03-24-2004, 05:13 AM
I have a lvl 82 summoning necro on USEast, and this is my answer to all of your questions.
1) When I started, I'd usually go to Cold Plains and have my merc kill a fallen or something just as weak (as weak as Hell can get) and revive that. Now, I just use the area right outside Anya's portal, the place is littered with boddies (I can get 12 skeletons before any of them awake).
2) I barely use revives, only when im doing Baal's Minions do I even bother. Other than that, my skeletons are fine. However, you'll soon find that vs. bosses mages don't really do anything, they die too fast and aren't the greatest at damage.
3) If you use the curse Amplify Damage, that gets rid of PI's on everything but unique monsters that have PI on the base monsters (ghosts, etc.) I have full Trang's equipped and just use firewall, usually they won't have much hp, so I just use my skeletons as tanks as i firewall them to death.
4) I say might, people can argue with Thorns, but the point of having a lot of skeletons is for them to kill, and them getting hit and taking damage in order to do so wouldn't help you quite as much. Another aura that could be useful is Defiance, but I'm going by the saying "The best defence is a good offence". Ultimately, its what you prefer.
5) Probably Iron Golem. I use Fire Golem only because i have more points in it (2) and it has more hp. I haven't ever bothered to level an Iron Golem, so I don't know haw their damage is, but the fire golem has more hp, deals more damage (given the enemy isn't immune), and to top it off, absorbs fire damage, a very commonly used element by the enemy.
1) When I started, I'd usually go to Cold Plains and have my merc kill a fallen or something just as weak (as weak as Hell can get) and revive that. Now, I just use the area right outside Anya's portal, the place is littered with boddies (I can get 12 skeletons before any of them awake).
2) I barely use revives, only when im doing Baal's Minions do I even bother. Other than that, my skeletons are fine. However, you'll soon find that vs. bosses mages don't really do anything, they die too fast and aren't the greatest at damage.
3) If you use the curse Amplify Damage, that gets rid of PI's on everything but unique monsters that have PI on the base monsters (ghosts, etc.) I have full Trang's equipped and just use firewall, usually they won't have much hp, so I just use my skeletons as tanks as i firewall them to death.
4) I say might, people can argue with Thorns, but the point of having a lot of skeletons is for them to kill, and them getting hit and taking damage in order to do so wouldn't help you quite as much. Another aura that could be useful is Defiance, but I'm going by the saying "The best defence is a good offence". Ultimately, its what you prefer.
5) Probably Iron Golem. I use Fire Golem only because i have more points in it (2) and it has more hp. I haven't ever bothered to level an Iron Golem, so I don't know haw their damage is, but the fire golem has more hp, deals more damage (given the enemy isn't immune), and to top it off, absorbs fire damage, a very commonly used element by the enemy.
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