Building for summoning...

[Cerebrophage]

Is garbage.
To be clear, there's only (1) deity that offers summoning ability (that isn't legendary) and that's mort. This leaves the player unwilling to risk going for a summon build when the odds of getting consistent options to summon very slim. This can lead to an abandoned/unviable mechanic.

[Zeel Ara]

You could not possibly be any more wrong.

[sultanov]

moar dragons from equip and you are set

time for summon dmg buff
lightning for spell speed ( that also affect summon cast speed )
mort more small summons and dmg
winter utility and moar dragons
summer moar dragons

enjoy life while your army of dragons whipe the floor

[Zoid13]

6 alterations = guaranteed Mort as your first god every single game.
or you can RNG your first 2 gods and when a 3rd god is offered use alterations to guarantee mort (this way you only need 4 Alts)
this is doable with 2 pieces of gear.

as above "You could not possibly be any more wrong"
and
Time has the summoner damage increase skill 8-16% increase per 60second trigger (novice to master) I've had this stacking increase triggering as low as every 14 seconds.....
Time can also give you summons via Alteration ritual

Leigong has Brevity this drastically decreases the time intervals between Times summoner buff increasing damage. 45%-90% time reduction (novice to master)

"spell speed" from shrines decreases cooldowns meaning faster The Summoner triggers

and lastly IMO Skadi with The Sign of The Beast makes a better Summoner than Merris with The Sign of The Summoner
the ravens 8x scaling from + summon damage outshines Merris slow and capped + summon damage increase

not that it really matters either way as both setups will delete everything anyway

[DVerde]

Originally posted by Zoid13:

Leigong has Brevity this drastically decreases the time intervals between Times summoner buff increasing damage. 45%-90% time reduction (novice to master)

"spell speed" from shrines decreases cooldowns meaning faster The Summoner triggers

This sounds like an unintended mechanic. O_o

[Kaede]

Summoner is EXTREMELY strong with the right items. Skadi gets a free birb too!