Necro build bone spear + clay golem?

FngrUrBty wrote: 4 years ago

Maybe once they buff the Bone skills for necro but for now you might get through NM like that but hell I don't think so.

No offense but you're doing it wrong.

Necros are ridiculously good at clearing literally everything across hell in record time. Given, bosses take a little longer than with a Java or Sorc or the like but the way there tends to be just as fast, if not faster (usually faster). Partially because the versatility in "non-stacked" (i.e. normal mob distribution, not pre-stacked to make your Java blow everything up in 1 hit) damage output is just brilliant, partially because throwing amp/decrep around for your merc makes him go nuts on anything that may otherwise be running off/taking a sec longer and partially because (if geared correctly), you are only 1 frame behind a 105 Sorc in

Teleport speed, again making the way there just so much faster.

Having had a Bone Necro as my main-of-choice for 20 years, dominating both, PvE and PvP, the devs now going "yeah, Bone necs need to be buffed" honestly made me chuckle more than just a little bit.

As for something slightly more specific:
- Yes, you want

Clay Golem. But only 1 point. Along with 1 point in

Golem Mastery and

Summon Resist. Necros tend to stack up so much +skill that that is more than sufficient to have your golem become quite probably the strongest tank-minion in the game. Do note that he is not there to deal any significant damage, don't even hope for that. He's only there to prevent damage, either by tanking it himself or by slowing down mobs (especially bosses) to the point where they just don't do anything anymore. Literally.

Clay Golem +

Decrepify = most bosses just stand there, no longer getting any attack or spell off. Depending on your overall build and playstyle, there is an argument to be made for

Iron Golem instead but that's really a matter of choice and dependent on a few other factors.

- Yes,

Bone Spear is a skill of choice (note: "a", not "the"). That includes single target PvE. It may not look like it initially but once you get enough +skill,

Bone Spear actually passes the damage of

Bone Spirit at right around half the mana cost and with faster projectile speed. That holds true even when both get the same final skill level so not even counting the higher extra skills you can get for

Spear vs. Spirit (e.g. White). Spirit actually becomes extremely situational and ends up hardly ever being used in PvE once you get your gear up to par.

- White is quite possibly the best "long term" weapon in the game in the sense that as you lvl your char, you can get a solid White extremely easily and for cheap (hit up

Drognan on normal until he sells you a 2 socket +3

Spear

Wand) and you can still use that same White for end-game content and be quite efficient doing so. Given, there are extremely hard to get end-game White bases out there that you will likely never see (e.g. 3

Spear + 3 Spirit + 3

Decrepify/

Revive) but most of the time, you won't miss it. Depending on your overall build and playstyle, White actually typically remains in the top 3 weapon choices for a Bone necro.