Minions

Ive been working on a necro-paladin and just managed to get all the minion passives in the skill tree that i wanted at lvl 54 yesturday. Im currently in act 2 of the final difficulty level and i have to say minion builds are rather viable in this game. Of course you sacrifice alot of personal power to do so. I dont even have 600 health at lvl 55. But now that im done grabbing minion passives im hoping to change that as i level further. Im looking forward to finishing up the game and then im hoping to join some groups to see how well i can support others in groups with my aura's and minion's. Aura buffs are really nice for minions as well. I can often stack 2-3 buffs at a time and still have enough mana to resummon any minions that die.

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Nailz wrote:

Ive been working on a necro-paladin and just managed to get all the minion passives in the skill tree that i wanted at lvl 54 yesturday. Im currently in act 2 of the final difficulty level and i have to say minion builds are rather viable in this game. Of course you sacrifice alot of personal power to do so. I dont even have 600 health at lvl 55. But now that im done grabbing minion passives im hoping to change that as i level further. Im looking forward to finishing up the game and then im hoping to join some groups to see how well i can support others in groups with my aura's and minion's. Aura buffs are really nice for minions as well. I can often stack 2-3 buffs at a time and still have enough mana to resummon any minions that die.

Looks like you got many Mana! Could i see your Build? Also here is my Elemental/Necromancer Build, also i think by me its time to invest something in Mana and Reduced Mana Cost, cause i use Clarity lvl 10 and Discipline lvl 4 thats like 335 Mana Reserved, but at this point i can Cast my Spells without a Break:) but later hmm who knows... Also i am lvl 45 and have 600+ HP and whit buffs 600+ ES.

The Most People i know have Problems whit Necromancers like us, cause our Minions are in the Way that should be Fixed, like they shouldn´t be able to hover over these, like Corpses, if someone want to, he should hold "A" (you see these Minions are Living CORPSES xD).

I'm playing a minion witch at level 45 right now and it is VERY viable. The only problem right now is that they are extremely stupid and wander off sometimes, but GGG already said they'll fix that.

There are Zombies, Skeletons and Spectres. Right now I have 8 zombies and like 14 skeletons, I rarely use spectres. With +life and +damage gems they deal good damage when attacking and exploding, but also need much mana, thats why I've chosen witch instead of templar, with much intelligence I can summon all my zombies until I have to use a flask, also with Chaos Innocultion I was able to replace all my health flasks for mana flasks. A great buff for you minions is if you activate auras and spec into leadership, because then the buff reaches the minions and they deal more damage.

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My Little Review of Minions

ME
I am in Merciless now and its ok for me there if my Army Protects me from Physical and Chaos attacks i am Fine i dont Fear Magical Attacks any more (73% Fire and the others 75%) and now i am Really Aura Greedy i now have enough Mana to use 3 Auras Discipline lvl 10, Clarity lvl 13 (300 Mana damn) and Anger lvl 6 and i can Re summon my Minions easily ok my Zombies are not Cheap they have a little delay but its ok for now (Cause of Minion Life, Minion Damage and Added Lightning Damage).

Specter
These Minions are at the Moment the Worst of the Worst they are nearly Useless they are weak and only good if i use them on Cursers or Range Chaos Foes (i like them very much^.^), but they need to be stronger or more useful cause now they make a Rare Mob to Weaker Normal Mob.

Skeletons
My Skeletons are Nice they are Cheap to Cast and one Cast Creates 4 Skeletons right now, for me its like throwing them on my Foes xD, whit my ES Aura they life a little longer now, but my Suggestion for them would be Random Skeletons like Skeleton Mage, Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton Archer etc. this would be Really Nice^.^ (is it possible to implement that???).

Zombies
My Zombies are Great i would Die without those Bloody Dudes, they are a little Stupid some times but if they are in Rage they will be Real Killer Machines the Funny part about them is they dont have any Armor like me (LOL!), but the Bad they dont have ANY PROTECTION at all i can see that! Cause they die in a few seconds if they Stand in Burning Ground (Skeletons Die Instantly..).

This post helped a lot ^^

fancy

This thread was necro'd pretty hard.

Kinda funny I started it.

On the subject of minions: Are there any Dex/Str minion skills planned? I know we have dominating blow, but it might be fun for a Ranger character to have access to a pet summon. Marauder... well, maybe. Not sure what kind of pet would suit a marauder well.

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anubite wrote:

This thread was necro'd pretty hard.

Kinda funny I started it.

On the subject of minions: Are there any Dex/Str minion skills planned? I know we have dominating blow, but it might be fun for a Ranger character to have access to a pet summon. Marauder... well, maybe. Not sure what kind of pet would suit a marauder well.

Ancestral spirits would suit a Marauder, for a ghostly warband. Mebbe not very durable, but hard-hitting on the charge. =^[.]^=

We have 3 Int-Gem Summons now, also for Balancing how about 3 different Minions each Gem? I am Thinking about something like this for:

Str-Gem Minions

Stone Golem (Need Corpse!)
He is Strong in Physical attack got much hp and Armor, but cant evade Attacks and has low Resistance to Magic Attacks.

Goblin Army
Those funny Creatures are´t strong but Always attacks as a Group like the Skeletons, but they will runaway after the Time ends, and hide somewhere. (If you Follow them, they will Attack you! If you kill them they Drop Nothing and you earn no Exp!).

Ancestral Spirit (Need Corpse!)
Summons your Grand Grandfather whit the Help of the Spirit of your Foes Corpse and the Link to your Soul, he has High Evade and Good Resistance to Magical Attacks but the Attack Strength and HP Depends 50% on your Foe and your Stats, the Highest of the 3 Stats will give him a different Form and Attack Style in example Int he use Magical Attacks and looks like an Old Long Bearded Priest whit a Long Staff, Str He Uses Physical Attacks and looks like an Old Marauder whit a 2Handed Sword, Dex He Uses Range Physical Attacks and looks like an Old Guy whit a Big Bow (could it be possible?).

Maybe now you got the Spark to think about the Different Attacks for the Ancestral Spirit in example what Skill he should use in the Different Forms.
And Maybe after we have Discussed those 3 Gems, it could be Implemented someday in the Future:-).