Oh, sorry for the hints. Since I didn't see the point of clicking on locked cinematic, I didn't see the hints.
Also, I don't find followers that strong. I even found them annoying since they die pretty quickly and are useless in corridor. I would agree that ranged summons are strong but since summons are random, it doesn't happen that often.
In all my runs, I just went "succubus deity" + buying as much strength as possible and that was pretty much it.