Bonenecro with strong golem tank

[FellBerzerker]

I have a lvl 46 necro who has maxed bonespear and is starting to put points into spirit but also has guite a few points in the summoning tree for golems. But in nightmare he was getting his @$$ handed to him over and over again. I'm not sure what i did wrong but i'm looking to make another bonenecro with a tanker golem who doesnt die often, any tips from you guys?
PS: I play singleplayer PVM with no other players through TCIP

[Skai]

golems never last long
just use a clay golem and keep recasting him when he dies
hes just there to take blows for you not do any real damage
i put a few points in summon resist for my skellies, but im not sure if that would help your golem out too much, might just be a waste
but like i said, the golems never last long

[FellBerzerker]

Damn, well i suppose it cant be helped, thanks for the advice, i guess ill just stick to recasting and maybe put a few more points into bone stuff so i can kill something in nightmare

[Skai]

a fully synergized bone spear should be killin things fairly quick

also, this could help you out if you havent read it already
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=320645

[Mad Mantis]

golems never last long

Golems can last pretty long. The question is how many +skills do you have? It is not that hard to get Clay up to 5k hp with a mere 1 point invested. He gets 25% PDR to help further boost that hp.

[DH Amazon]

I have a lvl 46 necro who has maxed bonespear and is starting to put points into spirit but also has guite a few points in the summoning tree for golems. But in nightmare he was getting his @$$ handed to him over and over again. I'm not sure what i did wrong but i'm looking to make another bonenecro with a tanker golem who doesnt die often, any tips from you guys?
PS: I play singleplayer PVM with no other players through TCIP

Attract curse shield or +Revive shield are good options for hard places.

I used 1-point glay (1-point glay, 1-point golem mastery) in my last bone necro. I also put one hard point *) in revives too.
*) I wanted to use spirit shield, so no +revive shield option for me
And getting white wand with +revives, hard to get and you lose revives while using weapon switch, so only hard point was option for me.

I even use 1-hard point in decrepify, so around 10 less in bone spear synergies as pure build, but worked nicely at pvm.

One golem and 1-3 revives kept merc save. Little less damage for spear (5-10 point less for synergies) but no need to run backwards anymore.
Less listed damage at stats screen, but more damage at field, as you can shoot/corpse explode while standing safely at same spot. And revives usually do enough damage to stop monster life regeration, so less spear shots per hard monsters.


I have used tanker golem (10...20 points in clay and mastery) in other builds, but no option for boner as synergies took so much points.

[shuy]

Bone necro cannot be finished. All bone spear synergies 100pt - prereq BArmor and CExplosion - 102, 1 Clay + GMastery = 104. Can be achieved on lvl 94 not really often necros go over lvl 90. 1pt clay + 1pt mastery 0pt SR. Survive quite well althought ele dmg is dangerous for him. Anyway you can add 6 spare pts in golem or mastery but there is much easier and better way to have good tank - make white in wand with revieve.

I have "white" wand wand with +1 revieve +2BS. I've paid for Ist it but it was worth.
Revieved Fallen has 4-10K life with average stuff. They usually survive better then golems. Best tanks are IMO ghosts from Demonolog sanctuary, but all melee attack monster can stop boss and give you 3 minutes for BS shooting.

[FreshMeat]

Oh whatever, you can keep any golem alive and happy. No need to have extra bone spear or spirit damage to such a huge degree. It is so much easier playing having the golem not ever die than casting and worrying about the baddies comming after you. I like doing a max res defiance merc for such builds and a huge iron golem.