Zookeeper Druids

[Brista]

2) No resistances 

Its possible that they bult in resistances in 1.10 similiar to the way they handle merc resistance-  by level.

Now bear with me because I'm not an expert when it comes to reading the text files

In skills.txt for each type is reads
aurastat1 = fireresist = "min(In78,85)"
similarly for cold, lightning and poison

Param7 = resist = 0
Param8 = resists per level = 5

Think that means 5% resist per level you have in that particular skill, capped at 85%. (ie skill level 17). (Originally spotted by Tiamat over at the Basin)

Now that's interesting because a traditional tactic has been to use a Grizzly bolstered by points in Dire Wolf. Looks like in this version you'd want points in Grizzly so that it gets the resists

Skills items should count so 12 in Grizzly with +5 skills should hit the max

Another interesting thing is that they get the itemarmour_percent bonus to defence from points in Spirit Wolf. Zath said elsewhere that this bonus multiplies the skill_ defence bonus given by Shout and Defiance. So maxxed Spirit Wolf plus a Defiance merc might lead to some pretty durable minions, especially if you party with a Barb and give them 85% resists too

Edit: afterthought: I'm not sure how their poison resist works. Maybe it works like monsters or maybe like players

Eg 1000 poison over 10 secs

1) resist works likes players => 150 poison over 10 secs
2) resist works likes monsters => 22.5 poison over 1.5 secs

Has anyone noticed if the poison length seems short for a well-developed Summons?