Heathen wrote:Alright, i'm sure a few of you guys know I love the mercs in Median xl. They're insanely powerful. But please change up the Necrolyte merc's skills. That fucker is useless. Hunting Banshee blows, his Miasma is meh, his Venemous Spirit ult is lame, and he charms things. Charm is one of the absolute most annoying spell/ mechanic in the game because then you can't damage them while charmed, and they're virtually useless for the 4 seconds they get charmed.
My ideas for the Necrolyte would be a summoner type of merc, and would be as Follows;
lvl1- Raise skeleton from Corpse. And they should be relatively powerful. How you'd go about making them strong is up to Marco.
lvl1- Gamma Field, or some really big poison AoE with moderate damage.
lvl12- Maybe a brief party buff that adds attack speed and crushing blow or something. Something to benefit the skeletons.
lvl24- Something like Frozen Orb from Classic, really, anything that adds a somewhat powerful cold based alternative to gamma field
lvl90- Some sort of Veil King Variant? Some AoE stun? I dunno.
Obviously nobody is just going to rework the Necrolyte like my above suggestion, I just want you Devs to make him more Necro-like, and the above post is just to get the creative juices flowing. The way he is now is just terrible. Even is used for CC ( His Miasma) or something, there are better options for CC by far (E.G Fighter Mage with Sea Summoner Trident socketed with slow runes for Glaical nova proc, Toorcs gloves for Glacial Proc, and stun and his force-field slow ult)
If anything, just get rid of his annoying charm skill.
Lvl1 skill - Impossible I believe.
Lvl1 skill - Not a bad idea I suppose.
Lvl12 skill - Wouldn't mind seeing a buff, but I don't know if they would actually be able to cast it on the party. Maybe if it used the same mechanics as the lightning shield and stuff.
Lvl24 skill - Ice bolt nova would be neat to have on a merc. Would probably be weak, tho.
Lvl90 skill - OHKO from Veil King would be hard for him to really use since he's a caster and it's more of a melee move, but eh.AOE CC like a castable thunder slam might be interesting.