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Hi,

Coincidentally, I'm also making a bone necromancer. Which mercenary is best suited for this buid?
Has anyone tried thorn + bone prison?  It sounds like a good combo. I'm using a prayer mercenary but if thorn works with bone prison/wall, I might switch.

Nope, it wouldn't work. Bone walls/prisons considered as neutral monsters in 1.10 patch. I.e. you can not unsummon it, you can not damage it, and they are do not benefit from any friendly aura.

As for merc, I personnaly prefer rogues. Since monsters (act bosses also) spend most time trapped in Bone Prison, Act2 and Act5 merc prove ineffective to me. They just stand outside Bone Prison doin' nothing.

Also, the lack of life tap curse (can't even spare 2 points to learn it :ph34r:) means it is harder to keep a melee type merc alive. Is it advisable to sacrifice a few points from synergies, invest them into revive, and then hire the rouge merc? Has anyone tried to make a bone necro without any points into revive?

I prefer Decrepify. Life Tap is useful, but since nodoby will hit you or your merc, it wouldn't do you anything good.
Of course, Hell Ancients ignore Bone Prisons and Walls, so Revives prove useful here.
And there is no need to waste skill points on curses for this build. Find yourself non-magic wand with (for example) +to bone spear +to decrepify +to else, make DolIo runeword from this wand, and enjoy.