Acolyte Necromancer: +Minion Damage/Health or +Intelligence

[D.A.R.K.]

Which one is better? How much damage and health minions get from intelligence? What's the rate?

[tiamats4esgares]

Press alt on minion skills and it tells you. Minions get 4% damage and health from each point of INT. So 8 INT is 32% damage and 32% health. However, it's likely multiplicative instead of additive so INT would be a little better. INT also gives you ward retention, if you have any ward at all in your build, it can add up to a lot of extra tankiness. And I think it migt also give mana and/or mana regen.

If you need only straight damage or health, then that's better, but INT is a very good diverse stat to give.

[kknd]

As mentioned above, Int covers both and provides other benefits (there are also skill nodes that care about int values to consider.) but you can do the calculations yourself now that you have the ratios.

For what it's worth, I'd go with Int if the value is relatively close, if only to keep from having a horde that won't die but can't kill anything quickly or a 'wall' of glass cannons. Ideally everything that can would have Int as a prefix, with a mix of minion damage and minion health (unless your going full DoT minion setup) to suit your taste.