TTraw wrote:Edit; For early game isn't akarat robe better than the visage? +1 to skills for free.
CircaG wrote:Anything would be better than Fauztin's until you go full bats.
Most definitely, but just in case i'm going to assume TTraw meant "when starting out as bats" by "early game". I would still pick up Fauztin for sure, UNLESS you have at least 3 honorific items with each 40% minion life, in other words 100/120%+ minion life.
Because early on you're likely to have bat strike only level 20 is or so, have little + skills so their base life isnt very high. If on top of that you have little +%minion life, they WILL DIE. All the avoid in the world isnt that good if they can get one or two-shot, in orther words ! ^^
Now don't get scared : compared to other minion builds, it's totally okay for them to die fast or not be super tanky, because you resummon fast, all at once, and doesnt consume your mana (like with other summonners), but if they die way too fast, it would still be a problem of course
Also at that point you're likely using a lot of +str and +dex in stats and don't have a lot of VIT yet, so the hp and defense from fauzt isnt bad either
PS : Endgame, they end up extremely tanky vs elemental/magic damage thanks to avoid+prismatic, and somewhat squishy to physical damage, so some bosses can kill them rather quickly, and you'll need +%minion life. Not that you need to stack 500% or so, but still at least 200-250%. Since we push up crazy amounts of +skill levels their base hp will climb as well and any +hp is worth a lot on them with the defensive passives they have (there arent many other minions with 65% avoid damage lol...), so it ends up quite okay in terms of tankyness (and damage is, of course, superb).