bonewall important?

[yuqing]

sry if this has been posted b4.

I was wondering if it would be wise to put a point into bonewall as a 99% summon necro, or what they call a overlord in the old days. Bone prison is useless since as a summoner you need you summons to be able to get to the monsters, but a bonewall can keep the distance from you and a nasty monster for a while. should i put one point or leave it alone and if its any help heres my current build

1 teeth
1 Corpse Ex
1 bone arm
1 in all curses
1 in all golems
1 in summon res and skele mast
10 in revive
max summon skele
max summon mage
max skele mastery

shako
enigma
mara
2x soj
arach
boneflame
king leo's arm
marrow
trang glove
cta and spirit on switch

thx for all responces

-yuqing

[masakerr]

sry if this has been posted b4.

I was wondering if it would be wise to put a point into bonewall as a 99% summon necro, or what they call a overlord in the old days. Bone prison is useless since as a summoner you need you summons to be able to get to the monsters, but a bonewall can keep the distance from you and a nasty monster for a while. should i put one point or leave it alone and if its any help heres my current build

1 teeth
1 Corpse Ex
1 bone arm
1 in all curses
1 in all golems
1 in summon res and skele mast
10 in revive
max summon skele
max summon mage
max skele mastery

shako
enigma
mara
2x soj
arach
boneflame
king leo's arm
marrow
trang glove
cta and spirit on switch

thx for all responces

-yuqing

Doesn't sound to me like you need it. It's a synergy to bone armor, but you have marrowwalk boots. I don't find myself casting bone wall as a barrier. The only thing that "worries" me is the ranged attacks (play hardcore). I've lost at least 2 summoners to ranged attacks and stupidity.

I think, if you have extra points you don't know what to do with, adding to summon resist. Elemental attacks was my only problem, until I pumped it up just a bit.

Masa

[CookiesnCream]

I don't think bonewall is needed at all, I never used it on my skellimancer.

[newerest]

It helps for ancients, just box yourself into a corner and (hopefully) your army can take them.

[Myrakh-2]

I never missed bonewalls on my Skelemancers. Don't use the Marrowwalks charges either.

If something is bothering my mages I just use Gumby as distraction. Monsters just love him. Same for myself --- if run into a roomto encourage my skellies to follow me, and I notice some monsters are turning my way (bad bad bad boys...), I hide behind Gumby.

Edit: never noticed that the Ancients are a problem without bonewalls. Maybe I should pay more attention when I wipe the Arreat Summit with them next time...

[newerest]

Well you probally own some nice gear, but for some people without shakos and nigmas a well placed bone wall can be the difference between life and death.(Plus it gets more life in nm and Hell)

[Myrakh-2]

FYI: my Trang setup cost me a few pgems. I also used a LUM rune for it, to speed things up.

It's pretty simple to equip a Skelemancer. The gear is incredibly cheap.