few poison/summon necro questions

[Deitti]

few questions regarding poison and summon hybrid necromancers. and i only play PVM so please give answers thinking that :)

can poison nova work with only one synergy maxed? according to skill calcs, poison nova would still reach 2k damage, is this good enough for hell?

is iron maiden still useful curse, or should i just stay with amplify? also, is lower resist used alot in this build?

which golem benefits the build best with just one hard point in? my gears aren't that great, im only getting +4 in all skills right now.

thanks for any answers.

[Arkardo]

I don't think maxing only one synergy would work... you'll already have a hard time with both synergies.

Forget Iron Maiden. I just can't see a even a dedicated build around this. Lower Resist should be your main curse. I'd say, try to get the spell level up to at least level 8-10. More if you like the increase in radius.

Amplify Damage will be useful for poison immunes that you can't break. Your skeletons will do the work for you, but you can help them a lot with just one point in this curse.

For your golem, you'll most likely want a Clay Golem. Just leave Summon Clay Golem, Golem Mastery and Summon Resist at one point for now.

Just a few extra pointers:
- Use Trang-Oul's Claws as soon as you can, no matter what.
- Max Raise Skeleton and put one point in Skeleton Mastery (NOT the other way around)

[HarbingersOfSkulls]

2k poison damage is not good enough for hell.

For a venomancer...you should have all 3 poison skills maxxed out.

LR is the curse you need to use for a venomancer...IM is good in certain situations.

Gumby is the best golem overall...and for 1 point invested you cant go wrong.

HoS