Help with summoner

[Induhvidual_1]

currently i have
maxed
skele mastery
skeles
1 in revives
1 in mages
1 clay golem
1 iron golem
1 summon resist
1 amp
1 golem mastery

Should I get a golem? If so, which one, iron or fire (which is better).

...I'm leaning toward Iron because of thorns aura.

I also have a might merc. (is this the rite merc?)

What else should I max???

Oh yeah btw, Im planning to bring this guy up to 85 and up. (but at least 85)

Thanks in advance.
PS: Any other good summoner builds besides the necro?

 

[tigerkiller]

max mages.. trust me u will be glad u did.. they do awesome elemental dmg.. that is just my opinion though.. i used a golem.. but i chose ure good old clay golem.. just cause it slows things down... but ne golem u choose will be a good choice.. but u have to ask your self.. would u rather waste those skills on a golem.. or put it in to like psn nova or somethin.. so u can do somethin as well

 

[Stryder]

You mostly got everything right, but max mage too, 1 pt in golem of ur choice will do.

Skelly-20
Mage-20
Skelly Mastery-20
Revive/golem/summon resist/amp-1, items will boost it up a lot.

You would b complete at lik lvl 70, the other pts, if u want to att, then get bs+using marrow bug.

 

[Induhvidual_1]

still the bs dmg even with marrowbug doesn't seem significant enough. in the 1.09 days, people opted for corpse explosion, 10 pts in here? its a good support spell, so i've heaerd.

The only other seemingly useful skills in the bone/posion tree seems to be the armors. but since i'm not putting any into dex, i would already have alot of vit.

golem mastery doesn't have diminishing returns... is it good?

Thanks again. heh, once i read this, i went and immediately maxed mages!

 

[Ryski The Summoner]

(Only read 1st post)

IRON GOLEM!!! Reason is, with summon resist the fire golem will lost its fire leach ability, the iron golem doesn't... it just purely benefits...

 

[Oath]

max corpse explosion. very good

 

[The_Immortal_King]

clay golem is much better then any of the 3. but summoners really suck.

 

[Ryski The Summoner]

Originally posted by The_Immortal_King
clay golem is much better then any of the 3. but summoners really suck.

ture for HELL mode, try getting a summoner to summon a mob on hell... IMPOSSIBLE!!! (For a skele summoner)

Thats why i deleted Ryski the Summoner and... gave his stuff to my bro... don't bother with a necro summoner... UNLESS you know how to use the curse Confuse very good... its the only way to survice on hell... trust me... (I missed it out...)

As for normal and nightmare... brill class..

Originally posted by Induhvidual_1

PS: Any other good summoner builds besides the necro?

I take it you mean the druid??

Follow this link... --> http://diabloii.calcon.net/druid_summoner.doc

 

[caliburnus]

summoner necros for the first part should never enter fight in hell because their minions will drop like flies after getting hit with bug spray. but if youre gonna make one put points into these skills
20 skeleton mastery
20 skeletons
20 skeletal mages
20 revive
1 or more points to summon resist
1 for golem of choice
1 or more points into attract that way if your minions get surrounded you can focus the attention of the monsters to something else and save your minions asses

 

[Ryski The Summoner]

Originally posted by caliburnus

1 or more points into attract that way if your minions get surrounded you can focus the attention of the monsters to something else and save your minions asses

Or confuse...

Originally posted by someone, forgot who...


Summoners are ace... ONLY WITH CONFUSE on their skill list

 

[antman]

My summoner does great in Hell

Ryski,

I am not sure what level your summoner was or what your equipment was but my summoner is doing fine in Hell at level 74.

I haven't even used up all my stat points or skills. I have 23 skill points left and 174 Stat points left.

I Have max skeleton Mastery and Skeletons, About 10 in Mage and only one in revive. Then one in each of the curses. 1 in clay golem and golem mastery.

I am using Leoric wand. A rare necro head shield with + 2 SKills and 3 to decrepify and other mods. Nothing great.

I have waterwalk boots. Bloodfist gloves, A +1 necro ammy, a 18DR string of ears, a rare ring, and a Bul-Kathos, and a Harley Crest Shako.

Not the greatest equipment but OK. I want to get a Homunculus.


I can do pit runs solo, as well as Meph runs.


I just use amp or lower resists to help my minions and I don't even get touched.

Also, an ACT2 Might merc helps out alot. Mine is only level 64 and he is surviving pretty good with all my minions.

 

[Ryski The Summoner]

hmmm... i had a circlet with 3+ to all summoning skills. the Pus Spitter bow which is +2 to all necro skills, and the rest was pretty noobish, but i maxed out the 3 skele skills and the revive with 10 in summon resist... level 69, they don't stand a chance in hell...

My major downfall was, peeps sometimes use decrepify (to slow mobs) and some use the confuse (To make mobs kill each other) i had neither of em, so maybe you where just because you had the curses... anyways, i delelted him now...

 

[Althrain]

Im fairing well with my necro whos working on both summoning and curses but i fear durial when i have to fight him and im nearing the arcane sancuary. im using an ax right now and will get a screan shot of my stats for those wishing to see them. any help on this .. dreaded kill fest with the act 2 boss