Which curse with Bone spirit/Bone spear?

[ptitbob]

Just a quick question, does lower resist works with those two skills?

And even if it works, is it better than decrepify?

[Kalkanor]

no it doesnt work with them
if i was you i would use Dim Vision so noting would be hurting you or moveing so they would be easier to hit

[Damric]

Decrepify versus end bosses and superunique creatures to keep them still. Dim vision or Confuse versus crowds.

[sike]

Nothing close to Dim Vision!!

- When you start using it, :o what a surprise, the same thoughts :)... andd... we are coming to Hell.. yeah Conqueror is on the brests... :O omg what just happened...

- There will be many boss/champion packs waiting in ambushes where some of them might be fast and some might seem to flying like a rockets.
- Where you might take special care when relying on DV is those 'immune' monster where Decrepify will take care of the problem if noticed, to be noticed you must be consciouse what with DV in hands seemes like thing of past ;)

- Go with DV, but be sure D is readdy and prepared to react.

[billking]

If I was going with a Bonemancer, I'd probably want it to be a decent PvP character, and as such I'd want 102 points in the Poison & Bone skill tree and 1-3 points in the Summoning skill tree (Clay Golem is mandatory, Raise Skeleton and Raise Skeletal Mage are optional; they are all just distractions for absorbing Guided Arrows, Bone Spirits, etc). That doesn't leave enough to have a decent Dim Vision. I only recommend Dim Vision if you can max it, because otherwise ranged monsters (your primary weakness) will still be able to get shots on you, and only after you get hit by and/or dodge some missiles will you be able to DV them out.

I'd recommend investing no hard points in curses whatsoever. Curses are notoriously bad in PvP, and for PvM you can bring in specialized equipment. If you can find a wand or head with +Decrepify +Attract or something similar, just wear that while you're leveling, then stash it for your PvP gear when you duel. If you'd rather not use up the stash space, I'd recommend using Bone Wall and Bone Prison for crowd control against normals, and simply playing smart and careful against bosses.

Edit: If you're going to use Bone Wall/Prison for crowd control, you might want to seriously consider Bramble armor on your mercenary, or maybe even some type of access to Iron Maiden. Bone Wall becomes a lot better when monsters kill themselves trying to tear it down.

[shuy]

For PvM best is AD. Does not work with BS but after few spears you use corpse explosion ;)