Spectre Minions Will Be ABSOLUTELY CRAZY if this works in 0.5
Summary
- Selfless Remnant Fix: Developer Belakhifor confirmed a fix for the Selfless Remnant support bug in patch 0.5, enabling Chayula-based minion builds.
- Powered Zealot Synergy: Powered Zealot Spectres utilize abilities with a “Cold Infusion” tag, which can grant additional projectiles and significantly increase DPS.
- Cold Infusion Generation: Frostbomb, combined with Selfless Remnant and specific support gems, can be used to generate infusions directly for minions.
- Scaling Mechanics: Using the “Secrets of the Orb” passive node and potentially “Elemental Equilibrium” allows for high-frequency infusion generation to maximize Spectre output.
- Pre-casting Strategy: Players can generate infusions before boss encounters, allowing minions to consume them immediately for a massive opening burst of damage.
Selfless Remnant and the Patch 0.5 Fix
Selfless Remnant is a support skill designed to make remnants affect allies in your presence instead of yourself when collected. This mechanic is currently bugged and non-functional. However, developer Belakhifor confirmed via Reddit that a fix is coming in patch 0.5. This fix is critical for the viability of the “Acolyte of Chayula” minion build. The fix suggests that the previously showcased helmet, which seemed to replace this mechanic, may instead exist alongside a working version of the support gem.
Powered Zealot Spectres and Cold Infusion
Powered Zealots have long been top-performing Spectres due to their Spark and Spark Nova abilities. According to data-mined information from the beta database, these abilities possess a “Cold Infusion” tag. When these minions consume a Cold Infusion, they gain additional projectiles, which acts as a massive multiplier for their total damage output.
Technical Setup for Infusion Generation
To provide minions with the necessary infusions once Selfless Remnant is fixed, a specific Frostbomb setup can be utilized. By linking Frostbomb with various supports, you can generate cold infusions that your minions will then pick up and consume.
Recommended Support Setup:
- Frostbomb
- Selfless Remnant (to transfer remnants to minions)
- Short Fuse
- Overabundance
- Spell Cascade
- Cooldown Recovery (if using a six-socket setup)
By combining this setup with the Secrets of the Orb passive node—which increases your orb limit—you can generate three cold infusions per cast.
Advanced Mechanics and Elemental Equilibrium
There is potential to use Elemental Equilibrium to manipulate infusion generation. This tech involves generating lightning infusions to facilitate the creation of cold infusions for the Powered Zealots. Because Selfless Remnant allows all allies to benefit, a single remnant collection can provide a cold infusion to every minion in the army simultaneously.
Testing and Verification
While data-mining indicates that the Powered Zealot’s Spark Nova possesses the cold infusion tag, the interaction must be verified. This can be tested on Standard characters to ensure the minions correctly consume the infusions to escalate their abilities before committing to the build in a new league. If functional, this setup allows players to “pre-cast” infusions before a boss fight, ensuring minions start the encounter with maximum projectile count and damage.