PvP Poisonmancer
[highlight]This guide was originally written by hks489. Unfortunately the original thread was lost. To make matters worse hks489 also lost the copy on his hard drive. Luckily for us Evil Monkey managed to find a copy of the guide being posted on another website.[/highlight]
I’ve been visiting this site for awhile but I haven’t seen a poison necro pvp guide so…. here it is! This is mainly a guide for pub duelling, since most people aren’t involved in clans or that honour thing so in my guide, everything goes, although I did put in a part for honour duelling.
To start off, here’s some personal info, I go by the login of “poison4899â€, my screen name is “Japgirlmacker†maybe some of you have seen me around the pub duels. My first character was a 90 bone necro. Although it did well, there were too many around and I wanted to make a necro that’s less used, thus a poison necro. This is my first time writing a guide so excuse my format mistakes or whatever… The format for this guide is stolen from “Thekbob†from his Commando guide. Hope you don’t mind!! Credit given where credit’s due.
Green is good.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Skill point allocation.
II. Stat point allocation.
III. Da Gear.
IV. PvP Strategies.
V. Advanced PvP Strategies.
VI. My Poison Necro.
VII. Disclaimer/Credits.
I. SKILL POINT ALLOCATION
Note: These are all my opinions on how things should be done. You can vary to suit your own needs, whatever they are.
Poison & Bone Skills:
20 Poison Dagger
20 Poison Explosion
20 Poison Nova
20 Bone Wall
1 Bone Armor
1 Teeth
1-20 Bone Prison*
Curses:
1 Amplify Damage
1 Weaken
1 Iron Maiden
1 Terror
1 Life Tap
1 Decrepify
1 Lower Resist
Summoning:
1 Clay Golem
1 Blood Golem
1 Iron Golem
1 Fire Golem
Extras**:
1 Corpse Explosion
1 Dim Vision
1 Bone Spear
1 Bone Spirit
* Skill points in Bone Prison depends on whether your duelling honour or not. If you are, then you should put all you can spare into Bone Prison so it adds synergy bonus to Bone Armor. If your duelling in pub, then no points in it since you’ll want to use the Marrowwalk bug. (Wearing Marrowwalk with no points in Bone Armor gives u +33 to Bone Prison Synergies. This has been talked about enough so I won’t explain further)
** For the Extras, Corpse Explosion and Dim Vision is for use when doing Baal Runs, or PvM. It’s a personal choice. You can either decide to help out in runs, or just leech xp like a mofo. Bone Spear and Spirit is for diversifying your necro, though I would only recommend it if your using Marrowwalk bug.
For Pub Duelling, you should be complete when your lvl 81. For Honour Duelling, you’re never really finished as you can continue to put points Bone Prison/Armor until you’re 99
II. STAT POINTS ALLOCATION
Strength: Enough to wear equipment. You should aim for 60-70 as base in order to use basic equipment. Other items can give you addition so not too much here.
Dexterity: Enough to give you maximum block, or 75%.
Vitality: As with all other builds, all you can spare.
Energy: This is very debatable for it depends on the items you’re able to get. If you’re rich, then you can afford numerous +mana items or charms, so you don’t need any points here. If you’re poor, then put a few points in to make sure you get enough to use without chugging a mana potion every 5 seconds.
III. THE GEAR
I’ll list the best option plus a few alternatives for regular people who can’t afford godly stuff.
WEAPON:
1) Death’s Web: No contest here, this is best pwnage wand a poison necro can use. A lot of + skills to Poison & Bone skills, and the crazy negative resistance to poison. (Very, very expensive)
2) Heart of the Oak: +3 to all skills, resist, fast cast, can’t really ask for better… except Death’s Web =). (Very expensive)
3) Blackbog’s Sharp: +4 to Poison Nova and Explosion, and +5 to Poison Dagger. Other stats useless unless you plan to stab someone… which is something this build is not good at. ( Damn cheap)
4) Blackhand’s Key: The staple of all mid-level necros. +2 to necro skills, fast cast, it’s still a good wand to use if u can’t get anything else. ( Somewhat cheap)
SHIELD:
1) Homunculus: In my opinion, the best necro shield you can use for PvP. +2 necro skills, all resist, mana regen, and the insane block rate. Really, can’t get better than that. ( Medium cheap)
2) Darkforce Spawn: This shield is also quite good, but it’s more for fight against casters because of the low block rate. What really stands out about this shield is the fast cast. You’ll need to get a +3 to Poison and Bone, the rest aren’t much use. ( Very expensive)
3) Lidless Wall: Good overall shield for any caster, with +1 to skill, fast cast, and increase mana 10%. ( Medium)
4) Stormshield: I listed this mainly for the damage reduction it gives and the cool block rate, though the strength req might be too much for most people. ( Expensive)
5) Whistan’s Guard: Nothing special except for it’s crazy block rate. (Very Cheap)
HELM:
1) Rare Circlet: One that gives +2 necro skill, 20% fast cast, all resist. These circlets are godly. (Crazy expensive)
2) Harlequins Crest, aka Shako: Good for any build, +2 to skills, 10% damage reduced, and a ****load of health and mana, though it looks crappy on your dude. ( Expensive)
3) Peasant Crown: a cheap alternative to shako. It’s not bad if you can’t get the stuff mentioned above. ( Cheap)
4) Crown of Ages: I suggest this because this is a godly helm. +1 to skills, all resist, fast hit recovery, and socketed!!! But the thing is… the strength req for this is quite beyond reach for most necros. ( Very expensive)
ARMOR:
1) Enigma: Hands down, the best armor there is. +2 to skills, damage reduced, + life, and + insane strength. Use this, and the strength problem you always had will be a thing of the past…. Not to mention the teleport… ( Very Expensive)
2) Bramble: Nice fast hit recovery, increase to mana, mana regen, nice resists, and the crazy +25%-50% poison damage!!!!! (Very Expensive)
3) Skin of Vipermagi: +1 to all skill, 30% fast cast, all resist. Nice armor to use if you can’t afford the above. (Affordable)
4) Que-hagen’s Wisdom: +1 to skills, 20% fast cast, 20% hit recovery. Good armor overall except for the lack of resistance. ( Affordable)
GLOVES:
1) Trang-Ouls Claws: 20% fast cast, nice cold res, +2 to curses. What really stands out is the 25% to poison damage!!!!!! ( Affordable)
2) Magefists: 20% fast cast, nice mana regen, really good caster gloves. (Cheap)
3) Frostburns: Only useful thing on this is the huge boost to mana. (Cheap)
BOOTS:
1) Marrowwalks: This is THE boot to use if you’re planning on pub duelling. The extra synergies this thing gives out are quite good. The mods on the boots aren’t that shabby either. Meeting the strength req might be a hassle though. ( Medium)
2) Sandstorm Trek: What you really want from this boot is the fast hit recovery. The + strength and vitality is also nice. ( Medium)
3) Tearhaunch: Nothing special about these boots except for the +10 all res (Very Cheap)
4) Natalya’s Boots: 40% fast run/walk and nice resists. ( Somewhat cheap)
BELTS:
1) Arachnid Mesh: Godly belt this is. +1 to skills, 20% fast cast, increase to mana. Enough said. (Expensive)
2) Gloom’s Trap: Increase to mana, mana regen, + vitality. Good overall belt. (Medium)
3) Trang-Oul’s Girth: Can’t be frozen, nice + to mana and life. Especially useful if paired with Trang’s gloves. Gives nice cold res and mana regen. (Somewhat expensive)
AMULETS:
1) Crafted Amulets: What your looking for is a +2 nec skill, 10% fast cast, all res. (Hard to make, Very expensive to trade)
2) Mara’s Kaleidoscope: +2 skills, + 5 to attributes, all res. Damn good this is. (Very Expensive)
3) Nice Magical Amulet: What you need is a +3 to Poison and Bone skill. If it has other useful mods, even better. (Somewhat expensive, depends on the 2nd mod)
4) Not as nice Magical Amulet: +1 to nec skill with 2nd mod. Use this if you can’t afford anything. (Damn cheap)
RINGS:
1) Rare ring: 10% fast cast, all resist, +life and/or mana. (Expensive)
2) Stone of Jordan: +1 to skill, increases to mana, enuf said. (Very Expensive)
3) Bul-Katho’s Ring: The alternative to SOJ if you need life instead of mana (Very Expensive)
4) Manald Heal: Just for the mana regen. ( Very Inexpensive, they’re everywhere)
CHARMS:
As many Poison and Bone skill charms you can get. 10 is maximum. You’ll also need all resist small charms and fast hit recovery ones. As always, look for ones with +life 2nd mod.
And of course, the Annihilus.
Best Set-up (IMO):
Helm: Rare +2 Nec skill, 20% fcr, All res, Circlet.
Weapon: Death’s Web. 2/2/45+ works best.
Armor: Enigma.
Gloves: Trang’s Gloves.
Boots: Marrowwalks.
Belt: Arachnid Mesh.
Shield: Homunculus.
Amulet: +2 Nec skill, 10% fcr, All res, Crafted ammy or Mara’s Kaleidoscope.
1st Ring: Rare 10% fcr, All res, +life/mana ring.
2nd Ring: Stone of Jordan or Ravenfrost.
Average Player’s Setup:
Helm: Shako.
Weapon: Blackhand Key or Blackbog’s Sharp.
Armor: Skin of Vipermagi.
Gloves: Trang’s Gloves or Magefist.
Boots: Tearhaunch or Silkweave.
Belt: Gloom’s Trap.
Shield: Homunculus or Lidless Wall.
Amulet: Eye of Elitch.
1st Ring: Rare or Magical 10% fcr ring.
2nd Ring: Ravenfrost.
Poor Man’s Setup:
I don’t suggest you make a poison necro if you can not afford the items mentioned in the average player’s section. Although it is viable to have cheaper equipment for PvM, you’ll get slaughtered in PvP.
[highlight]This guide was originally written by hks489. Unfortunately the original thread was lost. To make matters worse hks489 also lost the copy on his hard drive. Luckily for us Evil Monkey managed to find a copy of the guide being posted on another website.[/highlight]
PvP Poison Necromancer v1.0
I’ve been visiting this site for awhile but I haven’t seen a poison necro pvp guide so…. here it is! This is mainly a guide for pub duelling, since most people aren’t involved in clans or that honour thing so in my guide, everything goes, although I did put in a part for honour duelling.
To start off, here’s some personal info, I go by the login of “poison4899â€, my screen name is “Japgirlmacker†maybe some of you have seen me around the pub duels. My first character was a 90 bone necro. Although it did well, there were too many around and I wanted to make a necro that’s less used, thus a poison necro. This is my first time writing a guide so excuse my format mistakes or whatever… The format for this guide is stolen from “Thekbob†from his Commando guide. Hope you don’t mind!! Credit given where credit’s due.
Green is good.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Skill point allocation.
II. Stat point allocation.
III. Da Gear.
IV. PvP Strategies.
V. Advanced PvP Strategies.
VI. My Poison Necro.
VII. Disclaimer/Credits.
I. SKILL POINT ALLOCATION
Note: These are all my opinions on how things should be done. You can vary to suit your own needs, whatever they are.
Poison & Bone Skills:
20 Poison Dagger
20 Poison Explosion
20 Poison Nova
20 Bone Wall
1 Bone Armor
1 Teeth
1-20 Bone Prison*
Curses:
1 Amplify Damage
1 Weaken
1 Iron Maiden
1 Terror
1 Life Tap
1 Decrepify
1 Lower Resist
Summoning:
1 Clay Golem
1 Blood Golem
1 Iron Golem
1 Fire Golem
Extras**:
1 Corpse Explosion
1 Dim Vision
1 Bone Spear
1 Bone Spirit
* Skill points in Bone Prison depends on whether your duelling honour or not. If you are, then you should put all you can spare into Bone Prison so it adds synergy bonus to Bone Armor. If your duelling in pub, then no points in it since you’ll want to use the Marrowwalk bug. (Wearing Marrowwalk with no points in Bone Armor gives u +33 to Bone Prison Synergies. This has been talked about enough so I won’t explain further)
** For the Extras, Corpse Explosion and Dim Vision is for use when doing Baal Runs, or PvM. It’s a personal choice. You can either decide to help out in runs, or just leech xp like a mofo. Bone Spear and Spirit is for diversifying your necro, though I would only recommend it if your using Marrowwalk bug.
For Pub Duelling, you should be complete when your lvl 81. For Honour Duelling, you’re never really finished as you can continue to put points Bone Prison/Armor until you’re 99
II. STAT POINTS ALLOCATION
Strength: Enough to wear equipment. You should aim for 60-70 as base in order to use basic equipment. Other items can give you addition so not too much here.
Dexterity: Enough to give you maximum block, or 75%.
Vitality: As with all other builds, all you can spare.
Energy: This is very debatable for it depends on the items you’re able to get. If you’re rich, then you can afford numerous +mana items or charms, so you don’t need any points here. If you’re poor, then put a few points in to make sure you get enough to use without chugging a mana potion every 5 seconds.
III. THE GEAR
I’ll list the best option plus a few alternatives for regular people who can’t afford godly stuff.
WEAPON:
1) Death’s Web: No contest here, this is best pwnage wand a poison necro can use. A lot of + skills to Poison & Bone skills, and the crazy negative resistance to poison. (Very, very expensive)
2) Heart of the Oak: +3 to all skills, resist, fast cast, can’t really ask for better… except Death’s Web =). (Very expensive)
3) Blackbog’s Sharp: +4 to Poison Nova and Explosion, and +5 to Poison Dagger. Other stats useless unless you plan to stab someone… which is something this build is not good at. ( Damn cheap)
4) Blackhand’s Key: The staple of all mid-level necros. +2 to necro skills, fast cast, it’s still a good wand to use if u can’t get anything else. ( Somewhat cheap)
SHIELD:
1) Homunculus: In my opinion, the best necro shield you can use for PvP. +2 necro skills, all resist, mana regen, and the insane block rate. Really, can’t get better than that. ( Medium cheap)
2) Darkforce Spawn: This shield is also quite good, but it’s more for fight against casters because of the low block rate. What really stands out about this shield is the fast cast. You’ll need to get a +3 to Poison and Bone, the rest aren’t much use. ( Very expensive)
3) Lidless Wall: Good overall shield for any caster, with +1 to skill, fast cast, and increase mana 10%. ( Medium)
4) Stormshield: I listed this mainly for the damage reduction it gives and the cool block rate, though the strength req might be too much for most people. ( Expensive)
5) Whistan’s Guard: Nothing special except for it’s crazy block rate. (Very Cheap)
HELM:
1) Rare Circlet: One that gives +2 necro skill, 20% fast cast, all resist. These circlets are godly. (Crazy expensive)
2) Harlequins Crest, aka Shako: Good for any build, +2 to skills, 10% damage reduced, and a ****load of health and mana, though it looks crappy on your dude. ( Expensive)
3) Peasant Crown: a cheap alternative to shako. It’s not bad if you can’t get the stuff mentioned above. ( Cheap)
4) Crown of Ages: I suggest this because this is a godly helm. +1 to skills, all resist, fast hit recovery, and socketed!!! But the thing is… the strength req for this is quite beyond reach for most necros. ( Very expensive)
ARMOR:
1) Enigma: Hands down, the best armor there is. +2 to skills, damage reduced, + life, and + insane strength. Use this, and the strength problem you always had will be a thing of the past…. Not to mention the teleport… ( Very Expensive)
2) Bramble: Nice fast hit recovery, increase to mana, mana regen, nice resists, and the crazy +25%-50% poison damage!!!!! (Very Expensive)
3) Skin of Vipermagi: +1 to all skill, 30% fast cast, all resist. Nice armor to use if you can’t afford the above. (Affordable)
4) Que-hagen’s Wisdom: +1 to skills, 20% fast cast, 20% hit recovery. Good armor overall except for the lack of resistance. ( Affordable)
GLOVES:
1) Trang-Ouls Claws: 20% fast cast, nice cold res, +2 to curses. What really stands out is the 25% to poison damage!!!!!! ( Affordable)
2) Magefists: 20% fast cast, nice mana regen, really good caster gloves. (Cheap)
3) Frostburns: Only useful thing on this is the huge boost to mana. (Cheap)
BOOTS:
1) Marrowwalks: This is THE boot to use if you’re planning on pub duelling. The extra synergies this thing gives out are quite good. The mods on the boots aren’t that shabby either. Meeting the strength req might be a hassle though. ( Medium)
2) Sandstorm Trek: What you really want from this boot is the fast hit recovery. The + strength and vitality is also nice. ( Medium)
3) Tearhaunch: Nothing special about these boots except for the +10 all res (Very Cheap)
4) Natalya’s Boots: 40% fast run/walk and nice resists. ( Somewhat cheap)
BELTS:
1) Arachnid Mesh: Godly belt this is. +1 to skills, 20% fast cast, increase to mana. Enough said. (Expensive)
2) Gloom’s Trap: Increase to mana, mana regen, + vitality. Good overall belt. (Medium)
3) Trang-Oul’s Girth: Can’t be frozen, nice + to mana and life. Especially useful if paired with Trang’s gloves. Gives nice cold res and mana regen. (Somewhat expensive)
AMULETS:
1) Crafted Amulets: What your looking for is a +2 nec skill, 10% fast cast, all res. (Hard to make, Very expensive to trade)
2) Mara’s Kaleidoscope: +2 skills, + 5 to attributes, all res. Damn good this is. (Very Expensive)
3) Nice Magical Amulet: What you need is a +3 to Poison and Bone skill. If it has other useful mods, even better. (Somewhat expensive, depends on the 2nd mod)
4) Not as nice Magical Amulet: +1 to nec skill with 2nd mod. Use this if you can’t afford anything. (Damn cheap)
RINGS:
1) Rare ring: 10% fast cast, all resist, +life and/or mana. (Expensive)
2) Stone of Jordan: +1 to skill, increases to mana, enuf said. (Very Expensive)
3) Bul-Katho’s Ring: The alternative to SOJ if you need life instead of mana (Very Expensive)
4) Manald Heal: Just for the mana regen. ( Very Inexpensive, they’re everywhere)
CHARMS:
As many Poison and Bone skill charms you can get. 10 is maximum. You’ll also need all resist small charms and fast hit recovery ones. As always, look for ones with +life 2nd mod.
And of course, the Annihilus.
Best Set-up (IMO):
Helm: Rare +2 Nec skill, 20% fcr, All res, Circlet.
Weapon: Death’s Web. 2/2/45+ works best.
Armor: Enigma.
Gloves: Trang’s Gloves.
Boots: Marrowwalks.
Belt: Arachnid Mesh.
Shield: Homunculus.
Amulet: +2 Nec skill, 10% fcr, All res, Crafted ammy or Mara’s Kaleidoscope.
1st Ring: Rare 10% fcr, All res, +life/mana ring.
2nd Ring: Stone of Jordan or Ravenfrost.
Average Player’s Setup:
Helm: Shako.
Weapon: Blackhand Key or Blackbog’s Sharp.
Armor: Skin of Vipermagi.
Gloves: Trang’s Gloves or Magefist.
Boots: Tearhaunch or Silkweave.
Belt: Gloom’s Trap.
Shield: Homunculus or Lidless Wall.
Amulet: Eye of Elitch.
1st Ring: Rare or Magical 10% fcr ring.
2nd Ring: Ravenfrost.
Poor Man’s Setup:
I don’t suggest you make a poison necro if you can not afford the items mentioned in the average player’s section. Although it is viable to have cheaper equipment for PvM, you’ll get slaughtered in PvP.
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