2h Melee Necro

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Jitan, Come On wrote:Any tips on fixing Attack Rating? I am lvl120 and have 15k AR, thats with
Athulua's Oracle
Athulua's Oracle
Amulet

Required Level: 60
Item Level: 60
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
40% Attack Speed
(150 to 250)% Bonus to Attack Rating
Cannot Be Frozen
, which is 40% of my AR. My sockets are filled with diamonds. Shall i go with jewels with AR?

Yea jewels with ar, ar mo's and good rolls on charms with ar/dex.

Can also try using mal runes instead of p diamonds to also boost dex a bit.

(are you doing 1 pt in dex per level btw)
nemmate
Grubber
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There are some changes with the new patch?
Neles
Thunder Beetle
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well yes but they are kinda useless..... devs dont care about melee and malice nec :)
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nemmate wrote:There are some changes with the new patch?

For leveling and farming go with traditional 2h scythe strength setup.
10 points in angel of death, put points in parasite, max continuity, max deathward, onminous vigor, deathpact, onslaught, rathmas chosen, mold the flesh, embalming.
1 Point in reaper, melee mastery, talon's hold, deathlord
Jump with angel of death every 5 seconds to use reaper.
For later bossing 125+ switch to dexterity dagger build. Use carnage.
Taming Sari

Taming Sari
Necromancer Daggers

'QorMhal'
Runeword Level: 110
Carnage Now Converts 100% Physical Damage to Fire
+(2 to 4) to Necromancer Skill Levels
50% Hit Recovery
Adds (90 to 110)-(160 to 180) Damage
-(30 to 35)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(170 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
3% Deadly Strike
4% to All Attributes
Physical Resist 5%
+(200 to 250) Life on Melee Attack
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Savage

Savage
Gloves

'YstFelKa'
Runeword Level: 110
+1% Weapon Physical Damage per 50 Strength or Dexterity
(Whichever is Higher)
75% Attack Speed
+10 Damage
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(10 to 40) to all Attributes
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Maximum Cold Resist +1%
Cold Resist +25%
10% Magic Find
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Svalinn

Svalinn
Shields

'RhalLoOhn'
Runeword Level: 115
-1% to Enemy Elemental Resistances per 150 Dexterity
8% Chance to cast level 7 Life Spark when Blocking
1% Base Block Chance
15% Block Speed
20% Hit Recovery
+(151 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+(30 to 40) to all Attributes
(15 to 20)% to Dexterity
+200 to Life
Fire Resist +(20 to 25)%
Lightning Resist +(20 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(20 to 25)%
Poison Resist +(20 to 25)%
Fire Absorb (3 to 5)%
Physical Resist 5%
and fire pierce/dexterity items( for example crafted belt,
Reapers
Reapers
Full Helm (Sacred)

Defense: (3268 - 3677) to (3511 - 3950)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 120
4% Chance to cast level 40 Fire Cannonade on Kill
+1 to All Skills
+84 Fire Damage
+(13 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
-(7 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Fire Resist +5%
Socketed (4)
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Hellfire Plate

Hellfire Plate
Body Armors

'IgnJahGurRhal'
Runeword Level: 115
+1% Innate Elemental Damage per 250 Strength and Dexterity
15% Chance to cast level 9 Life Spark on Melee Attack
20% Attack Speed
+250 Fire Damage
-(11 to 15)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Life +(3 to 5)%
Maximum Elemental Resists +(1 to 2)%
Fire Resist +(10 to 20)%
Lightning Resist +(10 to 20)%
Cold Resist +(10 to 20)%
Poison Resist +(10 to 20)%
Physical Resist (7 to 10)%
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Craft jewels with max life, Dex, fhr.
Max deathward, deathpact, embalming, mold the flesh, onslaught, deathlord, demonic commune, ominous vigor, jinn, endurance, tenacity. Can also put point(s) in dragonfire oil.
Put enough points in melee tree to get the best possible dmg increase from death pact.
You'll get good bosskiller and tolerable scosglen farmer.
nemmate
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Thank you all for the feedback. In the old patches I always loved to play with melee necro, but in late game in the 2-3 previous patches, I struggled a bit. I'll will give a try. I also loved xbow spec. It is also viable?
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nemmate wrote:Thank you all for the feedback. In the old patches I always loved to play with melee necro, but in late game in the 2-3 previous patches, I struggled a bit. I'll will give a try. I also loved xbow spec. It is also viable?

Xbow is good, you'll probably want to build around
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Crucible
Necromancer Crossbows

'IgnJahGul'
Runeword Level: 100
Famine Grants 1% of Strength and Dexterity as Innate Elemental Damage
Famine No Longer Grants Weapon Physical Damage
25% Chance to cast level 36 Banish on Kill
50% Attack Speed
+(300 to 400) to Attack Rating
-(28 to 35)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+15% Enhanced Damage
25% to Strength
5% Chance to Avoid Damage
+2 Mana on Striking
and fire pierce as well. If you want to betray the melee necro way that is :mrgreen:
an example would be https://tsw.vn.cz/char/KaimoJurgis from veteran ABeLina
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Jo_Jo
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nemmate wrote:I also loved xbow spec. It is also viable?

physical necro with tantrum is a good option. Can farm Scosglen without any problem.
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Loko22 wrote:This guide still relevant?


I strongly recommend you to go 1h melee necro instead
Donnieboy43
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You should NEVER gamble for TU's under any circumstances, if you haven't already gotten a TU scythe or runeword you can try 10 times, otherwise walk away, do it early levels in act 4.

I tested gambling offline and i rolled for 5 hours, Tier 2 rolls in act 4 which was macroed to make it faster : 3851 and no unique, that's not just bad luck that statistically tells you should never gamble for anything period. Some might get lucky maybe 1 out of 50 people but that's not gonna be you.

The hours i spent rolling for these i could have gotten to 100+ easily and by then my tu would have been obsolete, don't waste gold rolling for tu's, try it 5 or 10 times if you have no 2h already and then just keep leveling with runewords until one drops.

The t2 raptor scythes was 15-21k at level 60 it might be lower for you, but that's roughly 4k mystic orbs i pissed away on gambling to get a TU that can easily be farmed by killing bosses and more than 57 million gold, trust me it's not worth gambling in Median.