Necro Builds

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

In that case i would rather optimize in sinergy with what OTHER characters are in my group and the boss specifics (more magic or physical protection?, melee access or ranged only?, aoes?) rather than my personal dps on a strawman for 3mn straight and comparing to NF without spellwave because there is a lot more to gain there to compensate the loss of a necro that can't spellwave... lol

i agree. in fact i never said that it must be optimized for the strawman, just that it must be optimized for those fights.
honestly, i almost never use strawman. i prefer to parse the actual fights and analyze them later.

Off the top of my head Zaal caster phase, Obsidian Basilisk, Arbanus and Gyas above 50% and the golem adds on the Emperor come to mind as encounters where with less than perfect tanks a necro without spell weaving can have aggro problems.

in my experience, zaal is the only one where aggro is a real problem, even with good tanks. but i'd never make a gimp spec just for that fight. i'd rater reduce my aggro by reducing the dps.

[mrhood]

I started playing my necro again and was thinking of making a new speck.
What is a good pet speck aka 2017? I do mostly dungeons. With the gear tanks have these days agro is never an issue so i dont worry about doing to much dps.

Anyone have a suggestion for me?

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

nothing changed lately. so, if you want a pure dps spec, i'd go with this: link

pets obviously mutilators, but if you're in group it may help to have 2 blighted ones, to debuff the target.

[Khaletohep]

Good build.

Some possible variants:

http://joharaoc.eu/feat?link=v5_1291...48ea1443915182

http://joharaoc.eu/feat?link=v5_1291...4439151821511c

http://joharaoc.eu/feat?link=v5_1291...45c9148ea14439

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

it's also viable to go with a dts petless spec, like this

i don't use it very often, actually only on the 1st boss in t6, because there the pets tends to die like flies, but if you have good gear, it's very effective.

[mrhood]

nothing changed lately. so, if you want a pure dps spec, i'd go with this: link

pets obviously mutilators, but if you're in group it may help to have 2 blighted ones, to debuff the target.

thanks. i have tested this speck, and it worked well for me Miss general of the dead, but i do more dps now so its all good

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

yea, general of the dead can be handy, but it needs 11 points, which i think are better spent somewhere else.

[Belatsunat]

Or you could try something like this.

Very similar to Yawgmoth-VDN's spec, basically you trade the increased Chill damage for 72 magic damage, and get aggro reduction as a freebie which still can be useful at times, especially in raid where you can use instant Misdirection to make other necromancers die in your stead.

And you can show that you have balls by using One with Death.

[Yawgmoth-VDN]

And you can show that you have balls by using One with Death.

in my opinion, "one with death" is quite a good name, because you'll be dead very quick, very often!
another good names for it could be "death wish" or "i want to slack"...

[Belatsunat]

in my opinion, "one with death" is quite a good name, because you'll be dead very quick, very often!
another good names for it could be "death wish" or "i want to slack"...

Well, you have to use it with discretion of course.

But since most of the feats between Unholy Power and Bone Horde in the Reanimation tree are interchangeably useless might as well put a point there. Where I have for example used One with Death with some success was the four Memory Cloud bosses before Entity. Obsidian Basilisk should also work. Imp is a bit of a gamble, as might be Zodiac.