MF Summoner Q's

[CaptKrill]

MF Summoner Q's

Hi im new to the forums, and i have a 700+ mf, 200+ merc summoner combo and was wondering what are the best places besides SuperUnique bosses to mf are at. I have heard rumors of The Pit in the tamhoe lands in Act 1. And Lower, Upper and Kurast Bazzars in Act 3...but other than those, Rakanishu, Countess, Andy, Trav, Meph, D, Shenk, Eldritch. Rak because hes easy to find, Count for runes, I havent had much luck from Andy, i only have found a few things in the weeks ive been mfing, Trav for the gold (i have a bit of a gamblin problem), i mf D because of the chaos runs for grushed friends, shenk eldritch and P are the same reasons as rak. I can't do Baal because of my lite resist and fcr arent enough to get away from souls. Are there any other places that you recommend? Specifically im lookin for socketing items (i have an obsession with making runewords).

My gear on my nec clvl93 is

DS Nigma
Ist'd Shako
2x Ist'd Baba
Ist'd BF (is a DF or Homun better?)
2x Blood Whorls (08 dual leech/32mf rings)
Crafted +2 Nec Ammy (no mf, looking for one though *hint**hint*)
Up'd Goldwrap
Up'd 40% Chancies
50% Travs
29% gheeds, anni, torch (lookin for higher on all 3 but most on gheeds)
rest are 6% and 7% smfc (have 8 boxes open for items)
on switch i have 4bo cta and lidless

On merc (might) i have

Eth gsock DS Nigma
BV Deli (for crowd control, tried eth shako but i like deli better)
3x Ist'd 52% Tombreaver

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Gear and places!

-Tony

 

[Dirkw]

Re: MF Summoner Q's

With that kind of gear you should be able to make running WSK managable imo. Load up on lightres charms if you have to. Otherwise, just use dim vision from around the corner and then tp right into their pack.
Also, imo killing speed > Mf, especially for a necro (and hammer imo). Forget most of the mf gear and load up on +skills. I feel enigma gives a nec all the MF he needs.

MF is overrated anyways. You'll have an easier time finding a socketable to trade for Pul than a good unique. Typically, the stuff you MF for can be bought with Pgems.

Run the Pits. It's a great area. I found my first Um there, and a maras28 earlier this week. Cows are also great to run for a nec. I also like running the halls of pain and vaught, with a very good chance of half a pul dropping from Nihlathak.

I don't know what you're doing with your merc. The c2c confuse seems pretty annoying to me. He doesn't have much use for Enigma and when it comes to glitch cubing an eth armor, there's better runewords to make in such an armor (consider Gloom for instance). Also, this is just personal taste but... I really don't like tombreaver. I'd say Obedience or Insight were better choices. I use treachery on him with guillaumes. Works great, he's never in any danger let alone close to dying. Next to that, the amount of CB is a very good addition to your killing power.

 

[CaptKrill]

Re: MF Summoner Q's

BTW im non ladder if that changes your out-look on him.

The mf stacks with merc. If merc kills is get over 900 mf chance. If my skells kill i only get my necs mf chance which is a bit over 700. I tested this doing diablo.

I found a hoz and a bk on Diablo with my merc killing it (i unsummoned my golem and skels to get just my merc to kill) And got a few set pieces with just my skells killing.

BTW my merc doesnt die except for when he gets hit with IM and i dont tele fast enough away before he hits a doom knight in chaos. Other than that he doesnt die.

TY for suggestions on places to mf. Ill try the Pit and Halls next time i go mfing.

-Tony

 

[NumtyDoo]

Re: MF Summoner Q's

I would get enigma off merc and trade it for a fort or CoH.

Can think of alot of helms better for a summon necro's merc, wouldn't want his confuse overriding my curses.

 

[CaptKrill]

Re: MF Summoner Q's

ok everyone is against the nigma! lol

i use it specifically for the mf. I would use an eth upd istd skullders if they were available...but i dont have one.

What other helms are better (that add mf)?

I could go really freaking expensive and do 2xistd Coa or eth GS...but id still be at 50 mf.

 

[Dirkw]

Re: MF Summoner Q's

And theoretically, you could have a lot more mf on you than 900. The question is though where to draw the line. When things start to become a hassle and stuff starts to mess up gameplay; it's a good place to start thinking about how much mf you really need...

 

[NumtyDoo]

Re: MF Summoner Q's

I run with 300-500. I had a sorc with 900 and have not noticed a real difference in drops between 500 and 900, the only difference I noticed was slower killing speed with the 900.

I believe MF effectiveness starts dropping around 100 takes a steep-ish drop after 300 and takes another steep drop after 500 and gets exponentially worse after that.