Need Help...Simple Question

[Riebs]

Ok, well my stupid sorcey died...I was so worried about Tppk that I didn't even notice the council right there... :surprise:

So I think i'm going to make a necro...sounds liek something different from all the other SORCES, and sounds liek it wont be very expensive...So all I was wondering is will a skellies necro be good to mf with...like pits,ancient tunnels and places like that...?

~Riebz

[Aerath]

Yup - perfectly safe (well, as safe as HC can be) and can be loaded with a fair amount of MF too.

Only problem it has is that it might be a bit slower than what you're used to =]

[Riebs]

Only problem it has is that it might be a bit slower than what you're used to =]

Thats fine with me as long as ita something DIFFERENT

[Valar-Wrath]

It is rather slow if you don't mind it. Pits are good as well as ancient tunnels. Also the Mausoleum, where Blood Raven is, can drop very high level items, just not often.

If you do make a summoner don't forget to get a might merc and keep him at your level. His might helps out your skellies so much. Also, don't forget to get either Corpse Explosion or Bone Spirit and another synergy. If you have marrows I'd go the BS route.

Good Luck!

[Riebs]

It is rather slow if you don't mind it. Pits are good as well as ancient tunnels. Also the Mausoleum, where Blood Raven is, can drop very high level items, just not often.

If you do make a summoner don't forget to get a might merc and keep him at your level. His might helps out your skellies so much. Also, don't forget to get either Corpse Explosion or Bone Spirit and another synergy. If you have marrows I'd go the BS route.

Good Luck!

thank you...everytihng helps....but why the second skill

[viamede]

Just to help skellies kill faster. You could search several threads where this stuff was debated ad nauseum.

Before any plus skills mine has 20 skel/20 mast, at least one in all curses except middle tree after amp, about 12 in Dim Vision and 6 in decrep (the two curses I use most after amp...which needs no extra points), 1 in armour, 5 in CE, about 16 in wall (for armour syn), none in bone prison for marrow bug, and about 12-14 in bone spear (which is all I am adding too now at lvl 91). 1 in summon res, 1 in all golems and 1 in revive. I only ever use clay though. Revives are great I have 9 aftr plus skills.

Spear helps against tough boss packs like conviction council when you need to help drop the first body to either revive or explode. Often you need to do not much other than amp, wait and start exploding.

[Pain]

thank you...everytihng helps....but why the second skill

SUPER quick guide to Skellimancers:

Max Skellies
Max Skelleton Mastery
1 point in to every curse
10 in to CE

Every thing else is a matter of personal taste (skelli mages, revives, bone armor, etc.). Personally, I like to get DV and Amp up to lvl 10 to create a larger AoE, but that's a matter of taste. Use Amp/Decrep (vs bosses)/DV/Attract judiciously.

Once your skellies take down 1 baddie, start using CE to watch them drop like flies.

BE VERY CAREFUL OF ANYTHING THAT HAS A PIERCING ATTACK LIKE SPEAR-CATS OR GLOAMS!

Check out the Necro forum. They are good. However, don't ask a noob question or one that gets' posted repeated or you will need your kevlar long-johns (they don't mess with flames, they use REAL bullets of there :xgrin: )

[BSU]

Well, CE isn't neccicery, expecialy if those 10 points could be used to boost your damage considerably. What I found to be a good build is max skele and skele mastery, 1 point in everything else in summoning exept fire golem, 1 point in all curses exept left 3, max poison nova and then put rest of your skill points in a synergy.

[Full_Circle]

I'm rather fond of the "party necro." It's probably a bit slower soloing than some other builds, but it more than makes up for it when you've got a team of trapsins, javazons, and sorcs.

It pretty much looks the same as what's been listed, except your later points get dumped into Lower Resist and Corpse Explosion. If you go with full Trang, Lower Resist is pretty nice even for soloing. LR + Firewall = quick corpses.