MF Question

[Bauer]

I'm just making sure on this. My skeletons/merc still get my MF if i switch to MF gear right before he dies, right?

Also, do you wear your MF only on Baal/Meph etc or trash mobs too?

[Mad Mantis]

Yes, Skellies get the the MF even then.

[Spamisgood]

Until I started getting the end game pieces (ie pieces that give huge armor/abilities and huge MF%) I stuck with more survivability. The only thing I would swap out would be my gull/milabregas for my wand/whitstans after summoning. And then only when doing easy things like pits or pindle.

Now I have almost a perfect ladder fishy and most of his gear is either too good to consider swapping out for the MF counterpart (now that I have homunculus I don't even consider using milabregas) or the gear has tons of MF built into it, like Enigma.

This is one example of how I look at my gear (shields in particular) when deciding what to wear in regards to MFing(when I'm reasonably sure I won't die due to that decision)
Milabregas- has 20 %MF
Homonculous- Has +2 to skills
vs.
Milabregas -20%mf
Whitstans Guard - maxed block

While we are indeed a MF class, in the first instance the +2 to skills is going to allow you to kill much faster and thus get more chances at drops. The 20% mf simply does not make up for the speed you can clear the map.
In the second example, milabrega's vs whitstans, I would choose Milabregas because I don't plan on dying so the 20% mf will help me more than extra protection.

Edit: Also, as a minion necro, your best bet is just fighting trash mobs, but the trash mobs found in level 85+ areas like the pit. You really shouldn't be farming baal or diablo until you have alot of +skill items (like +15 or more). The fight time is not worth it considering the bosses in the level 85 areas can drop evertyhing that baal and diablo drop.

[lumpor]

Mf on the character benefits the character and his minions. Mf on the merc benefits only the merc.
I don't like homu on a summoner. Only +2 to summoning.

[Spamisgood]

What would be better for a summoner then? What else has max block and gives +2 skills for a meager 58 str? (Not to mention all the other tasty things hom gives)

Im curious, because I want the best fishy I can get lol.

[lumpor]

Max block isn't necessary for a summoner imo. A bugged shield ith +5 summon grants you another skelly and another mage. Homunculus is still a good option iff you don't have enough free time though