A Reanimate Necromancer Guide by A New Start
REVAMPED VERSION FOR MxL 2017
The new Mxl 2017 patch brought many changes to game and this build was affected by it significantly. So I think it's a good time to pay a visit to this old guide of mine and update it to the current version.
*The Big Changes
The patch is not kind to this build, there are many things to talk about, but there're few important one:
-Sacrifice is completely butchered with the nerf. The amount of corpses spawned doesn't scale with level anymore. Before you can spawn at least 20~30 corpses on 1 cast but now it's cap at 10.
-Reanimate chances on all item across the board is cut in half (except for hidden crafted item)
-Monster's rebalance which also affects reanimate cause their stat is based on the monsters'. Basically, their HP is reduces by half and their damage is doubled, they now die much faster than before.
-HIdden Shrine craft only grant 1% + 2% reanimates now, instead of 1% + 2% + 2%
-Jinn grants significantly less elemental pierce, about 1/3 compared to before the patch.
With all the changes, I can only come to conclusion that this build is completely dead... at least the old way of playing it that is.
*So... What now?
Luckily, I've found a new way to play reanimator. Here's the basic of the new reanimator build:
-
Hellspeak
this is the mandatory item of the new build, because of the nerf to sacrifice, it's impossible to have a decent amount of reanimate now, this item fixes that. The shield grantsthe "Devil's Fang Totem" skill which summons a totem that cast sacrifices 5 times which then get reanimated as astruguar (a weak specllcaster reanimate), the number of corpses spawned scales with level. This will replace sacrifices as your main skill. However, due to the fact that the sacrificial lambs are killed by the totem and not you, it'll always spawn astruguar and not any other reanimate, which is a problem because astruguars spawned by the totems are extremely weak and squishy (I believe their HP is specifically toned down to prevent easy meat shield). So to solve this problem, we will use the skill Pestilence (The final skill in the malice tree) to "kill-steal" the sacrificial lambs before the totem kill them, Just use Bend the Shadow so you're always at the center of the totem. This way, every corpses spawn will be killed by you and have your reanimate instead. With one cast of Devil's Fang Totem you can have upward to 100 reanimate (Average 20 Sacrificial Sheeps per cast and the totem casts 5 time).Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)
Opinion on the build
This build is overall better than the old one:
-Better clear speed
-More mobile
-Tankier
-Much better chance at getting those 1% chances reanimate thanks to massive amount of corpses spawned.
I'll update the guide later when I have time. If you have any questions, you can comment here or PM me personally, you can also PM in game if you want. IGN *l2o5ng. That's it for now. Happy farming!!
INTRODUCTION
Reanimate Necro or Reanimator is a build focus on reanimate (you know, those creatures spawned off the corspe after you kill something) . This build can't be played until quite late into the game so I do not think it's beginner's friendly. However, it's still a cheap build cause the build doesn't require any SU/SSU/SSSU to function, although it can be very godly with the right gear. In this guide, I will try to provide you with detailed information I've accumulate while playing the build as well as how to archive great success with it
CORE OF THE BUILD
Stats
-Str: Enough for gearing
-Dex: Put all the points here
-Vit: None
-Energy: None
Skill Points Distribution
-sMax Death's Fury Totem
-sMax Howling Totem
-sMax Elbalming
-sMax Death ward
-20 points into Deathlord
-1 point into pestilence
-1 point into sacrifices
-1 point into bend the shadow
-1 point into talon's hold
-1 point into skeletal flayer
-1 point into black mass
How to Play
-First use sacrifices before approaching any pack of mobs, summon Death's Fury and Howling totems, wait until the cooldown is gone then luring the enemies toward where your sacrifices then use Devil's Fangs totem, which will spawn a ton of corpses. Try to teleport around as much as possible with bend the shadow to spread the reanimate. Also using
Ngozi
in off-hand for easy healing with Pargan Rites. Repeat the process until no mob is left on the map. -The new build require you to play differently from the old one, instead of staying behind and sacrifice, you have to teleport around a lot, which often means being in front of the enemies, so we're gonna use both Deathlord and Deathward to increase our surviability. With both of them, we'll be super tanky even with bad gears.
-If you want to use a two-hand weapon then just equip the shield on off-hand together with
Ngozi
. Switch to off-hand to cast devil's fang totem then switch back to main hand for the reanimate.SKILLS
INNATE SKILL
Summon a wall of fire that buff unit walking through. A very good buff skill, but it is very annoying to use, mainly because you have to recast it 4-5 times if you want to buff the entire army. You can use this skills until you get other buff skill like Bloodlust (which is wayyyyy easier to use).TOTEM TREE
DEATH'S FURY TOTEM (Require a corspe)
Summon a totem from a corspe. This totem adds Fire/Cold/Ligtning damage to you and your ally's attack (NOT spell), this will be your main way to a buff your reanimate's damage.HOWLING TOTEM (Require a corspe)
Summon a totem from a corspe. This totem increases nearby ally's physical damage, adds crushing blow (remove a percentage of target's current HP on hit and a small chance to cause target to flee on hit.MINIONS TREE
EMBALMING (PASSIVE)
increase life and mana regen of you and your minions. A very good passive, it helps you with your surviability in case something got past the frontline of your army, you would still have some HP to back your @ss up.SACRIFICES
spawn Sacrifical Lamb (fake enemies) and kill them, thus trigger "chance to reanimate as *insert* monster". Use this skill to get corpses for summoning totem.BEND THE SHADOWS
teleport to a selected minion, bringing yourself as well as every minions/totems/merc you have at that moment, also add a small amout of Magic Find to nearby ally and weaken yourself. Move around by first summon a shadow then use this skill. You must use this skill with caution, the debuff it inflicts on you make you highly vulneable to physical damage (50% increased damage taken for 5 sec) .BANE
Cast a nova from selected minion which debuffs anything it comes in contact with, immensely weaken their physical resistance. This skill is pretty strong when pairs with Howling Totem, it also has a spell timer (1 sec) so you should use it in between every Sacrifices to maximize damage outputSUMMONING TREE
SUMMON Skeletal Flayer
Summon a minion with Demon Blood Aura. The aura increases maximum health, elemental damage and gives a small amount of life regen, this summon benefits your reanimates greatly so be sure to always have it around. SUMMON VOID ARCHON
Summon a minion with Warp Field Aura . The aura weaken your enemies, causing them to deal less damage and slower their attack speed. The damage reduction part of the aura doesn't increase with skill level, however, the attack speed part does. Overal a pretty strong summon, make sure to always have it summoned.MALICE TREE
NIGHTWALKER
Gives you a huge chunk of cast speed and poison length reduction, also each hard point in this skill gives Increases damage to spells from Malice Tree, also it gives avoid to your totems.PESTILENCE
Use this skill together with Devil's Fang totem to create massive amount of reanimate. Once cast it'll automatically kill sacrifical lambs for you. You only need to cast this 1 every 20 secondsMELEE TREE
DEATH LORD
Tranform into Deathlord, which grants you bonus stats and base defence base on total Str and Dex. Note Base defense can be furthere increase with %# increase defence on item or from DeathwardENNEAD SKILL
BLACK MASS
Greatly buff you and your nearby ally with increase velocity, ignore target's defence and also gives Life on striking in melee. This skill is crucial for a reanimator, the velocity buff help you keep your army together.*NOTES: The ignore target's defence doesn't work on unique boss
BLACK ROAD SKILL
When active, you will peredically shoot a punisher every few second to nearby enemies. Deak extremely high poison damage.UBERSKILLS
DEATH WARD(PASSIVE)
Increases your defence greatly and grant you an chance to avoid damage. Note that the avoid part of this passive can only be improved with hard skill point.O-SKILLS
DEVIL'S FANG TOTEM (
Hellspeak
)Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)
. This is the core item of the build, you can see above for more information on this skill. ELEMENTAL TOTEM (from
Wizard's Path
) Summon a totem from a corspe. The totem increases elemental damage (include spell) of nearby ally. it works really well with deathfury's totem. Note: The elemental damage buff only affect on-hit elemtanl damage of melee reanimate and not ranged one. For example: melee attack by a Skeleton affected by Death's Fury Totem and Kraken Stance will receive damage boost from Elemental Totem, while ranged attack from Necrobot will notHOUNFOR (from
Ngozi
) summon a spell circle beneath your feet. while stepping on it, you will gain +10 to all skill and increased mana regen. Use this skill before casting a totem to make your totem stronger (and purple-er). Note You can't use it in Deathlord formKRAKEN STANCE (from
Sinwar
)Sinwar
Demon Head (Sacred)
Defense: 1448 to 1766
Chance to Block: 4%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 445
Item Level: 105
+(5 to 6) to Necromancer Skill Levels
2% Base Block Chance
+100 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-30% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Physical Resist 15%
Cannot Be Frozen
Total Defense = 0
Socketed (4)
Demon Head (Sacred)
Defense: 1448 to 1766
Chance to Block: 4%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 445
Item Level: 105
+(5 to 6) to Necromancer Skill Levels
2% Base Block Chance
+100 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-30% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Physical Resist 15%
Cannot Be Frozen
Total Defense = 0
Socketed (4)
this stance grants you massive elemental damage. You must always have it on your RMB to get the benefit. The item also grants you Spirit Walk, which makes your stances affect summon/reanimates/merc. This o-skill is godly when pairs with deathfury's totem.WOLF STANCE (from
Shadowfiend
)Shadowfiend
Marrow Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 45 to 49
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 275
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Strength)%
+8 to Necromancer Skill Levels
(50 to 70)% Cast Speed
+50% Damage to Undead
+100% to Summoned Minion Life
+(125 to 200)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(25 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(100 to 130) Life after each Kill
10% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
Marrow Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 45 to 49
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 275
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Strength)%
+8 to Necromancer Skill Levels
(50 to 70)% Cast Speed
+50% Damage to Undead
+100% to Summoned Minion Life
+(125 to 200)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(25 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(100 to 130) Life after each Kill
10% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
this stance grants you massive increases physical damage, attack speed, velocity and gives you a small amount of crushing blow. You must always have it on your RMB to get the benefit. The item also grants you enhanced stance radius, which makes your stances affect summon/reanimates/merc.This o-skill is godly when pairs with howling totem.PAGAN RITES (from
Ngozi
)
this skill consumes all the corpses around you and heals you for a percent of your HP. This skill is crucial for your survival, since we use sacrifices as our main skill, we will always have corpse laying around. Make use of this skill to get you out of sticky situation.BLOODLUST (from
Trollskull
)
this skill unleashes a nova of vicious energy , granting you and your ally increased physical damage, elemental damage and physical/magic spell damage. This skill gives higher physical damage buff but lesser elemental and physical/magic spell damage than your Burning Veil skill.EARLY GAME
You can't play this build before you reach at least level 100 so you should play other build until later then do a full respec. Here's some notes when leveling.
Level Challenge 1
*NOTE:MAXIMUM LEVEL 50 (Ice Priestess, Lightning Priestess)
Go to the Tran Athulua uberlevel on Hatred difficulty, defeat the Pirate at the entrance to get the Elemetal Prism. Find and defeat any of the three Priestesses. Each will drop her Sunstone. Cube it immediately while you have the red swirls on you. This will upgrade your Elemetal Prism, if your level is low enough. You have 30 seconds to cube the Sunstone with the Elemetal Prism after killing the Priestess. Here's the map:
ENNEAD CHALLENGE
*NOTE:MAXIMUM LEVEL 80
Go to the Kurast 3000 BA uberlevel (Can be found in Travincal) on any difficulty and kill the Ennead Necromancer bosses until your Class Charm drops. The Necromancer as well as any mob in this uber cannot be damaged when they're near a totem. So destroy the totem first then slowly proceed. After you get the charm, cube it with any jewel to get the bonuses. Also, the necromancer only have 1/7 chance to drop your character charm so be patient. Here's the maps (2 variants):
Level Challenge 2
*NOTE:MAXIMUM LEVEL 90
Go to act 3 Proving Ground on Terror difficulty and destroy the Death Projector, then cube your class charm with a Perfect Gem to grant the bonus. In order to damage the Projector, you need to have at least 1 death mechanic nearby. The trick here is to lure all but one death mechanic away. This way it'll be much easier to kill the Projector.
EARLY GAME
You can play the build as soon as you get to act 5 Hatred. At this point you should have access to T6
Hellspeak
and full honorific items in every slots. MO every honorific with %chance to reanimate as skeleton till it reached 100%. Skeletons will provide enough meatshield for you in the early game.Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)
MIDGAME
Starting from level 100, around act 3-4 Terror, You'll get your first OP item:
Urada
. Craft this badboy as soon as you get level 100, it's all you need to clear the whole game really.GEAR
*NOTE: Whether a reanimate is good or not will be based on 5 things:
+CONSISTENCY: % chance to reanimate.
+LAG: varied from slight slutter to completely freeze your screen.
+TANKINESS: Mike Tyson or Little Mac?
+UTILITY: buff,debuff,crowd control,...
+DPS: Determine how much damage the reanimate can dish out
+CLEAR SPEED: Determine how fast the reanimate can clear a pack of monsters
MAIN WEAPONS
Urada
REANIMATE: Necrobot: Necrobot is a mob you encounter in fauztinvile uber, extremely tanky (thanks to physical immune), HIgh attack speed with pierce projectile, it will increase your clear speed by a lot.
+CONSISTENCY: 3
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 4
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
ON SWITCH
Ngozi
+It offers 2 great skills: Pagan Rites and Hounfor. Pagan Rites is your main healing skill, when your HP is low, simply switch weapon and heal; you will reach full health with only 1 use. Hounfor is good for pre-buffing, always use it when you create totems, the created totems will have the +10 to all skill buff from hounfor (and turn purple!!). If you use Deathlord then simply pre-buff your totems then tranform, your totems are really tanky so you shouldn't worry about them dying too much.
ARMORS
CRAFTED ARMORS
+Use shrine (hidden shrine if possible) to craft some decent armors. Stats you should look for: good reanimate (If use hidden shrine) > maximum HP > Defence > Magic Find > Vitality. When you get some decent enough armors, MO them with %chance to reanimate as skeleton then socket all of them with Lum Runes. At the end of the day, you should have ~250 MF, that's enough for farming gears.
FARMING SPOTS
+Nihlathak run: Nihlathak drops 1 stat signet and 3 uniques on Terror or 2 stat signets and a unique everytime you kill him on Destruction. Although we can't rush Nihlathak as fast as other build, we can make up for it by the unique drop along the way. Trust me, with ~250+ MF, your stash will be filled with unique in no time
+Diablo run: Diablo drops 4 uniques on death and has a high chance to drop sacred unique. Running him may not be as efficent as Nihlathak but who knows what OP unique he may drops.
+Terror Cow: 1 of the fastest way to reach level 120, the cows here aren't very dangerous and always come in big pack.
ENDGAME
GEAR
*NOTES: These items I about to list are very expensive, although they are not required to enjoy this build, they are extremely helpful and you can become Godly with some of them. I'll provide you with as much information as I can.
MAIN WEAPONS
Freakshow
Freakshow
Scythe (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 53 to 73
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 699
Required Dexterity: 699
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.15 per Dexterity)%
+(51 to 70)% to Poison Spell Damage
-25% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(11 to 24) to Pestilence
Maximum Poison Resist +4%
Physical Resist 10%
5% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements +50%
Socketed (6)
Scythe (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 53 to 73
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 699
Required Dexterity: 699
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.15 per Dexterity)%
+(51 to 70)% to Poison Spell Damage
-25% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(11 to 24) to Pestilence
Maximum Poison Resist +4%
Physical Resist 10%
5% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements +50%
Socketed (6)
Reanimate:
*Slain Soul (Type 1): This guy is the best melee reanimate you can get your hand on. He has high attack speed,deals insane amount of elemental damage, which can further be boost by your Elemental Totem. On top of that, he can also throw barrels which deal 25k phys + 25k magic damage in an AoE upon detonation, stunning everything for 1 sec. Note: seems to be bug atm, the barrel doesn't deal any damage
+CONSISTENCY: 2.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 5
+CLEAR SPEED: 4
*Slain Soul (Type 2): This dude also has everything the other one has minus the throwing barrel stuffs.
+CONSISTENCY: 2.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 5
+CLEAR SPEED: 4
*Ratfink: Little rat that can be found in some uber such as Belial or Unreformed land, can be targeted by monsters, doesn't seem to benefit from any buffs or totems (but I may be wrong).
+CONSISTENCY: 2
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
Prince of Nothing
Reanimate:
*Avalanche: Cast ice bolt nova:
+CONSISTENCY: 3*
+LAG: 2
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED:2
*Black Ice Demon: Cast Mind flay:
+CONSISTENCY: 3*
+LAG: 2
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
*Dirge: After death, multiple bolt of energy will shoot in all direction from it's corpse, curse enemies with Elemental Resistance Reduction
+CONSISTENCY: 3*
+LAG: 3
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 1
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*Living Flame: Cast flamefront
+CONSISTENCY: 3*
+LAG: 2
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 1
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*Trap Rat: Shooting multiple spikes at nearby enemies, can deal heavy damage when pairs with deathfury's totem.
+CONSISTENCY: 3*
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 6 (VEGETAWHATSTHECOUNTERSAY?)
+CLEAR SPEED: 6 (ITSOVER9000!!!)
*NOTES: The chance to get a specific reanimates from this item is not as high as you think. I have done some testing with it, most of the time you will only get about 1 or 2 Trap Rat, which is the same as using crafted item. The reason (I think) is because this item consists of many reanimates with high reanimate chance, which will overshadow other reanimate with low reanimate chance as well as make a specific reanimate appears much less frequently.
Shadowfiend
Shadowfiend
Marrow Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 45 to 49
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 275
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Strength)%
+8 to Necromancer Skill Levels
(50 to 70)% Cast Speed
+50% Damage to Undead
+100% to Summoned Minion Life
+(125 to 200)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(25 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(100 to 130) Life after each Kill
10% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
Marrow Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 45 to 49
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 275
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Strength)%
+8 to Necromancer Skill Levels
(50 to 70)% Cast Speed
+50% Damage to Undead
+100% to Summoned Minion Life
+(125 to 200)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(25 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(100 to 130) Life after each Kill
10% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
Have Wolf Stance
Reanimate:
*Skeleton: Basic mob, same as regular skeleton.
+CONSISTENCY: 4
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
*Punishment Turret: A stationary turret similar to that of Death Projector, It shoots punisher in a nova style. Also, it grant you and nearby ally 150 to all resistance (Physical/Magic resistance included), your summon and reanimates will become immortal (immune to all damage) when near this turret, you however doesn't so be careful.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 2
+TANKINESS: 5
+UTILITY: 6 (INVINCIBLE!!!)
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 3
+Note: Shadowfiend is 1 of the best item for this build, It grants Wolf Stance which is godly for all attack reanimate thanks to the insane attack speed it offers. On top of that it also gives ridiculous amount of movespeed and crushing blow. Becacuse of that, It will increase your clear speed a lot, so don't overlook it just because it has bad reanimate (skeleton).
Vascud Crisis
& Windforce
& Windforce
Long War Bow (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (154 - 182) to (173 - 205)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 1950
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.13 per Dexterity)%
Knockback Enemies If You Have at Least 1000 Strength
10% Chance to cast level 10 Claw Tornado on Striking
30% Movement Speed
+3.75 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
10% Mana stolen per Hit
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Damage
50% Slower Stamina Drain
Requirements +200%
Socketed (6)
Long War Bow (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (154 - 182) to (173 - 205)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 1950
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.13 per Dexterity)%
Knockback Enemies If You Have at Least 1000 Strength
10% Chance to cast level 10 Claw Tornado on Striking
30% Movement Speed
+3.75 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
10% Mana stolen per Hit
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Damage
50% Slower Stamina Drain
Requirements +200%
Socketed (6)
Fleshstinger
Fleshstinger
Short War Bow (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (203 - 265) to (324 - 415)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 590
Item Level: 105
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.13 per Dexterity)%
4% Chance to cast level 20 Heartseeker on Kill
+(1 to 4) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+(1 to 4) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(1 to 4) to Paladin Skill Levels
Adds (40 to 75)-(140 to 200) Damage
(50 to 200)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+100% Damage to Demons
+(140 to 180)% Enhanced Damage
+(15 to 30) to Split Arrow
4% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
Short War Bow (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (203 - 265) to (324 - 415)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 590
Item Level: 105
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.13 per Dexterity)%
4% Chance to cast level 20 Heartseeker on Kill
+(1 to 4) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+(1 to 4) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(1 to 4) to Paladin Skill Levels
Adds (40 to 75)-(140 to 200) Damage
(50 to 200)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+100% Damage to Demons
+(140 to 180)% Enhanced Damage
+(15 to 30) to Split Arrow
4% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
*NOTES: These item has very similar reanimate, so I group them together.
Reanimate:
*Priestess of Hefaetrus: Cast phalanx and tremor, extremely good at mob clearing
+CONSISTENCY: 1 ~ 1.5
+LAG: 2
+TANKINESS: 5
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 4
+CLEAR SPEED: 6 (BESTGURL)
Gonnagal's Dirk
Reanimate:
*Clawstorm Terror: Cast lorenado, I have nothing more to say
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 2
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
*Glowing Blob: Pounce, Pounce, Pounce!!!. It also throws "death prasite" that can bound between enemies.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 5
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
*Landmass: Use earthquake, also cast Shower of Rock on striking (include his earthquake), This dude can clear an entire screen with just 1 cast of earthquake, though don't stand in the middle of the Shower of ROck or you'll get disconnected.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 6 (FREEZE)
+TANKINESS: 5
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED 6 (ROCK SOLID!!)
*Bane Hunter: Use Bladestorm and Spiral Dance, he isn't really that impressive like his brothers and sisters (barring clawstorm lol). Though those 2 skills hit like a truck.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 4
*Fairy Witch: Use Fire Cannonade and Rain of Fire, deal extremely high fire damage. Pairs extremely well with Elemental Totem
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 3
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 6 (BURN BABY BURN!!)
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
Trendkill
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*NOTES: Realm Only
Have Kraken Stance
Reanimate: (See Below For More Information)
+CONSISTENCY: 3
+LAG: ???
+TANKINESS: ???
+UTILITY: ???
+DPS: ???
+CLEAR SPEED: ???
*NOTES: This can potentially be the best weapon in the game for this build. You just have to get Trap Rat reanimate on it. The trick is to farm Fauzt non-stop for Perfect Gem, then reroll the RW over and over again until you get Trap Rat. Also, Because the item's Enhanced Stance Radius is so small (It doesn't even cover half the screen with max roll), you should also use
The Defender
, which will increase your stance radius.The Defender
Long Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (139 - 187) to (185 - 244)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 270
Item Level: 105
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+100% Bonus Fire Damage to Retaliate
Adds (40 to 70)-(80 to 120) Damage
(50 to 100)% Bonus to Attack Rating
5% Life stolen per Hit
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Damage
+(10 to 20) to Retaliate
(10 to 20)% to Strength
Physical Resist 5%
Requirements -50%
Socketed (6)
Long Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (139 - 187) to (185 - 244)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 270
Item Level: 105
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+100% Bonus Fire Damage to Retaliate
Adds (40 to 70)-(80 to 120) Damage
(50 to 100)% Bonus to Attack Rating
5% Life stolen per Hit
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Damage
+(10 to 20) to Retaliate
(10 to 20)% to Strength
Physical Resist 5%
Requirements -50%
Socketed (6)
ARMORS
CRAFTED ARMORS
Basically, collect any good sacred base then start spamming hidden shrine. Expect something like 500~1000 shrine to even have a slim chance at getting useful reanimate.
Useful reanimate you should keep an eye on
*Trap Rat: Shooting multiple spikes at nearby enemies, can deal heavy damage when pairs with deathfury's totem.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 6 (ITSRAININGQUILL!!)
+CLEAR SPEED: 6 (HALLELUYAH!!)
*Alpha Centaur: Use colosseum, an area of effect debuff which greatly reduces defence, physical resistances, damage and velocity. Last 5 seconds.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 3
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 5
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
*Stone Hammer Demon: Use Shower of Rock, reduces enemy velocity, attack speed and attack rating.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 4
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 4
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 3
*Basilisk: Use Spellbind, greatly reduce enemy damage, physical resistance, defence and velocity. Last 4 seconds
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 4
+DPS: 1
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*Ulfhedinn: Use Gifts of the Wild on attack, raises all damage by a percentage.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 4
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*Trouper: Use blink, these invisible mobs can stun enemies in an area, keeping them in place.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 4
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
*Shroom: Use Fairy Fires, which leaves a trail of rainbow wherever it goes, hit 12 times per second, pairs well with Death's fury totem
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 3
*Knight of War/Pestilence/Famine/Death: Vengance Aura, adds fire/cold/lightning damage to your attack, the amount of damage they add is very small though
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 1
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*Prowler/Desert/Feline/Lacuni Priestess: Fanaticism Aura, increase party damage by a small amount.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 1
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 1
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
BODY ARMOR
Screen of Viz-Jaq'Taar
Screen of Viz-Jaq'Taar
Quilted Armor (Sacred)
Defense: (11132 - 11789) to (12317 - 12993)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 105
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+(5000 to 6000) Defense
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
Quilted Armor (Sacred)
Defense: (11132 - 11789) to (12317 - 12993)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 105
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+(5000 to 6000) Defense
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)
Reanimate:
*RC-1 Light Drone: Light unit, fast attack speed.
+CONSISTENCY: 1 ~ 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
*RC-2 Heavy Drone: Bulky, slow attack speed.
+CONSISTENCY: 1 ~ 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*AC-1 Hammer Bot: A robot with a hammer.
+CONSISTENCY: 1 ~ 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
*AC-2 Rivet Bot: Gun and Run, pairs exceptionally well with death's fury totem
+CONSISTENCY:1 ~ 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 2
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 6 (PEWPEWPEW)
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
*Magineer: Shoot piercing laser similar to that of Necrobot, can walk through unwalkable terrain
+CONSISTENCY: 1 ~ 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
Scales of the Drake
Scales of the Drake
Ring Mail (Sacred)
Defense: (5239 - 5921) to (5764 - 6514)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 120
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
30% Cast Speed
+(25 to 38)% to Poison Spell Damage
-35% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(14 to 18) to Lorenado
+(115 to 143)% Enhanced Defense
+300 to Life
Maximum Poison Resist +5%
Physical Resist (5 to 10)%
Socketed (6)
Ring Mail (Sacred)
Defense: (5239 - 5921) to (5764 - 6514)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 120
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
30% Cast Speed
+(25 to 38)% to Poison Spell Damage
-35% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(14 to 18) to Lorenado
+(115 to 143)% Enhanced Defense
+300 to Life
Maximum Poison Resist +5%
Physical Resist (5 to 10)%
Socketed (6)
Reanimate:
*Henchman: servant of Bellial, use punisher, can take some beating.
+CONSISTENCY: 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 4
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
Vizjerei's Ritual
Reanimate:
*Quov Tsin: Heroic boss, use Trinity Beam and Trinity Nova, both deals extremely high elemental damage, Trinity Nova also has a chance to freeze enemies on hit. Cast teleport when struck.
+CONSISTENCY: 0 ~ 1
+LAG: 5
+TANKINESS: 5
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 7 (DEATH RAY!!)
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
SHIELD
Sinwar
Sinwar
Demon Head (Sacred)
Defense: 1448 to 1766
Chance to Block: 4%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 445
Item Level: 105
+(5 to 6) to Necromancer Skill Levels
2% Base Block Chance
+100 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-30% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Physical Resist 15%
Cannot Be Frozen
Total Defense = 0
Socketed (4)
Demon Head (Sacred)
Defense: 1448 to 1766
Chance to Block: 4%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 445
Item Level: 105
+(5 to 6) to Necromancer Skill Levels
2% Base Block Chance
+100 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-30% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Physical Resist 15%
Cannot Be Frozen
Total Defense = 0
Socketed (4)
Have Kraken Stance
No Reanimate
HELM
Rathma's Phantom
Reanimate:
*Gore Crawler: Very high attack speed, shoot AoE Physical missle, benefit from deathfury's totem. Gore Crawler is the reanimate counterpart of Veil King - high Rrisk high reward, they have very high base attack damage that is also AoE, thus having them alone increase your clear speed subtantialy. However, they also spawns monsters on death, which means in some areas such as Duncraig or Triune, it's extremely dangerous if they die unoticed cause they can spawn Slan Soul/Temple Spire which has 1 shot ability. On the bright side, it's also great for farming cause it increases mob density
.+CONSISTENCY: 2 ~ 2.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 3
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 5
+CLEAR SPEED: 5
The Veil of Magic
Have lv 1 Spirit of Vengance (2/2 charges)
The skill it offers - Spirit of Vengance - summon a witch-like minion who casts sacrifices (though it only spawn 1 Sacrifical Lamb) that reanimates as random monsters, she also has an aura that increases maximum life and FIre/Magic/Physical damage. Note that she always spawn the same monsters everytime she sacrifices unless you re-summon her. If you run out of charge, simply repair, the item has low durability so it has very cheap repair cost.
Gematria
Reanimate:
*Veil Terrot: These guys have a very long life-time unlike normal reanimates. On top of that, they're tanky, almost invulneable.
+CONSISTENCY: 1.5
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 6 ( nearly INVINCIBLE)
+UTILITY: 1
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
GLOVES
Centuria Insectorum
Reanimate:
*Darkling: Reflect damage to melee(?) attacker, can take some beating.
+CONSISTENCY: 3
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 4
+UTILITY: 2
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
Demonic Touch
Demonic Touch
Leather Gloves (Sacred)
Defense: 1136 to 1143
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 1000
Item Level: 120
1% Chance to cast level 20 Cataclysm on Striking
Adds 10-25 Damage
+666 Defense
Elemental Resists +10%
Physical Resist 5%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements +100%
Socketed (4)
Leather Gloves (Sacred)
Defense: 1136 to 1143
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 1000
Item Level: 120
1% Chance to cast level 20 Cataclysm on Striking
Adds 10-25 Damage
+666 Defense
Elemental Resists +10%
Physical Resist 5%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements +100%
Socketed (4)
Reanimate:
*Edyrem: average mob, can break immunity of mobs in Toraja (?).
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 4
+UTILITY: 3
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 2
BOOTS
Wizard's Path
Have elemental totem o-skill, extremely useful as a damage buff to your party.
No reanimates.
Hibagon
Reanimate:
*Titans: These big boys have aura which increases nearby ally elemental resistances, your summons and reanimates will become immune to fire/cold/lightning (Bronze Titan/Silver Titan/Gold Titan) damage.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 4
+UTILITY: 4
+DPS: 2
+CLEAR SPEED: 1
BELTS
Champion of the Triune
Champion of the Triune
Plated Belt (Sacred)
Defense: 5209 to 6598
Required Level: 115
Required Strength: 665
Item Level: 120
Ethereal
6% Chance to cast level 1 Force Blast on Melee Attack
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
5% Deadly Strike
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(100 to 1000) Defense
Elemental Resists -15%
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (2)
Plated Belt (Sacred)
Defense: 5209 to 6598
Required Level: 115
Required Strength: 665
Item Level: 120
Ethereal
6% Chance to cast level 1 Force Blast on Melee Attack
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
5% Deadly Strike
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(100 to 1000) Defense
Elemental Resists -15%
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (2)
Reanimate:
*Malic: Shoots homing bolts dealing heavy magic damage, also use rain of fire and banish.
+CONSISTENCY: 1
+LAG: 1
+TANKINESS: 4
+UTILITY: 5
+DPS: 3
+CLEAR SPEED: 3
FARMING SPOTS
+Kurast 3000 BA (Drop Bias: Set): If you use Bane, the skeleton can be damaged even when they have invelnerable shield. So the trick is this: Do Not Rush, always sacrifices to keep those mobs busy. When u see a totem, if there aren't many mob around it you should use bend the shadow on top of the totem and let your minions do the work. But if there are lots of mobs protecting it, you should either sacrifice on top of the totem to distract the mob and wait till the totem's killed or sacrifice away from the totem to lure the mobs there and Bend the Shadow to quickly take out the totem, depend on the situation. All in all, this place is quite annoying to farm until you get a hang of it.
Tran Athulua (Drop Bias: Unique): This is your main farming spot when started doing uber. Meat shield doesn't help much in TA, amazon use piercing arrows, cast arrowside on death which will surely kill you in 1 volley. to top it all up, priestesses use tremor which massively reduce your HP (Most of the time it took 3/4 of my health) and cast Phalanx which is impossible to not get hit. Be careful and play safe (400k + defence is recomended)
Unreformed Land (Elemental Runes): Our build's favorite farming spot, elemental's missle does not pierce so as long as you have lots of meatshield and stay behind your reanimates, you simply can not die. The map here has multiple floors so it took a while to fully clear it.
The Triune (Cycle): Just some notes: Impaler Archon's laser hurts a lot, watch out for that. The Totems here cast 1-shot-meteor so watch your steps. Kraken Guardian isn't very dangerous, but beware do not stand near them when they die. Last but not least, Clay Golem, use Shower of Rock,Do not stand near these guys.
Toraja (Great Runes: Krys, Auhe, Sha'ad): Pretty standard stuffs, stand beind your reanimates -> summon edyrem -> profit. You can also respec and use Rathma's Phantom instead of Jinn. Though I think the kill speed is good enough as it is.
Fauztinvile (Great Runes: Taha, Ghal, Qor): This place is very hard and stressful to farm. Necrobot is a huge pain in the @ss with their piercing missle and immense tankiness with physical immune, without something like Trap Rat, Quov Tsin or Kraken Stance, it'll take age to kill them. And then there's Harplisk... I get PTSD everytime I hear that bouncing blade sound, it hits incredibly hard. Neon Fiend and their blade barrier will surely annoy you to death. TL:DR Play safe... and prepare some lubes..
Vizjun (Drop Bias: Jewel): You think Fauztinvile is bad? Here's come Vizjun. Slowly proceed and Do Not Rush. watch out for the piercing laser of Magineer, these dudes are basically Necrobot on steroid, fast attack speed. Mind your feet, mobs drop land mine on dead which deal massive fire damage. Also, don't get nuked.
Duncraig (Drop Bias: Sacred): We cannot get through the teleport part alive, cause jitan's gate or Teleport lock-out our sacrifices. We can still farm the first few rooms quite "safely" though. Our reanimates can take a few barrels to kill here so as long as we stay behind and watch out for barrels, we're good. Also, here's a trick if you get dunked right after entering Duncraig: Sacrifices before you enter the room, summon Devil's fang totem then quickly enter the Uber. This way, devil's fang totem will immediately cast sacrifices as the enemies are near.
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*NEW FOOTAGE
In the video I have:
+13% chance to reanimate as Necrobot
+7% chance to reanimate as Trap Rat
+3% chance to reanimate as Void Archon
+And some other irrelevant reanimate
You don't need Trap Rat to clear TA, but having them will certainly boost up your clear speed (2% is recommended here). The clear speed this build can be much faster when you get your hand on a
Sinwar
. Sinwar
Demon Head (Sacred)
Defense: 1448 to 1766
Chance to Block: 4%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 445
Item Level: 105
+(5 to 6) to Necromancer Skill Levels
2% Base Block Chance
+100 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-30% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Physical Resist 15%
Cannot Be Frozen
Total Defense = 0
Socketed (4)
Demon Head (Sacred)
Defense: 1448 to 1766
Chance to Block: 4%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 445
Item Level: 105
+(5 to 6) to Necromancer Skill Levels
2% Base Block Chance
+100 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-30% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
-10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Physical Resist 15%
Cannot Be Frozen
Total Defense = 0
Socketed (4)
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FINAL WORDS
Good luck, Stay Safe, and Happy Farming~~~~
Credits
+Marco and Brother Laz for the great mod
+WolfieeifloW for his great Guide To... Writing A Guide
+hittlle for giving me some items needed for testing
