Diablo III | PTR 2.7.0 Has Ended!

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Rathma

Your minions no longer take damage
Does it means Command Skeletons / Kill Command stay alive ?

PTR 2.7.0 - Rathma - Command Skeletons / Kill Command - Staying Alive!

Bones of Rathma 2-Piece Set Your skeletal warriors spawn faster (…) Bones of Rathma 4-Piece Set Your minions no longer take damage (…) – Expectations Does it means Command Skeletons / Kill Command (Poison) no longer die ? Skeletons just explode without dying ? Skeletons stay alive ? That would be awesome for a Poison build (Nayr’s Black Death).

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Bone Spirit’s (…) will also freeze enemies on impact
Freeze is bad for Thorns. Please consider immobilize.

PTR 2.7.0 - Rathma - Thorns - Immobilize rather than freeze

Defiler Cuisses Bone Spirit’s damage is increased by 400% to 500% for every second it is active and will also freeze immobilize enemies on impact. – This way Defiler Cuisses is Thorns friendly. Of course immobilize has to work on bosses. In addition, Freezing is not needed since ennemies will focus on minions and minions no longer take damage. They can tank efficiently and restitute Thorns damage.

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Please consider scaling Sanguinary Vambraces with minions

PTR 2.7.0 - Rathma - Thorns - Sanguinary Vambraces scales with minions

Sanguinary Vambraces Chance on being hit to deal 1000% of your Thorns damage to nearby enemies Each active minion increases the damage of you Thorns by 250% Bones of Rathma 6-Piece Set Each active minion increases the damage of Army of the Dead and Bone Spirit by 1000%, and your Thorns by 250%. Band of Hollow Whispers This ring occasionally haunts nearby enemies. Your Skeletal Mages do no longer expire, can be targeted, and their damage is reduced by 99%. – This way Sanguinary Vambraces’ T…

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Please consider a synergy between Bone Ringer and Army of the Dead

PTR 2.7.0 - Rathma - Bone Ringer for Army of the Dead & Revive

Bone Ringer The damage bonus of Revive, Army of Dead and Command Skeletons increases by 27% per second they spend attacking the same target. This effect stacks up to 60 times. – Boost Command Skeletons through Revive Boost Command Skeletons through Command Skeletons Boost Command Skeletons through Army of the Dead duration * Boost Revive through Revive Boost Revive through Command Skeletons Boost Revive through Army of the Dead duration * Boost Army of the Dead through Revive Boost Army…

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Please consider the Amulet Golden Gorget of Leoric as a source of minions

PTR 2.7.0 - Rathma - Golden Gorget of Leoric

Golden Gorget of Leoric After earning a massacre bonus you land a critical hit or a zone damage, 4 - 6 5 Skeletons counting as minions are summoned to fight by your side for 10 seconds. Max 10 active Skeletons. – Available as an Emanate item. All classes can benefit of the skeletons tanks distracting monsters. But of course, the new Bones of Rathma benefits the most.

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Emanate

There is no mention of Belts, Feet, Weapons and Off-hands a Emanate items.
Why ?

There a lots of bounties / weak items that could be candidate.

Belts
Goldwrap, String of Ears, Cord of the Sherma, Sash of Knives

Boots
Illusory Boots, Ice climbers, Boots of Disregard, Fire Walkers

Weapons
Genzaniku, Hack, The Butcher’s Sickle, Sky Splitter, The Burning Axe of Sankis,
Envious Blade, Eun-jang-do, Odyn Son, Mad Monarch’s Scepter, Solanium,
Rimeheart, Fulminator, Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker, Skycutter, Azurewrath, Shard of Hate, Burst of Wrath, Fire Brand, Arthef’s Spark of Life, Soulsmasher, Cataclysm, Schaefer’s Hammer, Bovine Bardiche, Vigilance, Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander, Maloth’s Focus, The Tormentor, Scourge, Stalgard’s Decimator, Maximus, Blood Brother, Corrupted Ashbringer, The Raven’s Wing, Cluckeye, Demon Machine, Pus Spitter, Hellrack

Off-hands
Coven’s Criterion, Wall of Bone, Freeze of Deflection, Defender of Westmarch,

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Also, please consider additional items :

Amulets
Hellfire Amulet (hot !!!), Golden Gorget of Leoric (see modification proposal in this post), Overwhelming Desire, Moonlight Ward, Talisman of Aranoch, Countess Julia’s Cameo, Haunt of Vaxo, The Star of Azkaranth,
Xephirian Amulet

Rings
Hellfire Ring, Pandemonium Loop, Leoric’s Signet, Broken Promises, Rechel’s Ring of Larceny, Arcstone, Rogar’s Huge Stone, Lornelle’s Sunstone, Justice Lantern, Bul-Kathos’s Wedding Band, Band of Hollow Whispers

Helms
Pride’s Fall, Deathseer’s Cowl, Andariel’s Visage

Legs
Pox Faulds,
Death’s Bargain

Hands
St. Archew’s Gage, Magefist, Frostburn

Wrists
Warzechian Armguards, Ancient Parthan Defenders, Promise of Glory, Strongarm Bracers, Reaper’s Wraps

Torso
Heart of Iron, Chaingmail, Cindercoat, Shi Mizu’s Haori

Shoulders
Pauldrons of the Skeleton King, Death Watch Mantle