i've been trying out this build lately, it works decently.
1 - Ground Spikes 1
2 - Bramble Shield 1
3 - saved
4 - Ground Spikes 2 and Bramble Shield 2
5 - Spike Wave 1
6 - saved
7 - Ground Spikes 3 and Bramble Shield 3
8 - Shamblers 1
9 - saved
10 - Ground Spikes 4 and Bramble Shield 4
11 - Spike Wave 2
12 - Shamblers 2
13 - Shamblers 3
14 - Shamblers 4
15 - Goddess of Thorns
16 - Spike Wave 3
17-20 - morale or entourage
the alternative to Shamblers would be to take points in Uproot for late game tower smashing (only useful on certain maps) or to pour the points directly into Morale just to boost your Idol minions.
equipment for this build:
Favor: Cloak of Night
starting: monks
early game: banded armor, scaled helm, mana potions
midgame: nimoth chestguard, vlemish faceguard, Bishops idol, Siege Demolishers idol
lategame: Hungarling Crown, Gloves of Fell-Darkur, Minotaur Kings idol, Hauberk of Life
endgame: you won't benefit much from artifacts for the most part. if you have alot of discretionary income though you can get great results with the artifact shop consumables. if you're feeling decadent you might go for an Aegis Shield or something.
playstyle notes:
this is the offensive type of Queen build. you basically play as a team support nuker. your best partner is someone who can deal alot of physical damage to better take advantage of your armor debuff. Beast, Regulus, or a minion build of Oak or Vamp works well.
you'll generally shield you and your partner before going into combat. then you'll open the flower to get ready for your attack run. its typical to open the fight by using Cloak of Night to warp in behind the enemies to catch them in a sandwhich between you and your partner. you'll then immediately fire off Ground Spikes and Spike Wave to put hefty armor and speed debuffs on them as well as damage. then you close the flower and Bramble Shield your partner who will try to make the kill.
shambler placement is very important with this build. they will do zero damage if they have to move around alot so make sure you park them at a good spot before you start fighting. never use the "N" button to select all minions and yourself. the shamblers need to stay at the perimeter of battle and act like portable turrets. their damage adds up quickly if they can actually fire.