CE Necro - Rate my build

Hi all,

Just wanna show my current CE Necro build and would like feedback as to what should I focus on improving next.
Build was guided by Atox's CE necro guide (Great guide!! Link here) for cow farming, but I didnt max either CE nor Amp and went for max block.
Kept both at comfortable radius. Currently 10.6 yards (CE) and 16 yards (amp)

Lv91 CE Necro HyperBoxThree
Stats
1k life w/o shouts
72 Block*
*= used to be max, but im guessing i lost some dex at some point switching some gear.. and was unaware..
36 blockrate
130 fcr
90 fhr
65frw
all res max


Gear:
Wizardspike (no socket) + Stormshield eld
Swap: ugliest cta (2/3/1) + spirit

Coa 2x shael (23/11) , AP** Enigma 767def, Magefist, marrowalk 20str
**= considering on remaking it in a Breast Plate for more life..?

crafted ring1 10fcr/4str/14dex/12life
crafted ring2 10fcr/12str/18life
crafted ammy 2 necro sk/ 20fcr/12 all res

Merc:
eth cv infinity (311ed/55 light pierce)
gface ias jewel socket, highlords, carrionwind, dracs, dungos, eth gtoe

Inventory
anni 14/18 , torch 12/17 , 1x pnb lifer , 4x fhr scs

currently looking to improve inventory better torch and anni.
build is doing the job super nice.. key farm, trav farm, cows all in ~10 min

I enjoy the high/max block cause it gives a relaxed gameplay, was using hoto/spirit w/o max block and would die pretty often, even in cows.. so often i would stash spare 2-3 insight polearms cuz of remaking the iron golem.

appreciate all comments/ feedback.

 

Golem is fine, he never dies. As you suggested, I have him maxed + blood golem for life.
Necro is the one who used to die lol.

I admit have improved -ish my gameplay and rarely get hit.. moving around and using wall correctly, but back then with 1-2 hits due to a bad tele from random cow would kill the necro.
I just wonder what is best advantages of hoto+spirit vs max block; more +skill? more hp?

 

Switch gear and u will stop dying
Use Homu, not Storm
Use Trang gloves not Magefist
Find Cta 6 BO + Spirit on switch
+ Coa on necro ?? i never had an issue wth FHR cuz i never tp on packs, u should use ur B wall to call them near u so,
u can switch Coa with Shako
and 75 fcr is just fine but u can go for 125 if u like to "dance" faster. Happy gaming

 

FHR, mana and vita are, in this order, the reasons why you would wanna switch to spirit over storm.
Also, going summons (skellies mainly) + CE gives you additional meatshield + kill power, the only thing to worry about would be to not tele inside mob packs. Max Summon skeleton, skeleton mastery, 1 point in Summon resist, as much as you can spare in Golem mastery.
One more thing, too often overlooked: spend 3 skill points to get Attract and learn to use it for crowd control (the main point of the necro Curses tab). You will give mobs homework and be safer this way.

 

How much ~health are you ending up with this setup (before BO)?

Thank you all for the great tips!
What you guys think on making Enigma on a Breast Plate instead of the Archon Plate?

 

Well, in pvm it doesnt really matter mate go for whatever armour suits your visual preferences the best

Necro can be played naked, your equipment is more than sufficient. Just adjust your playstyle and you will do fine.

 

Imo, you can go with BP or MP, without any point into strength. AP is overkill for a build that has no use for str, other than wearing Spirit monarch.
And about 3 hard points into Attract, you might have misunderstood what I was trying to convey. To get Attract, you need Attract + 2 prereqs (Dim Vision and Confuse), therefore 3; by no means put 3 into Attract. To me, it's a quite useful tool, but it's a matter of personal choice.

One more thing that was worth mentioning and forgot (but think I posted it somewhere else): 20 level 16 Heart of Wolverince charges, available from Oath rw, are a quite useful addition for skellies and/or revives. If I knew I'd do well with mana, I would even consider making an IG from Oath.

 

Short answer: get in SCL, switch, bone wall, tp on spot, bc + bo, switch. amplify+ group other pack with bone wall. Spam ce. Profit.

 

Not familiar with this build but it looks strong. Why not mp instead of bp? It looks nicer and as sphinx said u can use it without any point in str.

 

Magefist for +1 CE >

Before BO (3,2K+ after self BO):

 

My setup was ~ similar before when I was learning CE necro.
I was also using wizardspike for mana and spamming all the time CE.
The real goal is to go for 75 FCR with as much possible + all skills for items
It goes like that:
Weapon : HOTO + 3 All skills
Helm: Shako - sock with whatever you need really + 2 All Skills
Amulet: Mara + 2 All Skills
Shield: Homunculus - UM + 2 All Skills + 2 curses
Armor: BP Enigma + 2 All Skills
Gloves: Trangoul Claws + 2 Curses
Rings: 2 SOJ + 2 All Skills
Belt: Spiderweb + 1 All Skills
Boots: Silkweave - Without them you are not really CE necro
On switch:
CTA - preferably in Crystal Sword so you dont mess using your switch hand sometimes to farm because they look similar.
Spirit - Eth monarch - you need to roll it till you reach 35% fcr so you have 75% fcr for faster bo also.

Skills:
Curses:
Amplify - 1 point

Summoning Skills:
Clay Golem - 1 point
Golem Mastery - 1 point
Summon Resist - 1 point
And here you have some option
To put 1 point to Raise Skeleton and 1 point in to Skeleton Mastery
I did put 1 point but they are not really that useful when you continue to read the post:
Sometimes when I decide to kill Baal they somehow help to kill him faster but otherwise they just waste your time because you are already doing everything super fast.

Poison and Bone Spells:
Corpse Explosion - 20 points
Bone Spear - 20 points
Bone Prison - 20 points
Bone Wall - 20 points
Bone Armor - 1 point
Bone Spirit - rest

Merc:
Desert Mercenary Act 2 Nightmare Offensive
Weapon: Infinity Eth Colossus Voulge (Question: Isnt tresher better? Answer: tresher isnt in this situation with rest of the gear of the merc. Tresher has lower range and lower avg dmg. Giant Tresher maybe is better but dont have it for now maybe later if I can get my hands on it I will update my post...)
Helm: Eth Bugged Andariel's Visage Socketed with 15% IAS jewel.
Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
Armor: Eth bugged Treachery
Gloves: Laying Hands
Belt: Trangoul Girth
Ring: Carrion Wind
Boots: Eth Gore Rider upped

Inventory:
Cheap:
All mana you can get you dont really need over 2000 life after bo or even less when you have always your bone armor on you
Budget:
life + mana small charms : 10+life/10+mana
High Tier:
3 to 4 PNB Skillers 1 or 2 of them you may want to be with some str so you wont investing any points in str when resetting
Maybe 1 Cheap Curses Skiller with Life because you need to watch how much is your radius of CE and Amplify
Stats:
Strength: Depends on Anni and Torch. In higher levels your enigma will give you more str and if you decide to put fal in Shako you can somehow not put any points there.
Dex: Max block (check after each level if its capped) Homunculus is the only way to go for max block and it really helps your bone armor to almost always stays on you also with the res when you put um as I told earlier and the Mana gained per kill.
Vitality: Rest
Energy: None
Playstyle:
Teleport ->Curse ->Corse explosion
Put Bone Spear on your left click and spam it till you kill an enemy this way it will do damage to the pack and also put enemies in to faster hit recovery so they dont slow your merc for killing them.
After that everything is domino effect.
Note: I am Chaos Sanctuary, Worldstone , Halls of Pain fan.
Never had much luck in cows hell with any hero. Maybe once there was cham and thats all for all my life.
I did Bowazon for chilling in nightmare cows. And at least i find 19-20 life small charms there.
Feel free to comment on my post I already corrected 3-4 mistakes because its too much info

Merc Giant Tresher setup:
Weapon: Infinity Eth Giant Tresher
Helm: Eth Bugged Andariel's Visage socketed with Cham rune.
Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
Armor: Eth bugged Treachery
Gloves: Immortal King's Forge
Belt: Immortal King's Detail
Ring: Carrion Wind (Wisp Projector for Worldstone Keep levels if you find your merc die too often from burning souls)
Boots: Eth Gore Rider upped