07-14-2003, 01:43 PM
You are not alone and I feel the same way about mages and revives.
Your skill point allocation is pretty close to my plan except I've only put 1 point into CE and 3 points in Mages (mistake). I'm level 52 in Act 2 NM.
I've been able to mow down groups pretty fast with that 1 point CE (+2 from items) and my merc helps with a Grim Reaper. 100% deadly strike makes for significant damage.
Right now I've got six points saved and I'm trying to figure out what to do too. I've been thinking that 30 points (level 72) into the poison tree might be powerful enough to help in hell. I just haven't looked at what is the best combination of synergies. Probably 20 points into nova and then the rest spread around would do the trick. I also might do just 20 into nova and the rest into the curse tree.
Right now I get decrepify and attract from items. I'm wondering if lifetap might be essential for parts of Hell to keep my minions alive. I also think that decrepify and dim vision usage in Hell will be much more important. I've been using decrepify exclusively because I want to be sure I can kill effectively with it. I been practicing with attract too but the duration penatly in Hell is going to be a killer I bet.
Your skill point allocation is pretty close to my plan except I've only put 1 point into CE and 3 points in Mages (mistake). I'm level 52 in Act 2 NM.
I've been able to mow down groups pretty fast with that 1 point CE (+2 from items) and my merc helps with a Grim Reaper. 100% deadly strike makes for significant damage.
Right now I've got six points saved and I'm trying to figure out what to do too. I've been thinking that 30 points (level 72) into the poison tree might be powerful enough to help in hell. I just haven't looked at what is the best combination of synergies. Probably 20 points into nova and then the rest spread around would do the trick. I also might do just 20 into nova and the rest into the curse tree.
Right now I get decrepify and attract from items. I'm wondering if lifetap might be essential for parts of Hell to keep my minions alive. I also think that decrepify and dim vision usage in Hell will be much more important. I've been using decrepify exclusively because I want to be sure I can kill effectively with it. I been practicing with attract too but the duration penatly in Hell is going to be a killer I bet.