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Jul 26 2021 06:30am
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Necro: hoto, enigma
might ?Merc: infi, bramble

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Necro: beast, enigma
might ? Merc: pride, bramble

#3
Necro: beast, enigma
might ?Merc: infi, bramble

Which combo would you prefer?

This post was edited by ph55555 on Jul 26 2021 06:33am
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Jul 26 2021 06:46am
Hoto is better for everything except ubers

Beast only saves like 2-3 seconds over hoto in ubers so it isn’t much of a benefit. If you were worried about doing Ubers quickly you probably wouldn’t be using a necro

Bramble doesn’t help a lot in players1. Most enemies don’t survive long enough to complete the first attack, making fortitude better to maximize dps

This post was edited by Doggyfood on Jul 26 2021 06:47am
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Jul 26 2021 06:48am
infinity is easily best in slot, since its going to amplifying minion physical damage output more (due to higher chance to hit) as well as corpse explosion, and your merc itself doing vastly more damage than a pride
thorns aura is a really marginal effect. It contributes a pretty pitiful amount of damage on its own, but then again, so do the marginal bonus of +skills on your merc, for example if you used chains of honor for +2 might and buffing up your merc. Thorns might take out only 2-3% of a monsters max HP per hit in P8, on a good day, and monsters attack quite slowly and regenerate quite fast and its even less effective against bosses/uniques. The real advantage of an option like CoH, treachery, fort is that your merc deals more damage and leechs back more life to stay alive longer. But that's also a lot less relevant on a summon necro who is distributing incoming damage away from his merc.

I'd probably go with the infinity + bramble + andys
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Quote (ph55555 @ Jul 26 2021 08:30am)
#1
Necro: hoto, enigma
might ?Merc: infi, bramble

#2
Necro: beast, enigma
might ? Merc: pride, bramble

#3
Necro: beast, enigma
might ?Merc: infi, bramble

Which combo would you prefer?


might with infinity and treachery or fort and you should use a beast on your necro instead of hoto. If you insist on using hoto though, i might use an A1 merc with faith and probly fort

e/ i like a shitty insight iron golem or a pride iron golem if your rich

This post was edited by staragsj on Jul 26 2021 06:50am
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thanks a lot for the feedback guys <3
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Quote (staragsj @ Jul 26 2021 07:48am)
might with infinity and treachery or fort and you should use a beast on your necro instead of hoto. If you insist on using hoto though, i might use an A1 merc with faith and probly fort

e/ i like a shitty insight iron golem or a pride iron golem if your rich


Keep in might if you use Act 1 Merc with Faith, you also lose Might Aura, and that is a worse trade off for the cost and negligible benefit.

Also, 3 skills to Hoto does nothing to benefit your Skeletons when you compare it to Fanaticism. For everything beneficial you could get from Hoto you can also get from other gear.

To OP, 3 is your choice, but swap out Bramble with Fort

This post was edited by eric1014153 on Jul 26 2021 09:36am
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Keep in might if you use Act 1 Merc with Faith, you also lose Might Aura, and that is a worse trade off for the cost and negligible benefit.

Also, 3 skills to Hoto does nothing to benefit your Skeletons when you compare it to Fanaticism. For everything beneficial you could get from Hoto you can also get from other gear.

To OP, 3 is your choice, but swap out Bramble with Fort


i decided

necro: beast, enigma
might merc, infi, forti

feels good. corpse explosion has a huge impact :D i like my first necro :)
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ps im not rich to make pride for iron golem, so i made an insight iron golem. i like it :D
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Jul 26 2021 10:01pm
None of the above.
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Jul 26 2021 10:38pm
Necro: beast enigma, make your army with Arm of King Leoric in anyas portal, then use beast.
Merc: act 2 might, infy, forty, andariel
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