Strongest Summoner Build?

[CircaG]

Anyone know what the strongest summoner build is currently (either offensively, defensively, clear speed, boss kill, etc.)?

Necro, barb, pally? Not sure if there are any other classes that have summons.

[aerial]

I think necro.
Pally has very good leveling spec, but endgame clear speed of scourgedin seems to be lower than pure summoner necro.
Barb is great, but it relies more on merc rather than minions.

[monobito]

druid, acid fiends are the best of all

[ChuckNoRis]

Not sure if there are any other classes that have summons.

the sorceress also has access to more than 4 types of strong summons (ice elementals , blade spirits , familiars , acid fiends via crafted armors + others that you can find via other items: Lamia , Avalanche , Glowing Fungus , Sinner etc) . their damage can be heavy boosted via timerless Firedance . i believe it comes second after the necro . the veil king + iron golem alone can tank in almost any spot , without even counting the other summons available into the equation and that's hard to beat for the moment . the barbarian is also there in the top 3 imo

[CircaG]

I think necro.
Pally has very good leveling spec, but endgame clear speed of scourgedin seems to be lower than pure summoner necro.
Barb is great, but it relies more on merc rather than minions.

Thanks! I'll try necro out

[nobrainnopain]

druid, acid fiends are the best of all

can you tell me more?

first of all skilling ... and maybe more

[vjru5zl0v3]

^: he is just trolling, acid fiends got stupid AI, maybe helpful at normal, slower at nightmare and useless at hell

[Ywinel]

druid, acid fiends are the best of all

Don't forgetabout elvensong, these guys are actually op As I remember, their not-working on bosses charm was stunlocking Jitan

[Crash]

You can scale them fairly well now that they inherit poison spell caster attributes from your gear/char, but they don't use poison flash often enough and it's only a lvl 30 flash on Hell, compared to something like lvl 80-90 average if you're building for it.

[tranvanhieu]

You can scale them fairly well now that they inherit poison spell caster attributes from your gear/char, but they don't use poison flash often enough and it's only a lvl 30 flash on Hell, compared to something like lvl 80-90 average if you're building for it.

I am wondering if they benefit from all the attributes of the main Poison Flash skill (like increased duration and make attacker flee)?