DIABLO 2! SUMMON MAGE NECRO???

andrewt9204: Mages definitely need either: 2x the current damage scaling. Or additional skills as they level for a support summon like static field, glacial spike, and maybe like a mini molten boulder that can knock back.
And your FCR or IAS should also apply to mages/skele, but at a reduced level like 25% or something.
MikeyStreet314: Haven’t had this much fun watching since punch barb. Extremely fun D2R content !!
abunja: Skeletal Mages needs more skills than their basic magic attacks (elemental bolts and poison), as well as the element of the mages being not completely random when summoned. I think the devs can balance it with adding 'tiered' skill (like how Act III mercenary works) with additional skill levels. Maybe they should try tweaking on increasing the summon skill damage per level, additional summons per certain level, and tier breakpoint levels. 3 Tiers, 1 will be the basic bolts and poison skills, 2 will be AOE projectile skills (Fire Ball, Glacial Spike, Lightning, "Poison Explosion") with increasing CTC per level (replacing all Tier 1 at a certain level), and 3 will be their ultimate ability with increasing CTC per level (Meteor, Blizzard, Thunderstorm, Poison Nova). The element of summoned mages can be determined by the corpse of different monster types. Example would be Demons = Fire Mage, Animals = Lightning Mage, Skeleton type Undead = Cold Mage, and Poison type Undead = Poison Mage. It can also depend on the monsters' highest resistance (chosen at random if they're tied) but it can be too tricky since it's hard to determine in-game without prior knowledge.
abunja: I'd also like to include the passive skills (Skeletal Mastery and Summon Resist) should also have synergies rather than the amount the passive skill provides. Skeletal Mastery could add more ?mage per level to skeletal summons and more %life per level to all summons with Summon Resist. The summon AI also needs to be checked as they're not attacking that much when they feel like it. Probably a legacy limit to not crash the game like in Starcraft Brood War when Valkyries fail to fire because of sprite limit.
kristianminkov9631: I think this run will work even better without the skeleton mages getting in the way :D
SGT_IcemanMan: Ive never tried a full power summon mage, im guessing you want infinity and lower res.
oldtimebear1944: i want to kiss mr llama