Favorite summoner build?

[Hollow]

Summoner is my favorite archetype by far so I wanted to see how you guys run it. I'll start with mine. I've got one mostly focused on healing, tanking, and support. There are some areas like the relic and rings I could improve on, but I haven't gotten all the items I need yet. I at

Prime Class: Medic
Subclass: Summoner

Relic: Tranquil Heart

Amulet: Rusted Navigator's Pendant

Ring 1: Soul Link
Ring 2: Burden of The Divine
Ring 3: Dense Silicon Ring
Ring 4: Ring of The Robust

Armor: Leto

Weapons: Chicago Typewriter with rootlash and Double Barrel with space crabs. (Both these give you life steal from soul link.) Any melee weapon with steadfast.

Traits: Fortify, Regrowth, Triage, Vigor, Spirit, Expertise, Barkskin, Blood Bond, and Rugged. If in apocalypse coop with randos, then trade one for revivalist.

This build is nowhere near optimal or as game breaking as that one youtuber's summoner/medic build, but it's fun. Especially with the amount of life steal you have from your summons which goes right back to healing them and your team. I'd like to hear your iterations.

[zmanbuilder]

I have been playing with summoner gunslinger, with summoner as the main,

Tranquil heart with extra armor, health and recovery amount.

I use the navigators pendent, Soul guard, Ring of the robust, cataloger signet and burden of the divine.

I use the knotted set with the labyrinth arms.

As for my traits i use Expertise, 5 in spirit, vigor, triage, fortify, barkskin, rugged and 5 in recovery.

[Shao]

Iam playing Engi/Sum on HC veteran right now.
Only having both at 5 right now.

Iam using Fargazer on my Gun so far together with the Enigma for bigger groups.

I use Soul Link and Soul Guard as my Rings together with Leto Armor for sustain and damage reduction.

Right now iam thinking about using the Ravagers Mark.

Increases all damage dealt to BLEEDING targets by 20%. Bonus increases to 30% for targets with 50% or lower Health.

Which sounds like it should work for all my summons.

If so i maybe go with Merciless, but i think Twisting Wounds Mutator would be better so i have a free wepaon mod slot.

[Imnuktam]

I also love summoner and pair it with handler mostly, using handler as the main in case I ever need my dog to revive me with one of my hearts. That combo gives 3 summons to go with the soul guard ring that gives one stack of bullwark for each, and I use the healing version of handlers dog since its howl can keep summons healed up. Handler is also nice for the movement speed buff which is hard to go without after getting used to it.

I also use all leto armor with just one piece of widow legs and the dran memento ring that lowers weight by 5 and gives +20 stamina which brings me down to 74, just under the cutoff as to avoid the flop dodge. That set up gives 186 armor with 60 something damage resistance (after adding in barkskin and bulwark) and has so much constant lifesteal and regen that I never use a heart or need to heal myself. Not exaggerating there, literally never.

I use the scavengers bauble necklace that gives 50% more scrap (and auto picks up everything but ammo) since I can never get enough of it lol, but in boss fights I switch out to the full moon circlet that gives more lifesteal for ranged damage and a 20% damage bonus if you are full health. Would always use that if I got ahead in scrap and could.

Weapons I went with medic saw forever and chicago typewriter lately, which feels nearly identical and hot shot mod with bandit for the free ammo since I play with 2 buddies and like to offset how little long gun there is to go around. Mp60 submachine gun pairs nicely with it and I use song of eafir (aoe slow and damage reduction) which feels insanely OP when you use it with catalogers jewel (+8 mod power per sec) so you can pop it nearly every major encounter and the mutator that increases damage for time spent aiming down sights. Rarely melee but use the doe staff for its aoe to break things easier which also charges up its built in 10% heal for the summons.

Fun setup that honestly feels a bit too synergistic and easy compared to other combos I have tried, but is so reliable and fun I play it more than any others. The only time I really die is when I fall to my doom.

[Kappa]

I play medic summoner when I play with friends or help other players ( not interested in deal damage, but rather to offer my team mates the possibility to clear the game "themselves" just by keeping them alive, somehow).

Loving my AR-47 and enigma ( finally a little more balanced).

Flyers all day long and some extra healing effects.

Damage is irrelevant.

[Usikava]

Originally posted by Shao:

If so i maybe go with Merciless, but i think Twisting Wounds Mutator would be better so i have a free wepaon mod slot.

Twisting Wounds and Merciless does stack, I used it with HP\Resonance Heart build to constantly keep DoTs on the apoc final boss to negate a very low damage.

[Shao]

Originally posted by Usikava:

Originally posted by Shao:

If so i maybe go with Merciless, but i think Twisting Wounds Mutator would be better so i have a free wepaon mod slot.

Twisting Wounds and Merciless does stack, I used it with HP\Resonance Heart build to constantly keep DoTs on the apoc final boss to negate a very low damage.

Oh thats interesting.
More Bleed stacks sound like a good idea.
So it would also make sense to use the Bleed grenade for a third stack?

[Hollow]

Originally posted by Usikava:

Originally posted by Shao:

If so i maybe go with Merciless, but i think Twisting Wounds Mutator would be better so i have a free wepaon mod slot.

Twisting Wounds and Merciless does stack, I used it with HP\Resonance Heart build to constantly keep DoTs on the apoc final boss to negate a very low damage.

I've been sooo excited to level my twisting wounds to ten for its bonus, but I'm leveling bandit right now. Can't wait to join the merciless twisting wounds camp.