MLD Bone Spear / Bone Spirit Guide

Introduction

Level 49 Bone Necromancer work very well in both one versus one (1v1) and team versus team (TvT) duels respecting the rules created by Ferdia and Perserker on Europe softcore non ladder (EUSCNL).

General Information

• Aim for 75% FCR with 86% FHR since more FCR with high level Bone Spear and Bone Spirit would drain our mana quickly and isn't really useful against most characters

• Use Skin of the Vipermagi most of the time. If more damage reduction is needed use String of Ears

• If more Faster Run / Walk is needed use small charm's and M'avina's Tenet. That way you can reach higher damage / life / mana than by switching. You can use Stealth and Skin of the Vipermagi with Perfect Skull though

• Versatile and a hard enemy in both one versus one (1v1) and team versus team (tvt)

• Use Bone Armor to absorb physical damage, and curses to weaken your enemy ( Amplify Damage and Lower Resist are very powerful. Ask for permission to use them before you start to duel), Bone Wall's and Clay Golem's as a shield against ranged characters (no Clay Golem vs melee)

• Important on MLD Necromaner's are a high mana pool, flexibility, decent faster run / walk, life and replenish life

• Aim for 1k+ life and 1k+ mana along with 100+ faster run / walk on non ladder (nl), 80+ faster run / walk on ladder with up to 30 replenish life depending on the other stats. Increase those stats by sacrificing skill grand charm's to small charm's.

• Use 8 perfect skill grand charm's and the rest are perfect Small charm's. A cheaper solution would be to use only 5-7 skill grand charm's with lower life or faster run / walk, mana / resist small charm's

Gear

Helmet:
Venomous Circlet / Coronet of Speed 3 to Poison and Bone Skills, 30% Faster Run / Walk, 2 Socket ( Perfect Skull)
Blood Circlet / Coronet 2 to Poison and Bone Skills, 30% Faster Run / Walk, 20% Faster Cast Rate, 60 life, 20 All resist

Amulet:
Venomous Amulet of the Whale 3 to Poison and Bone Skills, 100 to Life
Bitter Wing Amulet 2 to Poison and Bone Skills, 60 life, 90 Mana, 20 All resist, Damage Reduced by 4
Venomous Amulet of Teleportation 3 to Poison and Bone Skills, Level 3 Teleport (27/27 Charges)

Weapon:
Spirit Crystal Sword 35% FCR, 112 Mana, 8 Absorb
Cursing Bone Wand 3 To Curses, 3 To Lower Resist auto mod
Ethereal Insight Voulge Level 17 Meditation

Shield:
Homunculus (Scintillating Jewel of Hope 20 life, 15% All resist)

Armor:
Skin of the Vipermagi 35/13 ( Perfect Skull)
Stealth Breast Plate

Belt:
Caster Belt 10% FCR, 24% FHR, 60 life, 40 Mana, 30% Cold resist
M'avina's Tenet
String of Ears

Ring:
Stone of Jordan
Raven Frost
Dwarf Star

Gloves:
Ethereal Frostburn

Boots:
Sander's Riprap upgraded to Sharkskin Boots
Infernostride
Caster Boots 20% Faster Run / Walk, 40 Mana, Increase Maximum Mana 5%, Regenerate Mana 10%, 40% Cold Resist

Grand Charms:
5-7 Fungal Grand Charm of Sustenance 1 to Poison and Bone Skills, 30 life

Small Charms:
19-25 Small Charm's Life / FRW / Mana / Resist
10 Serpent's Small Charm of Inertia 3% FRW / 17 mana
10 Sapphire Small Charm of Inertia 3% FRW / 11 cold resist
6 Serpent's Small Charm of Vita 20 Life, 17 Mana

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Skills

20 Bone Spear
20 Bone Spirit
14 Bone Wall
1 Amplify Damage
1 Clay Golem (optional)
1 Bone Prison

Stats

Strength: 58 Enough to wear the heaviest gear
Dexterity: 118 Enough to get max block with Homunculus
Vitality: ~192

2k-2,2k Bone Spear and 2,2k-2,4k Bone Spirit damage depending on setup. Amplify Damage reduces DR by 50% and Lower Resist reduces resist by 60%. Up to 180 Faster Run / Walk (Harmony if needed), 1k-1,4k hit points and 1k-1,4k mana, 350+ cold resist without Anya, high mana regen, damage reduced by 15, 30 replenish life depending on setup.

Keys

F1 Bone Armor
F2 Clay Golem
F2 Amplify Damage
F3 Lower Resist
W Bone Wall
A Bone Spirit
S Bone Spear
D Teeth

Strategies


Barbarian

Sacrifice life, mana and damage reduction for faster run / walk. I recommend 150-180 frw with Sander's Riprap, M'avina's Tenet, Circlet and your small charm's. Always keep your Bone Armor up, never get closer to him than one screen. This can be a hard match if the barbarian is fast, does short Whirlwind's and guesses your moves well. That's why you have to run randomly, avoid any patterns. If you keep your distance, you can run. If he gets close, choose walking, change your direction and run again. Mostly use Bone Spear's alternated with a few Bone Spirit's. Some Bone Spirit's may hit him, he can outrun the others. Never use Teeth, it will harm you more than him.


Bow Amazon

Use 120 faster run / walk from Circlet, Sander's Riprap, Small Charm's and get all the replenish life you can get since their damage after Bone Armor is mostly low (except if you duel a 4k+ dmg 8 fps amp high crit glasscannon) and the duels can be really long. Always keep up your Bone Armor. If the distance to the Amazon equals more than 2 screens you have to fallback all the time while casting Bone Spear's and Bone Spirit's towards her to attack and (re-)casting Bone Armor, Clay Golem's and Bone Wall's between you and the Amazon to protect yourself. Once she gets closer than 2 screens, immediately change from defensive to offensive play by continuing to attack with more spears than spirits and try to trap her with your Bone Wall's and barriers on the map. Once both stand still you can tank an Amazon since your block (75%) is a lot higher than her avoid skills (5x%) and you are protected by your Bone Armor which you can recast once it's broken. This is my favourite match-up, especially against good Amazon's like Ferdia's, since it requires patience, good reactions and tactics.


Trap Assassin

Use 150 faster run / walk from Circlet, Sander's Riprap, M'avina's Tenet and small charm's. Make sure you have equipped 86% FHR to get out of Mind Blast. Since we don't have enough strength to equip Thundergod's Vigor, the Assassin's damage will be immense (up to ~6k*0.17*0.25=~255 pvp damage per hit at 5 traps with 10 shots each). Always keep your distance and avoid getting surrounded by traps and the walls of the map. Don't use Bone Wall's or Clay Golem since they may trigger traps with a huge attack range you might run into. Once she gets close to your screen she may Dragon Flight onto you, that's why you should always spam some Bone Spirit's in your way to protect yourself. As soon as you see a trap in your screen, run away - 1 trap with Mind Blast Stun can be enough to drain all your life.


Javelin Amazon

Similar to barbarian. Sacrifice everything for faster run / walk, you might as well use Harmony to gain some distance from time to time. Use the map with cleverly placed walls to protect yourself and trap the Amazon. This is a boring match since the faster character mostly wins. Once she outruns you, you're dead since you don't have enough strength to wear Thundergod's Vigor and the damage is huge.


Necromancer

There are two types of duels: ranged war and close combat. For the first type you will need huge replenish life, life and damage. 70% faster run / walk from Sander's Riprap and Circlet are enough here. Use Insight from time to time to regenerate mana. Spam Bone Spear's and Bone Spirit's randomly over 2 or more screens away from your enemy. The second type is best because it needs fast reactions and good aim. Use 120 faster run / walk from Circlet, Sander's Riprap and small charm's. Replenish life isn't effective here since the matches are over pretty fast. Try to get a good amount of life and mana since your enemy won't let you regenerate mana. Mostly use Bone Spear's followed by a few Bone Spirit's so your enemy can't stand still and attack you.


Blessed Hammer Paladin

Get 120 faster run / walk from Circlet, Sander's Riprap, small charm's and so much life that you can exactly survive one more Blessed Hammer then with a little less life (i.eg. if you have 1k life and your enemy does 333 dmg => you survive 3 hits - although if he does 334 dmg you only survive 2 hits => get 3 more life). Find barriers like walls and stones on the map where he could get stuck and stay in this area, combine those barriers with well placed Bone Wall's prior to his character towards you. If you place a Bone Wall into his Charge he will get stuck and the animation takes long enough for some Bone Spear's and Bone Spirit's to hit him. Always keep up your Bone Armor in case he charges you directly with his Oath out. Move in non-predictable patterns, spam Bone Spirit's into your way and throw Bone Spear's to where you guess he is now or moves next. Spam another Bone Wall every few seconds into his Charge to increase the chance of him getting stuck.


Rabies Druid

Maximum faster run / walk and Harmony. Boring match-up.


Fire Ball Sorceress

Put on Infernostride, Dwarf Star and Raven Frost frost if she uses Chilling Armor, else just use Stone of Jordan. Use the 3/30 Perfect Skull'ed Circlet and the 10/24 Belt for more replenish life if the Sorceress play to defensive, else use the 2/30/20 Circlet with M'avina's Tenet to compensate the faster run / walk loss of Sander's Riprap <-> Infernostride. Get around 120 faster run / walk in total from Circlet, Infernostride, M'avina's Tenet and small charm's. Replace your shortcut w with Bone Prison since it's allowed against Teleport characters. You will use it when her mana is down: Cast them shortly before the Bone Spirit's arrive and surprise her when she tries to run away. Always (re-)cast your Clay Golem to cover for you. Cover your way with Bone Spirit's to avoid getting name locked and snipe her by guessing where she Teleport's next. If she keeps the duel on mid-range she won't get hit by missiles and it's even harder for you to avoid the Fire ball's. This can be a really easy or a very hard but fun match-up, depending on your enemy.


Blizzard Sorceress

Get 120 faster run / walk and put on a Raven Frost and a Stone of Jordan and use all the items that give cold resist: 10/24 Belt with cold resist. faster run / walk, life, replenish life, cold resist Boots. 2/30/20 Circlet with cold res, 2 to Poison and Bone Skills, life, mana, cold resist amulet, homuculus with strength, replenish life, cold resist jewel and faster run / walk or life small charm's with cold resist. You need up to 380 cold resist depending on your enemy's Cold Mastery and amount of cold Rainbow Facet: Cold Death. If you meet a good Blizzard sorceress your chances of winning are pretty close to zero. They have huge advantage of range and damage and they can easily avoid your attacks while their Blizzard's mostly hit you.

General PVP Tips


How-To: Increased screen size

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Video Tab
Step 4: Screen Space Calibrate
Step 5: Press and Hold Down Arrow so that it looks like this image


How-To: C/T

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Controls Tab
Step 4: Change Character Screen to Q and Skill Tree to W
Step 5: Pull up either Character Screen or Skill Tree screen, while dueling, to fire further


How-To: Easier Name Lock Ability

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Gameplay Tab
Step 4: Chat Font Size - Change to Extra Large


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Step 5: Press Escape
Step 6: Options
Step 7: Game play Tab
Step 8: Select Large Font Mode