Yo, after around 5 online baalruns i got bored and went offline
So i have a lvl 60 bladesin. Its in LK nightmare now.
And laste evening i started a melee nec.
By mistake i made assa as softcore, so well i will just make joined adventure with share stash on both chars.

Took a few screens with necro last evnening. But did not upload yet. This is some i just play after work on my workplace offshore.

Necro and rules:
The build will focus around melee and throwing, with a wide mixture of skills.
Im not sure if i gonna have a rule where im not allowed to put more than 1 skill to psn nova and poison explotion. I will see.
I will be allowed to use summons, but max 1 point each.
I will allow myself to use lvl 1 base corpse explotion when i want faster AOE later. But currently not used it yet...

The endgame build will be something like this:
Fleshripper BER + Phoenix
Bone armor
HL (but can mix stuff for sorb)
Raven
Dwarf/wisp or whatever
Strings/TG
Gores
LOH or 20ias/CB gloves
Guillaume or Metamorphosis with beast in cube/swap.
Probarly some tele staff

CB / Attackspeed / -Enemy Def% / OW / DS / Thorns merc / AMP / PSN dagger / Lvl 1 base Summons / Autocast bone armor when struck, and ctc crappy bone spears for fun.
lvl 1 base corpse explotion for when i grow bored and want AOE adds!
ACt 1 merc with bramble, edge, inner sight and unsure about helm atm.

Start:
I used throwing javs and throwing knives. I had a shield with zero skill, but 25-50 psn damage in it, and 1 free socet where i put a 4max damage jewel in. And i have one with +3 fire golem for lvl 30 which is 2 soc for Rhyme ready.
I never had a easier start. This nec plows safely true P8 act1 it seems. For when i reach lvl 19 i have ready a godly throwing dagger: 30ias/20max damage/30-58 fire dmg/adds in -20wsm base! I think that thing will make normal easy!
Also have sigons gloves and boots, and nozferatus as ammulet now.

Im currently level 13 or 14 i think and have reached Dark Wood WP. Ready for tristam next time i play
So far i have 2 skills to amp, 1 to all the other So me, my golem, my 1 skeleton and my 1 skeleton mage and the rogue is slaying with rather simple equipment. Permanent amp is STRONG! Later thorns aura should help up my speed once melee get worse

This post was edited by gel87 on Jun 15 2024 12:53am

goodluck following

GL on your adventure

Thanks

This is kinda an end plan lol, will use hommu shield while summoning army
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/bmggk082

100% deadly strike, 95% crushing blow, 65% OW, 350damage to demons, 10 fpa psn dagger, 669–2479 physical damage which will double everytime.
80% slow. Amplify damage. Innersight to increase hitchance + my -50% enemy res, thorns aura, corpse explotion sometimes, selfcasting bone armor, 20% cold abs, 20% light abs, 28fire abs, 85fr, 80lr, 15% DR, MDR.
Attackrating on poison dagger: 12400
6k psn damage on poison dagger.

But will take a long time to reach such standards.
I kinda only did walktrue from Norm to Nightmare lower kurast without reruns on bladesin. So not like I have a flood of overpowered items for nec xD

This post was edited by gel87 on Jun 15 2024 09:07am

Good luck, I assume you’re gonna post updates in this thread.

Yes i will, was kinda interupted by movie night this evening so i focused on just progression and did still not upload pictures.

Basicly i got my strong knife at lvl 18.
Together with sigons i have 50 ias and -20wsm base.
Andariel was super ez, i have both good mana and life leech and she went down in pretty few hits. Did not Even drink antidotes vs her.

I also speedrunned true act2 xD
Me and merc was 1 level shy of amp abusing with thorns from Edge and golem summon. So i went level 1 iron maiden instead and let duriel kill itself on bloodgolem. Meanwhile i leechers and damaged duriel with throw. Now that i think of it i should have use clay golem for that to slow him down as well too xD

My skellies are very weak and dies constant, so i will consider putting some points into Skeleton mastery in time as well

I will post pictures etc tomorrow Prior to gaming, i promise
I actually think duriel would kill himself in a few hits me and merc was 1 level higher xD

My gear now is:
2 soc helm with 2 x perf topaz for mf
Stealth
1max damage, 43 ar ring
Rare random crap ring
3 resi 17fhr belt
25-50 psn damage nec shield with 5max damage jewel.
20ias/17max/7ml/21-58 fire damage, increased stack balanced knife
Sigons gloves + boots
Level 25.

Kinda like it, but will be way stronger in level 30 with rhyme and Edge merc

This post was edited by gel87 on Jun 15 2024 03:47pm

Ah, I have found another individual who hates themselves as much as I do. Greetings, fellow masochist. I have ventured into the unforgiving depths that is a melee necro a few times before. It is worse than one originally anticipates (outside of poison dagger necro). Words cannot describe my excitement to watch the struggle that is undoubtedly difficult, if not borderline impossible, with your necro as you delve into the later acts of normal and beyond.

You have exquisite taste lol. I absolutely love builds that are hard af and punishing. I've taken a lighter load in recent WTs w/ highly restrictive Hydra sorc and Werebear druid. However, I plan on playing a Healadin or a melee-curse necro next. So I love to see others attempt similar challenging builds!

Best of luck to you. And prepare to be completely fked by Diablo numerous times lmao. Last time I had a non-summon/bone necro, I died to him sooooo many times.

This post was edited by Astrological on Jun 15 2024 08:47pm

Alright.

So here are pictures:

Den of evil done


Level 6 stats and damage:


Found a decent knife which will work fine until lvl 18


Level 18 knife, other gear is irathas helm, 25-50psn damage nec shield with 5 max damage jool, sigons gloves and boots, some random rings, 4mana belt:


This post was edited by gel87 on Jun 16 2024 04:21am

Found good belt early act2:


Found theese guys as well in act2, kinda speedrunned true it.
Andariel dropped bloodfist.

Basicly played true spider forest in the lunch. Did the quest and got the wp for great marsh.
Was kinda easy, but a struggle to throw down every single monster.

But as soon as me and merc leveled i made a edge bow. Now monsters kinda just dies like flies from the Thorns/AMP/Summons method. I only have to focus on throwing down ranged monsters, and leach mana and life that way xD

So i guess its time to get a better knife maby. If im lucky i could try to MF for a good throwing knife which is usable at low level.
Both assa and nec will be really wanting guillaume. And assa is almost at Mephisto in NM.
Anyone remember the site with drop chances where u can search for bosses and items?

Spineripper, Hearth Carver, Blackbog sharp should all be viable knives which nec can soon use.
Even gull dagger can be used.

Meanwhile deathbit would be the perfect wepon from level 44.
Guilaume
Bone would require 2 x UM, duress would be a great armor as well, but that would waste an UM rune as well, and bone need 2 x UM rune.

I will see, either I struggle my way to NM meph with necro, or i do meph runs with bladesin for better gears. Possible i find a epic necro shield as well

Found it, Silopsen drop calc.
Based on the items:
Deathbit
Guillaume
Gore
Raven
Hommu

For runewords i would guess strenght is the only choise early, and then i guess i would prefer ranged option instead. But i can have 1 dagger on WEPI and a throwing dagger on WEPII.

Then Mephisto NM is the easiest/best way of finding those

I could also cowrun normal after nec does baal for super easy death set instead of sigons, to boost resists etc.

This post was edited by gel87 on Jun 16 2024 10:04am