Summoners and Magic Find

[Meliorist]

Summoners and Magic Find

When magic finding with a summoner, does the summoner have to get the killing blow or does the magic find percentage that he is wearing transfer over to his minions?

Thanks in advance for any replies

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[Planet_Smasher]

The Mf % transfers over to the summons and is stacked with the merc:

Merc has 125% mf
Necro has 300% mf

Necromf + Mercmf = 425% for merc if he gets final blow(not common with a large amoutn of summons. BTW, my army is up to 46 summons! WOOT! :winner: )Sorry, I had to brag a little. Its often a good idea to dwindle a boss like meph down to a sliver, then go to town and unsummon everything except your merc and let him have the kill(unless he has no MF on his gear, lol)

 

[Kyo]

I wouldn't actually bother by the time u unsummon everything and come back from town you would have probably be half way through another run by now.

 

[Glenn Cain]

Hi, alittle non-necro specific, but if i have 200%, my girlfriend's soc has 400%, what is the resultant? Does the effective MF the result of only one of us eg the one who takes last kill, or affected by both?

 

[Kyo]

Good question i am not 100% certain but when i group in baal runs we normally let the one with the highest MF get the final kill so i suppose it isn't like your minions where the total MF is added together for the whole group.

I could be wrong but my guess is that it would better for your gf's sorc to get the final hit.

 

[Myrakh-2]

The final blow is ALL that counts in D2.

 

[GenXCub]

Which is why summoner necros can benefit from a MF weapon switch. As long as you're not using items that grant + to a particular skill, your skellies will stay alive for a few seconds, in time for the killing blow, then switch back.

 

[darzog]

First, the MF only counts the person making the killing blow. Someone could be standing next to you with 0 MF or 10,000 MF and it wouldn't matter. Only the person making the killing blow. If the killing blow is from a merc then the merc's MF is added to the owner's MF. If a minion makes the killing blow, the owner's MF is used.

And for MF weapons on switch, I wouldn't worry about losing a couple of your minions. If you're about to kill the boss, you will probably be a couple of minions low anyway cause the boss will have killed a couple. If the boss hasn't killed any, then you don't have to worry about him overpowering your army. If you have a good MF on switch (hopefully a weapon and shield), switch close to the end and just respawn your lost minions after the boss is dead.

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Darzog

 

[Vakarrona]

Which is why summoner necros can benefit from a MF weapon switch. As long as you're not using items that grant + to a particular skill, your skellies will stay alive for a few seconds, in time for the killing blow, then switch back.

I think you only loose the extra minions when you enter a TP or WP. Meanwhile, they are all there untill they eventually get killed by some monsters.

Use the strongest minion to get the killing blow, your merc. Upgraded Hone Sundan + Orphan helm = everything merc hits dies 90% faster.
mine uses Upgraded Hone Sundan (AMN AMN 15IAS Jewel), Orphan helm (15IAS Jewel), Grisworls armor (3x15IAS Jewel). Extra fast merc, hiting very hard.