In Path of Exile 2, summoner builds remain a powerful and popular choice, offering a variety of minion skill gems to suit different playstyles. Understanding each gem’s role is essential for optimizing your build and making the most out of your PoE 2 Currency investments. This guide provides a detailed, trustworthy breakdown of every known minion skill gem in PoE 2, helping you plan and adapt your strategy effectively.
Skill Gem Name | Gem Level | Tags | Description |
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Companion | 1 | Minion, Companion, Persistent | Summons a companion-type minion that remains active until it dies. |
Tame Beast | 9 | Minion, Companion, Persistent, Duration | Summons a beast that aids you in combat for a limited time. |
Rhoa Mount | 14 | Minion, Buff, Companion, Persistent | Summons a rideable Rhoa that grants buffs while mounted. |
Dark Pact | 1 | Spell, Minion, AoE, Chaos, Nova | Sacrifices a minion to unleash a chaotic nova that damages enemies. |
Skeletal Sniper | 1 | Minion, Persistent, Physical, Fire, Chaos | Summons a ranged skeleton that deals multi-elemental damage. |
Skeletal Warrior | 1 | Minion, Persistent, Physical | Summons a melee skeleton with high physical damage. |
Unearth | 1 | Spell, Minion, AoE, Physical, Duration | Creates corpses and summons skeletons from them, scaling with duration. |
Skeletal Arsonist | 3 | Minion, Persistent, Fire, Detonator | Summons a minion that applies fire DoT and can self-detonate. |
Raging Spirits | 4 | Buff, Minion, Persistent, Fire, Duration | Summons fast, short-lived fire spirits that deal melee damage. |
Pain Offering | 5 | Minion, Buff, AoE, Duration | Buffs minions' damage and speed at the cost of some life. |
Raise Zombie | 5 | Minion, Physical, Duration | Summons durable melee minions from corpses. |
Skeletal Frost Mage | 5 | Minion, Persistent, Cold | Summons a ranged skeleton that deals cold damage. |
Bind Spectre | 7 | Minion, Persistent | Allows summoning of dead monster spectres as allied minions. |
Cast on Minion Death | 8 | Buff, Minion, Persistent, Trigger, Meta | Triggers a linked spell upon the death of a minion. |
Skeletal Reaver | 9 | Minion, Persistent, Physical | Summons a two-handed melee skeleton with sweeping attacks. |
Bone Offering | 11 | Minion, Buff, AoE, Physical, Duration | Grants block bonuses to minions and consumes corpses. |
Skeletal Storm Mage | 11 | Minion, Persistent, Lightning | Summons a ranged skeleton that casts lightning-based spells. |
Skeletal Brute | 13 | Minion, Persistent, Physical | Heavy-hitting skeleton that soaks damage and stuns enemies. |
Skeletal Cleric | 13 | Minion, Persistent | Summons a healer-type minion that supports other minions. |
Soul Offering | 13 | Minion, Buff, Duration | Sacrifices corpses to grant energy shield and cast speed to minions. |
Sacrifice | 14 | Minion, Buff, Persistent | Converts a minion into a powerful buff or attack burst. |
Ancestral Spirits | 1 | Minion, Trigger, Duration | Temporarily summons ancestral warriors that mirror your attacks. |
Summon Infernal Hound | 1 | Minion, Companion, Persistent, Fire | Summons a fiery hound companion with fire-based attacks. |
Manifest Weapon | 1 | Minion, Companion, Persistent | Animates a copy of your weapon as a minion to attack enemies. |
Supporting Fire | 1 | Minion, Persistent | Summons a support-type minion that assists with ranged fire damage. |