Which of the summon spells are useful?

[Neversoul]

It seems like the aggressiveness of summoned pets varies wildly. Making some more useful than others. Can anyone give me a quick review of which might be worth picking up? Thanks :)

[MDS_Geist]

It's really situational and based on your playstyle. If nothing else, it's an additional meatshield. Higher end ones like dense stone elementals and herzou savages can be very useful. Low-level ones are moderately useful at low levels.

[KingOfCheese]

I like 3 of them.

The hellhound makes a good scout and is OK as an attacker at low levels (as a scout--is useful at higher levels--will grab initial agro).

At high levels, I've only ever liked the dense stone elementals (somewhat survivable--and earth grab provides some crowd control) and Herzou (actually do some damage).

[ddoer]

for summoning, I think most ppl do not load as a spell but use with clickie (esp for dense stone) or scroll.


At high levels, I've only ever liked the dense stone elementals (somewhat survivable--and earth grab provides some crowd control) and Herzou (actually do some damage).

earth grab provides auto-crit-hit for melee attacks. It is also useful to us when running low on mana if you have dreamsplitter or high crit-hit melee weapons like heavy picks

[Samadhi]

The hellhound makes a good scout

My first fighter ever (long deleted) always kept her TR staff around to summon hellhounds. Even though her spot sucked, the hounds would tell me where mobs were :D