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A Sub-Trope of The Beast Master, a common variety of An Adventurer Is You, and the heroic inversion of the Mook Maker and Enemy Summoner (and occasionally the Evil Overlord). Whereas The Beast Master focuses on quality of minions, often restricting themselves to one or two (or at least one at a time), The Minion Master focuses on sheer, undiluted numbers. This often makes for an unusual and difficult-to-balance character build- a character whose power comes from brutally outnumbering his opponents often leaves himself as the squishiest of Squishy Wizards, and enemies either succumb quickly to the Death of a Thousand Cuts or perform a minion version of a Total Party Wipe with area of effect attacks. They tend, of course, to be the keystone of their Keystone Army.

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  • The Minion Master
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  • A Sub-Trope of The Beast Master, a common variety of An Adventurer Is You, and the heroic inversion of the Mook Maker and Enemy Summoner (and occasionally the Evil Overlord). Whereas The Beast Master focuses on quality of minions, often restricting themselves to one or two (or at least one at a time), The Minion Master focuses on sheer, undiluted numbers. This often makes for an unusual and difficult-to-balance character build- a character whose power comes from brutally outnumbering his opponents often leaves himself as the squishiest of Squishy Wizards, and enemies either succumb quickly to the Death of a Thousand Cuts or perform a minion version of a Total Party Wipe with area of effect attacks. They tend, of course, to be the keystone of their Keystone Army.
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  • A Sub-Trope of The Beast Master, a common variety of An Adventurer Is You, and the heroic inversion of the Mook Maker and Enemy Summoner (and occasionally the Evil Overlord). Whereas The Beast Master focuses on quality of minions, often restricting themselves to one or two (or at least one at a time), The Minion Master focuses on sheer, undiluted numbers. This often makes for an unusual and difficult-to-balance character build- a character whose power comes from brutally outnumbering his opponents often leaves himself as the squishiest of Squishy Wizards, and enemies either succumb quickly to the Death of a Thousand Cuts or perform a minion version of a Total Party Wipe with area of effect attacks. They tend, of course, to be the keystone of their Keystone Army. The key factor in determining if a particular character, class, unit or build is The Minion Master is this: Can the character outnumber a typical squad of Mooks on their own? If the answer is yes, then the character is The Minion Master. Zerg Rush often describes the most common combat method of The Minion Master. Because of their tactics, they often fall under Anti-Hero categorization, and often have to convince the player that Dark Is Not Evil. Can occasionally be Game Breakers, occasionally Crutch Characters. If the minions are copies of the master, it's a Doppleganger Attack.
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