A few Summoner Questions:

[TheNinjaBoy]

Hey all! :xmas10:

I have a few questions about a new summoner that will work with my friends hammerdin and we want to solo baal all the time.

1) Is his concentration aura a good aura with my minions?
2)Does a Cta's bo work on my minions?
3)Does my mercs aura work with my minions?
4)If my merc has holy freeze and i kill a minion, will i not be able to summon out of that minion? i.e does it break into ice?

Thanks all =D

[Kyo]

Hey all! :xmas10:

I have a few questions about a new summoner that will work with my friends hammerdin and we want to solo baal all the time.

1) Is his concentration aura a good aura with my minions?
2)Does a Cta's bo work on my minions?
3)Does my mercs aura work with my minions?
4)If my merc has holy freeze and i kill a minion, will i not be able to summon out of that minion? i.e does it break into ice?

Thanks all =D

1. Yes - if their in radius
2. Yes
3. Yes - same as 1. Depending on the aura. You can also have Might and Concentration aura at the same time (with your friend).
4. Yes - Good chance they shatter if frozen when attacked particularly by melee, Either from yourself, friend, merc or minions.

[TheNinjaBoy]

Thanks alot, and for the fast reply

[Myrakh-2]

If at all possible, you'll want damage enhancing auras, such as Might (on your merc), Fanatism or Concentration (on the paladin) and blessed aim (on the paladin merc). That's just an example, though (I have no idea what kind of merc a hammerdin usually uses, as none of them hellp with the hammers).

There is absolutely no need for Holy Freeze, since monsters WILL actually stop (and not just slow down) when they engage your skeleton warriors or Gumby, and they certainly will not move when they are dead. In addition, you have three sources of slow already: Gumby, Decrepify and cold mages.

Resurrection problems are completely irrelevant for a Skelemancer, since you can blow up the corpses to prevent their resurrection.

[Kyo]

though (I have no idea what kind of merc a hammerdin usually uses, as none of them hellp with the hammers).

Concentration is normal aura most Hammerdin's use as it the only aura that can increase hammer damage. So he will get that from his friend plus he can have 2 auras of their choice from the mercs. So BA or Might could work very well. Fanatism won't be a choice unless he gets it from a item if his pal's going for a bog standard hammerdin.

[DennisBergkamp]

Yeah, you'll be able to get it from an act 1 rogue merc equipped with a faith bow though.... but this is rather expensive. Might as well just get a defiance merc, which'll give your skellies a lot more defence, and more importantly make your mercs a lot tougher. Or maybe prayer with an insight polearm (meditation gets synnergies from prayer, so you'll heal extra hitpoints for your skellies).

Still, I'd get a might (nightmare act 2 offensive) merc with your summoner, then get a defiance merc (normal act 2 defensive) with the hammerdin, equip the latter with a nice insight polearm... not only nice for casting hammers, but also casting chain Corpse Explosion :xmas30:

[WhiteViper]

Ya anything like BO or w/e that can give dmg or w/e from other people can do the same with your summons.