Skelemancer?

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I do not actually share your mind concerning the might merc and the gold finding activities.
In 1.10, you will if you want to get effective skels have to get the skill level well above 20, so the AR will be much improve.
The problem is (concerning gathering cash) to kill as many monsters as possible in the tiniest piece of time. To get this, your damage ouput needs to be the highest as you can.

Even in 1.10, items with both Extra Gold From Monsters and +skills are non-exsistant. To be simple -
more +skills - less gold find. That is second side of the problem.

Your main source is skel warriors, their damage is physical, everything that helps improving this damage is welcome, so does amplify damage and so does as well a might merc.

In fact, might merc with rigth items (and you usually want these items at hell) is source of physical damage himself. I still think that 10 revives (see original post) is much better than 20 skel warriors
(in terms of raw damage, if not surviviability).

Concerning skels mage and revive route, I do not think they are necessary. Why?
The meat shiel, you got it already. Concerning curse, you will have to choose between lower resist and amplify. Do not get lower resist, you will spare 3 points. Spare as well 9 points in revives, et 12 in magus. Plus the 7 you hope to get, you can have a decent bone spear, pumped by bone prison/wall.
Monsters will be parker, you will be safe, your damage output will be better.
What s your dream now?

Your worst nightmare in this case will be physical immunes. There are plenty of them left in 1.10.
Remeber, we are talking about hell.