Do I really need Revives?

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In article <dbg2al$mlo$1@ss405.t-com.hr>,
Exar <andrej.ciganj@odlikasi.hr> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I started playing with skelliemancer. clvl 29. Do I really need
>Revives? I mean, if a dozen of skeletons can slay hundreds of
>monsters, (correct me if I'm wrong, don't know how it's like in
>hell dificulty) do i really need monsters?
>This is my first summoner necro so i don't know if revives are good.

No, you don't really need revives, but it's a cheap 1 point skill (or 2
points) if you also put a point in mages. Since a skelliemancer works by
maxing the +skills, 1 hard point in Revive gets you with a mediocre setup
alone already to 6+ revives (assuming you have +5 skills).

In some situation, more minions between you and the monsters is never bad.
Especially when you get near an end-of-act boss.

>One more question, should I max Corpse explosion or put just few points in
>it?

That depends on what you want. There are people who survive with 1 point
in CE, I am of the opinion you have to max it, the more radius the better,
and CE is for my skelliemancer (lvl93, 13 skellies, 7 mages, 13 revives
when going full speed) the main killer. The minions and merc are just
there to get the first few bodies, CE does the rest. Very effective.

Regards,

Patrick.

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On that special day, Exar, (andrej.ciganj@odlikasi.hr) said...

> I mean, if a dozen of skeletons can slay hundreds of
> monsters, (correct me if I'm wrong, don't know how it's like in
> hell dificulty) do i really need monsters?

The first time you meet Diablo, you'll feel lucky, if you killed the
infestor of souls last, and have some of his minion lord corpses left
over, to distract Big D and his fire attacks.


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de


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On 18-Jul-2005, howldog <howldog@yahoonope.com> wrote:

> good point. Diablo always killed everyone of my skellies, sometimes 20
> of them, with one blast of fire.

Just one or two points in Summon Resist, with pluses from items, helps
immensely.
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"Exar" <andrej.ciganj@odlikasi.hr> schreef in bericht
newsbg2al$mlo$1@ss405.t-com.hr...
> Hi,
>
> I started playing with skelliemancer. clvl 29. Do I really need
> Revives? I mean, if a dozen of skeletons can slay hundreds of
> monsters, (correct me if I'm wrong, don't know how it's like in
> hell dificulty) do i really need monsters?
> This is my first summoner necro so i don't know if revives are good.
>
> One more question, should I max Corpse explosion or put just few points in
> it?
>
> Thanks
>

1 hard point in revives.
And 10 points in corpse explosion.
Thats what i have my ratio with ce is now 10 and i thing its enough to kill
a bit.

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"john graesser" <graesser@tca.net> writes:

> If you ever plan to visit hell cows, the skells die a quick death, the
> revives chew thru the cows like butter.

I think revives are practical in most areas of the game, since they
let you fight fire with fire. Especially useful when you're facing
critters with ranged attacks.

They certainly help block or break up packs, and anything that gets me
corpses on the ground faster...

Pragmatism aside, revives can be fun.

Nick

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