Need Summoner/Bone Spirit Advice

[jmuollo]

Ok - So new to DII since the last reset and need some advice. If this has been posted elsewhere I apologize in advance as I was not able to find it.

I'm trying to make a summoner build that has bone spirit damage for boss assistance. I'm not "rich" so my gear is basically everything I've found/traded.

The build is expected to start off as such

Level 85 + 12 extra skill points
Max Sekeleton Mastery
Max Raise Skeleton
1 Mage
1 Clay Goblin
1 BG
1 IG
1 Revive
1 CE
1 Summon Resist
20 Bone Spear
20 Bone Spirit
8/10 Curses


Assuming that anything else would go into Teeth for synergies.

Long story short here is my problem. With +13 skills from gear I'm expecting bone spirit to do 1500 damage (since I don't have anything in Bone prison or wall), but that seems low for hell and especially any ubering I might want to try.

Is 1500k Magic damage good enough for hell or not worth the trouble of maxing spear and spirit? Would it be better to simply forget about bone spirit/spear and max skeleton mages?

[muserule]

I tried a build exactly like that a while ago and gave up as it wasnt working out (i.e. my lvl 20+ bone spirit couldnt kill a fallen), am trying another now but have dropped a few non essential skills in favour of getting some points in to bone wall.

I would suggest dropping some curses, maybe all and using a wand for decrepify (some nice unique wands have decrep). I also dont think iron golem and revives are really required for this build. They are nice to have but dont actually help you kill anything really. Thats up to 11 points to add to bone damage with 1 in bone armour.

Finally I would suggest maxing bone spear first as the damage done per mana point is much higher meaning you will actually be able to use it for sustained periods unlike bone spirit which really goes through mana fast.