Class record
Animal Summoner
Specialist
- Tier
- 2
- Difficulty
- 3 / 5
- Main role
- Specialist
- Secondary role
- —
Rules reference
Class mechanics
Entry requirements and the complete level-by-level advancement path.
Entry
Requirements
Any class mastered.
Advancement
Progression
- UnlockKey ability
- Level 2Ability 1
- Level 3SkillsYou gain +5 skill points to spend on Animal Husbandry. You can exchange any skill point for 2 expertise points, but must spend them in these skills.
- Level 4Ability 2
- Level 5HeartYou gain +1 to Fitness, Cunning, Reason, Awareness or Presence.
- Level 6Ability 3
- Level 7SoulYou gain +1 to Focus, Power, Agility or Toughness.
- Level 8Ultimate ability
Identity & lore
Class overview
A summoning class that specializes in animals.
Tactical guidance
Playing Animal Summoner
The animal summoner is a summoning class that summons a variety of animals to harrass their enemies. Your animals are chosen randomly with Giant Spider being the best overall option and boar being a close second. Wolf has some mana less control and damage options, but is weaker stat wise.
Summon Animal is the ability the rest of your class functions around. It lets you summon one of the animals mentioned above. How it functions depends on whether you use independent action or not. If you choose not to use Independent Action, you can summon two animals at the same time and you can use them to control space or act as living obstacles without requiring much investment if you don't want to. If you activate independent action, you get a rather cheap extra unit that can just add free damage in combat.
Because summon animal becomes disabled if your animal dies, you'll want to use Emergency Recall to remove it before it can die. It is very unlikely for your animal to die with the high damage reduction it gives, so you shouldn't be using other RP on your summoned animal in most cases.
Bestial Command lets you effectively trade 2 mana for 2 AP worth of actions on your pet. More importantly, it also lets you trade 2 of your own AP for 2 AP of your summoned animal. While it's a questionable trade now, when you get access to buffs to your animal it can be very worthwhile to do so.
Half Restore is a heal and shielding tool for your animal. The mana cost is lower than normal healing abilities and it converts overheal into shielding, so it may be worth casting at the start if you spawn your animal next to you.
