It may also help you to
read up, as many of your armor pieces do not belong on the minions they are on. Dispell Magic doesn't work very well with Antimagic Field or Ethereal Chains, as it will lower your own enchantments. Deciding between AMF and EC or DM will help you substantially in using your XP much more efficiantly. You also don't need ST and DX on all your minions, only tanks (this game's reference for physical damage dealers) should train these stats. Same for weapons. give each minion a specific purpose, and it would be advisable to have as few damage dealing minions as possible, so as to have your other minions supporting them with enchantments/skills/as killslots.