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#1
Apr 28 2020 12:05am
I am Necro Riiiiiiick, the BOWnemancer





Rules:

  • Restricted to use bows only
  • Being a BOWnemancer, I can only put hard skill points into the "Poison and Bone" tree (only 1 hard skill point in Bone Spear allowed)
  • Ladder rune words enabled via .txt file
  • /Players8 enabled at all times
  • Hardcore



Goals:

  • Obtain "Brand"
  • I really want to find a couple PnB grand charms!
  • Definitely defeat Baal (Hell)



The Dream Gear:

  • Magic/Rare Diadem with IAS & resists
  • "Fortitude" or "Chains of Honor"
  • Razortail
  • Ravenfrost/crafted ring/Angelic Halo
  • Highlord's Wrath/Angelic Wings
  • Laying of Hands
  • Gore Rider? (I know CB and stuff is lessened, but idk what would be better hah)









Act 1



Necro Rick's journey begins now


Elly will be my go-to mercenary for now. I may switch to an Act 2 merc (Nightmare), but it depends on how I play. I intend to use Bone Prison often so that will hamper an A2 merc's usage. Also, rouge merc's are expensive. So I may switch to an A2 then back to A1 when/if I can afford to make a "Faith"


It's slow killing... Maybe bow necros aren't as OP as I was led to believe :mellow:
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Apr 28 2020 12:07am
I had no choice but to run the Countess to farm Rals to improve my damage


I found these two great drops!

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#3
Apr 28 2020 12:13am
Back to the Ral grind


I put 1 skill point in Bone Spear and am maxing its synergies to improve my kill speed in addition to my 3x Ral'ed bow


Andariel was relatively easy :thumbsup:
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#4
Apr 28 2020 12:16am
Act 2



Progression is slow but safe!


Horadric Staff


I tried the trapping technique with Bone Wall/Prison, but I do not have enough mana nor skill points in either skill for it to be effective so far.
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#5
Apr 28 2020 01:24am
Maybe allow 1pt into amplify damage? 🤔

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#6
Apr 28 2020 04:57am
Good lord, this sounds like a hellish challenge!

Good luck dude, yeah I'd definitely allow yourself access to the curse tree!
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Apr 28 2020 06:01am
Quote (Disturbedxx @ Apr 28 2020 09:24am)
Maybe allow 1pt into amplify damage? 🤔

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this please^^

Would be cool if u ended up as a bear from beast and used an -60 wsm crossbow brand^^
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May 2 2020 09:00pm
Quote (Disturbedxx @ Apr 28 2020 03:24am)
Maybe allow 1pt into amplify damage? 🤔

Tracked!


Quote (Mukhalif @ Apr 28 2020 06:57am)
Good lord, this sounds like a hellish challenge!

Good luck dude, yeah I'd definitely allow yourself access to the curse tree!


Quote (gel87 @ Apr 28 2020 08:01am)
this please^^

Would be cool if u ended up as a bear from beast and used an -60 wsm crossbow brand^^


Yea.. After playing this character some more, this is incredibly difficult. I think I may end up putting a couple points into the "Curse" tree. Either that, or allow for +Curse mods on items as my alternate weapon/shield and swap to curse then back to bow. I'm open to this idea, but I want to go for as long as I possibly can without accessing the Curses unless its a CTC mod :rolleyes:











Act 3



Just helping out the townsfolk of the Kurast Docks


Maxed Teeth :D


For the first time, I'm more happy to see a Nagel drop for the +AR mod instead of the MF lol


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#9
May 2 2020 09:04pm
Bone Prison/Wall is incredibly weak. It breaks down so quickly that it is useless in Normal. It is only beneficial when enemies are trapped and do not hit it. Luckily, Council Members are one of the select few enemies that are idiots and just run in circles while trapped!


After much struggle, I finally got Khalim's Will :banana:


Mephisto put up a good fight. Dual attack of bow & Bone Spirit slowly chiselled away at Meph's health. Plus Bone Armor is in insanely helpful skill! So much added defense when used!
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#10
May 2 2020 09:11pm
Act 4



Izual falls into the idiot category along with Counsel Members... It took forever for Necro Rick to kill him, but all Izzy did was stand there in the middle of the prison. :rofl:


I spent a few hours trying to progress through the Plains of Despair and City of the Damned. I hit a wall. Elly sucks :wallbash: and my current DPS isn't the best :unsure:


Soooo... somebody had to go..... Goodbye, Elly; hello, Emilio! Necromancer's AR is awful... It is absolutely dreadful. So I figured that Blessed Aim would help me hit things until I can boost up my Attack Rating.
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