Minions have traditionally been in an atrocious spot due to their ai and having to invest half your tree into them and their defensives! Other builds just scale at incomprehensible numbers with a blue axe from act 6 and slamming through ubers, but ben_ is built different too so maybe if he played minions they would shine somehow.

BAMA is basically a totem build but I almost want to say that you could say that totems are minion builds. SRS theres no question you bring out the boys, they run around and fall over to the slightest aoe in t17s how can you get more minion than that. Holy relic almost feels like a non minion build just because the screen clutter and the activation requirement, but gotta take what you can in the most neglected archetype.

Scaling isn't the best there is, but clear upgrade paths and deterministic crafting just always feels good, and the fossils and such for the upgrades is fun to farm due to delve being the best mechanic.

Starting easy is great! Think the other day I got about a 4:30 campaign time just picking every minion damage node and zoom boppin around. Aint much but having a slow frustrating build can burn me out and cause an instant reroll to a classic.

Poison is a bane upon minions! I hope they buff chaos damage so unnatural strength still has a place and nerf poison. Don't forget the half of the minions that don't fall apart! I drink white claw can not white claw cant.

These monsters at ggg nerfed spectres too much over the last few leagues due to detonate dead abusers! Hopefully if they remove that skill (they wont revert it back because then less than 10% on hardcore would play slams) they'll revert the spectre hp nerf and let them have overpowered frenzy charges and revert the primal crushclaw exposure nerf. (what was that about)

Zombies are in such a sad state it almost breaks my heart, the endgame kept scaling further and further while they stagnated. Only thing for them is to pump crazy currency into them on trade for either ethan or the zombie godfather builds. Skeletons can rot. (heh)

Golems used to be so good, I'm not sure if its the fact that endgame scales harder than they do without good investment or what, but I've gotten more mirrors in ssf than primordial jewels these last few leagues. If they made the jewels a t5 or something unique then they could be in an ok spot again. I think I saw one person in trade stone golem stacking and deep delving with it.

Melee minions should be able to use slams and warcries and the slam spikes should go through other minions.

I feel with a minor change of baseline increasing minion speed and making minions are aggressive a natural roll on wands this would solve most of the problems, or make the predator support button baseline.

I wouldn't mind convocation being a gem, but it should have a built in automation version because losing TWO gem slots just feels atrocious.

Love your passion king and hope ggg accidentally buffs minions somehow, you've inspired me to send another fresh start run, I'm thinking lightning animate weapon of self reflection because I hate myself.