is this ok to do?

[Selvon Karneth]

is this ok to do?

i am makeing a necro and was wondering if i made him a summener and a caster type would he still do ok?

or is that a dum idea?

 

[bruticus]

if by this you mean to make a summon/bone hybrid, it should be OK, but you might find that you don't have enough skill points to take advantage of the skill synergies to maximize your bone damage.

last ladder i made a good summoner and sunk the remaining points into bonespear; it was a poor experiment as the spear damage was not very useful.

having said that, i'm certain there are people here that have done it more effectively... anyone?

 

[Findux]

I think a summoner/poison necro would be quite effective as you can max all poison synergys and still have 40+ skill points to summon tree. I'm not a necro expert so I'm not sure about this.

 

[Latex Glove]

A Summoner/Bone Spear Necromancer will only be truly effective in Normal and Nightmare. In Hell, it will be difficult to kill anything in a timely manner, as neither your summons or Bone Spear damage will be adequately synergized.

However, a Summoner/Poison Necromancer can be quite effective. Although it may or may not be as effective as a fully maxed Summoner or Poisonmancer, it is still quite fun to play. If nothing else, it allows one to be much more involved in the slaughter (hopefully this word applies to your battling) of the enemy.

 

[prion]

here's a bone/summon hybrid build guide
http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.php?id=543

 

[Selvon Karneth]

i was thinking some thing like a poison nova type and a summener

my main conser is where i sould put my state points

i can figure out the skills
thanks

 

[AceAZA]

I just posted my PvP Summon/Bone Hybrid Guide (Draft) on the PvP Forum. Check it out.

-Ace

 

[Latex Glove]

Use the following classic model for stat points:

Strength: Minimal. Spend only what is needed for equipment you plan on using.
Dexterity: Either enough for Maximum Block (75%), or none at all.
Vitality: Everything else that you don't spend will be placed in here.
Energy: Not a single point. Use Mana Potions if your Mana Pool dips too low.

 

[Selvon Karneth]

ok thank you

 

[naskali]

I have a poison/summon necro and he owns. I use revives and i can have up to 19 revived monsters. Bosses go down in no time. I can also uber(only switch is death's web to beast axe)

Its also good in pvp as long as i have a ''bunch'' of revives

 

[Thrandir]

What if you put 1 point in Smastery, Skel, Skel mage, revive, Clay, Gmastery and Summon resists (and 1 in Amp dmg) and dumped the rest in bone skills?

That would be almost an almost fully synergized Bonemancer. With enough plus-to-skill, would all the minions be worth the small decrease in spear damage?

 

[Latex Glove]

What if you put 1 point in Smastery, Skel, Skel mage, revive, Clay, Gmastery and Summon resists (and 1 in Amp dmg) and dumped the rest in bone skills?

That would be almost an almost fully synergized Bonemancer. With enough plus-to-skill, would all the minions be worth the small decrease in spear damage?

Then you would end up with a Bonemancer that is not as powerful as he could - and ought to - be. The only compensation for this would come in the form of a terribly weak meat shield. Doing this will only cause you to wonder why the hell you did it in the first place, as Bone Wall and Prison make for a far better meat shield than weak skeletons and golems that must be recast time and time again on countless corpses for a Mana cost that is much more than what it is worth.

You can spam Bone Wall and Prison - you cannot spam minions.

 

[naskali]

Then you would end up with a Bonemancer that is not as powerful as he could - and ought to - be. The only compensation for this would come in the form of a terribly weak meat shield. Doing this will only cause you to wonder why the hell you did it in the first place, as Bone Wall and Prison make for a far better meat shield than weak skeletons and golems that must be recast time and time again on countless corpses for a Mana cost that is much more than what it is worth.

You can spam Bone Wall and Prison - you cannot spam minions.

I disagree. You will have enough +skills to get godly revives and as you know, revive first gives: monster hit points 200 percent. So when you are in hell game something like stormtree's minions have so godly life that they can not be killed by any monster in game(because of skele mastery and bo). And they still do godly dmg(if you use might merc and have 1 pts in skele mastery and use amp)

This means that you will only need revives for your meat wall. When you tele they stack with you so you can gather if they spread too far away from you.

And... you will NO need ANY skeletons(exept vs uber meph and in norm/nighmare)