what do i get for psn necro for pvm?

im trying to kill shit fast to level
dont care about mfing

im going dweb n stuff like that
yes with psn sunder

how should i build my merc/golem combo?

anyone have any good tips ?

Infinity merc, insight iron golem

3/20/2os helm with psn facets

3/3/2os shield with psn facets

Psn nova and lots of points into corpse explosion

but i thought convict doesnt help -psn res ?

This is correct

But it does help with the fire damage from corpse explosion... but seems overkill...

Also.....
Trang’s gloves & belt & shield... gloves and shield gives -50 res psn when you have 3 items... so it’s gg.. deathweb is gg too but hard to afford

This post was edited by Dev1 on Jun 30 2023 11:00am

It’s not overkill. He asked for the fastest clearspeed and no other merc setup will increase your dmg other than infinity.

Trangs setup is fine budget option but a magic 3/3/2os shield will be better if you can find/afford one since you’ll still get +25% psn dmg from gloves, + 10 and -10res from shield plus an additional 7 points to poison nova after accounting for the loss of fcr from arachs. Much better than -25 psn res from the set bonus

This post was edited by Void511 on Jun 30 2023 12:48pm

it seems shield only gives -25 psn resist

i did math a little between darkforce spawn w/ -5 facet + arachnids
vs trang belt + shield

i think its very similar, but maybe the extra points to +all skills is better w/ arach/darkforce ?

its +2 pnb +3 summon +1-3 curse vs extra -20 psn resist (with no added psn dmg which a facet + +2pnb would add dmg)

i already have a 3/3/1 darkforce so maybe i will continue with that build


3/3/2os shield is really hard to find
3/20/2os helm is do-able but how is a faceted shako compared to that?
is there any usefulness to havingg +all skills?

+ summon/curse help at all? or do psn nova necros typicallly only +1 pt into lower resist and thats it ??
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edit:

also should i use SOJS?
and what FCR should i aim for?

this is for PVM

any there really is no other better weapon for merc?

* btw i thought corpse explosion is.... physical dmg? is it fire??
if it is fire, does AMP NOT work w/ corpse explosion?
holy shit i just realized how noob i am

This post was edited by n00bMg on Jun 30 2023 02:57pm

Corpse explosion is half fire and half physical so amp works better with it but infinity and lower resist will also increase the damage. You could go with a utility/crowd control merc but it won’t be as fast for clearing.

If you don’t plan on getting a magic shield then the trangs combo would be next best thing since -25 res (plus you can add a facet to it) is better than darkforce. The set also gives you some nice resistances and block chance.

Aim for 75 fcr on psn necro since you lose too much damage by going for 125 fcr and since poison nova does damage over a short time you wont increase your dps with more fcr anyways besides being able to spam corpse explosion (which will drain your mana fast even with insight btw)

With the trangs setup the build would be:

Dweb
3/20/2os circ
2/20fcr amulet
X2 fcr rings with mana and or resistances

You need the fcr from circ to hit breakpoint so shako isn’t a good option.

You see pretty heavy diminishing returns after lvl 16 on lower resist so I recommend :

Max psn nova and it’s 2 synergies
16 total points lower resist (after gear) (can add points after if you have more)
Max corpse explosion
1 point down to iron golem, golem mastery and summon resist
1 point bone armor

You’re trying to maximize damage which is going to come from psn nova and corpse explosion so you want to maximize +pnb skills and +psn damage and -psn res.

Finally I wouldn’t bother with the poison sunder unless you’re clearing an area with almost all poison immunes since corpse explosion ends up being your main source of damage anyways once you have a couple bodies. The -70 psn res is kind of hard to make up for on this build since there’s not a lot of room to have + resistance gear.

This post was edited by Void511 on Jun 30 2023 03:24pm

They changed how future sources of -xx% Enemy Resistance apply. coldmastery, conviction and lowerresist apply at 1/5th effectiveness if the monster is Sundered. This includes infinity's conviction Aura when wielded by your Mercenary or irongolem. While all other sources of -xx% Enemy Resistance work at 100% efficiency.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/resources/immunities -reference

So crapping on Trang’s -25% and going for higher skills with arachnids mesh and other shield... well... you lose the ability to hit -100% resistances against a monster that is immune. There is a decent difference in -25% to make it worth while losing +1 skill. And it frees up a ring slot for not needing ravenfrost

You get an extra facet with the magic shield and +7 to pnb skills so it basically boils down to +7 skills (4 from shield, 1 from arach and 2 from 2 sojs instead of fcr rings) vs -15 psn resist (I took 10 off since the magic shield gets an extra facet).

The 7 skills will give you more dmg vs all enemies with psn nova and and increase in corpse explosion radius while the -15 res will go over the -150 res cap on a good portion of monsters.

In short the trangs setup might be better at killing immune monsters and high psn res monsters with psn nova but the magic shield setup will give better dmg vs everything else and give you greater radius on CE and a much larger mana pool.

Also I never crapped on the trangs setup. I said it’s a good budget option which it is. It’s just not BIS for clear speed

Also you don’t need cannot be frozen on a pvm caster such as psn necro, you use teleport for mobility

This post was edited by Void511 on Jul 1 2023 01:40pm

Would a fire sunder be best ?