Yeah been saying Spider ( even if I hate the way the thing looks and I want to attack it) and the undead armored decapitator are the best summons, glad my assessment wasnt alone and wrong.
Summons are good for small parties if one or both PC's are lone-wolfed ( like my fighter always is he is just so powerful when built that way) that a spider brought into any battle is that extra temporary party member you need at low levels. But I think buffing the fighter is a better idea than buffing a summon.
Actually a few more summons spells would be nice or even better be able to summon a more powerful elemental than just the basic one, especially in Witchcraft since most spells in there are kind of lackluster anyway. This is my playing style though not everyone would want to do it my way, I would rather cause damage to an enemy or buff my killing machine fighter than de-buff an enemy that may resist the spell effect or be immune anyway.
STabbey had a good point about summons, that they can be re-summoned every round at higher levels of proficiency, the elemental summonses have a ranged spell attack but you will only ever get to use it once per summon per battle. Bloodswarm is weak, the elementals are weak too.
