GG Nsummoner build

Hey all

Made an Iron Golem of Beast few days ago, today he couldn't be strong enough not to die together with me in Chaos Sanctuary... My day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable (no xd) rip

So i was questioning about next Iron Golem... Should it be Beast again or maybe Pride? Beast is surely nice cause of attack speed bonus, but Pride gives a ton of damage boost. Is there any summon experts? What runeword gives more dps (including summons + merc)

Speaking of merc, currently i'm running with Obedience, Andariel's Visage and Black Hades with some dtd ias jewels. I'm planning to upgrade it with Infinity which is BIS for summoner and also probably has best weapon damage. So, i'm wondering what is better: Fortitude + Andariel's Visage or Chains of Honor + Dream? I don't really know how Dream works with summons - do they deal additional light damage? If so, is it worth to try make 60+ lvl aura with Dream head merc, Dream head, Dream shield and Dream Iron Golem (losing ~+5 summon skills and potential Beast/Pride auras)? I know it's expensive but i really want to try it if it works of course (i think light dps with Infinity will be crazy). Another question: will my merc receive full light damage bonus or only additional? Should i try to change my Arm of Leoric to Beast (losing +5 summon skills)? I think that Dream will provide like crazy bonus but skeletons stats will drop a lot...

yeah, strange questions

I am running merc with Infinity (helps with Corpse Explosion), necro holds Beast and Iron Golem is made from Insight. I think its a really common and safe build. I think the most damage comes from Corpse Explosion, summons just help to get the first kill quickly and act as a meat shield.

Idk what you are up to but for farming the teleporting speed is also really important. As soon as you have >15 skellies I think you are good on +skills, I would add some gear that adds more FCR

Dream does not work on summons or allies.

louner wrote: 4 years ago

Dream does not work on summons or allies.

well, i believed xd

I actually don't have any problems with trash clearance, i just wanted to speed up boss timing (even tho diablo falls in ~3 seconds, just annoyed by Baal living for about 10)

n8mare wrote: 4 years ago

louner wrote: 4 years ago

Dream does not work on summons or allies.

well, i believed xd

I actually don't have any problems with trash clearance, i just wanted to speed up boss timing (even tho diablo falls in ~3 seconds, just annoyed by Baal living for about 10)

You might try giving your merc Infinity for crushing blow and you can make your golem from Immortal King's Stone Crusher for another 40% cb if you aim for bosses. It is cheap to switch golem from IK to Insight depending on what you want to target. This is why I personally don't like to make expensive Iron Golem - it takes away some of that flexibility

Also if you really want to pack some auras and DPS, you can try using Pride Iron Golem (although Pride freezes and shatters target - with Iron Golem it should not happen too often though), Beast in hand and Infinity on merc.

Also, if i have lets say +14 all skills and wearing Beast Axe will add me 23 lvl aura fanat, will my Iron Golem provide lvl 23 or lvl 9 aura? Read it in some ancient forums

Aura doesn't stack when you and your merc wear Dream.
You are limited at level 30 Holy Shock.

n8mare wrote: 4 years ago

Also, if i have lets say +14 all skills and wearing Beast Axe will add me 23 lvl aura fanat, will my Iron Golem provide lvl 23 or lvl 9 aura? Read it in some ancient forums

Fanat from Beast is not an OSkill so it is lvl9 without getting additional point from + skills.

Currently my setup is Infinity on might Merc, Insight IG. Infinity helps great and my experience with Pride wasn't what I expect. If you want to max summon effect Beast IG is the best but too pricey to casually lose. But the only way to go without decrease the skelly number.