Probably a max CDR Skeleton Ritualist with a lot of Flat Bleed and maybe Primal Instinct on top.
Quick rehash of OP’s build as a potential example: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YVWw9qrV
Obviously would need to tweak stuff, but I will leave that to someone else.
They are defaulted to “normal” stance and you can’t put them to “aggressive”. I said this is the single most annoying thing about skellies about a year ago already and it’s imo one of the main reason why they have been considered bad for a long time compared to other pets. Imo they should be on “aggressive” stance by default. They are meant to be “disposable” pets anyway, so it only makes sense they should behave aggressively, too.
@AlkamosHater Great build btw! Love to see skellies finally rock this hard!
Skelemongs are even more OP with Lost Souls, already sub5 crucible and sr110 (well, very hard, multiple deaths, spent like 1 hour into boss room, massive cheesing but who cares ). Maybe tomorrow I will post my version, Dusk already did sr100 on hardcore so I am sure concept is really okay.
@RektbyProtoss Thank you and I agree. Skeletons agro range was extremaly annyoing but it’s more feelable into high SR when I wanted to stay almost offscreen. Worst range from “pets” are fake-ones like guardians/blade spirits. It is literally set to uber-defense stance.
@Purlpo I do not have reddit account so I will answer there, no, build do not need gear swaps vs Fabius if you don’t go into sr 100 and “camera abuse” do not work anymore - and it was not necessary before for pets either, Dusk was doing all his pushes without this exploit.
Looking forward to the post of your Lost Souls version! I’ve been following this guide for awhile (SkeleWraith Lost Souls Cabalist) by sigatrev so I’m curious to see what your gear, skill, and devotion changes would be.
alkamos do you need giant’s blood?
i think you can make more “offensive” devo map swapping to Fiend and using Nighttalon, possibly even panther/hawk (tho it loses 10% pierce from wolverine if including all 3)
was also thinking possibly Raven(instead of hawk) to get the flat lightning (fully converted to vit on rings)
how often do you get hit/where giant heals you, would it be detrimental to lose?
Behemoth is very usefull on pets, it adds a lot of survivality. Skeletons do not taunt enemies well so I wouldn’t change it for few % possible damage, you can get hit pretty often if you are not careful
Overall last time I have more fun with pets than ever, skeletons especially that I was always failing to do well. Altough vs celestials they are more stresfull than briars or birds due to worse taunt.