All Minion Tier List & Comparison - Terraria 1.4.4.9

In this video I tried to make a tier list for all the minions in Terraria. This video doesn't rank whips or sentry summons, just the main minion-summoning staffs and items.

This video was created by me based on my experience playing through the game as a summoner twice, once in Master Moder and FTW Master Mode. Apart from that, I also took references from the Terrarria Forum and Wiki. It was hard for me to make this list which is why it took so much longer and it was worth it in the end.

I'm sure the tier list I made could cause controversy, whether you agree or not is up to you. I appreciate each of your opinions and consider writing them in the comments below.

List of Minions:
00:00 FINCH STAFF
00:50 SLIME STAFF
01:24 FLINX STAFF
01:58 ABIGAIL'S FLOWER
02:38 HORNET STAFF
03:12 VAMPIRE FROG STAFF
03:46 IMP STAFF
04:20 BLADE STAFF
04:48 SPIDER STAFF
05:16 PIRATE STAFF
05:44 SANGUINE STAFF
06:12 OPTIC STAFF
06:40 DEADLY SPHERE STAFF
07:08 PYGMY STAFF
07:36 RAVEN STAFF
08:40 DESERT TIGER STAFF
08:32 TEMPEST STAFF
09:06 XENO STAFF
09:34 TERRAPRISMA
10:02 STARDUST CELL STAFF
10:30 STARDUST DRAGON STAFF
10:58 COMPLETE TIER LIST

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[nickaninja]

I’ve heard people using terraria music in Minecraft videos, but never Minecraft music in terraria videos😂😂

[yavelin]

I like how you tier them based on their performance at the point of progression you obtain them. Im tired of videos dumping the pre hardmode minions in the lower tiers

[lorddarkrai]

The sanguine staff is my favorite minion summon, just because I like how cool having a bunch of glowing bats is

[nathaniel_jpg]

As a hardcore summoner main, this needs way more views. It’s very high quality, good job!

[damnthisisabadname]

Can't wait for the 8 paragraph sgm comment

[prediculous]

Well made, straight to the point, and very informative.

Honestly a good video on showcasing Minions and information on how each one can be utilized!

[benroden]

this is extremely well made, honestly surprised this doesn't have more views.


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[terrangame]

the music, the text with time bar underneath it, everything in this video is perfect!
i love it

[osen]

No matter what, the videos look really well made tbh. It's satisfying to watch these videos

[seminet]

I love that terraria youtubers use minecraft soundtrack and minecraft youtubers use terraria soundtrack

[ThatMicrowavedToast]

A good point for the abigail summon is since she tries to stay behind the character you can actually put ur back up to a wall and she will attack enemies on the other side of the wall (for ppl who may not wanna re-cast their summons outside of a wall over and over)

[EatYourFrutz]

You should do a whip tier list next. This video is relatively short but informative and straight to the point.

[charly]

Very nice explained with an easy format, with aria math included. I'm your biggest fan right now.

[endereye]

Im a summoner main and to be honest I’ve always preferred the stardust cells over the stardust dragon because I feel like the dragon AI is prone to attacking very far off targets leaving me alone to die to other enemies, however the cells stay close and attack approaching enemies making them better bodyguards lol. The dragon is really good against slow moving tanks like moon lord. When I was fighting empress of light in daytime, the dragon had a hard time dealing reliable damage to her and would get distracted easily but the stardust cells we able to kill it a lot faster. They’re two separate weapons though with totally different uses. Still a great list

[Spkinz]

Pygmy staff is my personal fav. With the right equitables you can get them up to like 70 dmg. I defeated moonlord on master mode with the Pygmy staff. S tier fs

[lemoncrime]

Finch is better than you think. Prehardmode summons share frames with the same type of summon, unlike hardmode where it is all individual (except for 3+ spiders)
This means 2 finches and 2 flinx has better dps than 4 flinx because the 4 flinx interrupt each other's attacks
So if you can get a frog, slime, finch, and flinx then summon 1 of each you are very powerful prehardmode.

Edit: C isn't bad for pirate staff but it should be mentioned it is probably summoner's best option for destroyer pre-plantera (unless you get terraprisma) and even does well against golem compared to other available summons if you happen to get it. (Again, except for difficult to obtain summons like tiger and terraprisma)

[eliteplier]

Very fair ranking and good editing style with information to how to get certain summoner weapons.

[ethansux]

Am I tripping or is terraria playing minecraft music

[terrariagell]

sanguin staff broken
use it pre mech boss to pillars

[pypeterhunt]

This is the terraria tutorial channel with the my favourite graphics, animation and music that I've seen yet! Could you please also do some classes and stuff for the calamity mod one day?