First Necro GF Skelemancer

[baboontilt]

Hey, I wanted to make a character with massive goldfind that was able of course to play in hell. I have never made a necro, but a summoner seems to be the best choice for a character that can play with a lot of GF gear without sacrificing survivability. My question is, would a summoner wiht a basic skills distribution and the following gear be able to play in hell effectively:

Helm: Perf GF Crown of Thieves Lem'd 150%
Armor: Wealth 300% GF
Weapon: 6-lem Crystal Sword 300% GF
Rings: 2x Dwarfstar 200% GF
Boots: Marrowalk (I ahve em, and I figure I need at lesat some +skills)
Shield: 4-Lem Monarch 200% GF
Ammy: Maras (same as marrowwalks)
Gloves: Chance Guards 200% GF
Belt: Goldwrap 80%
~400% GF worth of charms
Summoning GCs w/ GF if I can find them
High GF Gheeds

For almost 2000% Extra Gold :)

Is this build viable?

[Mad Mantis]

Is this build viable?

The build can be viable. It will take more effort than a Summoner with standard equipment, but it can be viable.

The problem with this set-up is that you traded all the killing speed for GF. With a bit less GF and a bit more +skills you will be able to get gold faster and in the end get more gold.

Alternatively you could try to just sell all the blue and yellow armor you find. That will also give you a lot of gold and it uses MF.

[KamikazeJustice]

I use my summoner for gf and gambling, also. But, I don't go as radical as 2000% on the gf. I have 1000% and still can make 15 skellies, 15 mages and 28 revives.

I usually get around 300 to 600 gold from a normal monster and around 15,000 to 30,000 from a mini boss.

I grab up the armor (anything that is Sharktooth and higher), necro wands(1+skills), pally scepters(1+skills) and sorc weapons(many skills), and cash them in for 35,000 gold each. I get my 2 million gold fairly quickly for gambling.

If you wanna go even more radical, get a +3 Summoner / 80% extra gold magic ammy. The best chance of getting one might be through gambling. I've gambled for a couple with 75%+ with +3 fire skills for Sorc, and +3 Combat for Barb.

I use a nice pair of rare boots that give 76% ext gold that gives some fhr, frw, and some resists. I have a 100% Crown of Thieves, but decided to use my Shako for now, cuz the Shako is just too good. I use 2x Dwarf rings, 75% ext gold rare belt with good str and resists, lemmed King Leoric's and 'Wealth' armor when i get greedy. But, I use Enigma most of the time, so I can go much faster and to keep my Revives with me. Nothing like having to waste time making more Revives cuz they're too stupid to stay with you.

[Necrochild313]

a lem-lem ali baba would give you both goldfind and bit of magicfind, making those magic-gold producing armors drop a bit more frequently.

Remember to prebuff those skellies!

[haTe™]

Speaking of gold find I heard about magic bows
with certain mod thet are buged..
when U buy its 10k when sell its 35k

I will find out tomorow or day after about what particular mod is about..

but it maybe works on heaven servers only.

[Necrochild313]

That was the "Grinding" mod, and it's a bug that's been fixed on bnet servers.

[KamikazeJustice]

a lem-lem ali baba would give you both goldfind and bit of magicfind, making those magic-gold producing armors drop a bit more frequently.

Remember to prebuff those skellies!

The armor doesn't need to be magic or rare to get 35,000 gold for them. Whites, socketed and some eths get 35,000, too. I think, that anything from Sharktooth and higher, is a guaranteed 35,000 gold in hell game.

[Necrochild313]

The armor doesn't need to be magic or rare to get 35,000 gold for them. Whites, socketed and some eths get 35,000, too. I think, that anything from Sharktooth and higher, is a guaranteed 35,000 gold in hell game.

Yes, but lower than sharktooth can still sell for 35,000 if they have mods.

[KamikazeJustice]

Yes, but lower than sharktooth can still sell for 35,000 if they have mods.

My point is... that you don't need a lot of mf to get a lot of items that can get 35,000 gold.
If you do have a lot of mf, that will just lessen your chances for finding the high cost normal items and raise your chances of getting killed..., cuz your best battling equipment w/ resists and skills are in the stash in favor of mf equipment.

And Baboontilt will get his gold much quicker if he's wearing is best fighting equipment for just 'extra gold'... and not equipment for 'extra gold' and 'mf '.
I think Baboontilt is on the right track, but he needs to get at least 8 summoning charms(leaving room for your cube) and a +3 summoning/ +80 ext gold ammy so he can move faster on his gold questing.
While the 'Wealth' armor is sweet for gf and mf, I would consider an Enigma for the skills and speed... and for helping my revives stay with me.
My gf is at 654% when I'm not wearing my 'Wealth' and I do go much faster and I get the 2 mil gold quickly to support my gambling habit... cuz my skellies are at skill level 41... mages are at level 40... revives are at level 28.

[KamikazeJustice]

I forgot to mention it. But, if you're planning on gambling with all of that gold... get a Gheed's GC(for higher monster gold drops/lower gambling costs) and an 'Edge' bow(lower gambling costs) to help that gold go further.

Both of my items give me 30% lower prices at the vendors and my Gheed's gives me 151% more gold from monsters.

Before, I mentioned that my gf was 654%, but I forgot about my Gheed's. I'm actually at 805% without my 'Wealth' armor on.