>game is about clicking things>create a class that's about clicking as little as possibleWHo thought this would be fun? I just sit around and let my minions kill stuff, it isn't fun.
>>722518913Don't worry. Duriel, the Alpha and Omega, will put you in your place.>mages in normalfucking kek dude
>>722518913>he doesn't know anything about game design
make sure you are using at least amp damage and corpse explosion as well
I like having a lot of friends on the screen so I love mass summoners
/r lev punch but it's duriel saying "looking for baal?"
dead rogue
you don't have to use summons
>>722518913Necros/summoners are a trap, bosses always destroy them, and not only on this game
>>722519510How to beat said trap for summon necro:Find a +3 Skeleton Mastery WandFind a +3 Raise Skeleton FetishEvery level put a point into Raise Skeleton to skeleton max, if you can't put a point into Raise Skeleton put the point into Skeleton Mastery.Only spend points on Pre-Requisites for Corpse Explosion and Decrepify. ONLY ONE POINT. Decrepify will be boosted by gear. Corpse Explosion will be boosted later.Once you Max Raise Skeleton and Skeleton Mastery move onto Summon Resist. Then you may max out Skeleton Mages. Then you may put points into Corpse Explosion. Congratulations. You are literally walking thru hell like it's normal. Get some good gear because you can farm EVERY zone with ease. I recommend Lore, White (once you find a decent base), and anything else of your choice. Get a +2 Necro Summon skill amulet and eventually you will have 20+ skeletons just rattling around.>why mages in hell?Specifically because resistances and ghosts who are normally physical immune. Also it does boost your DPS slightly. Just resummon them as they die. They are more expensive than Warriors but that's fine. Potions are everywhere.
>>722519510Your Decrepify?
>>722519510skeles + clay golem + decrepify rapes everything except ancients and ubers, but even those you can demolish with the addition of urdars
>>722520490>ancientsNope, all you need post Normal is an Act 2 Might Merc. I'm experimenting with Act 1 Inner Sight mercenaries but Ol' Reliable is EMILIOOOOOOO
>>722520631for me, it's an act1 merc with a harmony bow to give them thorn aura then use iron maiden
>>722520723edge bow* brainfarted with the other aura bow
>>722519510your clay golem, sir? your decrepify? or your iron maiden?hell mode is way harder for most classes
>>722519510Only on Normal.
>>722520631the ancients kill emilio in about two seconds unless you have him geared in shit you won't have unless you've already cleared ancients about 1000 hours ago
>>722520805Was about to make an Edge bow for mine to see how much more Inner Sight drops enemy defenses. I still think Might Aura is more useful.>>722521006Your Decrepify, sir????
Making use of attract/terror for literal crowd control, allowing your minions, and specially your merc to do well is fucking active as fuck, and no one ever mentions that way of playing, and I don't know why.
>>722521084>decrepify talic>he now does a meaty godspin that hits about 10x more than normal>emilio gets decimated
>>722521464There's a skill called bone wall, you know
>>722521464You must have some weak ass skeletons then. Stop putting points into Bone Spear and Teeth if you are trying to make a Summoner. Summoner doesn't use Bone Spear.
>>722521464bone wall and/or teleport charges
>>722521782>>722521867I have never needed to use bonewall or a teleport staves and I have made a lot of summon necros.
>>722521961good for you, I guess? The other dipshit is clearly having trouble though and bone wall/Prison and teleport is what you use to dodge his spin2win
>>722521961Excellent, have your trophy. Now, could you enlighten the other poster on your elaborate optimal grindless methods for defeating Ancients with summon necro?
>>722522748>+3 Skeleton Mastery FetishBased.>grindlessWhat? read >>722520063Totally optimal. Yes. You will not have issue. Get an Act 2 Nightmare Might Merc and then just keep on keeping on. I'd then say get them geared with Fortitude, Obedience, and Andy's Visage but you aren't getting to Hell. Use Terror Zones I guess.
>>722523027Oh, also, here's a little trick from speedrunners: Dump stats into Vitality. Min Str/Dex for gear.Stamina is essential. You my lose defense while running but if you can run you can simply move out of the way of some attacks. Faster Run/Walk is amazing on summoners. Any boots +30 FRW is great on any character. Sander's Riprap is early game set heavy boots with +40 FRW. Shits good.
>>722523027>Fortitude, Obedience, and Andy's VisageThat's literally 1000 hours of grinding. You're basically full of shit and probably never beat Hell difficulty with summons in single player, let alone 4/8 players on your own. >little trick from speedrunners: Dump stats into Vitality. Min Str/Dex for gearThis is basically the standard formula for every fucking class in this game, not really a trick. >Stamina is essential.No, it's not. >Faster Run/Walk is amazing on summonersSummoners couldn't care less about running speed, speedrunners use those because you just run faster, you moron.
>>722524225>That's literally 1000 hours of grinding.lol
>>722518913I wonder if the anon who was installing this with the shitty cpu is still alive
>necromancers have to write elaborate essays and theorize on gear in order to be efficient>meanwhile hammerdin hammer just goes brrr and obliterates every zone in the game>sorc who can tp around and farm 10 times faster than any necro willTruly the quintessential grandpa class. Ill save you guys the trouble. You roll a sorc or paladin, steamroll to hell (a few cheap runewords is all you need), and then you farm the +3 skelly gear for your grandaddy necro. It will unironically be faster
>>722526189>theorize on gearLore, White, some +Skill stuff, and speedy boots. That's the theory, anyway. The idea is to buff your skeletons as much as possible while turning your mercenary into a support tank.
is d2 necro the best necromancer in vidya?
>>722518913You're telling me sitting back and watching your army of skellies pulverizing everything around is not fun? You get to cast a curse or two too
>>722518913I still have Assassin, Druid and Amazon left to play. What are some fun builds for Normal?
>>722526707The short answer is yes.The long answer is yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
>>722518913I liked poison nova but corpse explosion is too broken and makes it's way into every necro build it seems
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