Okay, I know that lots of people have suggested summoner improvements, but I feel that not all of them have made summoner a completely viable class. That and Isn't the only reason why I wanted to make it but that is not the only reason why I made this thread, but I am a lazy butt so I'll keep it short and sharp. I hope you enjoy and P.S this is only my second suggestion so don't hate too hard
Note:now minions DO have critical strikes.
Earlygame staffs
First of we don't really have a weapon to start off with, so solved this with the falcon staff
it will be obtainable in wooden chests
Falcon staff
5 summon damage
10 mana
4% crit chance
Summons a falcon to damage your enemies
the falcon will fly around you and dive down toward enemies.
Archer staff
Crafting:
10 wood
100 wooden arrows
5 iron bars
Stats:
8 summon damage
4% crit chance
Summons an archer to fire arrows at enemies
Enchanted Gel
The slime staff was too rare, so I made it that you had to venture underground, but was still pretty obtainable
Slime staff
Crafted with:
10 wood
15 gel
3 fallen stars
10 glowing mushrooms
Stats stay the same
Enchanted gel mask
Crafted with:
15 gel
5 fallen stars
10 glowing mushrooms
Stats:
2 defence
+ 1 minion
Enchanted gel breastplate
Crafted with:
25 gel
7 fallen stars
15 glowing mushrooms
Stats:
3 defence
+ 1 minion
Enchanted gel pants
Crafting:
20 gel
6 fallen stars
15 glowing mushrooms
Stats:
2 defence
Set bonus: enemies take a small amount of knock back when you are hit (you still take knock back too)
all things crafted with a solidifier
Desert Biome
Antlion staff
Summons an immobile antlion to spit sand at you enemies. Note: it does not produce sand blocks from projectiles
Crafting:
10 sturdy fossils
7 antlion mandibles
25 hardened sand
Stats:
18 damage
Max 1.7 projectiles per second
4% crit chance
Cannot be summoned on platforms
Scorpion staff
Minions behave the same way as the spider staff
Crafting:
10 sturdy fossils
7 antlion mandibles
Stats: 18 damage
4% crit chance
Antlion shell
Obtainable as a 5% drop from antlion Chargers and antlions
Stats:
Accessory
Increases the knockback of summons
Material
Dungeon Biome
Bone staff
Found in dungeon chests
Stats:
19 damage
4% crit chance
Summons an angry skeleton to fight for you
Water wizard staff
Dropped by dark caster with a 5% chance
Stats:
15 summon damage
4% crit chance
Summons a dark caster to shoot water orbs at enemies
Water orbs fire at 3 times per second and pierce
The Evil Biomes
Crimson:
Creeper staff
Crafting:
12 crimtane bars
18 tissue samples
Summons a creeper to fight for you
Same kind of movement as the actual creepers eg. swarming you and rushing any enemies they see
Stats: 15 damage
4% crit chance
Corruption:
Devourer staff
Crafting:
12 demonite bars
18 shadow scales
It behaves exactly like normal devourers and each time you summon a new minion it grows and does more damage.
Stats:
16- 28 damage (depending on minion count, each time you summon a new one it does 2 more damage) after the max damage has been reached, further summons improve length and speed but not damage.
Ice Biome
First off I decided to make this a mostly summon biome in prehardmode. Rangers have dungeon, Magic has jungle and meteorite, melee has hell and Crimson/Corruption
And throwing has desert, so summoner will get ice.
Ice crystals will spawn in the biome like crystal shards, and will not emit light. They will only be mineable with nightmare/crimtane pick or greater, and the block underneath is unmineable unless the ice shard has been destroyed
Polar armour:
Polar helmet
Crafting:
15 ice shards
Stats:
4 defence
+ 5% summoner crit chance
Polar breastplate
Crafting:
20 ice shards
Stats:
6 defence
+ 1 minion
+ 6% summon damage
Polar greaves
Crafting:
18 ice shards
Stats:
5 defence
+ 1 minion
+ 5% minion knockback
Set bonus: minions inflict chilled to enemies for 5 seconds
Snowman staff
Summons an immobile snowman to throw snowballs at enemies
Crafting:
14 ice shards
Stats:
25 damage
4% crit chance
Max 3 snowballs thrown per second
Ice golem staff
Summons ane ice golem to fight for you
Crafting:
14 ice crystals
Stats:
23 damage
4% crit chance
Throws ice boulders that damage enemies and behaves like a normal boulder (if enemies are far away)
If enemies are closer it does contact damage
Snow charm
Crafting:
10 icy shards
Stats:
Accessory
Minions inflict hypothermia (new debuff) which does 5 damage per second and slightly reduces movement speed.
Icy bone
Dropped from undead vikings at a 5% chance
Stats: increases minion movement speed and decreases summon staff mana cost
Polar bear staff
Found in ice chests
Stats:
10 damage
4% crit chance
Does contact damage
These items didn't fit into any category really so they ended up here
Hive staff
Crafting:
14 bee wax
Stats: 18 summon damage
4% crit
Summons an immobile bee hive to shoots bees at your enemies
Bees fuction like normal bees
Icy shell
Crafting:
1 icy bone
1 antlion shell
@tinkerer's workshop
Stats:
Accessory
Improves minion knockback and movement speed
Poison fang
Found in jungle shrines
Stats:
Accessory
Minions inflict poisoned on enemies for 5 seconds
Poison charm
Crafting:
1 poison fang
1 snow gauntlet
@tinkerer's workshop
Stats:
Minions inflict poisoned and hypothermia
Anyway I really hope you enjoyed my suggestion and leave constructive feedback in the comments section if you thought it needed improving.
