I need advise on my future Pnova/teeth Necro

[Gr1zz1y]

I've decided to make a pretty simple build. Ive never seen this build executed before, but then again I never usually hang out in the Necro forum :scratch:

BTW, this is PVP.

Anyways, my skills/stats/gear posted below need some critiqueing. (sp?)

Name: Get_Sick

Skills:
20 Poison nova
20 Poison dagger
20 Poison explosion
20 Lower Resist
All the rest in Teeth/prereqs.

Gear:
Trang helm (Pfacet)
Trang armor (Pfacet)
Trang shield (Pfacet)
Trang gloves
Trang belt
Deaths Web (Pfacet)
+2 necro skills crafted caster ammy
SoJ
dwarf/raven/wisp/carrion ring depending on who Im dueling.
Treks/Marrows

Strategy: When dueling, I will cast lower resist on my enemy. Then, I'll cast Poison Nova every few seconds until their life is at 1. Then, I'll kill them off with teeth (I chose teeth because its much harder to avoid than Spirit or Spear, plus it looks cool as hell)
There are a few reasons I choose full trangs over Bramble+shako+homonc+arach. One is that I simply try to avoid high rune words because I don't like the idea that I'm using a duped item. The other reason is that full trangs is more defensive, and FAST. With full trangs, some good boots, and run/walk charms, I will reach incredible speeds, enabling me to dodge almost any projectile. And the third reason for using trangs is simply because vampires look cool, especially vampires that can shoot fireballs :clap:

Thoughts? Suggestions?

[Hulk]

Well, Im guessing you dont have the funds for an enigma, correct? If so you might want to use a BoneWalls for Melees, and some gear changes might help:

4 Pnova Splendor or a 5/5 or Hel Stormshield, for the DR
5/5 Psn Facet Shako
5/5 Psn Facet 35 Res Magi or Que Hegans, Trang Armor would work also.
Trang Gloves
Spider
Marrowwalks, for Bone Armor, add Prison Synergy for the Armor
2x BK rings, since Pnova doesnt take an insane amount of mana per cast
Your nec ammy is ok, could also use a Maras
Deaths Web is good

Other then that, your strat needs to make the use of some fast runwalk if youre not using tele, barbs and paladins will creep on you so quickly. And with the items you want to use your wont last more than 2 hits from a good pala. Hope this helps at all.

w/ TripleSix @ UsWest

[LorveN]

tip: you are going to hit enemies running away from you with teeth right?
since you use trang set, remember you can catch them with firewall too. it covers more than one screenwidth, so your enemy will most surely run into it, which means instant death with 1 hp :P
its incredibly funny :D

[Necrochild313]

Pump bonewall, not LR.

LR is a waste to put points into, after +skills a lvl 1 LR will have maybe 5% less -res than a maxed LR. LR is one of the most diminishing skills in the game. Bonewall will also add to your teeth damage. I would also suggest not completing trang set, as that would mess up your fcr with teeth (full trang has bugged fcr).

Also, a point into spear and spirit would be decent. I have a build much like this, and my (1 point) bone spirit, after +skills, deals nearly 2k dmg.

Try to hit at least 48% fcr if you can help it, since you are pvp. If you had enigma I would suggest 48% or 75%.



4 Pnova Splendor or a 5/5 or Hel Stormshield


Trang shield is much better than a 4 pnova splendor, - res in most important for a venomancer, then +% dmg, then +skills.

Info as to why (http://www.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?t=277202)

[Gr1zz1y]

Thanks for the advice guys. Actually, I do own a dusk enigma right now, and I kind of regret trading my Ists for it...because now Im trying to play as legit as possible and Im actually trying to get rid of it.

But thanks for the tips on lower resist, etc.

BTW, for your bone spear to hit 2k, do you have on marrows and PnB charms?

Also, I'm not too worried. about FCR. I only have to cast Pnova once every 2 seconds (thats how long the poison duration is) and if my enemy is at 1 life, 1 cast of firewall or teeth will kill them. I think ill stick with full trangs unless its terribly hard to get any kills.

[Necrochild313]

BTW, for your bone spear to hit 2k, do you have on marrows and PnB charms?

Yes to both, and I made a typo, I meant bone spirit. My spear does between 1k and 1.5k

[LorveN]

keep in mind you will want pnb charms anyway, not just for the bone spears. All psn spells benefit from that, as well as bone armor. Can never get too many of those charms! (uhm, well, more than 10 makes no sense on one single char though, unless they have different mods you prefer in different occasions...)

[Gr1zz1y]

Hmm..I guess I'll invest in PnB charms.

One last question: Should I go for max block with trang shield? This would make me more vulnerable to casters, but if I had max block and ~1k damage absorbed from bone armor, meleers would be cake.

[Necrochild313]

I max block, but if you use trang shield I suggest that you sheal it. It has no FBR, so when you block you'll be stuck without it (I have an umed trang shield (yeah I know, waste of an um, but I traded for it this way) and a shealed trang shield, and when trying both in pvp, I liked the shealed one alot better.)

When the stats are taken into consideration trang shield has a better block rate than homoncolus until the mid-90s. This is because that stats that you'd put into str are saved (+25 str bonus :D ) and can be used into dex. Also, trang shield gives +dex as well (15 iirc). With both of those taken into consideration, trang shield comes out on top for the block rate game.

BTW, I only use 5 pnb gcs. My other charms are used for resistance/life/fhr, since I feel/seen that my necro deals enough damage as it is.