Hey Dbrunski, I play this build from years and i want say few things. If you play players 1 you don't need Beast, if you play players 3+ use Infinity. Use HOTO+10 FCR, fire ress ring for 125 breakpoint to be fast. Also Hoto+Mara for max res. Max res is not necessary, but if you die you lose the iron golem which is bad feeling. Also max iron golem, golem mastery, 1 to summon resist and rest to blood golem. Whit that your golem never die.
There is a situation, when the iron golem can be killed despite the precautions. So after loosing my 3rd or 4th insight iron golem, I decided to give the insight polearm to my merc, and i can stay alive him with life tap. ;) And the iron golem is made from a random stuff just for thorns aura.
Interesting and unique build. You have to wait for that first kill, but looks like that generally happens by the time you cast amp dmg anyway, and then the explosions clear the entire room so fast that its arguably faster than most other builds overall. At least for areas where monsters bunch a lot, which is quite prevalent in D2.
If you have infinity, do Ancient tunnels as explosion.. The fire immune down there loses their immunity from mercs conviction aura and its easier to kill everything around. Compare to pit lvl where the fire immunity doesn't get removed by lvl 12 conv aura
That looks a ton of fun to play! I don't really get the Beast vs 6 Ist sword consideration though. 6 Ist sword yields 150mf increase, or about 15% increase. Considering the merc gets a kill 0,5 seconds (though probably less) faster with Beast, but you use CE anyway to clear the room, I would think having a 6 Ist sword would be much better. You encounter 15ish bosspacks during Pits+AT runs, which would equal around 7 seconds won by using Beast over 6 Ist sword. The 7 seconds won pales in comparison to the 150MF incease, or am I missing something? Thanks for the guide; necro is my favorite char (though I'm trying to get an Enigma now with a Sorc [PlugY]), but now that I see this build I'm torn between this, Poison or Bonemancer... Too many good options.
would be cool to see a hybrid caster(corpsboom)+summoner(melee skelletons)+fighter with all those auras uve going on there the bonewall/prison really seem like points that couldve been used more effectively, even if they r "just" put in the summons (but with the auras they would become really spoopy, especially if ud swap out the insight for some other aura item on merc, and they r a meatshield for him too) should be hella fun too
DB, did you find all of this over time for each character? Or start with one full geared from HE? Just starting out SP plugy and wondering what’s the best way Thanks!
What is the point of using beast weapon if you don't have summons? Better is to use hoto, since you teleport and you get fcr +3 skills and res. Generally, I don't like builds that want to be sorc and have that mindset. If you play necro, play necro, which means he can't be that quick like sorceress.
I know you don't like to do cow runs, but I think that a variant with no mf and better gear with the same build is a good alternative for rune farming in cows.
Hoping someone can answer a quick question for me (I really don't follow any of the forums), on a skelemancer do your skeletons get all the benefits from your weapon/armor or no? For example if my armor has extra damage to demons or crushing blow chance, do my summons get those bonuses or do they ONLY apply to my own weapons and attacks?
That would be very interesting, but unfortunately the stats don't transfer. All that really matters is the skill level. Any auras will apply to your minions, though.
I would do some fireworks here. 20 Amp, 20 CE, 20 Fire Golem, Eth Insight merc, 1 points to revive. I. Go to Trav P5 and let the merc do the job. Fire golem absorbs some dmg II. Revive counsel members III. Destroy the Pits
See, this is what I don't get about these builds: Why dump 60 skill pts into protecting your life total when you could dump some stat points into dex for Max Block? It doesn't make any sense. Could use those 60 skills for better offense.
blocking has its pros and cons, blocking costs frames and sometimes you would just want to absorb the hit so you can escape rather than stand there do an animation and cant really do much, thats why its a hassle when you are using an amazon since she has 3 skills which acts somewhat like block (dodge, evade and i forgot the other one) which are needed for valk ive had hardcore bowazons die because my character would rather dodge hits instead of using teleport.
@@DauntlessAria Costing frames only matters in speedruns, man. Again, a better offense is the way to go. Max Block and good res > wasting 60 skill pts that could've gone towards making a better char lol
@@nikkimcgee9288 in the case of necro he doesnt really need anything more than just going for full vitality and just enough strength to wear gear, typically around 65-75str is all you need also more vit/hp means less chances to get put into hit recovery meaning you can get out of sticky situations, you wouldnt want to be in block frames when you are right beside a fire and lightning enchant monster. also not entirely true on the speed run part, if you play hardcore you would fully understand as to why most of the time you would rather just want to take a hit then use your skills or teleport away than have your character do a sway with a catch block sound and then just die coz hell boss groups are just broken.
@@nikkimcgee9288 don't forget about elemental damage! It makes more sense to have bigger life pool then a chance to block because you can't block elemental damage!
@@ekoms108 Yeah you can. It's called resists. You could also just avoid getting "trapped" in bad spots where you're bound to take ass-loads of elemental damage in the first place lol
if you want,i can create you a charm that will make your character lvl 99 in about 5 minutes max. you can use it into building streams, dont use it for actual gameplay, can also give you charm where all sumons are baal minions :) whatever you want, ask me, i can even send you 2000 uned perf tyaerl blue :)
The beast is so pointless imo, between the might aura and fortitude your merc has 540 or so enhanced damage, he already kills faster than you can weapon swap and start corpse exploding. Use faster cast rate equipment so you can focus on pure mf on the rest of your gear. Also, don't ever use a botd unless for some strange reason you have one and nothing else.
@@Dbrunski125 Yes i did watch, you want fcr for teleporting around and casting amp damage (85 fcr breakpoint, or 125 fcr), the beast hardly adds any difference to you mercs kill speed. And the ist sword is for when you're exploding corpses, so not an alternative to beast. beast gives up max 50 fcr, even with the sickest gear, a 20 fcr amu with magic find, a 20 fcr circlet with magic find, you'll still need 10 fcr just to reach the 85 fcr breakpoint, way too much hassle and potential loss in magic find. Obviously botd is a great weapon, but it's not a cheap alternative to infinity. A cheap alternative would be Insight (with high critical strike) or Obedience.
Honestly, there are a lot of things that i don't understand about your build. Not spending two points to have revives, i don't get it, i tele insta kill stomp diablo and anything else in the game with a pack of oblivion knights for instance, why wouldn't you want that option for two points, especially if you care about having a fast kill to corpse explode with. Why aren't you using two 40 mf magic rings, don't tell me you never found them while having a full inventory of 7 mf charms. The same goes for your amulet where 50 mf is the max on a magic one. I'd also prefer a magic 35 mf 3 perf topaz socket circlet. You can squeeze out so much more without any detriment to your efficiency. On a personal note, i leave a 2 by 4 space in my inventory, the opening up inventory, picking up item and dropping it in horradric cube, then opening it and identifying said item, then 99% of the time dropping said item again is hard to watch. Lastly the town portal and identy scroll books are wasted space imo. I enjoy your content though, just i'm critical about certain stuff like builds and guides, hope you don't mind.
Hey Dbrunski, I play this build from years and i want say few things. If you play players 1 you don't need Beast, if you play players 3+ use Infinity. Use HOTO+10 FCR, fire ress ring for 125 breakpoint to be fast. Also Hoto+Mara for max res. Max res is not necessary, but if you die you lose the iron golem which is bad feeling. Also max iron golem, golem mastery, 1 to summon resist and rest to blood golem. Whit that your golem never die.
There is a situation, when the iron golem can be killed despite the precautions. So after loosing my 3rd or 4th insight iron golem, I decided to give the insight polearm to my merc, and i can stay alive him with life tap. ;) And the iron golem is made from a random stuff just for thorns aura.
Interesting and unique build. You have to wait for that first kill, but looks like that generally happens by the time you cast amp dmg anyway, and then the explosions clear the entire room so fast that its arguably faster than most other builds overall. At least for areas where monsters bunch a lot, which is quite prevalent in D2.
The Hermit finally got some friends! I am so happy for him!
For some reason I just really like the sound that corpse explosion makes
You're not alone in that
We all just wanna be Dbrunski rich 😁
Sweet set up. I made a second beast in a lower tier weapon specifically for a necro
Talk about dedication bro!
If you have infinity, do Ancient tunnels as explosion.. The fire immune down there loses their immunity from mercs conviction aura and its easier to kill everything around. Compare to pit lvl where the fire immunity doesn't get removed by lvl 12 conv aura
That looks a ton of fun to play!
I don't really get the Beast vs 6 Ist sword consideration though. 6 Ist sword yields 150mf increase, or about 15% increase. Considering the merc gets a kill 0,5 seconds (though probably less) faster with Beast, but you use CE anyway to clear the room, I would think having a 6 Ist sword would be much better. You encounter 15ish bosspacks during Pits+AT runs, which would equal around 7 seconds won by using Beast over 6 Ist sword. The 7 seconds won pales in comparison to the 150MF incease, or am I missing something?
Thanks for the guide; necro is my favorite char (though I'm trying to get an Enigma now with a Sorc [PlugY]), but now that I see this build I'm torn between this, Poison or Bonemancer... Too many good options.
Man I made a fishymancer like 2 resets ago and loved it. Good video
would be cool to see a hybrid caster(corpsboom)+summoner(melee skelletons)+fighter with all those auras uve going on there
the bonewall/prison really seem like points that couldve been used more effectively, even if they r "just" put in the summons (but with the auras they would become really spoopy, especially if ud swap out the insight for some other aura item on merc, and they r a meatshield for him too)
should be hella fun too
One of the best builds for cows running... Strange you didn't pointed that in your vid, but still ty for guide, bro
It'd probably be worth it to put a point into Revives in case D-Clone spawns
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@@thelchful 😘
Nice I have a similar build but instead of using beast I use wizard spike to reach bp and use goldwrap and chance gaurd and Mara's amulet
Beast is a gimmick. CE does the dmg
Ah.. This video bring back nightmare on the never ending sea of doors.
Hey DB, I got an unearthed wand, soj, and guessed all stats and class for a torch in two days lol, it was a 17-14 assasain
with that luck you should try gambling
If I could LOVE this video I would. I like this video so hard Mephisto has his equal.
DB, did you find all of this over time for each character? Or start with one full geared from HE? Just starting out SP plugy and wondering what’s the best way
Thanks!
He started with a new sorc from lvl 1 and got to hell alone and started running for gear.
hello , are damages > demon and undead % damaging working with Corpse exp ? ty
What is the point of using beast weapon if you don't have summons? Better is to use hoto, since you teleport and you get fcr +3 skills and res. Generally, I don't like builds that want to be sorc and have that mindset. If you play necro, play necro, which means he can't be that quick like sorceress.
So merc get kill quicker
we don't use hoto because we don't want to be a sorceress
@@thelchful sorcs don't use hoto, they use either schuta or some gg rare orb.
@@stefanmilanovic85 faster cast is only for sorc, thats why this build uses beast
He just shown u that u dont need to use sorc to be that fast.
I know you don't like to do cow runs, but I think that a variant with no mf and better gear with the same build is a good alternative for rune farming in cows.
First time I EVER hear about "Insight Iron Golem"
thats kinda crazy
I once had pride iron golem, it gave the concentration aura, totally insane
UHHHH YEAHHHH
THATS ONE HARDDDD POINTTTT
Hey is there any good build/guide for a poison necro for atleast 5+ players?
got one on my channel :)
Have you tried doing cows with this build?
show plz Merc stats with BO+fanatic aura. Damage about 10k ?
The infinity iron golemn persists? Or does it just take on the last weapon permanently?
You have that golem until he dies. So you only make him from that item once
Hoping someone can answer a quick question for me (I really don't follow any of the forums), on a skelemancer do your skeletons get all the benefits from your weapon/armor or no? For example if my armor has extra damage to demons or crushing blow chance, do my summons get those bonuses or do they ONLY apply to my own weapons and attacks?
no
That would be very interesting, but unfortunately the stats don't transfer. All that really matters is the skill level. Any auras will apply to your minions, though.
Infinity is bis for ce it lowers resist to fire and ce is fire and pyhsical.
This with a barb merc, oo baby
is this viable as a started build ??
awesome thumbnail
I would do some fireworks here. 20 Amp, 20 CE, 20 Fire Golem, Eth Insight merc, 1 points to revive.
I. Go to Trav P5 and let the merc do the job. Fire golem absorbs some dmg
II. Revive counsel members
III. Destroy the Pits
This video is totally viable.
If you’re hitting 75 fcr bp why not use maras for the extra res
more mf with that caster ammy. you could use maras if you want res
Dbrunski125 kinda make sense, and like you said in the video there many variations but if you’re going for more mf, then 6 ists....
do u go got act 2 nightmare offensive merc or?
Yes most people will use the Nightmare Act 2 Mercs as it'll either give Thorns, Might, or Holy Freeze.
Hi Dbrunski please answer me, what mod did you use to have those shiny colors in the game? Cause my game doesn't look like this.
making a video about this on Thursday :)
Dbrunski125 oh nice
Will this built work for cow ?
I would think so. Corpse explode ftw
Woot sick necro!
Thank you for not repping the big D gang
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Charliee118 woot big D gang!
@@Chris-qj8ms lol poser
Charliee118 I am sub on twitch ! Pog!
This is good for Cows ?
Yes
First like! Go leafs go!
Anyone here from Hamilton Ontario ?
All these suggestions below suck. It's a specific build for a specific reason. Follow the guide....
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Do you have any witch doctor build guide for t16?
Hi Dbrunski
so this is a good cows build also
No summon, but he has a Golem...
See, this is what I don't get about these builds: Why dump 60 skill pts into protecting your life total when you could dump some stat points into dex for Max Block? It doesn't make any sense. Could use those 60 skills for better offense.
blocking has its pros and cons, blocking costs frames and sometimes you would just want to absorb the hit so you can escape rather than stand there do an animation and cant really do much, thats why its a hassle when you are using an amazon since she has 3 skills which acts somewhat like block (dodge, evade and i forgot the other one) which are needed for valk ive had hardcore bowazons die because my character would rather dodge hits instead of using teleport.
@@DauntlessAria Costing frames only matters in speedruns, man. Again, a better offense is the way to go. Max Block and good res > wasting 60 skill pts that could've gone towards making a better char lol
@@nikkimcgee9288 in the case of necro he doesnt really need anything more than just going for full vitality and just enough strength to wear gear, typically around 65-75str is all you need also more vit/hp means less chances to get put into hit recovery meaning you can get out of sticky situations, you wouldnt want to be in block frames when you are right beside a fire and lightning enchant monster. also not entirely true on the speed run part, if you play hardcore you would fully understand as to why most of the time you would rather just want to take a hit then use your skills or teleport away than have your character do a sway with a catch block sound and then just die coz hell boss groups are just broken.
@@nikkimcgee9288 don't forget about elemental damage! It makes more sense to have bigger life pool then a chance to block because you can't block elemental damage!
@@ekoms108 Yeah you can. It's called resists. You could also just avoid getting "trapped" in bad spots where you're bound to take ass-loads of elemental damage in the first place lol
if you want,i can create you a charm that will make your character lvl 99 in about 5 minutes max. you can use it into building streams, dont use it for actual gameplay, can also give you charm where all sumons are baal minions :) whatever you want, ask me, i can even send you 2000 uned perf tyaerl blue :)
can even make them eth :p or 500000+ defence, tell me bruh :D
@@SSDavyS Wtf was that? Everybody can do that, but only retards do...
@@SSDavyS Someone was hyped to play around with an editor. lol
@@Oddigan F yeah i was! =D haha subscribe to my awesome channel by the way :p
Just get an inventory full of mf charms guys...EZ
Is this a cheap build
Not at all, in fact is the opposite
Have you ever heard of a loot filter? I use one and it works great. Overall vid not long enough. Moar time please
LOL I would be happy, if I found even ONE IST rune...
Why isn't this called a summon necro?
Because he is not using summons but Merc and corpse explosion
@@rnsrp2 but he summons a iron golem
@@rnsrp2 Lmfao it was a joke because he live steamed this char and everyone kept asking why he's calling it a summon necro
Stop putting more salt in his wound already :D
Telesplosion
I telesploded in my pants when I watched this
D3 art in thumbnail 👎
Thumbs down: uses summons in spite of the title saying "no summons"
third
The beast is so pointless imo, between the might aura and fortitude your merc has 540 or so enhanced damage, he already kills faster than you can weapon swap and start corpse exploding. Use faster cast rate equipment so you can focus on pure mf on the rest of your gear. Also, don't ever use a botd unless for some strange reason you have one and nothing else.
Did you watch the video? I talked about different gear alternatives. I.e 6 ist crystal sword. Botd is a great merc weapon for this build imo.
@@Dbrunski125 Yes i did watch, you want fcr for teleporting around and casting amp damage (85 fcr breakpoint, or 125 fcr), the beast hardly adds any difference to you mercs kill speed. And the ist sword is for when you're exploding corpses, so not an alternative to beast. beast gives up max 50 fcr, even with the sickest gear, a 20 fcr amu with magic find, a 20 fcr circlet with magic find, you'll still need 10 fcr just to reach the 85 fcr breakpoint, way too much hassle and potential loss in magic find. Obviously botd is a great weapon, but it's not a cheap alternative to infinity. A cheap alternative would be Insight (with high critical strike) or Obedience.
@@Doppe1ganger my Merc uses a botd. Wanna fight about it?
Honestly, there are a lot of things that i don't understand about your build. Not spending two points to have revives, i don't get it, i tele insta kill stomp diablo and anything else in the game with a pack of oblivion knights for instance, why wouldn't you want that option for two points, especially if you care about having a fast kill to corpse explode with. Why aren't you using two 40 mf magic rings, don't tell me you never found them while having a full inventory of 7 mf charms. The same goes for your amulet where 50 mf is the max on a magic one. I'd also prefer a magic 35 mf 3 perf topaz socket circlet. You can squeeze out so much more without any detriment to your efficiency. On a personal note, i leave a 2 by 4 space in my inventory, the opening up inventory, picking up item and dropping it in horradric cube, then opening it and identifying said item, then 99% of the time dropping said item again is hard to watch. Lastly the town portal and identy scroll books are wasted space imo. I enjoy your content though, just i'm critical about certain stuff like builds and guides, hope you don't mind.
@@ImVeryBrad In a spear? Cuz if yes than yes, i want to make a spear zon :P
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