History Main / EnemySummoner

** The bell-like Dead Ringers of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', who can summon up to eight of themselves.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' had the Goopi, who could (and did) call for more and more of themselves as you killed them. It made them great for LevelGrinding, except when they randomly called out a much-tougher Granite Titan.
** And starting from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' on, the player can run into groups of seemingly ordinary slimes during the mid-game... that can call in their friends. ''Lots'' of friends. [[spoiler:And then they can fuse into a King Slime...]]
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' seems to have a lot of enemies who can summon more of their kin (including the Dead Ringers' earlier variant, Magic Dumbells, who can even level themselves up) or revive monsters that you've already killed in the current battle (either by casting Zing/Kazing to resurrect one, or sacrificing themselves with Kerplunk to revive every other monster in the battle).

* The Grim Reaper in ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''. Don't let him spot you, or he'll summon a wave of GoddamnedBats upon you.

* In the VideoGame/Left4Dead series, the "Boomer" Special Infected can puke or explode near the Survivors, spraying them with bile that obscures their vision and quickly summons a horde.

* ''Videogame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'' has Nod Officers who can call for reinforcements. Killing them can be a top priority to prevent you from getting clogged down by enemy soldiers.

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* This is what [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Yorick]] is going to be when he is on the enemy team, as all of his abilities summon ghouls that will relentlessly chase the nearest enemy player. Well, except his ultimate ability, which creates a clone of one of his allies that said ally can control for 10 seconds if they die.

* Necromancers in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' can raise any corpses and parts of corpses left lying around... and currectly, they can re-raise them any time the player succeeds in putting them down. Very little short of {{LetsPlay/Boatmurdered}}-style doomsday weapons will permanently get rid of them [[KeystoneArmy unless you kill the necromancer.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'': The Chime Maidens are Pthumeruian women who summon various enemies brought from the ancient Pthumeru. Be it hunters, brick trolls, Pthumerian Watchers, or the worst case, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nightmare Apostles]], the [[SpiderSwarm literal]] [[DemonicSpiders Demonic]] [[GiantSpiders Spiders]].

* There were a lot of them in ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}''. Special mention must be made of the Loaded Dice, who ''only'' could summon other monsters -- they had no other abilities.

** In ''VideoGame/DoomII'', the "Pain Elemental" spits "Lost Souls" (weaker enemies) at you. The "Arch-vile" actually resurrects dead monsters and has one of the strongest attacks in the game.

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* ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', the only game to operate from a purely turn-based interface, has several enemies with summon abilities. For instance Bee Bladers can summon Deerballs, while the [[MetalSlime Gold Bladers can summon Gold or Silver Mettaurs]], turning the fight into a mad scramble to wipe them out before they all flee. Many smaller or weaker enemies also have the SOS ability, which summons another enemy of like type when used. Most worryingly, BonusBoss [[BloodKnight Fivetails]] has this ability. This means the clones of him just keep coming and it is almost mandatory to contrive of a way to kill all of them simultaneously, as any clone can use the [[KamehameHadoken Annihilator Hadoken]]. Worst of all, A Fivetails clone can choose to simply [[SuicideAttack Self Destruct]] to [[OneHitKO instantly wipe out]] one of you party members, then have one of the remaining Fivetails summon a fresh clone at full health to take the place of the fallen one.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'': The Qurupeco has this ability, by [[VoiceChangeling imitating the calls of other monsters]]. It usually calls groups of small monsters, but push it enough, and there's a good chance it'll decide to call in something ''much'' worse then it is. It'll also make it a note to call any other large monsters that are already present on the map over to its location, which can make dealing with it a serious pain. There is also one creature known as a Deviljho that naturally [[AlwaysABiggerFish preys on the Qurupeco]]. Sometimes the Qurupeco will summon one of these to deal with you, only for the Deviljho to turn right around and [[CurbStompBattle slaughter it]].

* The Qurupeco has this ability in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter 3'', by [[VoiceChangeling imitating the calls of other monsters]]. It usually calls groups of small monsters, but push it enough, and there's a good chance it'll decide to call in something ''much'' worse then it is. It'll also make it a note to call any other large monsters that are already present on the map over to its location, which can make dealing with it a serious pain. There is also one creature known as a Deviljho that naturally [[AlwaysABiggerFish preys on the Qurupeco]]. Sometimes the Qurupeco will summon one of these to deal with you, only for the Deviljho to turn right around and [[CurbStompBattle slaughter it]].

** In ''Doom 3'', although the Archvile doesn't resurrect monsters (since they don't leave corpses), it can summon indeterminate numbers of {{mooks}}, including BossInMookClothing enemies such as Hell Knights.