New Spirit Gem Ideas: Carrion Crows & Blood Ravens

I hope GGG explores bird-themed Spirit Gems in PoE2 to provide utility and support for Bleed archetype. As Crows and Ravens are both members of the Corvid family, I’m suggesting two Corvid Companion ideas below that lean into that bird fantasy aesthetic:

Flock of Carrion Crows
Dexterity Spirit Gem (Utility)
Companion, Persistent, Buff
Reservation: 60 Spirit

Activate to summon flock of 5 untargetable Carrion Crows. They orbit player in a non-aggressive formation. When a nearby enemy dies, a Crow consumes the corpse for 6 seconds. Each feasting Crow grants you 2% Life Regeneration and 1% Mana Regeneration per second.

Flock of Blood Ravens
Strength Spirit Gem (Bleed)
Companion, Persistent, Bleed, Physical
Reservation: 60 Spirit

Activate to summon flock of 3 untargetable Blood Ravens. They orbit player doing dive attacks, dealing Physical Damage with 50% chance to inflict Bleeding. If enemy is already Bleeding, the Ravens’ attacks apply Blood-Scent (stacks up to 3 times). You gain 5% increased Physical Damage per stack of Blood-Scent.

Very cool ideas. I think there's a lot of potential for interesting Spirit gems.

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SplashKing#6352 wrote:

Very cool ideas. I think there's a lot of potential for interesting Spirit gems.

Thanks. Would really enjoy seeing birds make an appearance, as Ravens were fun in D2.

+1. I always liked the idea for fighting pets implementations. I hate minions and Companions as it was served to game.

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Irin77#4248 wrote:

+1. I always liked the idea for fighting pets implementations. I hate minions and Companions as it was served to game.

Companions (mostly Tamed Beasts) just suck in general. They deal mostly no damage and not even relevant outside of campaign.

btw good idea for new spirit gems. +1