[3.9] Pure Phys Skeletons & Friends Necromancer — Beginner/SSF/Budget Build

Minion Speed or Minion Damage?

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Undriuz wrote:

Raise Zombie + Meat Shield + Minion Life; Immortal Call. Why are you using Immortall Call? What gem i can use for Zombie 4L setup instead IC gem?

you could consider leech life support to keep your zombies alive more,or a damage gem like maim/brutality/minion damage,or maybe pulverise or even something like fortify to give your zombies a bit more defence,or if your rich empower,could also try summon phantasm support which i used for lvling and it was pretty good tbh,there is quite a few options tbh (at mo i run leech life but will try out a few different options later on.

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Undriuz wrote:

Raise Zombie + Meat Shield + Minion Life; Immortal Call. Why are you using Immortall Call? What gem i can use for Zombie 4L setup instead IC gem?

I use Ruthless there so I can hot-swap with Melee Splash in my Skellies set-up for bosses, but level both too.

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Valkirth wrote:

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Undriuz wrote:

Raise Zombie + Meat Shield + Minion Life; Immortal Call. Why are you using Immortall Call? What gem i can use for Zombie 4L setup instead IC gem?

you could consider leech life support to keep your zombies alive more,or a damage gem like maim/brutality/minion damage,or maybe pulverise or even something like fortify to give your zombies a bit more defence,or if your rich empower,could also try summon phantasm support which i used for lvling and it was pretty good tbh,there is quite a few options tbh (at mo i run leech life but will try out a few different options later on.

Thanx :)

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slobgob wrote:

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Undriuz wrote:

Raise Zombie + Meat Shield + Minion Life; Immortal Call. Why are you using Immortall Call? What gem i can use for Zombie 4L setup instead IC gem?

I use Ruthless there so I can hot-swap with Melee Splash in my Skellies set-up for bosses, but level both too.

Thank you :)

Current Gear/Gem Setups:



Waiting to 6L:

I've been using phantasm support on the zombies, and the extra bodies between me and the enemies seems to be helpful for defense.

Any thoughts on Bone Barrier vs. Essence Glutton?

Running this build on HC

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Jamhand wrote:

Any thoughts on Bone Barrier vs. Essence Glutton?

Running this build on HC

If you've taken MoM Essence Glutton is far better than Bone Barrier in my opinion.

This build is just bonkers. It was smooth leveling right off the bat. Once I got skellies it was like the build took off and never stopped. I'm in red maps now, and nothing even gets a chance to look at me before it falls under a wave of minions. I can start a blight encounter, pop vaal skellies, and go afk.

I am using zero uniques. almost 6k health, 1k es, 1.8k mana with MoM. Running a full zoo build - 9 zombies, 10 skellies, 4 spectres, 10 phantasms, 2 carrion golems. Pop Vaal Skellies when i just want to meme entire breaches without moving.

Only bad thing - blight maps are just impossible. Game crashes even without me popping vaal skellies. But hopefully there is a fix coming for that this week.

Here's my current gear/links:



There's nothing impressive here. Just general, solid gear.

I have to ask you guys though: What keystone are you allocating? I have all the good ones (Gravepact, Death Attunement, Ravenous Horde, Grave Intentions)..are there any that would significantly add QoL anywhere? I don't die so I dont really need more health...