Been using Necro summoner since day 1 because I love the build. But its being outclasssed by all. Its like bliz is forcing us to use bone spear or another. I just dont want that… so, technically its useless on high tier nightmare dungeons even if you have full maxed out minion stats
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Thanks for the heads up.
I abandoned the game after BG3 came out.
Largely because summons are trash.
But also, you know, all the other reasons.
Stopped by to see if summons are still trash.
Sad to hear they are.
Good thing they nerfed them during beta right?
Cant have a necromancer thats actually good at running summons. Wouldnt be a blizzard game if summons werent a waste of time.
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Get the unique ring for minions….MUST have for skeletal warrior/mage summoner build.
If you still can’t do well in higher NMD, then it’s you. Start with adding more armor, DR, and health through buffing paragon nodes use if glyphs that buff Magic and rare nodes.
If anything the ring of mendeln keeps them alive longer. I see similar damage with and without the ring but they don’t die instantly. Maybe like a second after instant. Just that alone helps a ton.
But like, a mendeln build isnt a minion build. Its a mendeln build with minions.
You still want to run something like bonespear to proc the ring.
And the rings damage is based on your damage, not minion damage. So minions still arent doing damage for you.
Its trash-tier design to require a unique item to enable a core playstyle. But it doesnt even enable the playstyle.