Builds

Putting together the right group of items should be pretty self-explanatory as long as you understand what you are trying to achieve such as DR%, max block, 125% FCR, 86% FHR, and so on. However, the following will be a general list of builds to use. Keep in mind that this doesn't cover everything.

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Build 1:
Cookie-Cutter

• Shako/CoA
• Enigma
• HotO
• Spirit Monarch
• TGods/Verdungos/Bugbelt/Rare Belt
• Trang Gloves
• 2 Necro/20% FCR Amulet
• FCR Ring
• SoJ/BK/Raven Frost/Sorb Ring
• Aldurs/Rare Boots/Hotspurs

Notes: The typical Vita build for Necromancers in general. You aren't limited to using a 20% FCR amulet, however, remember that if you drop it to 10%, you'll have to get it from elsewhere. Wiz Spike Dagger can also replace HotO in this build, which would open up 10% FCR from your build. In terms of socketing, you really only have your helm to socket which is quite open to different suggestions. Most of the items I listed under sockets would work fine.

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Build 2:
Max Block

• Rare/Magical 20% FCR Circlet
• Enigma
• HotO
• Stormshield/Homunculus
• Arachs
• Trang Gloves
• 2 Necro/20% FCR Amulet
• FCR Ring
• SoJ/BK/Raven Frost/Sorb Ring
• Rare Boots/SDancers/Marrowwalk

Notes: I listed only boots that provide FHR and/or dex, however, if you feel that you can get both fine, the other boots will of course work for this build. This build is not very open as you are limited by your ability to get enough items with FCR and FHR. While Wiz Spike Dagger may seem logical since it gives a little more FCR, I would not advise taking HotO away from this build. A Spirit weapon can be used in this build, especially to get enough FHR, but if you can afford quality items, you shouldn't need to worry about not hitting 86% FHR. I highly recommend using Raven Frost as your non-FCR ring in this build. Any sockets in this build should be towards helping you achieve 86% FHR, so Shaels in the helm would be logical. Finally, if you want to use that 1.08 Valk that has been sitting around, well this the build to use it in.

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Build 3:
Death's Web

• Rare/Magical 20% FCR Circlet
• Enigma
• DWeb
• Spirit Monarch
• Arachs
• Trang Gloves
• 2 Necro/20% FCR Amulet
• FCR Ring
• SoJ/BK/Raven Frost/Sorb Ring
• Aldurs/Rare Boots/Hotspurs

Notes: A 20% FCR amulet is not required, however, I think it is almost necessary. Just remember that if you do drop to a 10% FCR amulet you have to offset this by using another FCR ring. Sockets are pretty open here to suggestions.


Hotkeys

Choosing the right hotkeys is a very personal matter as we all like and dislike different ways. However, just as a reference and suggestion that some may appreciate, the following are the hotkeys I use:

W - Switch weapons
E - Switch weapons
Q - Battle Command
R - Battle Orders
A - Bone Armor
S - Fire Golem
D - Clay Golem
F - Bone Prison
Z - Telepot
X - Teeth
C - Bone Spear
V - Poison Nova
B - Lower Resist

~ Continued ~

This post was edited by Godest on May 15 2011 04:50am

Spells & Tactics

• Lower Resist - Your main debuff. Always make sure that your opponent has this on him at all times, especially before you are about to land a Nova.
• Poison Nova - Your main attack. Now, unlike your counterpart, the Bone Necro, you are going to have to be a little more creative in landing a hit. You can either be offensive and take the initiative to get one in, or you can play defensively and attempt to place one where they might move to. Both strategies are required in order to be fully effective at dueling.
• Teeth/Bone Spear - Your "final" attack. Doesn't do much, but it gets the job done when your opponent only has a handful of HP left.
• Bone Armor - While not as good as a Bone Necro's for many of you it will still be sufficient enough to abuse.
• Bone Wall/Prison - Used to block your opponent's pathing, or to trap them, especially in pubs.
• Fire Golem - Your main minion, used for the Fire Absorb/Immunity and Holy Fire damage. Along with Teeth/Bone Spear, Fire Golems are used to get that last bit of HP.
• Clay Golem - Your tank minion, used for slow and to tank damage in general. They have about several thousand more life than Fire Golems, so keep that in mind. You may want to have Clay Golem up for the majority of duels.
• Iron Golem - Your situational/PvM minion, used for getting Meditation by making one out of Insight so that your Merc can use something else.
• Revive - Your optional spell. Some like spending their time collecting some summons to BM pubs, but in my opinion it is very boring and time consuming. The use of stacking summons is pretty straightforward.

Killing - The general tactic to dueling a player is to cast Lower Resist, get one or two Poison Novas in and then spam Teeth/Bone Spear while teleporting around with your Fire Golem trying to get that last bit of HP. If you are unfamiliar with Poison Nova, you may be unaware that Poison Nova will not finish off a player even if the poison has yet to completely dissipate. You can, however, kill with Poison Nova if the opponent has a very menial amount of HP left, but that is certainly not recommend as it is much easier to finish them off with Teeth/Bone Spear. It is also important to note how terrible Teeth's damage is. While it is probably more likely to hit your opponent if you are spamming, for most builds, it only does 50-100 damage before PvP penalties. So with that in mind, Bone Spear is arguably more viable as the finisher as it does about 6 x more damage, travels faster, goes through targets and costs less mana. Just remember, even though this is a Necromancer, definitely don't treat this as a Bone Necro. You have shittier range, you have a curse to cast and you deal elemental damage.

Golems - As I noted, it is important to realize the different aspects of the 3 main golems - Clay, Iron, Fire. While Fire Golem is used to finish off opponents, you probably shouldn't use it during the entire length of a duel unless of course you are dueling a Fire Sorceress. Instead, I recommend using Clay Golem until your opponent's HP starts nearing one which at that point, you should summon your Fire Golem. Clay Golems have a couple thousand more HP and can slow your opponents. The final golem, Iron Golem, is completely optional, however, it is pretty useful especially if you are going to be PvMing especially Baaling for levels. Make your Iron Golem out of an Insight so that your Merc can use something else, and you'll be one happy PvM player.

Bone Armor - Just recast that shit all the time.

Bone Wall/Prison - Although it is considered BM against those who cannot Teleport, using Wall/Prison can be very useful especially in pubs where no one gives a rat's ass. Pretty self-explanatory, just trap 'em and you got 'em. Bowazons and Paladins who runs around with charge (mainly Hammerdins) are probably the best opponents to use these spells against.

Namelocking - Unlike Bone Necros, namelocking is not a necessary skill to posses for a Poison Nova Necro. However, it is a nice plus if you are able to namelock since after all you will need to use Teeth/Bone Spear to finish off your opponent.

WSG - Weapon Switch Glitch is a trick everyone should know. Very useful for Necros since they have bad FHR frames.

Walking/Teleporting - While you should be almost always Teleporting, walking can be very useful especially in some match-ups such as against Hammerdins, Druids and other Necros. Knowing when to walk can be an invaluable skill.

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Paladins:
Hammerdin

• Always a dangerous character to face since Hammers do very high magic damage which obviously cannot be dramatically reduced. However, dueling Hammerdins isn't a complete nightmare. Since most will charge around and cast Hammers almost aimlessly, you just have to predict where they will be next in order to try to have them run into a Poison Nova. Bone Wall/Prison help tremendously in this case. While not required, walking will be a useful technique especially if they are trying to tele-stomp you with Hammer. Be careful getting the swirly from Smite and then going into an FHR animation from FoH, because next thing you know it, he's raping you. Also be sure to look for Grief as many will carry one in stash.

Smiter

• Smiters will inevitably try to Charge you, so perhaps having max block or at least some DR% will make this duel easier for you. Just try to keep your distance, especially away from Smite, and land a couple Novas. Again, avoid getting Smite + FoH'd.

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Druids:
Wind

• Can be a very difficult duel, however, Poison Nova works great against Wind Druids in general since it will take out virtually all of his minions and it isn't affected by Cyclone Armor. "Cannot be Frozen" is an important mod to have while dueling them, as you should be walking some of the time. Range may be an issue here unlike your Bone Necro counterpart, so just be sure to keep a smart distance in order to stay away from Nados while at the same time being able to land a few Novas.

Shapeshifter

• With their mass HP, they might take a while to kill, however, since they can't utilize Tele, as long as you can keep your distance you have a much better chance of winning than they do. However, don't underestimate their FRW.

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Amazons:
Bowazon

• A pretty tricky duel. They will be constantly desyncing, so land a Nova is not as straightforward as other duels. At the same time, their ability to dodge/avoid/evade your attacks is very frustrating. If possible, using Bone Prison makes this duel much easier. Always be sure to have Bone Armor recasted on yourself. DR% and/or blocking may be useful here.

Javazon

• A similar duel to Bowazons for the most part, however, instead of worrying about long range physical damage, you now have to worry about short range Lightning damage. It is pretty dangerous seeing that you have to get in close to land a Nova. TGods will help tremendously here.

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Assassins:
Trapsin/Hybsin

• I would argue that Assassins will be your biggest enemy in general, especially Trapsins. They will be surrounded by high damage traps and you need to get close enough to hit, so defensive Trapsins will be a nightmare in many cases. They will try to always have a swirly on you, so make sure that you WSG out of as many locks as you can. If you are facing a Hybsin, make sure that Bone Armor is always up and you may also want to get DR% and/or max block. At the same time, be sure to note that Fade will dramatically lower the duration of Lower Resists so always make sure the curse stays on them.

Ghost

• Again, a rather difficult duel. Just WSG/walk out of whatever locks you can, put on some DR% and/or block and keep Bone Armor up.

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Necromancers:
Bone

• A pretty difficult duel, seeing that their spells are technically better than yours (magic damage, long rang, better targeting). Essentially an "avoid their hits, land your hits" type of duel. Pack as much HP and/or damage, as you won't have to worry about other aspects in general.

Poison Nova

• Your mirror duel. Like against Bone Necros, pretty much who can get the most hits in.

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Barbarians:
Whirldwind

• Since Barbs will have a high amount of innate HP, this duel will be pretty difficult since it will take a little bit to get one to zero. Just stay alert so that it is difficult for them to take advantage of you getting knocked back from Leap. As with other physical damaging characters, having DR% and/or block will make this duel more manageable. And as always, make sure Bone Armor is up all the time.

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Sorceresses:
All Elements

• I would personally just treat these duels like a fast Bone Necro. Regardless, they can be difficult to keep up with, but with the right moves, you'll be able to land a couple Poison Novas to take care of their low HP. If they are ES, well it is your lucky day.

~ End of the Poison Nova Necromancer guide. Please continue for the Trang-Oul Poison Nova Necromancer miniguide. ~

~ Disclaimer - This guide is my interpretation on how to build/play the Trang-Oul Poison Nova Necromancer. I am in no way claiming my builds are the best out there. With that being said, inb4tl;dr ~


Stats

Stats:

• Strength - As low as you can. Your highest strength item should be your Trang helm which requires 106 strength if you don't put a -req jewel in it.
• Dexterity - You should get max block, however, be warned that it will take quite a bit of dex. Since the HP gain per vitality is not significant on Necros, the difference in the end is pretty miniscule.
• Vitality - Everything else.
• Energy - This isn't a Tommyvv guide.

Skills

• Lower Resist - Your main debuff. Put one or put a couple, and sit.
• Poison Nova - Your main attack. Obviously max this along with its synergies.
• Poison Dagger - Could also be your main attack This is obviously a synergy to Poison Nova as well.
• Teeth/Bone Spear - Your "final" attack. In most cases there is no need to add more than one point since we are merely using these skills for the range to finish off your opponent. Adding into Bone Wall/Prison will benefit these spells.
• Bone Armor - Unlike your Bone Necro counterpart, your Bone Armor will be pretty crappy in general, so leave this as a one point wonder so you can abuse recast. If you want a better Bone Armor, much better to add into Bone Wall/Prison.
• Bone Wall/Prison - You will most likely find these skills the most useful to place your remaining points in as it makes your Bone Armor stronger, gives you a better Wall/Prison and increased your Teeth/Spear damage.
• Fire Golem - Your main minion, used for the Fire Absorb/Immunity and Holy Fire damage. Only put one. It may seem logical to keep adding for the fire absorb or for the extra Holy Fire damage, but both are poor reasons to add into Fire Golem.
• Golem Mastery - Normally only one point is needed, however, it does increase the HP of your Golems quite a bit in case you didn't like adding into Bone Wall/Prison.
• Summon Resist - One point wonder for your Golems.

Breakpoints

FCR - As a Vampire, you have terrible, terrible FCR frames to the point where I don't think you should give a shit about how much FCR you put on.

FHR - This isn't supposed to be a serious char, don't worry about the FHR.

FRW - Put on a shitload of FRW and strength bug whatever you can, enough said.


Equipment

Helms:

• Trang-Oul's Guise - This is a Trang-Oul build.

Armor:

• Trang-Oul's Scales - This is a Trang-Oul build.

Belt:

• Trang-Oul's Girth - This is a Trang-Oul build.

Gloves:

• Trang-Oul's Claws - This is a Trang-Oul build.

Boots:

• Aldur's Advance - Cheap build needs a cheap and solid option. Aldurs are arguably the best choice here.
• Merman's Sprocket - u jelly?

Weapons:

• Heart of the Oak - You like Oak charges, skills, resists, and life replen?
• Death's Web - Ouch.
• Blackbog's Sharp - Can't afford HotO or Death's Web? Do you want to use Poison Dagger? If you answered yes to either one, get this.
• Fleshripper - My personal weapon of choice for Poison Dagger since you get 50% Open Wounds
• Wizardspike Dagger - Allows you to cast a bit faster, stack resists and use Poison Dagger, naiz.

Shields:

• Trang-Oul's Wing - This is a Trang-Oul build.

Amulets:

• The Cat's Eye - FRW, IAS, dex, what else do you need?
• Everything else - If you don't want to use Cat's Eye then you are fucking crazy.

Rings:

• SoJ/BK - I would prefer SoJ's since you will be going through pots pretty quickly. Plus, the max 50 unBOable life on BK is not going to save you in most situations.
• Raven Frost - I wear two of them for the AR to hit with Poison Dagger, the meni cold sorb and the dex for max block.

Inventory:

• Annihulus/Hellfire Torch - Use common sense plox.
• Poison & Bone Grand Charms - Use ones with FRW to go super phast.
• FRW/Resist SCs - What is racecar spelled backwards?

Spells & Tactics

• Lower Resist - Your main debuff. Always make sure that your opponent has this on him at all times, especially before you are about to land a Poison Nova/Dagger.
• Poison Nova - Your main attack. Run up and land that shit, or let them chase you like idiots and run into your Novas.
• Poison Dagger - Your other main attack. Use this against Casters that you can catch up to. Much easier to use Poison Nova against everyone else, especially those with high defense.
• Teeth/Bone Spear - Your "final" attack. Doesn't do much, but it gets the job done when your opponent only has a handful of HP left.
• Bone Armor - While not as good as a Bone Necro's, for many of you it will still be sufficient enough to abuse.
• Bone Wall/Prison - Used to block your opponent's pathing, or to trap them, especially in pubs.
• Fire Golem - Your main minion, used for the Fire Absorb/Immunity and Holy Fire damage. Along with Teeth/Bone Spear, Fire Golems are used to get that last bit of HP.

Killing - Hit and run. Either land a Poison Nova, or better yet, Poison Dagger, and fucking take off. Make sure Lower Resist is casted on them first.

Golems - Keep a Fire Golem up running around while you're running around.

Bone Armor - Just recast that shit all the time.

Run - Just fucking run.


End

Thanks for reading my guide. Hope you enjoyed it. Again, nothing new for many of you, but perhaps this might solve some general questions in the future for those who want to make a Poison Nova Necro.

Feel free to comment and post any questions!

Thanks,

Hakeem (Godest)

I waited you to finish it before posting.

This post was edited by RaBBit3x on May 15 2011 04:53am

ty rate.

At least I got the entire thing in time before someone posted



Ty 4 being GG gentleman



This post was edited by Godest on May 15 2011 04:55am

writed wrong sry meng nice guide

This post was edited by Ekaan on May 15 2011 05:00am

Wait, what?

Great guide 9/10 imo

In your opinion, a poison nec is going to have a tough time!

Paladins:
Hammerdin
Always a dangerous character to face

Druids:
Wind
Can be a very difficult duel

Amazons:
Bowazon
A pretty tricky duel.

Assassins:
Trapsin/Hybsin
I would argue that Assassins will be your biggest enemy in general, especially Trapsins.

Ghost
Again, a rather difficult duel.

Necromancers:
Bone
A pretty difficult duel

Barbarians:
this duel will be pretty difficult

This post was edited by uptoolayte on May 15 2011 05:42am