Hi,

I'm still new to the game even after dozens of hours of fun (never tried legendary, starting new characters over and over).

I would like to get a bit more serious into the game and try a summoner. I find pet focused playstile boring, so pets will be only an assistance rather than a primary weapon.

I'm thinking about going STR route, as Earth benefits from physical damage and Nature boost both physical and elemental by lowering res(Correct me if I'm wrong). Being a tanky physical caster sounds good to me, if its feasible.

I have a secondary toon who's beaten act II Epic and can farm there. I don't plan to go further with this one, as I want to discover end of Epic and Legendary (and Atlantis ^^) with my main. So (newbie questions incomming) :

• I have the Ronzer's Gift set https://tq-db.net/en/set/ronzer's-gift, is it a good idea to use it with my summoner ? Does -X Res works with physical ? The Frail has a high 200 Int req, it takes a reduced req gear to work, what about Fragile alone ?
• Is worth it to farm for the Firewalker set ? https://tq-db.net/en/set/firewalker's-suit Full sets in this game (like many ARPG) seem hard to farm, as gathering all pieces take quite long, and they are usually not even as powerfull as independant pieces of stuff. This one might fall off in legendary. What do you guys think ?
• Reginn's Hammer seems reasonably easy to farm, and incredibly powerfull. Unless you have better suggestions ? https://tq-db.net/en/equipment/reginn's-hammer
• How do I prioritize gear ? Is it %ADCH > %Physical damage > %recharge > %Fire Burn ? +Skills are really important ? What about +X Fire damage ? How does Bonus damage works ? What resistances are the most important ? Poison is usually a death cause to me, bleeding and vitality occurs less often but they're usually deadly too. Elemental seems less important.
• I'm planning on using Ring of Flame to obliterate normal difficulty. What's a good example of skill set for late game ?Strength of the Pack boost our physical damage so it's a must right ?
• What about Atlantis new skill Fire Nova ?
• What about gameplay ? Plague, VO from afar, then flatten everithing hammerwise whith eruption on my feet ?
• Heat Shield provide damage absorption only against fire ? Why is it not "Fire absorption" then ? 15% damage res on the contrary is for physical right ?
• Res lowering with Susceptibility is not absolute right ? So it does stack with -XRes but it's doesn't make a huge difference on its on, does it ?