Necro spell suggestions wanted

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Darian Maliken

Dalayan Beginner
Here is what I have right now as a level 12 necromancer. Trying to plan out what other spells I will need later on since i have a few in the bank I don't want to let go quite yet.

Lifespike
Lifedraw
convoke shadow
gathering shadows
engulfing darkness
mend bones
Shadow step
fear
coldlight
minor shileding
grim aura
endure desease
gate

I have a few spells banked too:

Fiegn death
cure desease
animate dead
leatherskin
shieldskin
cancel magic
shielding
major shielding
siphon life
animate dead

Now then, given that I, for character reasons, do not want to use either poison or desease related spells(i do not count fear/hate/cold/draining as either) what should I have as my spell loadout?
 
Um if you're a necromancer who doesn't want to use any poison or disease spells then make sure you have feign death up all the time... ;)
 
What they are trying to say, in a not-so-friendly way, is that without poison or disease, you are 'almost' useless. Those are your two primary sources of damage. Sorry, but you cant be an anti-dot necromancer efficiently at higher levels. The darkness line does 'some' dmg, not much. You also have spikes. These are infact DD but are inefficient as they are more of a self-heal than a damage spell(correct me if i'm wrong). Poison is a necromancers short term DMG that is good in a group where the NPC dies fast. It does lots of damage over a short time. Disease is great for solo. It lasts a long time doing less damage than poison per tick. Talk to a necromancer in game to get the specifics. You may want to change your class into something that can actually roleplay a specialization better. For instance a magician who only uses fire(not magic) and uses fire pets only. Or a wizard specializing in only water magic. Something like that is less harsh than getting rid of your two main sources of damage i think.
 
Hey, if you reach 65 and get Relic: Funeral Pyre of Malath you can Fire DoT and not worry about it!

No Scitterpox or Carress of Sivyana though :(
 
Well it'll be damn hard to do that for sure, but hey if you are RPing a non poison/disease necro for some reason Id say go for it. But i would say that you are going to need a ton of INT and MANA to kill things because dots are so effecient and for the most part youw ill be undead nuking and or doting, but to a lesser degree.

If you need help finidng undead hunting grounds shoot me a tell in game im willing to give u a hand.
 
Also this is what I would have up for spells.

Make your pet obviously.

Then have these Spells up after self buffing:

Siphon strength
Engulfing Darkness
Heat Blood
Life Draw
leach
Leaching spirit
Focus Death
Mend Bones

Thats no poison or disease.
The issue with going this is that you will have to wait until lvl 20 in order to get your next DMG upgrade because Heart Flutter is based on disease. At lvl 20 you can begin to charm which might increase your dps slightly.

So spells up would be after self buffing:

Feign Death
Dominate undead
Expulse Undead
Shackle of Bone
Siphon Life
Hungry Earth
Leaching spirit
Focus Death

that should get you started on your way.

If you are DCing I'd recomend DCing a pally with your necro since you will be fighting tons of undead.
 
Liam said:
Hey, if you reach 65 and get Relic: Funeral Pyre of Malath you can Fire DoT and not worry about it!

No Scitterpox or Carress of Sivyana though :(
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its Relic: Marlow's Cremation you newb
















btw wtb Spell Relic: Marlow's Cremation
 
You could probably edit your RP tactic and go with just poison only, and no disease. At least that way you could group easily. Some people might start asking what you are doing durring the pulls and stuff otherwise.
 
Kabre would like to offer up his services as a psychological councellor to help you overcome your phobias of certain spells. For a modest fee you can become a disease and poison casting necromancer to be feared! (Be advised you will have to sign a waver.)
 
tekaskeeperoftheages said:
Liam said:
Hey, if you reach 65 and get Relic: Funeral Pyre of Malath you can Fire DoT and not worry about it!

No Scitterpox or Carress of Sivyana though :(
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its Relic: Marlow's Cremation you newb

btw wtb Spell Relic: Marlow's Cremation
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stfu
 
Actually the heat/burning/boiling blood series and the gathering/engulfing shadow spells stack and since both are dot thats at least a quick fix for at least till level 20. I'll have to figure somethin out after i get another look at the spellist but i'll find something.

Also the whole reason behind the choice in roleplay, at least for the character, is simple. Directly drawing a person's life or causing their body to fail rather than hurling fire or using vines or whatever is less of a mess, that and you can ensure that only the right person/thing gets hit rather than risk, with desese/elements that it spread, at least from a roleplaying standpoint. In terms of gameplay I know that there arn't any area effect type spells so eh...
 
eat your diseases, they are good for you.

just turn off pet tuant, darkness, fire dot, vortex of shadows, heatblood. sick pet and start running. if pet aggos call him off, snare breaks fd, reapply.

heatblood and vortex of shadows seem to be huge aggro spells, use em to your advantage.
 
Darian Maliken said:
Directly drawing a person's life or causing their body to fail rather than hurling fire or using vines or whatever is less of a mess
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Necro with a weak stomach? *g*

Regards,

Maliciosa (could live without disease, but not poison!)
 
Not really, more just the type to not want to see effort wasted. Besides there is a certaitn elegance to drawing the life right out of somebody as opposed to hurling fire/earth/ice/whatever at them. Nothing against sorcerers mind you, its a matter of asthetics.
 
Id also say use the spells that use posion resist or disease resist but arent in fact either from a RP perspective. Like torbas acid blast... its acid actually but uses a PR. Not sure there are many more but that would give u a decent nuke =P
 
I'd just role play a Paladin. Sure they're about as gimp as you're going to make your Necro, but eh, at least people won't laugh. Much.
 
One thing alot of people are overlooking is your ability to kill undead. Focus on them and you have slow, magic nukes, charms etc. Necro is not all disease/poison. While you may have an RP going that limits your use of those two, you should consider that your only nuke for living critters is a poison base (besides taps which a few are disease).

Perhaps it is time to rethink your storyline a little though.
 
Danku might be right, if you feel like putting in the effort. Many zones are undead specific, or at least have sections of undead only. The MAIN problem you will have is grouping, and not fully supporting your group by filling out your role. Not to say your idea isn't valid and fun, but thats how people will see it.
 
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