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So running my alt as a summonmancer and was struggling with act bosses (specifically
Duriel
on normal). Got past him after a few deaths (and many rejuve potions and the
Sacrifice
of several dozen clay golemns). Got to lvl 25 and realized that allowed me to run the Edge
Edge Bow
(Edge rune word on an
Edge Bow
) I had made for my main, (a WW money maker barb). Well, apparently a lvl 15
Thorns
aura works really well on a summonmancer, I mean I can't wield any best in slot weapons with it, but having 8 skelly's, 1 (lvl 1)
Clay Golem
, and a
Prayer
act 2 merc. I managed to kill
Mephisto
in 2 hits (both his), after cursing him... if I am right he was taking ~16x his own damage on each swing and my skeletons couldn't defend so the
Thorns
proc'd.

just thought I would share the fun
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So running my alt as a summonmancer and was struggling with act bosses (specifically
Duriel
on normal). Got past him after a few deaths (and many rejuve potions and the
Sacrifice
of several dozen clay golemns). Got to lvl 25 and realized that allowed me to run the Edge
Edge Bow
(Edge rune word on an
Edge Bow
) I had made for my main, (a WW money maker barb). Well, apparently a lvl 15
Thorns
aura works really well on a summonmancer, I mean I can't wield any best in slot weapons with it, but having 8 skelly's, 1 (lvl 1)
Clay Golem
, and a
Prayer
act 2 merc. I managed to kill
Mephisto
in 2 hits (both his), after cursing him... if I am right he was taking ~16x his own damage on each swing and my skeletons couldn't defend so the
Thorns
proc'd.

just thought I would share the fun
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Gheed
hates this one trick!

At least, that's all I've been using Edge for -- it's a nice cheap runeword, cool that you were able to use the
Thorns
! I've also got a Harmony on swap for quickness.

Bow Necro, who'da thunk it? :D
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OP
Thats why I made it in the first place... but then I was like, "
Thorns
does physical damage", "
Iron Maiden
does physical damage", "
Amplify Damage
doubles (sorta) physical damage"... but I can't curse the same target with both
Iron Maiden
and
Amplify Damage
. but I can have
Thorns
aura and
Amplify Damage
.
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OP
Not to mention this is mostly just a stop gap till I can spam
Corpse Explosion
...
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Yes you can also try act 2 merc
Thorns
with
Amplify Damage
. Helps kill
Mephisto
fast but there are better options later. I only like this option for killing bosses, so not worth it regularly.

Later on I prefer
Holy Freeze
instead of
Thorns
, even for a
Corpse Explosion
build.
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CatCat wrote: 2 years ago
Later on I prefer
Holy Freeze
instead of
Thorns
, even for a
Corpse Explosion
build.
For summons, Might is right!
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OP
well, this did basically nothing for Diablo... so I am going to have to re-think my build a bit...
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OP
so
Decrepify
is still better than
Thorns
for all the bosses, and
Corpse Explosion
better than
Thorns
for crowds... but hey,
Thorns
was pretty fun.
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this is pretty well know.
Thorns
and
Iron Maiden
are great for normal.
7
OP
Yeah, and you have to make it through normal some how.
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Darq 86

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mgorman42 wrote: 2 years ago
so
Decrepify
is still better than
Thorns
for all the bosses, and
Corpse Explosion
better than
Thorns
for crowds... but hey,
Thorns
was pretty fun.
Thanks to the Bow you can have both. Or did you mean
Iron Maiden
instead of
Thorns
?
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Darq wrote: 2 years ago
mgorman42 wrote: 2 years ago
so
Decrepify
is still better than
Thorns
for all the bosses, and
Corpse Explosion
better than
Thorns
for crowds... but hey,
Thorns
was pretty fun.
Thanks to the Bow you can have both. Or did you mean
Iron Maiden
instead of
Thorns
?
well, to make better use of
Corpse Explosion
and
Decrepify
, I switched back to a
Wand
/shield with skill boosts. but I was also running
Amplify Damage
, because
Thorns
damage is physical. I probably could still use the bow, but it isn't as necessary
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