>>530778262
You need entire team to be based around summons for them to work. Let's start with MC:
>I tried Brownfurr, Cruomancer and Diviner
Brownfurr can technically buff Summons the hardest but it turned out that you can't enlarge Skellies for +6 to STR from Size bonus. So in the end you only be buffing Communal Bull for +8 to str which results in extra +2 accuracy on attacks.
This is pathetic because:
>Cruomancer
Cruomancer is shit all around because, not only you lose feats and Diviner spec, you're also forced to be a Dhampir. It's not as bad as it sounds, it's just that: if you're playing a class that loses extra feats you'd want to go human to compensate. Cruomancer gets regular Raise Dead(not lesser) at level 5 so she's technically having an easiest time with ACT1 but its nothing since you have access to Haunting Mists which kills things in stealth. Wizards are having the easiest time with Unfair Act1 and Maze and the biggest problem until Mythic 1 are Undead because:
- You'll need Winter's Grasp(Ice Grease) Selective which means going Lore Master
I'll explain why, I believe, going Lore master is unoptimal later.
- You can spam your own undead skellies and they will, at some point, Crit through and kill the Winery Zombies.
Still. Cruomancer gets EXTRA +2 to Accuracy of summoned undead via Blood infusion(gives +4 STR to them) so technically speaking, its better than Arcanist because you're still getting LVL2 spells(Haunting Mist) for Maze - this is very important because it allows you to pick dips for you companions more greedily at the start.
>Diviner
As always its the most optimal variant because you get literally all you need and lose nothing for it.
- Foretell not only allows you to DC better but also can be "switched to positive gear" and land +2(YES DIVINER IS AS EXACTLY GOOD OF A SUMMONER AS CRUOMANCER AND BROWNFURR) to accuracy of your zombies.
- You retain your initiative bonuses
- You retain book progression(unlike Arcanist)
- You retain ALL feats