Can Animate Guardian make use of gems slotted into its equipment? [NOPE]

[kalirion]

At the very least, do Trigger Gems slotted inside AG's equipment work? If they do, that brings up some interesting question:

1. AG's mana pool - what is it?
2. Do skills triggered by AG count towards your own limit? Totems, SRS, Golems, etc?
3. Do minions summoned by AG get buffs from your own Minion passives/equipment buffs, or from AG's equipment buffs only?

If trigger gems work, this could finally be a great reason to spend 8 chaos on that "AG drops equipment on death" armor mod.

Edit: Just tested it out - AG refuses to equip items with gems slotted in them. How utterly disappointing :(

[A New Player]

Animate guardian is mostly there just to act as a mini-buffer. Leer cast, Dying breath, etc.

They really missed a chance to have animated guardians with different AI.(Mage/tank/ranger etc)

[DSideDaemons]

If the Animated Guardian could use skills, its damage would have to be scaled way down. It would almost effectively be as if another player were partying with you.

[kalirion]

Originally posted by DSideDaemons:

If the Animated Guardian could use skills, its damage would have to be scaled way down. It would almost effectively be as if another player were partying with you.

Well, AG doesn't have any passive skills of its own, it would only be whatever Minion buffs you give it along with what the equipment gives it. I'd like for it to at least be able to use the "Cast On XXX" triggers.