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Final Reserbirb :3
Atomic Emu, Pet Conjurer - Callagadra Facetank Edition (SR-140) was pretty nice, but you still had to re-summon pets every now and then.
So, I decided to make a Reap Spirit pet build that can tank Callagadra 
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Playstyle is pretty straightforward - pretend to be a caster, spam everything and wait for things to die. Think of this as a much more tankier version of my Ishtar - Pet Ritualist, made with facetanking Callagadra in mind.
I don’t know what changes future patches will bring to Superbosses, so I wanted to get this out right away.
Nice durability!
When I was playing around with RS, I noticed that the only resist RS lacking - and all other pets - is slow resist (0%). This could mean that DeathWalker’s Gaze is useful as it is the only pet thing that provides such (including devotions).
Consider in some cases this could mean not losing a significant chunk of damage output with some mobs. I think Cally’s minion debuffs speed, for example.
Have you had any experence with comparing using slow resist vs your current boots (speed, damage) in general practice?
And another question:
I read that all attack skills (including debufs) can miss if OA is too low. I’m curious if you have seen DS, Omen, or RS miss with this. I ask because you might have had time to notice such because the build has a bit of time to watch the party.
In theory 1800 OA vs 2000 DA has a miss chance of 1/6 (16%). With Cally this might have been as high as 40% chance.
Did you notice any of your player debuf skills ever miss here? It’s something I have always wondered but haven’t had any play time lately to test.
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Ty 
Hm… good point. But, since I always go for player durability over Pet defense/offense, I tend to never go for Deathwalker over Fiendflesh.
General damage absorption vs Vitality and Bleed only = Fiendflesh wins every single time for me.
I will test it later on this setup - Halloween - OnlyGhosts Damage focused Pet Ritualist to see if I can reduce Cally kill time by a noticeable amount.
Also need to see if the Resistance to Life Reduction makes any actual difference 
Hm… no idea. I personally never noticed it and Reap Spirit always proc’ed for me.
But tbh, only Omen has a high enough CD for it to make an actual difference if skills do miss.
SR 120 done. I know that my conjurer went upto SR 140 and my Ishtar manages SR 120 just fine despite being much less tanky, but the issue here is that Banshee sacrifices a ton of damage to be able to facetank Callagadra and in the process, makes doing deeper SR shards painfully slow. So, I decided to just do SR120 and call it a day.
The bosses were some of the easier ones, but still, zero kiting and everything was facetanked. Normal mobs were the actual problem due to build lacking AoE 
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SR 75 - Took around 9:15 minutes, but is still fast enough to complete with plenty of time left over, even with unideal mutators. Everything can be facetanked at this level but I wanted to see if it had enough damage to reliably farm 75-76 and now I can safely say that it does
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With an elixir of mogdrogen, got around 8min cally kill 
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Still slower than Ishtar by 30 seconds, but dis one can facetank cally unlike Ishtar, so I consider it to be a pretty big win.
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Woohoo. The more I read about your builds, the better I get playing the class.
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Further testing in the playtest, makes this my tankiest build atm.
Playtest GT - Ritualist, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.5) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
For those wondering, The Fluffy Squishy - Pet Conjurer - SR 170 version :3 is technically supposed to be tankier, but since Briarthorns die rather easily now while Reap Spirits are still immortal, we end up with the Ritualist having an easier time surviving.
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Surprised no one mentioned this.
Devo order: Remove Jackal. No mention of when it’s filled in.
Otherwise, looks a fun build.
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Oops, it was supposed to be “remove yellow”. I copy/paste a lot of things from older threads and missed it 
. Should be corrected now. Ty for letting me know 
YW. Just unusual no one else noticed or bothered to mention.
BTW, considered bat on ill omen? Good proccer. Also, Bonescavengers? Extra spooks, much fun.
Bat on a pet build where you are not binding the skill to a pet is useless.
Bonescavengers is a good choice, but I was going for something that can easily facetank even celestials. Hence the defensive choices like Everliving gloves.
Hmm. Hadn’t thought about binding to pets. Will give it a try.