Yup. Only using the sword for the extra damage and master buffs primarily and dont use AoTD at all.
Even with 12 ranks for all Masteries from Sanguivor, when you already have 16 ranks (3 base, 6 from Mendeln, 7 from gloves), this is only a 560% [ x ] vs 320% [ x ] damage multiplier on mages, which are the main damage with the best builds. 560% is a 6.6 damage multi, 320% is a 4.2 damage multi.
6.6 / 4.2 = 1.57.
That’s only 57% [ x ] damage bonus on a 2-handed weapon.
Using the new reanimation value gives you 120 % [ x ], which is a 2.2 damage multi.
2.2 / 1.57 = 1.40, so Reanimation on a 2-hander is 40 % better.
And you can do your tripple crit Masterworking on Mages cast twice und get another good damage boost.
By the way, you can get 400 % additive bonus to crit damage on a 2-hander as well (affix + tempering), the 400 % summon damage was needed to get to a normal additive damage level.
Unyielding Commander’s multiplicative summon damage bonus needs to be inherit on AotD to make AotD to be a real minion skill.
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Which is why it wont be a main thing going forward to me but i wanted to see how it would handle. Its not the best but it certainly isnt the worst. Now if that could be one handed so i could put an offhand, things would look interesting.
Welcome to Blizzard dont give a crap. they dont care about minion builds. they just f-you. ther is so much wrong with the minions, crapy AI extrem bad dps. if you wane do dps you need to use other spell and use minion as a cosmetic thing.
Actually Minions are in the top 4 necro builds, pushing Pit 100. I know ARPG players sentiment is, if it is not broken OP than it is dead. But that is just not true, keep realistic expectaitons.
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A hybrid minion build…golem builds are at 82 max currently.
There is no hybrid build. There is one optimal way to make the build, focuseing on mage damage. Golem saced, that is true.
I initially thought the same, but I recently changed my weapon temper to +ranks Titan’s Fall. Getting tempers to either Finality or Titan’s Fall is superior to Mages casting twice as it can apply to Mendeln damage as well.
Hybrid Minion builds have passed Pit 90 now.
There are hybrid builds.
However I was stating a Golem build has only reached 82.
What is a hybrid minion build? 
Anything other than pure top build obviously or some semblance of blend.