08-28-2003, 11:05 AM
Some notes to consider:
I have 12 pts in dim vision at that's plenty enough for nightmare when using +necro skills. I think aiming for a lvl 20 DM in hell with +skills is good enough. That's ~20 seconds.
Consider using the wand Death's Web That's an elite unique wand that gives monsters -50% resist. Combine that with lower resist and no monster will resist poison.
As for socketing daggers, I put three perfect emeralds in a 3-socketed kris BUT what I should of done was socket them with jewels. I found jewels that give 2 second poison duration. Use those instead. Stock up on small charms that give 3 sec poison duration. You only need around 2-3 small 3 sec poison duration charms to bring down PD's poison duration of 11.6 sec. You can also consider socketing the dagger with a nef rune for the knockback. The emerald damage is insignificant compared to the poison damage in 1.10.
I also noticed that poison doesn't seem to reset poison regeneration to zero, so consider having a dagger with "prevent monster heal" on switch.
At the moment, I'm just using poison nova. It's much much more efficient than poison dagger at killing mobs. When I deal with the undead who resist poison, I just lower resist, poison nova, and dim vision... letting my merc finishing them off. The ones that do not resist, I just dim vision and PN. As for champions/bosses, I use a combination of decrepify, life tap, lower resists, and pots to heal my merc.
In normal difficulty:
Act Three and Act Five are the best acts to level in since most of the monsters do not resist poison as much as in the other acts. Act Two is the worst act unless you're in the space-like place or outside at the last waypoint. The only monsters in act 5 that resist poison are the ever slow skellies and the blue guys that use artic blast. Of course, this is normal difficulty so they still die pretty easily to PN.
Partnering with paladin that has conviction is recommended. I think most paladins will go for conviction in 1.10 since it's invaluable with vengeance.
I have 12 pts in dim vision at that's plenty enough for nightmare when using +necro skills. I think aiming for a lvl 20 DM in hell with +skills is good enough. That's ~20 seconds.
Consider using the wand Death's Web That's an elite unique wand that gives monsters -50% resist. Combine that with lower resist and no monster will resist poison.
As for socketing daggers, I put three perfect emeralds in a 3-socketed kris BUT what I should of done was socket them with jewels. I found jewels that give 2 second poison duration. Use those instead. Stock up on small charms that give 3 sec poison duration. You only need around 2-3 small 3 sec poison duration charms to bring down PD's poison duration of 11.6 sec. You can also consider socketing the dagger with a nef rune for the knockback. The emerald damage is insignificant compared to the poison damage in 1.10.
I also noticed that poison doesn't seem to reset poison regeneration to zero, so consider having a dagger with "prevent monster heal" on switch.
At the moment, I'm just using poison nova. It's much much more efficient than poison dagger at killing mobs. When I deal with the undead who resist poison, I just lower resist, poison nova, and dim vision... letting my merc finishing them off. The ones that do not resist, I just dim vision and PN. As for champions/bosses, I use a combination of decrepify, life tap, lower resists, and pots to heal my merc.
In normal difficulty:
Act Three and Act Five are the best acts to level in since most of the monsters do not resist poison as much as in the other acts. Act Two is the worst act unless you're in the space-like place or outside at the last waypoint. The only monsters in act 5 that resist poison are the ever slow skellies and the blue guys that use artic blast. Of course, this is normal difficulty so they still die pretty easily to PN.
Partnering with paladin that has conviction is recommended. I think most paladins will go for conviction in 1.10 since it's invaluable with vengeance.