If you want to try a minion that you don't have to re-summon all the time (or just want to not follow skele meta), how about Golems?
This is my reworked Carrion Golems Necro. It's focused on survivability, but still has decent DPS :)
POB: https://pastebin.com/kw1J6LSU
Forum Guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3179145