11-27-2003, 02:39 PM
A very fun Necromancer build:
Max Raise Skeleton (this is the first one to max)
Max Skeleton Mastery (max after RS)
One point into all curses, but the most important ones to get is Amplify Damage, Decrepify and Lifetap to assist your Skeletons, and Dim Vision/Confuse to disable ranged attackers (which hurt much more than ever).
5-15 point (per your preference) in Corpse Explosion. It's a good but not uber skill now (doesn't scale anymore).
1 point in Bone Armor, Bone Wall, Bone Prison. Bone Armor for your protection, the other two for special occasions.
1 point in all Golems and Golem Mastery. I usually run around with an Iron Golem, alternating with a Fire Golem whenever i need to redirect the attention of monsters or the clay golem when fighting an act boss (after the Iron Golem dies).
After that, if you're stil playing the character, dump all remaning points into Confuse (you'll need it if you ever venture into act 2-5 nightmare or anywhere in hell). I've maxed mine for the longest possible duration.
And ofcourse don't forget to get yourself an Act2 Prayer Merc in normal, and Act2 Might merc in Nightmare. Alternately you could go with an Act1 Fire Arrow Rogue Mercenary. Either one will help the skeletons make bodies for CE, though i prefer the AC2 NM Might one.
That's my current favourite. The other two common builds are all out Poison (Poison Nova and synergies) or all out Bone (Bone Spirit/Spear with synergies and Corpse Explosion) both of which have just the Merc and one Golem for summons.
Max Raise Skeleton (this is the first one to max)
Max Skeleton Mastery (max after RS)
One point into all curses, but the most important ones to get is Amplify Damage, Decrepify and Lifetap to assist your Skeletons, and Dim Vision/Confuse to disable ranged attackers (which hurt much more than ever).
5-15 point (per your preference) in Corpse Explosion. It's a good but not uber skill now (doesn't scale anymore).
1 point in Bone Armor, Bone Wall, Bone Prison. Bone Armor for your protection, the other two for special occasions.
1 point in all Golems and Golem Mastery. I usually run around with an Iron Golem, alternating with a Fire Golem whenever i need to redirect the attention of monsters or the clay golem when fighting an act boss (after the Iron Golem dies).
After that, if you're stil playing the character, dump all remaning points into Confuse (you'll need it if you ever venture into act 2-5 nightmare or anywhere in hell). I've maxed mine for the longest possible duration.
And ofcourse don't forget to get yourself an Act2 Prayer Merc in normal, and Act2 Might merc in Nightmare. Alternately you could go with an Act1 Fire Arrow Rogue Mercenary. Either one will help the skeletons make bodies for CE, though i prefer the AC2 NM Might one.
That's my current favourite. The other two common builds are all out Poison (Poison Nova and synergies) or all out Bone (Bone Spirit/Spear with synergies and Corpse Explosion) both of which have just the Merc and one Golem for summons.