The 3 Levels of Summon Necro Gear, Garbage to Godly Diablo 2 Resurrected

ArekZaCh: I would consider Beast Axe for fanaticism.
Thegardenlizard: Loved this new 3 tier video concept! It was well done like the way i eat my steaks
MrKingdeuce: I generally love all the content you post, but I truly appreciate the multiple tiers/gear levels. This helps us all get those ideas for improvements with the gear we've got when progressing through our playthroughs. Single player only, like me, especially appreciates it!
hichamguessous3483: Beast as weapon bro!
SNTrepie: Before I get a few spare Insights in the stash to make Iron Golems with I like using a maxed Clay Golem Decrepify. Act bosses can't kill your minions if they can't move.

Also you can get an Arm of King Leoric and Humonculus for a few PGems on Ladder and it will be your first major power spike at the beginning of a season.
Paul-zd2ql: does iron golem ever die in combat? im always worried about wasting anything good on him because of these goddamned heralds with thorns, etc. i think the design is fun but he feels risky so i never use him
kenluk6840: summon necro is super chill, i just open chests and kicking boxes while watching a movie. on mine i run wisp projector for HotW and cure helm for emilio, beast myself for max auras
antoqc: I also like to find some Udars to revive as theirs crushing blow ( 25% chances each hits ) melt bosses health bar like Diablo and Baal
sheaker5634: I would love to see a 2-rune RW to fit into necroheads, chasing those crazy white heads for optimal skills would be neat.
Gripmaster3000: I remember when necro summoner sucked. It must have gotten a huge buff. But as always no matter what youre playing the online experience needs buffing as well. Online games --ALL of them, need to ability to scale player count to 3 at a minimum
jamesking9807: I've been making Necros since the original D2, and I always put one point into Dim Vision. With skills, it's quite possibly one of the most underrated skills in the game. You know all of those annoying ranged enemies in Hell difficulty, especially in A5? Dim Vision pretty much takes them completely out of the game, for the cost of one skill point.
jfivecoat: I use bone break and fire sunder, with infinity on the merc, he slays everyone.
vv2955: Just a bit peeved that all of the new items like renewed sunders and protectors stone jewel do absolutely nothing for summon necro. No new uniques or runewords since the d2r launch too. No bug fixes either. I hope summon necro gets some love like all of the other classes/builds did.
trasua36: Necro is still pretty mid these days, though slow and steady
jeffreybarker357: Glad to see my favorite build still getting new videos!
DrunkDudley: I recently learned that the protectors stone - to enemy physical res dont acctually apply for your summons, only for your own attack witch would be Corps Exploaion then
eriksalusoo: Uncle Phil really treating me with a summoner necro video right on the day I finish A5 hell.. Thank You good sir!
jacobash9706: You’re the d2 goat keep the videos coming
z-tune: Love the content Phil! Please keep it up.
1MarvinHagler: my first character was a summon necro that also thought he could be melee cause I didn't know any better
Foryal: Beast instead of HotO is even better dmg wise :)
LuisFCV97: Love you Phil
akamadmaxx: We see your muscle shirt order came in… do the muscles come next week?
logic314: Not a word about Obedience, the budget infinity, for budget build?!? Also one point into attract will keep all your revives alive through the toughest bosspacks early on. Super nice in cows also, will make them group together for CE.
Just skip boosting the army, you only need a strong merc for the first corpse and CE. 8pl Baal will need decrepify to prevent him teleporting, obedience merc will cut him down.
JosephMagicFlower: for budget version obedience is better than hustle on merc, and for medium version how can a fortitude be more budget than a bramble for expensive version? for ultra version you can solve mana problems with silkweave, you don't really need marrowalk. Your summons don't relly kill first enemy, they are just a meat shield. You can achieve 75fcr without spirit shield, boneflame ( 3 all skills and frw) or homunculus ( 2 all skills, 2 curses, huge all res, mana regen, mana per kill) are better choices. Best one is probably a 3-3-3 dark spawn force with um.
gregw1342: o-PAL-vee-in lol
caligula_6628: Thanks, Phil; that was really helpful. Things are finally moving in the right direction now. Best regards from Heidelberg, Germany