The great debate: Spear or Spirit (1.07)

[TheNix]

I'm slowly ploughing through my 1.07 Sept but I've had to park my assassin because of the SMaster and her bloody "Unhandled Exception" errors. So I'm giving a Necro a whirl but, as I've had enough of Necro summoners to last me a lifetime, I'm going for a P&B Necro. This is probably not the safest route in 1.07, but more interesting. I'm planning to max PNova, CE and either BSpear or BSpirit. Spear is faster and pierces but has lower damage/mana. Spirit has better damage/mana but is slower and the seeking has its good and bad points. The third option is to max both Spear and Spirit (both useful in different situations) and just dribble the remaining points into CE. Watdayaneken?

 

[Greebo]

Well...

Haven't done those in 1.07, but I played around with both in 1.11 quite a bit. For me pierce was what won that battle.

Because of pierce, often you will have another monster weak, and it's easier to start CE chain. Plus, spear is less mana expensive iirc.


I don't know anything about realities of 1.07, sadly.

 

[TheNix]

Spear is less mana intensity, but I tend to look at damage/mana point spent. One of the problems I have with Spirit is that it can misfire on occasions and go chase random monsters. One thing I like about having no synergies is that it does open the door to other skill combos.

 

[Espr]

I would also go with bone spear because of the piercing. Not only because it makes it easier to start a CE chain like greebo said, but also because it allows you to focus damage on dangerous must-kill-immediately targets more easily whilst still potentially doing damage to others. Or even simply targets that killing first makes things more convenient (like mummies/shamans).

I suppose another alternative would be to consider lower resist, as the third skill.

 

[RobbyD]

I think LR impacts Magic Resistance in 1.07 (I know it does in 1.09), so that's definitely worth an investment.

 

[TheNix]

I'm going down the Spear route for the time being. Everything I've read suggests that LR doesn't affect magic, but I'm sure I've noticed "Immune to Magic" disappear when I was using the LR wand on my Sorc in 1.07.