I am a terrible assassin [Diablo 2]

[Hanuman]

Originally Posted by 01d55

The problem with summon necro is act bosses get arbitrary bonuses against minions, both offensively and defensively. You basically have to run around spamming your rank 1 bone spear or use the thorns curse and spam golem and there's just no way it isn't going to be tedious and dumb.

Spam golem before your minions die, they tend to like to target new summons so having them duke it out with a level 1 meatshield golem while your skeles and merc hacks at it, pretty swell.

The defensive bonus is cut by Amp Dmg which -100% of their physical resistance, period.

Their offensive is negated by Defiance aura merc.

How are you affording bone spear? Fishy?

I'm talking flat out summoners, 1 into amp and MAYBE 1 into corpse explosion.

Taking more points from it early on means your minions go crunch?

[01d55]

Originally Posted by Hanuman

Spam golem before your minions die, they tend to like to target new summons so having them duke it out with a level 1 meatshield golem while your skeles and merc hacks at it, pretty swell.

The defensive bonus is cut by Amp Dmg which -100% of their physical resistance, period.

Their offensive is negated by Defiance aura merc.

How are you affording bone spear? Fishy?

I'm talking flat out summoners, 1 into amp and MAYBE 1 into corpse explosion.

Taking more points from it early on means your minions go crunch?

Hireling damage is 50% against Bosses in Normal, 35% in Nightmare, and 25% in Hell difficulties. Additionally, Hirelings takes 10 times more damage from End Act Bosses.

I'm pretty sure that applies to summons as well; I know any boss with an AOE gibs skeletons.

Bone spear is a prereq for bone prison and gives you something to do solo when the boss AOE gibs your army. I do prefer to just run with a group and be a cursebot; I'll keep that golem trick in mind. It'd shut down goddamn Duriel.

[Hanuman]

Originally Posted by 01d55

I'm pretty sure that applies to summons as well; I know any boss with an AOE gibs skeletons.

Bone spear is a prereq for bone prison and gives you something to do solo when the boss AOE gibs your army. I do prefer to just run with a group and be a cursebot; I'll keep that golem trick in mind. It'd shut down goddamn Duriel.

Mm, I prefer to work within tactical AI abuse, I'll make golems to tell the boss to attack it, then I'll use the combination of cold damage, clay slowness and sometimes even decrep to force it into an attack loop, since I can manipulate my armor and it's attack rate I can slow down it's damage significantly as it won't be able to hit me, and when it does I can usually make it hit a golem, which is essentially killing 1/5th a mana pot, ect.

Damage is one thing, but armor is mostly for being able to hit rather than dmg taken.