Guardian Naz Ghoul - The trang Ouls Poison/Summon/Fire Necromancer o

**RIP** · 17-03-2008, 00:47

Hello friends

not long time ago i've finished my second Guardian based on class specific sets, my Mav's magezon Gabrielle and if somebody remembers (which i really doubt it :-), i promised that next character will be Poison/Summon/Fire Trang necro...

Before few days i finished him and i'm proud to introduce him as my third Guardian for this sept...Overall its my seventh , but first two were finished with using escape button (so personally i'm not considering them as a real Guardians), therefore Naz Ghoul is my fifth REAL Guardian and first necro...

Btw., i have in progress two HC septs, one untwincked and this set based, still far away from Nightfishes mad Quest...

Anyway here he is....please applause...Thank You :-)

Guardian Naz Ghoul, lvl 85:

Lets start with pictures:

LCS Poison and Bone tree

LCS Summon tree

LCS Curses tree

Dmg Poison nova

Dmg Poison explotion

Dmg Fire spells

Skill distribution is obvious for the Poisonmancer, rest of the points are one point wonders, prerequisities, but there two exceptions...

20 Poison Nova (main killer, used 85% of time)
20 Poison expotion (very nice skill, if You need to destroy corpses, otherwise dmg is nearly as good as with Poison nova
20 Poison dagger (this time just a synergy, helped me a lot on the beginning)
10 Lower resist
9 Skeleton Mastery

Now, why i spent rest points that way...

Explanation:

1)Lower resist - just because only hard points invested in this skill are calculated, while speaking about breaking enemy Poison immunity, i needed maximum available ponts for this skill...Keep in mind, that when immunity is broken, things like -% enemy resist to poison ARE working...
From my experince, not many Poison immune monsters remained after using this skill, so it allowes me to effectivelly use my strongest spell agains them (Nova)

2)Skeleton mastery - i've been really dissapointed by skellies survibillity in Hell, when i played my untwincked Summonmancer, so Revives are much better option from my point of view...And only synergy for them is this skill...

Gear:

Code:

Trang-Oul's Guise
Bone Visage
Defense: 237
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Strength: 106
Required Level: 65
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0x345e751
+150 to Mana
+80 Defense
Replenish Life +5
Attacker Takes Damage of 20
25% Faster Hit Recovery
Socketed (1: 0 used)


Trang-Oul's Scales
Chaos Armor
Defense: 857
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Strength: 84
Required Level: 49
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 79
Fingerprint: 0x3bae13ef
+150% Enhanced Defense
+100 Defense vs. Missile
Poison Resist +40%
Requirements -40%
40% Faster Run/Walk
+2 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)

***Partial Set Item Bonuses***
Lightning Resist +50%
Damage Reduced by 25%
***Partial Set Item Bonuses***

Socketed (1: 0 used)


Naz-Ghoul's Trang-Oul's Wing
Cantor Trophy
Defense: 180
Chance to Block:  60%
Durability: 20 of 20
(Necromancer Only)
Required Strength: 50
Required Level: 54
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xd56c36c7
+25 to Strength
+15 to Dexterity
+30% Increased Chance of Blocking
+125 Defense
Fire Resist +41%
Poison Resist +40%
+36 poison damage over 2 seconds
+2 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
100% Chance to cast Level 51 Poison Nova When You Die
+4% to Poison Skill Damage

***Partial Set Item Bonuses***
-30% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Replenish Life +15
***Partial Set Item Bonuses***

Socketed (1: 1 used)



Naz-Ghoul's Trang-Oul's Claws
Heavy Bracers
Defense: 73
Durability: 16 of 16
Required Strength: 58
Required Level: 45
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xe73aa9bb
+30 Defense
Cold Resist +30%
20% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to Curses (Necromancer Only)
+25% to Poison Skill Damage



Trang-Oul's Girth
Troll Belt
Defense: 162
Durability: 18 of 18
Required Strength: 91
Required Level: 62
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0x45003db1
+66 to Life
+45 to Mana
+30 to Maximum Stamina
+100 Defense
Replenish Life +5
Requirements -40%
Cannot Be Frozen

***Partial Set Item Bonuses***
Cold Resist +40%
***Partial Set Item Bonuses***



Blackhand Key
Grave Wand
One-Hand Damage: 13 to 29
Durability: 15 of 15
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 41
Staff Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xbb678e8b
+50 to Life
Fire Resist +37%
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
-2 to Light Radius
30% Faster Cast Rate
20% Damage Taken Goes to Mana
150% Damage to Undead
+1 to Curses (Necromancer Only)
Level 13 Grim Ward (30/30 Charges)




Fiend Brogues
Heavy Boots
Defense: 6
Durability: 14 of 14
Required Strength: 18
Required Level: 29
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 84
Fingerprint: 0x89f567d2
Fire Resist +36%
Lightning Resist +40%
14% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
30% Faster Run/Walk
12% Chance to cast Level 4 Charged Bolt when struck



Venomous Amulet of Life Everlasting
Required Level: 45
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 91
Fingerprint: 0xf6bec95a
Damage Reduced by 16
+3 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)



Bone Touch
Ring
Required Level: 66
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 80
Fingerprint: 0x587d1f8f
+18 to Strength
+12 to Dexterity
+9 to Minimum Damage
Fire Resist +27%
Lightning Resist +5%
Cold Resist +5%
Poison Resist +27%



Corruption Hold
Ring
Required Level: 43
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xb003a73c
+25 to Life
+75 to Mana
+47 to Attack Rating
Fire Resist +9%
Replenish Life +9
10% Faster Cast Rate

Weapon and shield switch:

Code:

Heart of the Oak
Flail
'KoVexPulThul'
One-Hand Damage: 1 to 24
Durability: 30 of 30
Required Dexterity: 35
Required Strength: 41
Required Level: 55
Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 76
Fingerprint: 0xa1829094
+10 to Dexterity
All Resistances +33
Adds 3-14 cold damage over 3 seconds
7% Mana stolen per hit
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
40% Faster Cast Rate
75% Damage to Demons
150% Damage to Undead
+100 to Attack Rating against Demons
+3 to All Skill Levels
Level 4 Oak Sage (25/25 Charges)
Level 14 Raven (60/60 Charges)
Socketed (4: 4 used)




Lidless Wall
Grim Shield
Defense: 308
Chance to Block:  40%
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Strength: 58
Required Level: 41
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x73198ec2
+10 to Energy
+104% Enhanced Defense
Increase Maximum Mana 10%
+1 to Light Radius
20% Faster Cast Rate
+1 to All Skill Levels
+5 to Mana After Each Kill

in inventory 4skillers for Poison skills, one for Curses, rest of them were various +res/life/mana charms

Mercenary:

Act 2 Offensive (Might)

Gear

Code:

Andariel's Visage
Demonhead
Defense: 311
Durability: 11 of 20
Required Strength: 102
Required Level: 83
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0x3ea6ff4b
+26 to Strength
+101% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist -30%
Poison Resist +70%
+10% to Maximum Poison Resist
10% Life stolen per hit
20% Increased Attack Speed
+2 to All Skill Levels
15% Chance to cast Level 15 Poison Nova when struck
Level 3 Venom (4/20 Charges)



Duress
Boneweave
'ShaelUmThul'
Defense: 1908
Durability: 23 of 23
Required Strength: 148
Required Level: 47
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0x2e880b5f
+164% Enhanced Defense
+10% Enhanced Damage
Fire Resist +15%
Lightning Resist +15%
Cold Resist +45%
Poison Resist +15%
Adds 37-133 cold damage over 2 seconds
40% Faster Hit Recovery
33% Chance of Open Wounds
15% Chance of Crushing Blow
-20% Slower Stamina Drain
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired), Socketed (3: 3 used)



Demon Gutter
Colossus Voulge
Two-Hand Damage: 84 to 827
Durability: 26 of 26
Required Dexterity: 45
Required Strength: 200
Required Level: 48
Polearm Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 84
Fingerprint: 0x917083e1
+235% Enhanced Damage
+1 to Minimum Damage
Adds 1-8 lightning damage
30% Increased Attack Speed
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired)

This merc was strong enough to kill any unbreakable PI monsters in the game, thats why i used mighty one

Gameplay events, finds, thoughts:

This was very easy - i never played any Poison based character before, so i doubted his killing speed on the beginning, but he was extremelly fast and fun to play.Poison Nova is very strong skill (especially with so many + skills from gear), so it was real walk through the rose garden...I started always with casting Bone armor and Clay golem and for the most of the game it was enough for holding enemies far away from to be really dangerous...Really, he was so safe, that i need to use Full rejuv potion just once - when Talic in Hell used his whirl direcly against my necro...But still, i'm pretty sure that more then 400 hitpoins was remaining at the end of his whirl...Anyway i called to aid revives in tough arreas (including Arreat), they were very helpfull and personally i consider them as greatest meatshield in the game...

So there we have Guardian picture...

Poison immune - i really did not noticed them...Now seriously, not many of them were remaining after LR, rest of them killed by merc/revives/fire spells

As for finds - with MF around 0% i've been not expecting much, but reallity was worse then i thought...His best finds were Poison skiller in Act 5 NM and Ravenfrost in Act 5 Hell, i do not remember any other finds...

HForges:

Normal/NM/Hell - thats pretty bad

Future plans:I have something special in my mind prepared for him :-)

Ahh, i nearly forgot, not long time ago Skunkbelly finished his Trangs based necro, so now You can compared his great necro with mine...

Thanks for reading this, my fourth character for this sept will be Griswold based Avenger, but after some break...I want to build up my new Blizzer for MF first and then i think will be a time for another untwincked Guardian, who knows...

Again thanks and have a nice day/night

RIP

**omgwtfbbqpwned** · 17-03-2008, 01:03

Congrats! Any plans for the sockets, or are you retiring the Guardian?

So what's the next Guardian going to be?

**Soepgroente** · 17-03-2008, 01:16

Originally Posted by RIP

1)Lower resist - just because only hard points invested in this skill are calculated

Uhh? Since when?

**RIP** · 17-03-2008, 01:27

Originally Posted by Soepgroente

Uhh? Since when?

Just because i know, that You are very skilled, while speaking about game mechanics, i tried to search through the net with hope, that i can find source of my information :scratch:

Still i'm not sure, but maby i misplaced efects working with physical resistances (ie Amplify or Decrepify) with function of Lower resist...Please, can You clarify this point for me :smiley:?

Originally Posted by omgwtfbbqpwned

Congrats! Any plans for the sockets, or are you retiring the Guardian?

So what's the next Guardian going to be?

Thanks.

As for plans with free sockets, i need to find facets for them...Thats the reason, why im working on my next possible guardian, pure Blizzarder (especially just because i found Yesterday Deaths Fathom)...

Retirment?Oh no, he will be Pit runner and also i would like to know, how effective he will be in Flayer jungle :-)

**Soepgroente** · 17-03-2008, 01:31

As far as I know the thing is that LR / conviction work at 20% effectiveness when breaking immunities, and further -resist works at full effect if the immunity is broken.

But I never heard about 1 point lower resist +9 from skills being any different than 10 points into it. Of course more points do help, but not more than the few % you gained from level 10 to 19...

Synergies work the way you said, and some skills such as resist fire/cold/lightning (paladin) work this way iirc, but not lower resist/conviction.

So yeah you were probably better off leaving LR at 1 point and investing more into the summoning tree...

**RIP** · 17-03-2008, 01:38

Originally Posted by Soepgroente

As far as I know the thing is that LR / conviction work at 20% effectiveness when breaking immunities, and further -resist works at full effect if the immunity is broken.

But I never heard about 1 point lower resist +9 from skills being any different than 10 points into it. Of course more points do help, but not more than the few % you gained from level 10 to 19...

Synergies work the way you said, and some skills such as resist fire/cold/lightning (paladin) work this way iirc, but not lower resist/conviction.

So yeah you were probably better off leaving LR at 1 point and investing more into the summoning tree...

Thanks for clarifying this, every day i can learn something new

So, i wasted points in LR?Hmm, it seems, that they were not important for this build anyway :scratch:

**Soepgroente** · 17-03-2008, 01:57

Well, you still got an extra -7% on it and a nice radius so not a total waste

**Road Ratt** · 17-03-2008, 02:58

Congrats on the guardian, looks like an interesting build.

rop:

**Nightfish** · 17-03-2008, 09:57

Congrats.

Also, I resent you calling my quest mad when you propose to run the flayer jungle... Seriously...

(j/k)

**Ugla** · 17-03-2008, 14:45

Congrats on the guard, RIP (not like your character died or such :grin: )
At any case, you have a nice necro out there

The +skills work normally with LR, just like Soepgroente said. But don't regret putting more points there - it will allow you to break more resistant monsters and also significantly boost your damage against non-immunes. Not to mention you'll become an attractive MP partner :wink3:

My first ever necro ended up MPing with a lightning javazon for a good part of Hell. I hardly used another skill from the moment she joined - they just seemed so futile..