Summoning

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Lore

Long ago, the Druids confided in prayer their sacred charge to the supreme spirits of Nature. The spirits were moved by their plight and answered the Druids' call for help. Over the many years since then, the spirits have contributed in many ways to the Druids' cause, even offering up soldiers to serve in their campaign. A Druid educated in the language of the Natural spirits can appeal to them, and they will provide him with valuable companions. These companions fall into three groups: spirit animals, sentient vines, and minor spirits of Nature.

Summons

Spirits

Only one spirit can be summoned at a time by a Druid. Summoning a new Spirit causes the old one to disappear. Spirits give an "aura" so they will not stack, rather one will override the other. Spirits in Nightmare are immune to Physical and Poison damage. In Normal and Hell they are immune to Poison.

Animals

You can only summon Spirit Wolves, Dire Wolves, or a Grizzly. You can not have all three types out at the same time. You can, however, have a flock of Ravens out at the same time you might have Wolves or a Grizzly out. The three animal summons also synergize one another.

Raven

Level Requirement: 1

Stats

Always costs 6 mana to summon a Raven. When a Raven attacks a target, it has a chance to cast Blind on it.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ravens	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hits	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Damage	2-4	3-5	4-6	5-7	6-8	7-9	8-10	9-11	10-12	11-13

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ravens	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hits	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Damage	12-14	13-15	14-16	15-17	16-18	17-19	18-20	19-21	20-22	21-23

Notes

Ravens can not be targeted, and are thus immune to all damage. However they have a limited number of "hits" until they disappear on their own.

Poison Creeper

Level Requirement: 1

Stats

Always costs 8 mana

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Life	50	62	75	87	100	112	125	137	150	162
Poison Damage (4 Second Duration)	4-6	7-8	10-11	12-14	15-17	18-19	21-22	23-25	28-30	33-34

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Life	175	187	200	212	225	237	250	262	275	287
Poison Damage (4 Second Duration)	37-39	42-44	47-48	51-53	56-58	61-62	67-68	73-74	78-80	84-86

Notes

Don't let the deceptively low damage deceive. This summon does more damage the more monsters there are in a game, via it's "poison mats" -- it has been known to decimate entire groups of enemies. However, unless one invests heavily in this skill, it will die to often due to low health.

Oak Sage

Level Requirement: 6

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Life	60	78	96	114	132	150	168	186	204	222
Life Bonus	30%	35%	40%	45%	50%	55%	60%	65%	70%	75%
Radius (Yards)	20	21.3	22.6	24	25.3	26.6	28	29.3	30.6	32

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Life	240	258	276	294	312	330	348	366	384	402
Life Bonus	80%	85%	90%	95%	100%	105%	110%	115%	120%	125%
Radius (Yards)	33.3	34.6	36	37.3	38.6	40	41.3	42.6	44	45.3

Notes

Everyone's favorite spirit. This orange glowing spirit will increases the Druid and his party's life. However this spirit has a very strange habit of flying straight at powerful enemies and getting itself killed.

Summon Spirit Wolf

Level Requirement: 6

Stats

Always costs 15 mana to summon a Spirit Wolf

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Wolves	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Damage	2-6	3-7	4-8	6-9	7-10	8-12	9-13	10-14	13-16	15-19
Passive Attack Rating Bonus*	50%	75%	100%	125%	150%	175%	200%	225%	250%	275%
Passive Defense Bonus*	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%	110%	120%	130%	140%
Life	71 at all levels

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Wolves	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Damage	18-21	20-24	22-26	25-28	27-31	30-33	34-38	39-43	44-48	49-52
Passive Attack Rating Bonus*	300%	325%	350%	375%	400%	425%	450%	475%	500%	550%
Passive Defense Bonus*	150%	160%	170%	180%	190%	200%	210%	220%	230%	240%
Life	71 at all levels

*Passive Effect applies only to wolves and the Grizzly.

Synergies

Summon Dire Wolf

Summon Grizzly

Notes

There maybe five of these summons, but they are very weak, even further into Act 2 of Normal.

Carrion Vine

Level Requirement: 12

Stats

Always costs 10 mana

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Life	95	118	142	166	190	213	237	261	285	308
Heals For*	4%	5%	6%	6%	7%	7%	8%	8%	8%	9%

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Life	332	356	380	403	427	451	475	498	522	546
Heals For*	9%	9%	9%	9%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%

*Heals for x% of the Druid's overall health

Notes

This vine is handy when one is fighting in dangerous areas. If it stays alive, it will "eat" a fallen enemy's corpse using it's life energies to replenish the Druid's health. However, it's low health make it hard to use properly without expending extra skill points to raise it's own health.

Heart of Wolverine

Level Requirement: 18

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Life	136	170	204	238	272	306	340	374	408	442
Damage Bonus	20%	27%	34%	41%	48%	55%	62%	69%	76%	83%
Attack Rating Bonus	25%	32%	39%	46%	53%	60%	67%	74%	81%	88%
Radius (Yards)	20	21.3	22.6	24	25.3	26.6	28	29.3	30.6	32

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Life	476	510	544	578	612	646	680	714	748	782
Damage Bonus	90%	97%	104%	111%	118%	125%	132%	139%	146%	153%
Attack Rating Bonus	95%	102%	109%	116%	123%	130%	137%	144%	151%	158%
Radius (Yards)	33.3	34.6	36	37.3	38.6	40	41.3	42.6	44	45.3

Notes

This is the second spirit of the three available. However with the the third spirit being mostly useless, the choice becomes does a Druid want more Life, or More Damage? It should be noted that this spirit can stack with other auras, such as Might available from a mercenary.

Summon Dire Wolf

Level Requirement: 18

Stats

Always costs 20 mana, limited to 3.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Wolves	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Passive Life Bonus*	50%	75%	100%	125%	150%	175%	200%	225%	250%	275%
Damage	8-14	10-16	13-19	15-21	18-24	20-26	22-28	25-31	28-34	32-38
Life	141 at all levels

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Wolves	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Passive Life Bonus*	300%	325%	350%	375%	400%	425%	450%	475%	500%	525%
Damage	36-42	39-45	43-49	46-52	50-56	54-60	61-67	68-74	75-81	82-88
Life	141 at all levels

*Passive Effect applies only to wolves and the Grizzly.

Synergies

Summon Spirit Wolf

Summon Grizzly

Notes

These wolves can certainly dish out the damage, they also "eat" corpses of fallen enemies to "power up" and dish out even more damage.

Solar Creeper

Level Requirement: 24

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Life	165	198	231	264	297	330	363	396	429	462	495	528	561	594	627	660	693	726	759	792
Mana Recovered*	2%	2%	3%	4%	4%	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%

*Recovers x% of the Druid's overall mana

Notes

Similar to the Carrion Vine, this vine heals a Druid's mana, instead of his health. However when a Mana Potion is as easy to come by as it is in the game, this vine doesn't seem quite as useful.

Spirit of Barbs

Level Requirement: 30

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Life	213	266	319	372	426	479	532	585	639	692
Damage Returned	50%	70%	90%	110%	130%	150%	170%	190%	210%	230%
Radius (Yards)	20	21.3	22.6	24	25.3	26.6	28	29.3	30.6	32

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Life	745	798	852	905	958	1011	1065	1118	1171	1224
Damage Returned	250%	270%	290%	310%	330%	350%	370%	390%	410%	430%
Radius (Yards)	33.3	34.6	36	37.3	38.6	40	41.3	42.6	44	45.3

Notes

This editor has to be honest with you here, this spirit is not worth it at all. Even though it has the most life out of the three, it gives a terrible bonus. The damage returned is simply to low. If one wants to utilize this kind of effect, one can always revert to a mercenary who has the Thorns aura, which returns a lot more damage. On top of that, one can also use another spirit such as the Oak Sage to increase the health of said mercenary.

Summon Grizzly

Level Requirement: 30

Stats

Always costs 40 mana

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Damage	37-75	54-94	72-116	93-139	115-165	140-192	166-222	195-253	235-297	279-344
Passive Damage Bonus	25%	35%	45%	55%	65%	75%	85%	95%	105%	115%
Life	650

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Damage	326-393	376-446	428-502	484-561	543-622	605-687	684-769	767-855	854-945	945-1039
Passive Damage Bonus	125%	135%	145%	155%	165%	175%	185%	195%	205%	215%
Life:	650

*Passive Effect applies only to wolves and the Grizzly.

Synergies

Summon Spirit Wolf Summon Dire Wolf

Notes

This is perhaps the most powerful summon in the game, easily able to reach into the thousands for damage. Though it requires quite an investment to get that powerful, it is still a useful meatshield. Note that this summon has a chance to knockback it's target.