Poison nova BIS

Same as above. Ideal is

Death's Web. If not (or with it) the 3 Trangs is nice (and you'll probably keep

Claws anyway, they are BiS for any necro), or even full Trangs for a good start.

I wanna try this too.
I think

Death's Web, Trang Gloves and Bramble gonna boost poison big time.

When you say +5

Poison Nova do you mean a +3 PN White runeword

Wand ? If yes that's probably a good

Wand before getting DWeb (ideally you also have +1 to

Lower Resist on it to save 6 stat points) + most of Trangs.

Imo, for a poison necro, FCR isn't quite as essential for dealing damage as it is for other casters.

The reason for this is that

Poison Nova travels quite slowly relative to other projectiles, and its 2 second duration means there's nothing to gain from repeatedly hitting enemies with it. Refreshing the poison to avoid downtime does not require much FCR. FCR does improve

Teleport with Enigma,

Corpse Explosion, your curses and such, but it does not need to be the center of your gearing perspective. As such, 3 piece Trang-Oul's with the

Belt, headshield, and gloves is extremely strong, and I use it over

Homunculus and

Arachnid Mesh.

Homunculus is better for tankiness, with its blocking, high resistances, and such, but I don't have survivability problems at all and prefer the damage potential of 3 Trangs. I would never use Spirit, except as an offhand with Call To Arms.

For merc, mine is rocking an Obedience. It's cheap and awesome, and very importantly has Crushing Blow, which is helpful. Between

Poison Nova and

Corpse Explosion, you can mop up rooms full of trash super fast. Merc only does work on bosses and niche situations like the

Megademon wave in

Throne of Destruction, and in those cases having some CB does wonders. Lots of people will tell you that Infinity is best, because it reduces enemy Fire Res and therefore buffs

Corpse Explosion. I say it depends how much you're willing to spend on the character. He does fine without it.

Bramble is a very powerful armor, but I prefer Enigma.

Teleport is amazing for all the usual reasons for a necro, but also for managing pets and positioning ideal

Poison Nova casts.

Travincal comes to mind in particular. I

Teleport into the temple, curse, drop 1

Poison Nova,

Teleport out. When I come back, everyone's dead, no muss, no fuss, no risk to your merc or golem. It may depend on the difficulty you play at though. I play mostly alone, so 1

Poison Nova will kill 99% of everything in the game. Soloing p8 WSK might be a different story.

Do you already have Trang's Wing ? If not, can give you that head in the meanwhile -

Larzuk it and you'll have a decent Rhyme or Splendor Base :

trade/demon-head-t987451.html

Just add me for that. If you already have Trang's Wing, probably no use
Will tell you if I get a +3 PN White-able

Wand.

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Just saw that you're on PS, if you're PS only that's not possible, sorry - offer is also valid for the OP, I am a Bonemancer with Poison just for Magic Immunes, not a real poisonmancer myself.

Similarly, on PC Non Ladder, I have a +6

Nova (+3

Nova and White)

Wand, an extra

Trang-Oul's Wing,

Trang-Oul's Claws, and

Trang-Oul's Scales that I'd be willing to give away.

The Scales chest armor is not very good, but it works to get 3 piece bonus if you don't want to buy the

Belt, and it at least has some useful bonuses.