Single Player Summon Necro Advice

[Zylocks]

Single Player Summon Necro Advice

Hey guys,
it's just me and a friend that play in single player together. He is a paladin, and I wanted see how well all the summons would work with his auras. I've looked into it, and everyone seems to say max skeleton mastery, and raise skeleton, which i did. I also put one other stat point into everything else, with exception to the summon resistance which i've put a little more into. So what now, this has only really taken up 50-ish skill points.

Any advice?

 

[jkra]

Corpse Explosion! Max it Asap! In a two player game, CE will drop monsters like flies.

The problem is, your pally friend won't have anything left to kill because all the monsters will be dead by the time he even gets a decent hammer field going (or whatever skill he uses).

:thumbsup:

 

[bruticus]

yea CE for sure =) CE is most effective if you're playing with a Smiter paladin - smiter can focus on the boss while your CE clears the area around him.

if your Paladin friend uses Redemption, make sure you save a few bodies for him to redeem!

 

[MasterMynd]

Dim Vision is always popular. And probably the best crowd control skill of any in the game.

 

[anilrobo]

Read NightFish's guide here.

Skills to be maxed:
20 Raise Skeleton (done)
20 Skeleton Mastery (done)
20 Corpse Explosion

1 each in the following:
Each curse (total 10)
Clay golem
Blood golem (prerequisite)
Iron golem
Golem mastery
Raise Skeletal Mage (I chose to max it instead of just 1 point)
Revive
Bone armor
Summon resist

Rest all in Bone wall / Prison for boosting bone armor

Notice that the Fishy build is completed so early that you have a lot of points left, and feel free to allocate them depending on your playing style and needs. Fear Lightning Souls? Get Dim Vision! Get hit a lot? Max Bone Wall / Prison for synergizing your bone armor. Fear Physical immunes with unbreakable immunity? Max mages. Etc.

 

[mephiztophelez]

Read NightFish's guide here.

Skills to be maxed:
20 Raise Skeleton (done)
20 Skeleton Mastery (done)
20 Corpse Explosion

1 each in the following:
Each curse (total 10)
Clay golem
Blood golem (prerequisite)
Iron golem
Golem mastery
Raise Skeletal Mage (I chose to max it instead of just 1 point)
Revive
Bone armor
Summon resist

Rest all in Bone wall / Prison for boosting bone armor

Notice that the Fishy build is completed so early that you have a lot of points left, and feel free to allocate them depending on your playing style and needs. Fear Lightning Souls? Get Dim Vision! Get hit a lot? Max Bone Wall / Prison for synergizing your bone armor. Fear Physical immunes with unbreakable immunity? Max mages. Etc.

/vouch this advice.

personally, i like to dump a few extra points into Dim Vision.

 

[stephan]

If you are looking for Paladin aura's that help your skellies (I'm not sure if this was what you are asking), Fanaticism (zealots) and Concentration (hammerdins) are very useful.