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Irongrave
04-10-2005, 19:45
Ok you are probably going to laugh but...
Right now I have to sit there for about 1 minute and keep casting decrep & healing & wait for my merc to kill an act 1 NM monster so I can resurrect one skeleton... after which I'm fine.
Is there an easier way to go about this?
I was thinking about picking up Attract or Confuse... are they worth it?
Ok you are probably going to laugh but...
Right now I have to sit there for about 1 minute and keep casting decrep & healing & wait for my merc to kill an act 1 NM monster so I can resurrect one skeleton... after which I'm fine.
Is there an easier way to go about this?
I was thinking about picking up Attract or Confuse... are they worth it?
usually a merc can easily kill a nm monster, give him a cheap weapon such as a insight as the dmg is nice on it and he should have no problem with em, otherwise use amplify or ur clay golem to help slow the monster down. u can always help ur merc kill him if u have a powerful weapon.
Myrakh-2
04-10-2005, 19:57
Right now I have to sit there for about 1 minute and keep casting decrep & healing & wait for my merc to kill an act 1 NM monster so I can resurrect one skeleton... after which I'm fine.
Is there an easier way to go about this?
No, the merc is the way to go. Except that mercs usually have a better weapon than yours...
For nightmare, you could still have some success with a wand with lots of poison damage. For hell you MUST beef up your merc.
AnimeCraze
04-10-2005, 22:11
No, the merc is the way to go. Except that mercs usually have a better weapon than yours...
For nightmare, you could still have some success with a wand with lots of poison damage. For hell you MUST beef up your merc.
If you are a venom/summonner using 3 parts of trang, that would not be necessary. 40 points nova (1 synergy) is enough to clear a fallen camp with ease.
Otherwise, I agree that merc is the way to go. Give him some decent weapon and he will kill fast.
Myrakh-2
04-10-2005, 22:36
If you are a venom/summonner using 3 parts of trang, that would not be necessary. 40 points nova (1 synergy) is enough to clear a fallen camp with ease.
I had the impression that the char in question is a Skelemancer.
So buying a wand with poison damage on it is MUCH better than spending 40 skillpoints to cover the time it takes to collect some pgems to buy a weapon :-)
Lightning damage would work too, but back when I did this I preferred poison because of my bad AR --- I could keep swinging at the fallen in A1 bloodmoor until I finally hit, then retreat and lick my own wounds while the poison did its thing.
Lightning is too random, I wanted something with guaranteed high damage :-)
Definitely need to beef up merc-- need for 1st kill. Also use amp curse. I have used amp and attract all the way thru Hell with much success. I never even use decrepify anymore.
My clay golem cant kill anything. I cant kill anything either since i am full invested in skeletons and CE. Have to rely on merc for 1st kill.
Also go back to Cold plains or Blood Moor just to get up army -- then go on with questing once you have at least partial if not full army up and going.
Even on Baal runs, i will pop back to act1 just to get my army up. Kind of a pain, but takes alot less time than trying to get army going in later levels -- MUCH safer too.
Das Adin
05-10-2005, 03:08
Obediance on an Act2 merc will kill anything in the blood moor in hell with no problem.
McCain123
05-10-2005, 11:20
I had the same problem recently in hell.
- Clay Golem canīt kill.
- Merc had a bad weapon and bad armor, as he was normally protected by skellies, so couldnīt kill eiher.
- I wonīt even talk my kill abilitys. Hell, Iīm carrying a wand, not a sword.
I tried it with attract. Believe me, i takes ages, but it can be done.
Best way so far is, go to Act 5. Either use the portal in front of Anya for around 10-20 skellies ( depending on fcr ) or leave the town. There you will find three dead monsters for your first three skeletons. If completely desperate, just enter WSK2 without skellies and pray, that the first monsters are exploding ones. ;)
Best way of course is, to equip your merc right, so that he can do the first kill. Should not be too difficult, since he will most likely use might.
go through red portal at Anya and you will see many dead bodies...
Pimousse
05-10-2005, 16:41
go through red portal at Anya and you will see many dead bodies...
Or go through Harrogath main door to have some monsters body too
or those suicide ones that comes to you and explode
^_^
that's a free skellie to me
when i wanted to get a skellie and i had no merc or money too reserect i would summon a blood golem, yes a blood golem (in hell), ofcourse i would cast amp and he would do 400 dam wich enough to kill a monster, i only had 1 point in blood golem as a pre but it was at level 25 from +skill so thats why it did a fair bit of dam
HaLoPhReAk
05-10-2005, 20:36
get a beefed up fire golem.... easiest way, but in nm you might want to have a high damaging weapon, like that wand that adds 25-75 cold dmg
McCain123
06-10-2005, 11:27
or those suicide ones that comes to you and explode
^_^
that's a free skellie to me
:lol: Nice one.
RealmOftheWolf
06-10-2005, 15:26
could always call a friend to get your first kill :lol:
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