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4. Wering_TrangOul | 3/29/2004 8:25:06 AM PST
   
Here's my current build for Wering_TrangOul

Summons
20 skeleton Mastery
20 Raise skeleton
1 skeletal mages (They don’t get more damage from more points, just more mages. Just 1 point is enough for about 8 mages with good equip setup)
1 Golem mastery (prerequisite for Summon Resist, and helps out your golem with + to skills)
1 Clay Golem to allow you to get summon resist (with all my + to skills items, he has 9735 life in Hell, and slows enemies 62%)
1 in summon resist
OPTIONAL:
1 in Blood Golem
1 in Iron Golem (I went down to Fire Golem, which was probably a waste. However, his Holy Fire aura is supposed to attract monsters to him, but….Clay is probably better, since Clay slows enemies)
1 in Revive (This ends up being about at least 18 or more. I usually run after battles, so my Revives don’t stay with me. However, it’s nice to have Fire immune Revives when battling Hell Diablo. Otherwise, my skellies tank for me.)

Curses
1 in all curses necessary for Lower Resist (However, Dim Vision is a nice curse to use when dealing with Gloams/burning souls. Those lightning monsters suck. They stop shooting when they’re blinded, so I was using it constantly in the Worldstone keep. Use Decrepify against midlevel physical damage monsters, and Amp Damage against physical immunes.
Why not max Lower Resist? 1 point will give you lvl 11 with the equipment setup listed below, which is –56% resistance. Maxed, with + 10 to skills, you get –65% resistance all. Hmmm….that’s a waste.
Poison & Bone
1 teeth (prereq for CE
1 in Corpse Explosion (with 1 point in it, I have lvl 13 CE. That’s 6.6 yards)
1 in Bone Armor (your + to skills will boost it, and you won’t get hit that often anyway.)
20 Poison Dagger
1 Poison Explosion (more if you can)
20 Poison Nova ( my necro currently has lvl 32 Poison Nova, and I’ve only put 10 points into Poison Dagger. I have a 1.09 Trang Shield, so I don’t have the –25% to enemy poison resist. Yet, I still do 2216-2311 poison damage over 2 seconds.)


Strength: I went with 80-85 strength (the shield gives 25 strength, and you can use a charm with 1 str/a resist if you want. This gives you 106 strength, which is all you need. Or, depending of if you have an Annihilus with nice stats, you wouldn’t need a charm, and you’d need lower strength.

Dex: 0, or enough for 75% Blocking. You're not casting bone walls/prisons because you're using summons, so you could raise your block rate to be able to be safer from ranged attackers. Plus, you could use those dex points to help Poison Dagger for melee while you’re first leveling up.

Vitality: At least 100-150. Bone Armor, high block %, your summons, and the 25% damage reduced will all help you keep alive with very little problems.

Energy: Base. Poison Nova can't be spammed, because it won't be effective that way. Trang's has high mana regen (60%, more if you p'skull the helm and armor). Points are better spent in vitality and dex.
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The reason why the set begs for poison and summons:

Trang-Oul's Wing
Cantor Trophy Defense: 175-189 (varies)(Base Defense: 50-64)
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 50
Durability: 20
Chance to Block: 60%
(Necromancer Only)
+125 Defense
+30% Increased Chance Of Blocking
Poison Resist +40%
Fire Resist +38-45% (varies)
+15 To Dexterity
+25 To Strength
+2 To Poison And Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
-25% To Enemy Poison Resistance (3 Items)


Trang-Oul's Claws
Heavy Bracers Defense: 67-74 (varies)(Base Defense: 37-44)
Required Level: 45
Required Strength: 58
Durability: 16
+20% Faster Cast Rate
Cold Resist +30%
+30 Defense
+25% Poison Skill Damage
+2 To Curses (Necromancer Only)

Other bonuses:

Q u o t e:
Complete Set Bonus
+3 To Necromancer Skill Levels
20% Life Stolen Per Hit
+3 To Fire Mastery
+10 To Meteor
+13 To Fire Wall
+18 To Fire Ball*

+200 Defense
+100 To Mana
Regenerate Mana 60%
Replenish Life +5
All Resistances +50
Transforms into Vampire

I've heard that the vampire form makes fast cast kinda hard to be viable, so I don't think a Bonemancer build would be good with it. You basically get + 5 to all Necro skills with it, from the set bonus and the gloves/armor/shield. Might as well put those to work with utilizing all the skill trees.
Also, since you're using Lower Resist, you can use Fireball/meteor/firewall while you're waiting to cast Poison Nova again.
Any + to skill levels will help those skills, AND fire mastery. So 2 sojs, and a Mara's Kaleidoscope will boost you + 4 levels on each of those.
With those + to skill items, you get:
Lvl 23 Fireball 436-290
Lvl 18 FireWall 1946-1988 fire damage per second, 27 yards
Lvl 15 Meteor 920-1005 meteor damage, burn of 327-369 fire damage per second.
And you’ll have –50% or so to monsters resist all with your 1 point in Lower Resist.

+ to Skills Section
The full set +5
sojs and Mara's +4
Annihilus +1 if you can get it
Marrowalks if you can get them (the Bone Prison charges should act as synergy points for Bone armor)
Graverobber's GC's + 1 to summons x however many you can get.
Alternate ring:

Q u o t e:
Wisp Projector
Ring
Required Level: 76
10% Chance To Cast Level 16 Lightning On Striking
Lightning Absorb 10-20% (varies)
10-20% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (varies)
Level 7 Spirit of Barbs (11 charges)
Level 5 Heart of Wolverine (13 charges)
Level 2 Oak Sage (15 charges)

(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)




Weapon Choices
Arm of King Leoric = + to a lot of summoning skills. I completed the game with this. I just got a Vex, so I could make a HotO, but I’m holding off on that. HotO would boost my fire skills though.

Heart of the Oak*
4 Socketed Staves/Maces*
Ko + Vex + Pul + Thul
+3 To All Skills
+40% Faster Cast Rate
+75% Damage To Demons
+100 To Attack Rating Against Demons
Adds 3-14 Cold Damage, 3 sec. Duration (Normal)
7% Mana Stolen Per Hit
+10 To Dexterity
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
All Resistances +30-40 (varies)
Level 4 Oak Sage (25 Charges)
Level 14 Raven (60 Charges)
+50% Damage To Undead


Death's Web
Unearthed Wand
One-Hand Damage: 22 To 28 (25 Avg)
Required Level: 66
Required Strength: 25
Durability: 18
Base Weapon Speed: [0]
+50% Damage To Undead
-40-50% To Enemy Poison Resistance (varies)
+7-12 To Mana After Each Kill (varies)
+7-12 Life After Each Kill (varies)
+2 To All Skills
+1-2 To Poison And Bone Skills (Necromancer Only) (varies)
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)



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