The best Summoner builds in Terraria Calamity

Publish date: 2024-05-18
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The popular Calamity mod for Terraria adds even more content to the base game, with enemies, bosses, and new biomes to explore, which means there will be plenty of new ways to die as you progress. Calamity also adds a few new ways to fight back, which new equipment and weapons, and even a new class system where you can choose your playstyle. If you prefer to idle near the fight instead of frantically dodging and dashing into enemies to strike again, then you should probably give the Summoner class of a healthy shake. Here are our best Summoner builds for Terraria Calamity, from pre-Hardmode to the pre-Moon Lord.

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Pre-Hardmode Summoner Build

If you’re still building your initial housing, that’s as good of an excuse as any to not have eliminated the Wall of Flesh yet to enter Hardmode. Until you decide to sacrifice the Guide to Hell, you’ll struggle a bit for decent summons. A quick rule of thumb is to keep a ranged weapon always available to help whittle down stronger foes — even a simple bow can help end enemies earlier, meaning there’s less for you to be concerned about. Pre-Hardmode, we suggest this gear:

Hardmode — Mechanical Bosses Summoner build

If you’ve completed the Wall of Flesh, you’ll have a lot more materials available to explore with. While many of the items in a pre-Mechanical Trio build are farmed from re-summoning enemies, don’t neglect your material gathering to round out this build. This build begins to take its true shape in Hardmode, as the screen can fill with enemies during a litany of events — the greatest advantage a Summoner can offer in these times is the ability to focus high-health mobs while the rest of the party deals with the trash

Pre-Moon Lord Summoning build

You have a heft of bosses under your belt and are likely glowing with a couple of different colors at this stage of the game. There’s also still many slices of humble pie in your future, but you can mitigate some of it by finding a reliable damage build that gives you enough time to dodge the absurdly fast attacks in your near future. Try this set:

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