Totem Hybrid Necromancer

Look at the previous post in this thread you will have a pretty good awnser

strick9 wrote:I'm new to all this. Even with the latest changes, you think this is strong enough to run as first char, or should I try something else?

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The guide will be seeing an update within the next month or two, ideally. Most of the information is fine as it is in terms of gear and skill/stat specs. It's certainly a good starting build since it doesn't require very much gear investment and can get some charms pretty easily.

You just have to get a feel for the teleport playstyle and you'll have no problem if you can create tanky summons.

It is certainly nerfed dmg-wise (mostly because the lack of -res) but I still steamrolled through hatred and TA with low lvl runewords. I can say that Pestilence got a huge buff and can now be considered as second or third elemental at least in the beginning.

Updates in progress.

Updated:

Early Game Gear/Skills/Stats, Skill Descriptions (waiting on docs to finish being updated to adjust new skill orders and icons), Level Challenge 1, Ennead Challenge, Witch Queen Minigame, part of Veteran Tokens.

Removed lots of extra needless text.

Ever since to the increased casting speed of wand+off-hand, what do you think might come close to a Staff in terms of early/mid/late game?

Wulf wrote:Ever since to the increased casting speed of wand+off-hand, what do you think might come close to a Staff in terms of early/mid/late game?

Some of the endgame gear will be adjusted for the new speeds allowing us to basically get one frame lower than creep staff speed. I'll change it as I get to it.

From marrow staff to laZ wand maybe a good transition item could be yul staff (up to -60 res, boost energy and spell factor to Energy, boosting totem dmg and malice spells)

Also i would ask, is pestilance really worth to use?

Feeles wrote:From marrow staff to laZ wand maybe a good transition item could be yul staff (up to -60 res, boost energy and spell factor to Energy, boosting totem dmg and malice spells)

Also i would ask, is pestilance really worth to use?

Crafted Marrow staff will be better for up to +13 necro skills, minion life, and high spell/pierce to one element (preferably fire).

Pestilence is decent to use if you don't mind casting every 20 seconds. It's more of a melee based skill since it benefits from Str/Dex factor.

L H wrote:
Feeles wrote:From marrow staff to laZ wand maybe a good transition item could be yul staff (up to -60 res, boost energy and spell factor to Energy, boosting totem dmg and malice spells)

Also i would ask, is pestilance really worth to use?

Crafted Marrow staff will be better for up to +13 necro skills, minion life, and high spell/pierce to one element (preferably fire).

Pestilence is decent to use if you don't mind casting every 20 seconds. It's more of a melee based skill since it benefits from Str/Dex factor.

Ok i'll go for a fascinating war staff (sacred get better affixes or only matter item lvl?)

Str dex factor means that for dmg counts how much str and dex i have beside energy, or it calculates all 3 together or just highest one?