Character Evaluation

[Minionman]

Eh, I dunno, probally the old D1 instincts in me to tell the truth.  I like being able to recast my horde quickly if I loose them while running or they start dying on me.  That and with my pack-rat tendencies I usually have little invintory space to hold blues.  Really though, what else do I really need to pump?  Vit is nice I guess, but I dont duel (its dumb), Ive got enough stamina so that I dont keep on having to rest, and being a summoner why do I need high HP?

As for my Golem and Curses...eh, I personally prefer my Fire Golem at the moment, which takes nearly half of my mana to cast, and then constantly casting decrepify (since the duration is still a bit short for my liking) can really suck down my mana.

The usual strategy seems to be to get mana as high as you need it, than put the rest in vitality. Strength and dexterity are only neede for items if you use a wand. Extra vitality is good because every extra death avoided is good, if your skeletons die you could get killed easily with low life, some monsters have piercing attacks that go through skeletons, and if you do get killed you have to summon your army all over again. Plus, no one likes dying, and once you have your equipment and mana vitality is still more useful than other stats as insurance.

This is all from someone who plays softcore, but someone from hardcore would probably say something similar.

Edit: changed deadth to death and id to is