summon flame golem

hello. i am playing a summoner in warbands league.
does summon flame golem not boost the damage of my minions? some guy in game said it only boosts the damage of the player.

He's right.

my god... have been using flame golem for 89 levels now.. what a waste of a gem slot.

i wish this information could be in the game somewhere.. really not fun to find out stuff like this after 89 charachter levels.. and a 17/20 flame golem gem that could have been chaos golem..

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kompaniet wrote:

my god... have been using flame golem for 89 levels now.. what a waste of a gem slot.

i wish this information could be in the game somewhere.. really not fun to find out stuff like this after 89 charachter levels.. and a 17/20 flame golem gem that could have been chaos golem..

"Summons a Flame Golem that grants you increased Damage while active. The Flame Golem can use a fire spray, a wave of fire damage, and an explosive arcing projectile."

You, not your allies.

something good came out of this though. now i have enough gem slots for my curse on hit setup i have been contemplating for 2 weeks.

chaos golem would be the replacement for my flame golem but 4% physical dmg reduction at lvl 20 is not worth a gem slot imo. that's the same as 1 endurance charge. might as well use enduring cry instead and get 12% damage reduction from 3 charges. i think that skill is vastly underpowered.

do you guys know if the 20% quality of flame golem works for my spectres and zombies too?
20% increased Minion Maximum Life
20% increased Minion Damage

it sounds as it would work for all minions.

can always use the flame golem on my marauder if that also isn't buffing my minions.

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kompaniet wrote:

do you guys know if the 20% quality of flame golem works for my spectres and zombies too?

No, such bonuses are global only if the skill is a buff, see heralds.

Golems are supposed to be usable summons for non-summoner characters. Chaos Golem is supposed to be the tank of ranged users, be it spells/bow/wand. If you are a dedicated summoner then you are better using other things over any golem.

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Adser wrote:

Golems are supposed to be usable summons for non-summoner characters. Chaos Golem is supposed to be the tank of ranged users, be it spells/bow/wand. If you are a dedicated summoner then you are better using other things over any golem.

can only agree but when i started my summoner in warbands the flame golem looked nice. i thought it would buff the damage of all my minions.

thanks for the answers everyone.