Viable player minionish type characters?

Ok, I started at release and played till about mid 2006. During that time, one of the most fun looking builds to play was your basic minion necro. Of course, minion bomber heroes now exist etc etc. But I am curious what fun and viable minion builds still exist?

I know there generally is no "best" and that isn't what I am looking for. What I'm looking for is not gimping myself entirely. Originally I thought I'd go with the SoS rit mainly due to the fact that it looks like a blast (I'm one of those players that loves tossing as many bodies into the fray as possible. I'd rather have 20 people fighting than 1 overpowered. I just think its fun). However, there seems to be quite the stigma around that.

I know of two builds available for minion type toons:

SOS Rit
Minion Necro (I dont know if this is viable as a player. I know heroes can minion bomber but what of users?)

Are there others and of them which do you think are viable player options for someone who wants to achieve end game titles, etc.

I wouldn't minion bomb on a player. The AI is faster at death nova.

But you pretty much nailed it, Rt/N and N/any.

Players can use OoU and deal damage by keeping their minions alive. Bone Fiends, OoU, Consume Corpse.

Human minion masters are still viable and they can absolutely run circles around hero minion bombers. Skill updates have dramatically narrowed the range of more-or-less optimal builds down to one basic template: OoU, ESBoH, Fiend, Vamp, BotM, Maso. In the remaining two spaces you need e-management and a solution for the problem that HM monsters can sometimes kill Vamps faster than the animate skill recharges.

SoS rits are quite viable. They're also quite common, and quite commonly done poorly.

SoGM rits are also viable, though definitely second fiddle to SoS rits. A coordinated team can fit both together.

As said above, a master minion master (heh) will run OoU without killing themselves.

For MM's, minion bomber is definitely better on heroes than humans. Although some would disagree, I think the same is for Rt/N MM's since they are also kind of minion bombers. For humans, they can use AotL and OoU better than the AI.

Aura of the Lich combined with Masochism is a good option. You'll get 11 lvl 21 Minions (with 16 Death Magic +1+2)

Hope this helps

OoU is fun to use to. I actually played through the campaigns using that build recently. Just make sure you change up to SS in areas that don't have many corpses.

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