now that Gemling's integrated efficiency applies to minions I think it might legit be the best minion ascendancy. up to 100% crit chance or 30% skill speed depending on what supports you have socketed, +2 skill level which is like 20%+ more damage for every skill, and +14% Quality which for specters is straight up +14% more damage.

my individual storm mages are doing almost 100k dps and their main job is shocking enemies with 40% increased damage taken and mapping clear, not single target damage. for single target powered zealots can melt t3 bosses in a few seconds with shotgunning sparks