Woestave as summoner merc weapon?

[MikeFord]

Looked nice when I picked it up, popped it on merc mid game and did very well.

Then

Started a new game and 10 minutes later, still no corpse to make skels with, 100% of what merc hits shatters frozen. Once the mudball and I cornered something and killed it ourselves I had a first skel and army was soon growing on its own, but I am sure not going to keep that up.

[Evrae Altana]

The freeze target mod can be a problem for summoners. If you don't like the fact that your merc shatters corpses, why not just ditch the Woestave? Replace it with a Hone Sundan, Kelpie Snare, etc. Besides, it's not like the low damage of Woestave is going to do much outside of normal difficulty.

[MikeFord]

I use what I got, I haven't found a etheral thresher yet.

Doing some NM cows for now, and as long as the first one through the portal makes some corpses, all is well. I will happily change when something better comes my way though, and posted as I found it amusing.