This curse alone redeems them in party play, where poison damage loses its sting.Īs with all poison-centric builds, the Poison Necromancer is a notoriously poor choice for farming bosses due to its middling single-target damage output. Since Poison Necromancers require only 60 points to max out their poison-line synergies, they are free to invest fully into Lower Resist. Poison Nova is classically combined with the Lower Resist curse to further expose enemies to its toxic effects and even break poison immunities. Struggle as they may, poisoned enemies are then left to wither away by the Necromancer, who is free to safely kite back until their inevitable demise, where Corpse Explosion may see use. Poison Nova, the build’s main skill, unleashes a screen-wide plague that slowly consumes the Necromancer’s enemies. This uncommon yet far from ineffective build has an unusual damage-over-time approach to Diablo II. Happy corpse exploding! The Poison NecromancerĮnter the Poison Necromancer, sometimes known as Venomancer. Check out its build guides below, and check out the site for even more guides.
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Below, you will find our top 3 choices for Necromancer builds, a short description for each of the builds, and links to complete build guides for good measure. This article follows the format of the two previous ones in the series. However, another ancient force has led many players to walk the slower path of the Necromancer: nostalgia.
Some two decades later, I still don’t have an answer, and I rather like it that way.Ĭompetitiveness has made the Sorceress the logical choice for all power gamers in Diablo II: Resurrected. A time where our most important decision in life was deciding whether to allocate that one skill point to Raise Skeleton or Skeleton Mastery for our latest Necromancer build. Old games have a way of reminding us of a simpler time.