Comparison of Highest DPS 3.14 Summoner Builds

I made a post asking about the summoner meta a few weeks ago because I didn't understand why so many people were playing syndicate operatives.
I play skeleton mages and I think it's underplayed for how good the skill can be with heavy currency investment. I've given up on building the final version of the build because its too expensive and the items are probably not available for trade in league.

Here's the absolute min-maxed version of my skeleton mages build in PoB
https://pastebin.com/ip0dAwGc
Stone Golem 1 x 0.61M = 0.61M
Animate Guardian 1 x 0.43M = 0.43M
Raise Spectres 4 x 0.29M = 1.16M
Zombies 10 x 0.42M = 4.2M
Skeleton Mages 4 x 15.2M(Cold) 4 x 20.1M(Fire) 4 x 19.7M(Lightning) = 220M
Vaal Skeleton Mages 2 x 7.9M(Cold) 3 x 10.5M(Fire) 3 x 10.3M(Lightning) = 78.2M
Vaal Skeletons 11 x 2.2M = 24.2M
Vaal Skeleton Archers 11 x 1.1M = 12.1M
Total potential single-target DPS = 340.9M
Total Estimated Gear Cost: 30+ Mirrors?

If people are interested, I could make a build guide for my version of skeleton mages.

I've been comparing the top 3.14 summoner builds I could find on poe.ninja and want to share my findings for anyone interested.
It's extremely hard to compare summoner builds on poe.ninja because there is no displayed dps number so its very possible if there are much better builds out there.

Here are summaries of the top summoner builds I found. If anyone knows of better summoner builds in 3.14, I would greatly appreciate it if you can share the PoB.

In my opinion, it looks like carrion golems are still absolutely nuts compared to everything else because that dps number is constant and it has insane defenses.
My skeleton mages build has high DPS numbers but it requires vaal charges and its definitely not as tanky as carrion golems. Skeleton mages probably has better mapping clear speed though.

I am very surprised that the syndicate operatives numbers don't look that impressive in PoB. I think raise spectres syndicate operative is the most popular summoner build in 3.14. Does anyone know if PoB is not calculating the numbers correctly for cold conversion?

CI Impale Aura Stack Carrion Golems (level 100)
https://pastebin.com/KgkTpJzM
Carrion Golems 4 x 28.6M = 114.4M
Zombies 7 x 360K= 2.52M
Raise Spectres 3x 300k = 0.9M
Animate Guardian 1 x 160k = 0.16M
Total DPS = 117.98M
7902ES 89/89/89
Resists 36000
Evasion 17000
Armor 237% Movement Speed
2168 ES/S Regen
75% Dodge
75% Spell Dodge
Best Guess Gear Cost: 600EX?

CI Impale Aura Stack Zombies (level 92)
https://pastebin.com/eamFs0q8
Zombies 13 x2.26M = 29.4M
Carrion Golem 1x0.22M =0.22M
Raise Spectres 3 x 0.1M = 0.3M
Animate Guardian 1x0.03M = 0.03M
Total DPS = 30M
9904ES
75/75/75 Resists
700 Evasion
7700 Armor
127% Movement Speed
16% Block
9% Spell Block
832 ES/S Regen
Best Guess Gear Cost: 250EX?

CI Aura Stack Skeleton Mages (level 100)
(Multi-target)
https://pastebin.com/e3gyGVW4
Skelton Mages 4 x 3.55M(Cold) 4x 4.69M(Fire) 4 x 4.59M(Lightning) = 51.3M
Vaal Skeletons 24 x 0.7M = 16.8M
Vaal Skeleton Mages 2 x 1.8M(Cold) 3 X 2.44M(Fire) 3 x 2.4M(Lightning) = 18.1M
Vaal Skeleton Archers 11 x 0.25M = 2.75M
Zombies 10 x 0.2M = 2M
Animate Guardian 1 x 0.21M = 0.21M
Raise Spectres 4x 0.15M = 0.6M
Multi-target Total DPS = 91.8M

(Single-Target)
https://pastebin.com/H0JALd9v
Skeleton Mages 4 x 7.3M(Cold) 4 x 9.7M(Fire) 4 x 9.5M(Lightning) = 106M
Vaal Skeletons 24 x 1.1M = 26.4M
Vaal Skeleton Mages 2 x 3.8M(Cold) 3 x 5.1M(Fire) 3 x 5M(Lightning) = 37.9M
Vaal Skeleton Archers 11 x 0.53M = 5.83M
Zombies 10 x 0.2M = 2M
Animate Guardian 1x0.21M = 0.21M
Raise Spectres 4x 0.15M = 0.6M
Single Target Total DPS: 179M
7799 ES
90/90/90 Resists
2000 Evasion
4300 Armor
254% Movement Speed
2133/s ES Regen
45% Block
10% Spell Block
10% Dodge
10% Spell Dodge
Gear Cost: 400EX

CI Aura stack Cold Conversion Syndicate Operatives (Level 100)
(Multi-target)
https://pastebin.com/7XyEDPRU
Raise Spectres Syndicate Operatives 5 x 5.06M = 25.3M
Animate Guardian 1 x 0.96M = 0.96M
Carrion Golems 1 x 4.64M = 4.64M
Total Multi-target DPS = 30.9M

(Single-target)
https://pastebin.com/NmqANAyf
Raise Spectres Syndicate Operatives 5 x 7.74M = 38.7M
Animate Guardian 1 x 0.96M = 0.96M
Carrion Golems 1 x 4.64M = 4.64M
Total Single-target DPS = 44.3M

8291ES
75/75/76 Resists
4800 Evasion
5200 Armor
239% Movement Speed
12% Dodge
12% Spell Dodge
20% Block
10% Spell Block

Gear Cost: 10+ Mirrors?
Last bumped on Jun 30, 2021, 4:02:19 AM
hey sad no replys to this but nice breakdown, im really wanting to go back to summoner for 3.15, havnt played them since blight league and that was just a skele summon build. i think im going to use your pob and just wing it.
I'll be also back on the next league and will be refactoring my old minions build, so keep up the good work.

I'd especially welcome the discussion on how the meta and design for minions will shift for 3.15

can't wait!

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