What's a good Summoner type character?

[kalirion]

I usually play melee or archer characters in ARPGs, but now wanna try something differnet like a Summoner.

What's a good character to start with for that in PoE?

I played this game a couple years ago, but only with one character. Did unlock Scion though, so I assume she's still available even for Leagues if it makes any difference.

[Old Cat 🐱]

They added Ascendancy classes which are unique for every character and provide access to additional small skills tree. And only the witch has necromancer class (great for undead summons) and elementalist class (great for golem summons).

[kalirion]

So, witch it is then. Any advice on whether to go for Necromancer or Elementalist class?

[Old Cat 🐱]

A good golems summoner is much more expensive than necromancer.

[kalirion]

Ok, I'll try to go for necromancy then, thanks!

[Captain Pentium]

Originally posted by kalirion:

Ok, I'll try to go for necromancy then, thanks!

I've played Baron SRS 1000+ strength build and it got me through all difficulties and most of the maps with ease with the exception of the final boss, Malachai during the Legacy League. From the changes, it doesn't look much different (haven't been able to try it out yet.)

[Smutol]

Malachai was not a final boss in legacy. He wasnt even the 2nd final. We could say that he was at the end of storyline but definately NOT final boss.

As for the OP question. Go for witch for sure.

[Captain Pentium]

Originally posted by Smutol:

We could say that he was at the end of storyline

Whoops, yeah that's what I meant.

[Tenzek]

Might try a templar totem build, too. They aren't considered summoners in PoE, but they are summoners of a sort in general gaming terms. If you're just looking for a totally different play style, these builds tend to be newbie friendly by being intuitive and cheap to play.

Depending on how you build, you could summon up to 4 totems at a time with passive skills, plus one more with cheap gear or 2 more with expensive gear.

[kalirion]

Thanks, I already started a Witch, been looking at https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1766493 as a guide. Totems seem useful for summoning additional minions though, been using one with Raging Spirit.

However I assume "+totem damage" abilities don't impact the minions summoned by the totems, right? And there's no way to summon a totem that summons more than 1 type of minions, I assume?

[Drake]

You got it right.