[2.3] Pet Helltooth Reaper

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by LogicalThinker_Gaming last updated Jul 30, 2015 ( Patch 2.2 )

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Skills

Acid Cloud Lob Blob Bomb
- Acid Cloud
Cost: 175 Mana

Cause acid to rain down, dealing an initial 300% weapon damage as Poison, followed by 360% weapon damage as Poison over 3 seconds to enemies who remain in the area.
Lob Blob Bomb

The acid on the ground forms into a slime that irradiates nearby enemies for 600% weapon damage as Poison over 5 seconds.
Corpse Spiders Spider Queen
- Corpse Spiders
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.

Throw a jar with 4 spiders that attack nearby enemies for a total of 576% weapon damage as Physical before dying.
Spider Queen

Throw a jar with a spider queen that births spiderlings, dealing 2625% weapon damage as Poison over 15 seconds.

You may have one spider queen summoned at a time.
Piranhas Piranhado
- Piranhas
Cost: 250 Mana
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Summons a pool of deadly piranhas that deals 400% weapon damage as Poison over 8 seconds. Affected enemies will also take 15% increased damage.
Piranhado

The pool of piranhas becomes a tornado of piranhas that lasts 4 seconds. Nearby enemies are periodically sucked into the tornado.

Increases the cooldown to 16 seconds.
Wall of Death
- Wall of Death
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Raise a wall of zombies 28 yards wide from the ground that blocks enemies and attacks them for 1200% weapon damage as Physical over 6 seconds.
Summon Zombie Dogs Chilled to the Bone
- Summon Zombie Dogs
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Summon 3 Zombie Dogs from the depths to fight by your side. Each dog deals 120% of your weapon damage as Physical per hit.
Chilled to the Bone

Enemies who hit or are hit by your Zombie Dogs are Chilled for 3 seconds.
Gargantuan Big Stinker
- Gargantuan
Cooldown: 60 seconds

Summon a Gargantuan zombie to fight for you. The Gargantuan attacks for 450% of your weapon damage as Physical.
Big Stinker

The Gargantuan is surrounded by a poison cloud that deals 135% weapon damage as Poison per second to nearby enemies.

Zombie Handler
- Zombie Handler
Your Life, and that of your Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan are increased by 20%.

Additionally, you may have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at one time.
Gruesome Feast
- Gruesome Feast
When you are healed by a health globe, gain 10% of your maximum Mana and 10% Intelligence for 15 seconds. The Intelligence bonus stacks up to 5 times.
Midnight Feast
- Midnight Feast
The damage of your Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan is increased by 50%.

Additionally, you may have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at one time.
Grave Injustice
- Grave Injustice
Gain 1% of your maximum Life and Mana and reduce the cooldown of all of your skills by 1 second when an enemy dies within 20 yards.

The range is extended by items that increase your gold pickup radius.

Items

The Grin Reaper

Legendary Voodoo Mask

Primary Stats

+240–269 Intelligence
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance when attacking to summon horrific Mimics that cast some of your equipped skills.
Empty Socket
Helltooth Mantle

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5.0–8.0%.
+4 Random Magic Properties

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Helltooth Tunic

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
Helltooth Gauntlets

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
Belt of Transcendence

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Vitality
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Summon a Fetish Sycophant when you hit with a Mana spender.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Helltooth Leg Guards

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
Helltooth Greaves

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Wormwood

Legendary Staff

Primary Stats

+(180–220)–(216–274) Poison Damage
Poison skills deal 20–25% more damage.
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Locust Swarm continuously plagues enemies around you.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)

+360–404 Intelligence

+360–404 Dexterity

More Details

Head
- The Grin Reaper
- Mask of Jeram
- Stat Priority: CHC Int Vit
Shoulders
- Helltooth Mantle
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Helltooth Tunic
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Helltooth Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Belt of Transcendence
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Helltooth Leg Guards
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Helltooth Greaves
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Convention of Elements
- Unity
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Wormwood
- The Furnace
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30.0 seconds after killing an elite pack.
  Gain 15% increased damage versus elites and take 15% reduced damage from elites. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)

I am working on testing a few builds with the latest PTR 2.3 updates. When I saw the patch notes yesterday I was almost blown away by the update to Grin reaper and decided I just had to see if a build was viable.

This build is basically a Grin reaper / Helltooth build with pets. I will be testing it on higher GR's this week however, I was able to tear through a GR45 with almost 8 minutes to spare.

Updated Patch Notes:

The Helltooth Harness (6) Set damage bonus now applies to the skills cast by Grin Reaper mimics
Acid Cloud

You can now cast again sooner after casting Acid Cloud
Skill Rune - Lob Blob Bomb

Damage from individual blobs can now stack

Jeram's Bracers

New Legendary Bracers

Wall of Death can be cast up to twice again within 2 seconds before the cooldown begins
Increases the attack speed of Wall of Death by 30%

Note: This will not be reflected in the item's tooltip

Helltooth Harness

Has been redesigned

(2) Set Bonus

Enemies hit by ~~Wall of Death~~ any skill listed in the (6) Set Bonus are afflicted by Necrosis becoming Slowed and taking ~~2500%~~ 1000% weapon damage every second for 10 seconds
Necrosis causes afflicted enemies to take 15% increased damage from all sources

(4) Set Bonus

After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 50% reduced damage for 10 seconds

(6) Set Bonus

~~Enemies afflicted by Necrosis take 800%~~ After casting wall of Death you gain 300% increased damage to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats,Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, Wall of Death, Zombie Charger, and Zombie Dogs for 12 seconds
This effect stacks up to 3 times

Build requirements not reflected in Gear or Skills above:

Wall of Death - Replaces Wall of Zombies

Skill Rune - Communing with Spirits

Summon a 15 yard radius spectral ring that deals 1400% weapon damage as Cold over 6 seconds, Chills all enemies who walk through by 60%, and reduces their damage done by 25%

Jeram's Bracers

Gear:

Wormwood - I am using this for the added locust swarm damage and it is very nice as an Ancient Legendary. I think there are many options here.

Hellfire Amulet - I am using the Fierce Loyalty passive which provides me 5 Zombie dogs

Belt of Trancendence - This with the fetish sycophants gives 15 fetishes at all times

Kanai's Cube:

Weapon - The Furnace: 50% Elite Damage

Armor - Mask of Jeram: 100% Pet Damage

Ring - Unity: Shared damage with follower

Gems:

Bane of the Powerful - Increased Damage through the rift

Bane of the trapped - Increased Damage through the rift

Toxin - Debating if the pet gem would be better here so I will be testing that soon.

Game Play:

So my thought here was to build a spec which would allow me to have hard hitting pets along with utilizing the Grin Reaper Helm for the 900% damage from all the mimics.

What I have seen is the mimics will cast 3 of the skills on your bar, Piranahs, Spider queen, and Acid cloud. Both Acid cloud and Piranahs receive the 900% bonus from 3 casts of wall of death along with crazy spawns of Spider queens.

When approaching packs my cast sequence is Piranahs, WOD x3, Acid cloud until out of mana. Then I just spam spider queen until my mimics spawn.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Movement Speed
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Area Damage
Gold Find

Build Guide

My take on the Helltooth Build with a pet Army and mimics. Still a work in progress. Will add the youtube video shortly.

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