veil king is nice, but I just love how demon blood aura boosts the whole party hp and the ways damage on the familiars :D I got lucky and found a 3sk lightning arena amulet in tcows, probably gonna make Kra gloves ( minion res and bloodlust ) and Cham boots ( mainly for the tcd ) I was having surviv...
I'm trying out summonsin with Sha claw, Ix shield and laz set cap+belt+armor, I've got vindicate from a priestess merc for the regen and it seems to be keeping the summons alive nicely, gonna see how it works out in destruction
barb merc AI rushes mobs so he needs to also have some melee skill, warband was removed in 1.3 and gotw fits the shaman better, also it wouldn't make much sense for shaman to have guard tower AND fortress