Stupid idea to kill time

[k0d3]

i was talking to a few friends about different builds and what we would like to try out... and conversation got long but somewhere in there we realized the diablo is one of the very few games that allows u to have quite a few pets... so that got us thinking of building a with form of skellymancer... trhis is not a guide... hell i dunno if it would finish normal by himself...

the idea is to have super-skelly... only one point in it and everything else including + skills guided in increase skeleton mastery... i know what ur thinking... retarded... yeah well i never claimed we were the bringthest bunch in town but i dunno what u guys think? could it finish normal? could it go foward? maybe just allow 1 point in raise skeleton and maybe use the ones graned by + skills just as gravy...

on the other hand a friend pitch another idea... im pretty sure its old... but it sounded interesting... getting a full skelly mancer 20 raise skelly, 20 mastery, 20 mages (i know most people think they suck... but i like 'em... they kindda add color to the fight... and some dmg if ur REALLY patient or have nothing to do but watch monthers change colors from cold and poison dmg), 20 revives (if u have the mana and dont mind reviving everything that u kill... i persoanly dont like them that much 1 + whatever u get seems fine) but once thats done... only allow the necro to wear (when possible) items that allow casting other summons... like carrion vine, beast ans stuff like that to get the max number of summons possible... now this part im shaddy about... rules for summons apply right? like u cant have wolves with a bear, u can only have 1 golem even though ones from skill and one's from like metalgrind amy?

and most importantly... how good are spirits in the middle of The Bones Brigade? will they live long enought or they are just a wate of charges or mana?

thanks;

- K0D3 -
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[AnimeCraze]

Nevermind what I said.

[leddan]

The mass army Necromancer is actually quite fun. I call them a Lagomancer since you'll run into people constantly that will call you all kinds of colorful names swearing you are lagging the game up.

[Mad Mantis]

could it finish normal? could it go foward? maybe just allow 1 point in raise skeleton and maybe use the ones graned by + skills just as gravy...

Very interesting idea. At level 90 in Hell with 1 point in RS, the rest in SM and 20 +skills for both a single Skellie will have 3620 hp's. His own damage won't be that hot but Edge+Bramble should allow him to get kills. With just 1 in RS, maxed SM and 20 +skills for SM a single Skellie has a mere 362 hp. That is not a lot. Looks like you'll need to pump RS as well to get decent hp on your Skellie.

At the end of normal at level 40 with one point in RS and maxed SM a Skellie will have 181 hp. Toss in 12 +skills and you are looking at 277 hp. Useable, but you'll be recasting fairly often I think.

You'll want to be looking at ways to control crowds so that your Skellie won't be swarmed and killed very rapidly. That is probably where the focus will lie. I'm rather curious to see how far you actually are going to get.




now this part im shaddy about... rules for summons apply right? like u cant have wolves with a bear, u can only have 1 golem even though ones from skill and one's from like metalgrind amy?

Yeah, the rules for summons apply. Either wolves or bears and just one Golem. But it does sound like fun to try and get as many different summons as possible.

[bogie]

hmmm nice idea..ive always wanted to try and revive as many summons as possible, i dunno why you dont want to get 20 into raise skeleton, itd be interesting as mantis said, but kinda inefficient. I might try that with my summoner. Lets see, if you had 22+ skills to skeles and mages you could get 16 of them.. so. 16 skeles, 16 mages, 1 clay golem (or golem of choice), i suppose you could max revives, though i doubt many people can keep 40+ revives going, so lets say u leave it at one, plus skills will bring it to like 25, so 25 revives, 1 grizzly (from beast), a spirit of choice (from wisp), hmm i think thats it, if any1 sees some minions u could get that im missing please tell. o and by the way, thats a total of 60 minions + ur merc, 64 if you use sprirt wolves (the wep that grants them escapes me).

[jakotaco]

You forgot the Poison Creeper from Carrion Wind! 65!

[SoAmazing]

Laggymancer, loooolz! ;)