How much strength for my skellemancer?

[Mal]

How much strength for my skellemancer?

I am currently rebuilding my HC MF skellemancer, and was wondering how much str you folks like to go for, and why. I am going with no dex, str for gear, and rest in vit. My last one died at lvl 73 by running to far ahead of my skeles, I think I had like 75 str. I just want to avoid wasting points. Gear is general MF stuff, I don't have alot in mind specifically, I'll probably go with a p topaz'd armour and tarnhelm if I can find another one. My last guy had tarn, p diamond ward, and a rare armour with topaz's. Nothing special, but he would have lived longer if I hadn't been so hasty.

 

[det]

Marrowwalks need 118 str and are the boots of choice for many Necros...

Of course it is harder to decide how much str you will need, if you don't know what items you find. Usually I don't go below 60 str, because that's what you need for plated belts or Frosties.

I guess 30 str would be the absolute minimum for a Breastplate

 

[GrimJackGutShankz]

I am currently rebuilding my HC MF skellemancer, and was wondering how much str you folks like to go for, and why. I am going with no dex, str for gear, and rest in vit. My last one died at lvl 73 by running to far ahead of my skeles, I think I had like 75 str. I just want to avoid wasting points. Gear is general MF stuff, I don't have alot in mind specifically, I'll probably go with a p topaz'd armour and tarnhelm if I can find another one. My last guy had tarn, p diamond ward, and a rare armour with topaz's. Nothing special, but he would have lived longer if I hadn't been so hasty.

I would go with a base of 100, that way if you have or find a skullder's ire which is 97 strength I believe then you would be ok. Besides, you can always use strength charms if needed.

GrimJack

 

[Jaimes]

Work out what items you are going to have in your template as well as the highest str requirement on your items.. Subtract the str bonuses from the max str, subtract what you're willing to use with +str items as fillers and +str charms. That should be around where you put your strength.

For example... My necro's gear has around +10 str and 118 str is required to wear Marrowwalks, the highest str requirement on any items I have in my template. Subtract 10, leaving me at 108. And I can easily make up that other 8 with charms or whatever. So my str is at 100 now. Though since you're going to be playing HC.. you'll probably want less str to put in vitality.

 

[Myrakh-2]

Subtract 10, leaving me at 108. And I can easily make up that other 8 with charms or whatever. So my str is at 100 now. Though since you're going to be playing HC.. you'll probably want less str to put in vitality.

No.

A small charm can have +2 str maximum. A small charm can have +20 life maximum, which equals 10 vitality.

So, a small charm is equivalent to 10 vitality or 2 str maximum. I'd rather invest in strength then (well, actually, I've done it... I can wear all my items without charms or jewelry), esp. since 2 vitality is only 4 life --- and you can easily pile up small charms with a lot more than 4 life

A grand charm can get up to 6 strength, which isn't much better.

 

[Mal]

Thanks for the replies, it makes me feel better about my 75 str necro (RIP). I guess I'll go as high as 100 str then, which isn't much of a stretch since I'm going without block.

 

[Final]

No.

A small charm can have +2 str maximum. A small charm can have +20 life maximum, which equals 10 vitality.

So, a small charm is equivalent to 10 vitality or 2 str maximum. I'd rather invest in strength then (well, actually, I've done it... I can wear all my items without charms or jewelry), esp. since 2 vitality is only 4 life --- and you can easily pile up small charms with a lot more than 4 life

A grand charm can get up to 6 strength, which isn't much better.

Sc goes up to 2 str correct? correct.. lcs go up to 5 (thall take 3 scs just in case u hate math ) but also they go up to 30-35 life or something these are the things i use most often (unless of course i plan on useing 10 gcs but hey im poor so i dont have to worry :lol: )

 

[Jaimes]

Huh Myrakh?
I meant only using str charms to get initial str. Put on str charms. Put on Marrowwalks. Boom, extra str. Put str charms in stash