Summary
- Summoner classes can be powerful, often exceeding regular melee classes in various games.
- Pillars of Eternity and Baldur's Gate 3 offer strong Summoner-like classes for players.
- Unique takes on Summoner classes in games like Diablo 4 and Devil May Cry 5 provide OP gameplay experiences.
When playing as a Summoner class, the player has a variety of creatures at their disposal that they can summon through magic. These classes usually allow the player to stay in the backlines while their summons do all the work for them. Although some players may believe these sorts of classes to be quite weak, there are some games which highlight how powerful the Summoner class is, with some of them even being stronger than a regular melee class the player could control.
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Players that are looking for the best games where they can feel this overpowered as a Summoner should look no further than these ranked titles, which are ordered by how powerful a player can feel while summoning creatures onto the battlefield to do their bidding. While not every game calls this class a Summoner, they can still be built this way by the player.
8 Pillars Of Eternity
Chanters Can Boost Their Summons For More Damage
Pillars of Eternity
- Released
- March 26, 2015
WHERE TO PLAY
RPGs like Pillars of Eternity are some of the best for players looking for a game that allows them to create their very own OP Summoner. While Pillars of Eternity may not have a class that is directly called Summoner, Chanter works similarly.
By itself, the Chanter can be quite a promising class, with players having a variety of summoning spells they can use to bring various creatures onto the field, though this isn't particularly overpowering. However, once players can access the Beckoner subclass, the player in Pillars of Eternity can boost the strength of their summons to allow them to pack a harder punch when taking on various opponents, making this Summoner-like class unstoppable.
7 Torchlight: Infinite
Summon Robots Instead Of Using Magic
Torchlight: Infinite
- Released
- May 9, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
The majority of Summoners tend to be seen as magic-wielding classes that can bring forth creatures from different planes. However, in Torchlight: Infinite, the Action RPG experiments with the Summoner class to instead give players the character known as Commander Moto. Instead of summoning demons, goblins, or skeletons, Commander Moto instead has a variety of robots he can create to help protect him.
When starting out with Torchlight: Infinite, Commander Moto is easily seen as one of the strongest characters, especially due to his robot pets that can easily deal with many of the foes the player is likely to face. Depending on how a player builds their robot Summoner, a player can potentially have an infinite number of robots to deal incredible damage, proving Moto to be incredibly OP.
6 Summoner
Grow Powerful While Calling Forth Dragons, Demons, And Elementals
Summoner
- Released
- October 26, 2000
WHERE TO PLAY
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Windows
Summoner is a long-standing class that players have enjoyed in countless games, including those from the early 2000s, such as Summoner. As the name Summoner suggests, in this RPG, players control a Summoner that wields various rings and magic that allows them to summon various powerful creatures to do their bidding.
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As the player progresses through the story of Summoner, they will unlock greater power to summon various creatures, from a simple zombie to eventually a mighty dragon. Unsurprisingly, by unlocking these powerful summons in Summoner, even in this classic title, the player can eventually build their character to be incredibly OP, causing any small foe they face to be easily eradicated by either a summon or the magic the player knows.
5 Devil May Cry 5
The Best Way To Be A Summoner In An Action Game
Devil May Cry 5
- Released
- March 8, 2019
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Capcom
- Platform(s)
- PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Action
An action game, Devil May Cry 5, is the last place that any player would imagine a Summoner-like character to be. However, when not playing as Dante or Nero, who both have a classic action feel to them with their combat, the player can also control the third protagonist known as V.
Unlike the previous two characters mentioned, V doesn't do regular melee combat and instead relies on his three familiars to do the attacking for him. It's arguably one of the best ways that a Summoner class has been handled in an action title such as Devil May Cry 5, as this didn't only introduce a new style of fighting for players in Devil May Cry 5, but also allowed players to feel like an OP Summoner, relying on their nightmarish familiars to complete various combos of attacks while also making sure V stands out of the way.
4 Baldur's Gate 3
Circle Of Spore Druids Are One Of The Strongest Summoners
Baldur's Gate 3
- Released
- August 3, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, macOS
- Genre(s)
- RPG
Like actual Dungeons and Dragons, with an assortment of classes that players can mix and match together, there are countless ways a player can make themselves feel overpowered in Baldur's Gate 3. Almost any magic-wielding class in BG3 can be a Summoner, though players argue that one of the most OP of them all can be performed by focusing on the Circle of Spores Druid.
Through the magic of mushrooms, the player is able to raise the dead using a special mushroom dance that will bring back these foes to do their bidding. Besides bringing back the dead in Baldur's Gate 3, Circle of Spore Druids can also boost their own attack damage and their summons, making their hits even more deadly against any foe as long as they have bodies to bring back.
3 Diablo 4
Raise The Dead With No Need To Get Involved
Diablo 4
- Released
- June 5, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Blizzard
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Hack and Slash
Necromancers and Summoners are usually seen as similar concepts due to Necromancers summoning spirits and raising zombies from the dead, which is similar to how a Summoner may bring forth a demon or another creature from a different plane of existence. Diablo 4 may not have a Summoner class, but it does see the return of the Necromancer, which has proven itself over the seasons of this Action RPG to be quite the OP-feeling class.
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Many players deem Necromancer to be one of the best classes in the game as well as one of the easiest, as players can simply rely on their skeletons and spirits to do all the work for them while they use standstill spamming the buttons of this Hack and Slash title. Not to mention how incredible the abilities of the class look with each season of Diablo 4 brings new ways to make the Necromancer even more overpowered.
2 Path Of Exile
Skills Synergize To Make An OP Necromancer
Path of Exile
- Released
- October 23, 2013
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Nudity, Language
- Developer(s)
- Grinding Gear Games
- Platform(s)
- PC, Xbox One, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG
Diablo 4 isn't the only Action RPG that makes summons feel OP, as Path of Exile is another to provide players with a strong class that the player can push to its limits through the summons the player can use. When playing as the Witch class in Path of Exile, the player can have multiple minions on the field at a single time. These minions surround the Witch to protect them from the various enemies they are likely to face.
Players also use sustainably fewer buttons when playing as the Witch, as many of the summons will automatically re-summon themselves when available, meaning a player doesn't need to pay much attention when trying to be overpowered. Like Diablo 4, Path of Exile allows the player to hone their builds to push the power of the Witch even further.
1 Final Fantasy 10
Summons Are Valuable And Strong
Final Fantasy 10
- Released
- December 17, 2001
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Mild Blood, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Square Enix
- Platform(s)
- PS2
- Genre(s)
- JRPG
By far, one of the greatest games for feeling like an overpowered Summoner has to be Final Fantasy 10. While the player has multiple characters in their party, with Summoners not feeling as strong in previous games, the class became a highlight for many in Final Fantasy 10 due to the help of Overdrive.
Yuna the Summoner in Final Fantasy 10 is considered one of the strongest Summoners for players to ever be able to use. She has the power to summon powerful creatures known as Aeons. Unlike previous Final Fantasy games, Yuna's Aeons are not a single-time use, but instead something she can use multiple times to turn the tide of battle.
Best JRPGs Where You Play As A Summoner
In JRPGs, players can take on many different roles depending on their preferences. Here are some titles where it's possible to play as a summoner.