05-05-2003, 12:22 PM
Hi Sabra
I too am a newb-omancer. I just recently made my first ever necromancer and insisted that he had to be a bow user.
I am certain that there have to be many skill point structures that would work for this, but here is what I did. My boy is a slow killer when solo, but he can manage alone. He shines in group play, due to the fact that he is heavy on curses and has a golem that tanks well.
I put single points in all curses, with extras in Amp Damage (4), Dim Vision (10), Lower Resist (10), Attract (10). I maxed Golem Mastery. I put about 10 points into Summon Resist. I put points slowly into Fire Golem, taking care not to go too fast with it, because he is so darned expensive in mana to cast, and I didn't want to have the casting cost exceed my mana pool.
The nice thing about a Fire Golem is that the Holy Fire aspect of them makes them monster magnets, thus sparing your weak little self the attentions of the monsters, and allowing you to plink at them in relative safety.
I put enough points in str to be able to hold a chukonu. I pumped dex as much as I could, and the extras went to vitality. No points spent in energy at all (hence the caution about placing points too soon in Fire Golem).
He still had a very low AR. You will want to seek out any and all dex/AR bonus items you can find. I got very lucky and found a circlet that had both the Visionary and Platinum affixes for him to wear, and still found that his AR was low.
He has a Cold Arrow Rogue mercenary, who supplies the cold damage when needed for PI's, and is also very durable, due to her hip-hugger tendencies.
Between a lightning damage weapon-switch bow, the Fire Golem's fire damage and the cold arrow on the Rogue, combined with Lower Resist, PI's in Hell can be killed. The rest go down to a combination of Amp Damage, Attract and/or Dim Vision.
When in party play, Decrepify has it's moments as well, when your group has melee fighters and boss packs spawn with Fanaticism. Life Tap is a godsend when playing the Chaos Sanctuary or other places where melee characters get cursed.
I too am a newb-omancer. I just recently made my first ever necromancer and insisted that he had to be a bow user.
I am certain that there have to be many skill point structures that would work for this, but here is what I did. My boy is a slow killer when solo, but he can manage alone. He shines in group play, due to the fact that he is heavy on curses and has a golem that tanks well.
I put single points in all curses, with extras in Amp Damage (4), Dim Vision (10), Lower Resist (10), Attract (10). I maxed Golem Mastery. I put about 10 points into Summon Resist. I put points slowly into Fire Golem, taking care not to go too fast with it, because he is so darned expensive in mana to cast, and I didn't want to have the casting cost exceed my mana pool.
The nice thing about a Fire Golem is that the Holy Fire aspect of them makes them monster magnets, thus sparing your weak little self the attentions of the monsters, and allowing you to plink at them in relative safety.
I put enough points in str to be able to hold a chukonu. I pumped dex as much as I could, and the extras went to vitality. No points spent in energy at all (hence the caution about placing points too soon in Fire Golem).
He still had a very low AR. You will want to seek out any and all dex/AR bonus items you can find. I got very lucky and found a circlet that had both the Visionary and Platinum affixes for him to wear, and still found that his AR was low.
He has a Cold Arrow Rogue mercenary, who supplies the cold damage when needed for PI's, and is also very durable, due to her hip-hugger tendencies.
Between a lightning damage weapon-switch bow, the Fire Golem's fire damage and the cold arrow on the Rogue, combined with Lower Resist, PI's in Hell can be killed. The rest go down to a combination of Amp Damage, Attract and/or Dim Vision.
When in party play, Decrepify has it's moments as well, when your group has melee fighters and boss packs spawn with Fanaticism. Life Tap is a godsend when playing the Chaos Sanctuary or other places where melee characters get cursed.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake