05-31-2003, 12:20 AM
I'm trying out the melee necromancer idea and was wondering if anyone has any advice. (I'm poor, so any advice of the "use ridiculously powerful Elite Unique X" isn't going to help me much.) I wasn't able to glean much info doing a search of the LL.
Nephilite is level 48 and has been doing well. It's certainly a fun build. I decided to give this strangeness a try when I found Ribcracker with my MF barb...the staff seems to work great for the melee necro, though admittedly I'm only starting act 4 NM, so what wouldn't work well up this point? :) Of course the sight of a necro with a staff almost justifies using it in and of itself.
Basically I'm pumping str and vit. Having ribcracker and hence no shield I was hoping to get by with a dex-less build; admittedly this means I'm using a 3 diamond helm *cough* for AR. Is no dex really viable for one of these guys? My chance to hit at the moment (on the LCS) is ~60%, so it's starting to become a problem.
As far as skills...he has ten points saved at the moment, which I'd like to spend. I keep hemming and hawing about this.
He has 10 points in bone armor (which I'm beginning to regret somewhat, though it's still handy) and no other bone/poison skills.
I think a golem is acceptable in the melee necro world, though I'm steering clear of revives. He uses a blood golem at the moment (1 pt). What kind of golem should I really shoot for? (4 pts in summon resist and 2 in golem mastery.) I'm leaning towards iron, though their life expectancy is a little low without a pack of assorted undead morons hanging around to help absorb attacks.
Of course he curses like a drunken sailor, which is to say continuously. He has 3 points in amp and 6 in decrepify. I have two in lower resist, so far I've only been using that when partied with a sorc. I do resort to IM/BG at times (1 pt.), but don't feel like much of a proper melee necro when I do so. I haven't gone in for the AI curses yet, though I'm certainly thinking about it.
Item-wise, he is entirely outfitted with shopped and gambled items, other than 'cracker of course.
He's currently using an act 3 cold merc, I'm figuring I may go with an offensive act 2 hell merc (if I ever get to act 2 hell :) ). That would certainly help with the AR situation.
Nephilite is level 48 and has been doing well. It's certainly a fun build. I decided to give this strangeness a try when I found Ribcracker with my MF barb...the staff seems to work great for the melee necro, though admittedly I'm only starting act 4 NM, so what wouldn't work well up this point? :) Of course the sight of a necro with a staff almost justifies using it in and of itself.
Basically I'm pumping str and vit. Having ribcracker and hence no shield I was hoping to get by with a dex-less build; admittedly this means I'm using a 3 diamond helm *cough* for AR. Is no dex really viable for one of these guys? My chance to hit at the moment (on the LCS) is ~60%, so it's starting to become a problem.
As far as skills...he has ten points saved at the moment, which I'd like to spend. I keep hemming and hawing about this.
He has 10 points in bone armor (which I'm beginning to regret somewhat, though it's still handy) and no other bone/poison skills.
I think a golem is acceptable in the melee necro world, though I'm steering clear of revives. He uses a blood golem at the moment (1 pt). What kind of golem should I really shoot for? (4 pts in summon resist and 2 in golem mastery.) I'm leaning towards iron, though their life expectancy is a little low without a pack of assorted undead morons hanging around to help absorb attacks.
Of course he curses like a drunken sailor, which is to say continuously. He has 3 points in amp and 6 in decrepify. I have two in lower resist, so far I've only been using that when partied with a sorc. I do resort to IM/BG at times (1 pt.), but don't feel like much of a proper melee necro when I do so. I haven't gone in for the AI curses yet, though I'm certainly thinking about it.
Item-wise, he is entirely outfitted with shopped and gambled items, other than 'cracker of course.
He's currently using an act 3 cold merc, I'm figuring I may go with an offensive act 2 hell merc (if I ever get to act 2 hell :) ). That would certainly help with the AR situation.
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Warcraft characters
Stormrage:
- Naphta, 70 Warlock, 350 goblin engineer
- Xinth, 60 Warrior
Terenas
- Nezeramontias, 33 priest
- Boulderan, 13 shaman