03-23-2003, 06:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2003, 06:50 AM by Albion Child.)
I build a necro like this. He used.. (sorry I know some obvious)
Max skeletons, Max skel mages, Max skel mastery, Max fire Golem, 1 point golem mastery (get plenty from + skillz stuff), Amp damage 1 (again, plenty more fkrom sills stuff), and the rest into revives and prereqs.
I used the following equipment (that I remember, it's been awhile)...
Arm of king Leoric, Homunculus, Skin of the Vipermagi, +3 summoning amulet, 2 sojs, frostburns, crafted caster boots, string of ears, Unique Shako, and 6 or so summoning GCs.
I also used a Fire rogue merc, which I chose because, 1.) rogues do good damage 2.) they are good at staying out of trouble 3.) they would be able to shoot even in the presence of all those skels 4.) cold mage mercs would destroy much needed bodies, fire mages suck, and lightning ones annoy me because they mae it difficult to discern the presence of a LEB. 5.) act 2 aura's would be nice, but the mercs would never be able to get to the baddies to fight and I didn't want to use thorns. 6.) Barb mercs ae worthless to a zookeeper, as they hardly ever are able to close in on monsters with all the summons there 7.) cold rogues would destroy bodies.
That necro was perfectly viable in hell, but would always need to sit in act one for awhile waiting for the Fire golem and merc to kill a few Zombies and Spike fiends when in a solo game.
P.S. I thought I should add, bosses are tough, but certainly not impossible. They do tae an incredibly long time to kill, as does everything else. However, the protection offered by the minions is exxtreme and I made it through hell dying only once to (arrrrrtrgggghhhhh forget name.....the wizard from the top seal in Diablo's chamber.)
Max skeletons, Max skel mages, Max skel mastery, Max fire Golem, 1 point golem mastery (get plenty from + skillz stuff), Amp damage 1 (again, plenty more fkrom sills stuff), and the rest into revives and prereqs.
I used the following equipment (that I remember, it's been awhile)...
Arm of king Leoric, Homunculus, Skin of the Vipermagi, +3 summoning amulet, 2 sojs, frostburns, crafted caster boots, string of ears, Unique Shako, and 6 or so summoning GCs.
I also used a Fire rogue merc, which I chose because, 1.) rogues do good damage 2.) they are good at staying out of trouble 3.) they would be able to shoot even in the presence of all those skels 4.) cold mage mercs would destroy much needed bodies, fire mages suck, and lightning ones annoy me because they mae it difficult to discern the presence of a LEB. 5.) act 2 aura's would be nice, but the mercs would never be able to get to the baddies to fight and I didn't want to use thorns. 6.) Barb mercs ae worthless to a zookeeper, as they hardly ever are able to close in on monsters with all the summons there 7.) cold rogues would destroy bodies.
That necro was perfectly viable in hell, but would always need to sit in act one for awhile waiting for the Fire golem and merc to kill a few Zombies and Spike fiends when in a solo game.
P.S. I thought I should add, bosses are tough, but certainly not impossible. They do tae an incredibly long time to kill, as does everything else. However, the protection offered by the minions is exxtreme and I made it through hell dying only once to (arrrrrtrgggghhhhh forget name.....the wizard from the top seal in Diablo's chamber.)
"Once you have tasted flight,
you will forever walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there
you have been, and there you will
always long to return."
-Leonardo da Vinci
you will forever walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there
you have been, and there you will
always long to return."
-Leonardo da Vinci