I've got a DOT built 'dark'  beast master..  Using bats and lizards as my animal friends and the fairy familiar to buff both myself and them and to dump a bunch of curses on the enemy mage..  So far the build seems fairly fun to play and has game. Usually I'll have a stab at locking players in or out with wall of vines and the odd force push while throwing bats at them and a petted up lizard.