poison necro opinion

vued wrote: 7 hours ago

ganseng wrote: 17 hours ago

how about Insight + Cure + Prayer a2 merc & Hustle Iron Golem? (budget version)

or double Grief a5 merc + Beast Iron Golem (non budget version).

cast amp dmg or Decrepify and let the two handle Baal or Herald, everything else should be handled by poison (and Thorns)

a3 fire merc and Fire Golem probably won't work under any circumstances will they?

What do you need Hustle for? Faster attack speed just removes your poison damage more often.

The only reason to use a3 fire merc is to Enchant your Skeleton army.

Fire Golem is still subpar and it's bad for a poisonmancer since his Holy Fire aura stops your poison damage on the whole screen. That's ~1/3 of your damage gone (iirc).

ganseng wrote: 1 hour ago

mixed feelings on Poison Nova so far.. respecced at lvl 42. progress through nightmare seemed quicker and lazier than with Bone Spear. but meph fight took like 3 mins, ran around him and cast the Nova. and couldn't kill diablo at all (after a long and painful struggle with the Venom lords. so maybe better to respec in endgame only after 75 (sunder) or in early 60s (trang, Bramble, then dweb)