieces could get expensive.
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
Full Build PoB LinkBandits
Bandits Quest Choice |
Kill all bandits |
Ascendancy skill points
Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
---|---|
Labyrinth 1 | Mistress of Sacrifice |
Labyrinth 2 | Mindless Agression |
Labyrinth 3 | Unnatural Strength |
Endgame Labyrinth | Command of Darkness |

Skill gem setup
Helm
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks Support
Divergent Malevolence
Portal
Body Armor
Summon Raging Spirit
Unleash Support
Withering Touch Support
Unbound Ailments Support
Minion Damage Support
Multistrike Support
Gloves
Vaal Grace
Vaal Haste
Increased Duration Support
Boots
Anomalous Despair
Arcanist Brand Support
Desecrate
Divergent Flesh Offering
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Flame Dash
Generosity
Divine Blessing Support
Offhand weapon / shield
Searing Bond
Multiple Totems Support
Build uniques / Example rare gear
Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.tradeHelmet
Rare HelmWe focus on mana reservation efficiency of skills. Buy a helm with life as well as chance to suppress spell damage.
Body Armour
The CovenantOne of the core items for the build. Use anything with life and elemental resistances until you get yourself the Covenant chest piece.
Left Ring
Rare RingRare ring with life, stats or elemental resistances based on your needs.
If you are having issues with mana sustain and you have an open suffix, craft non-channeling skills have -# to total mana cost.
Right Ring
Rare RingRare ring with life, stats or elemental resistances based on your needs.
If you are having issues with mana sustain and you have an open suffix, craft non-channeling skills have -# to total mana cost.
Amulet
Rare AmuletMain stat we are looking for is “+1 to Level of all Skill Gems”. Grab amulet with + skills, life and elemental resistances or stats depending on your needs.
Belt
Darkness EnthronedWe focus on getting as many jewels as possible and thus, Stygian Vise and later on Darkness Enthroned is out pick for the belt.
1Hand Weapon
United in DreamOne of our core items and it can get quite expensive, depending on popularity of the build.
Important!
Before we get our hands on United in Dream, to poison enemies we must either use Chance to Poison Support gem and some Ghastly Jewels with minions have +#% chance to poison enemies on hit or solely focus on jewels to get the poison chance closer to 100%.
Offhand
Rare ShieldWe are looking for a shield with high chance to suppress spell damage, life and possibly elemental resistances or stats.
Jewel
Amanamu's GazeOne of the core jewels which we boost with rest of the Ghastly jewels we socket in our skill tree.
Jewel
Rare JewelsWe focus on Ghastly Jewels with following stats:
1. Minions deal # additional chaos damage
2. Minions deal increased damage if you’ve used minion skill recently
3. Minions have #% chance to poison enemies on Hit (Especially important if you don’t have United in Dream yet)
4. Maximum life
5. Minion have increased movement speed
Flask
Flask Setup1. Continuous Divine Life Flask of Assuaging
2. Investigator’s Silver Flask of the Ibex
3. Clinician’s Quartz Flask of the Lynx
4. Brewer’s Jade Flask of the Curlew
5. Continuous Quicksilver Flask of the Armadillo