I've played D2 for 4 years back in 2000', with Summon Necro being my favourite class. I was a teenager, playing tons of hours, was a member of the clan, had many playing friends, traded gear ALL the time. I had MAYBE 50% of this gear. Good luck to casual players following this build:)
Luckily summon necro is so powerful you dont need any good gear. Just taking down bosses can be a bit painful with random gear. Corpse explosion useless as no more corpses around boss but just keep using town portal and find some corpse to make more summons
I came here to check if beast in hand and pride irongolem is viable but not even mention of them so this is deff not a guide for people played thousands of hours, cuz i did
Yeah unfortunately ALL his guides are this way. He does a terribly job showing the 'progression' of the build as you level. All he does it show the build with all BiS fully decked out. Its so annoying.
i have to disagree with this post and lean more towards what nathan said (above). most the guides are actually end game builds and dont cover progression well. very few people cover getting your char to where you are entering end game. so when you say finally a guide, it makes no sense. what guides have you been watching?
I'd love to see these guides being more beginner orientad... this is just way to much progamer content, and we got so many people coming back or getting into D2:R it would have been great to explain more basic gearing, low level choices, what to look out for on Rares etc... appreciate the effort of putting together these guides, just wanted to leave some feedback ^-^
Exactly , NOT a nightmare guide or normal guide , but a how to play this character in full MF gear. Not the best items in the game with happen to have MF , but how do I play this with full ptopaz gear ? Teach me that , and any gear becomes an upgrade. Like just being able to beat a boss is cool, but without a ton of MF , it's almost pointless to be able to clear something. I learned this with my javazon....she is a death God, clears most.tjings extremely fast , but I get WAY more drops per time played with my sorc that can ONLY clear a few zones , but she is in full MF gear
These should be leveling guides per class instead of endgame builds with expensive items that doesn't work at start. More confusion than help for new players.
You can find one build at lvl 40but not before, Fextralife got one. You dont rly need the best equipment before last diff. just max out skeleton first not the mastery
@@toprap88 You need to mix RS and SM because both bring goodies to the party! SM is damage and lack of stun-lock, RS is attack rating (being able to land damage) and defense (taking less damage). Llama never understood the value in SM. I like 3 or 4 tanky skeletons compared to 6 paper tissue skeletons that hit like anemic people.
You could have made this guide MUCH easier to understand if, as you speak where you are putting your points, you had bother to TAKE OFF all of the +skills so we could see it on the tree. Stating "1 point into clay golem" while I am looking at a 28 skill level then "1 point into summon resist" which has a different skill level is unnecessary obfuscation as a video aid.
This video is annoying. I think we all understand hard points and soft points, it would be nice to see where he actually spent hard points instead of the total with all of his gear and charms in his inventory.
Been running this since release, yeah enigma is kinda needed for the meat shield. But i just bought a Teleport staff and you are good to go. Dont mind the gear he has, because this is super endgame with inventory full of skillers, enigma, shako, you name it,there are alot of budget guides out there for Summon Necro and ill recommend watching those instead.
hes honestly the best d2 gamer on youtube. cooley recommends some builds that get you killed like poison necro. some of em get more views but dbrunski is the best one overall i think.
@@josephgrima4193 you have to remember Cooley is the go to pvp scene guy and that’s his Avenue. In my books llama, dbrunski and Cooley offer the suite of everything you need.
What I really love about this vid is he's just running round with gear clearly made on an item editor to be absolutely maxed out, which you'd never have a hope of being able to find legitimately. Absolutely no recommendations for low and mid-tier chars working up to end game.
Well you right this is endgame gear. You have to understand Dbrunski plays this gane like its his @$#!@# job (because it is). He doesnt need to make items in hero editor because he's found all these items on single player.
@@ekoms108 All hard-earned, but over the course of more hours than the game’s been out due to the ability to import save files, so it’s still incredibly unrealistic for most watching
DB doesn’t Edit gear. He plays in groups with efficient smart players. He starts with a Sorc or Paladin for fast play and farms the right areas to get the best gear quickly. In short, he’s a Lambergini and we are Hyundai Excels. You can do what he does too. But you don’t start with a summon Necro.
like others have probably already stated: 19 hard points into golem mastery and Amplify is a GIANT WASTE! and in all my time that i've played as a necro, there isnt a single Necro build that would not have at least one point into Bone Armor. those 19 points that were wasted on Amplify could've been better used for Bone Wall, which would boost bone armor much better than adding points directly into Bone Armor itself. Bone Wall has great utility, especially when the necro can teleport. I dont see much wrong with the gear but skillpoint placement is definitely bad. IMO, an insight IronGolem is pretty cheap when playing ladder, it would let the merc use a higher damage weapon.
DB is rolling in loot. He plays all classes. That’s why he guides like this. If he were Necro only, he’d push the level 19 to 23 shop for teleport staff in act 3 normal idea. He’d recommend plays loot The Pit and The Mausoleum at as high a level as they can. He’d push you to loot the Cow level for runeword bases, and the highest countess you can clear for the highest runewords you can make... But I think he runs a Sorc and gets great gear and inherits as a start point for his less favourite classes. Those of us who prefer to play a Necro are better served for Necro advice from Big Daddy Den or another Necro-oriented player.
i swear dude these fools are just trying to flex their pefect gear... no one in their right mind with insane game knowledge and lvl 99 characters and perfect gear is watching these videos.. do they really think if i had all this great gear i would be braindead enough to not figure out the optimal build myself?
MrLLamaSc has some great videos that guide you from the beginning on a variety of builds. Be prepared to spend 10 hours watching but you 'll learn so much about what to try to find at each step of the way. I'm speaking of the video series from a few years ago. I'm not personally familiar with the new ones he's made since diablo got remastered.
For people wanting starter guides: go to Dbrunski's actual YT channel. He has dozens of early game guides that explain mechanics in-depth. This seems like Blizzard asked for short endgame build videos... and there's only so much you can explain in 10 minutes.
Explain what these new players will need for Ubering....... give them something to look forward to. We want these other players for the next 20 years I feel these videos are sorta what I mean
Maxing out Amplify Damage is a really bad choice in my opinion , this spell doesn't get any additional power from leveling up, only radius and duration. Already with decent (not perfect) gear you will have alot of +to all skills and radius of AD will be really big enough to use it comfortably. Is Better to invest that points to unlock Decrepify, and in summoning tree in general: Clay Golem for more his slow-on-hit, Revive, Summon Resist, maybe even in to Raise Skeletal Mage for more minions overall, or Iron Golem if you play HC, to make really tanky IG from good runeword with aura, or even invest that points in to unlock Life Tap and/or Lower Resist, to help out ppl when you do baalruns in party, or do ubers.
You should put 1 point in bone armor imo, and you could put 1 point in bone spear for magic damage ability which both points can be taken from amp skill points, if you have insight merc and you have a little regen gear its not an issue to cast amplify more. Alot of these guides on youtube tend to be too focused on fewer skills. The developers gave them to be used not skipped.
Love the summoner although my take is to ditch the revives and build up the Golem of your choice. I like to max out the Iron Golem so you can make a nice runeword item into a Golem. If you have cajones of steel you will make a Beast and turn it into a Golem. I recommend having some method of tele for emergencies. Even tele charges on a secondary weapon works for an emergency situation. Super fun IMHO but YMMV. I'm a notoriously slow player and it fits my style of play.
i feel like if you have all those high end runeword item , you probably don’t even need a guide like this. in summary , put the best gear on your character and you’re good to go. also be lvl 99 . lol
does anybody have a good video for a complete beginner? I am brand new to this game and style of game. All of these videos sound like a different language and im close to giving up lol
I am also struggling to find a true beginners guide and so far I find Rhykker's guide good and simple and his voice is easy to listen to. Mrllamasc talks so fast click so fast and his presentation is very simple yet knowledgeable but I am struggling to follow him talk, and FFS D2 pros always talks about end game items that the beginners doesn't know or care about at certain point and they talk too fast.
Look up MrLlamaSC on youtube, find his "Summon Necro guided playthough - part normal" he has guided playthroughs of almost all primary builds for classes. Its great to play a long with to help you learn the game.
I wouldnt go summoning early, its a pain and your pet is slow to kill early on its better to do Bone Spear until you hit around lvl40, I would reccomend Fextralife for beginners he gives you a complete guide on what to do in early lvls, he also gives you link to his build so you dont have to watch the video every time you forget something. He`s the best Guide out there for D2R in my opinion cause most ppl only show you the lvl90 version which is bad for new players since they have no idea what to to do to be effecient
lol, i love when the "build guide" shows off the build with a fully stacked best in slot toon. You forgot the disclaimer at the bottom that says results may vary.
There is no other game that makes you feel the full fantasy of being a necromancer. The Skeleton in skyrim sucks and in diablo 3 they all look the same.
@@enflam3 yeah that’s true but also I’d hope they kill the duping… I just think this is way to advanced and he could have even used a staff it would have fit a lore better or just looked more realistic to someone potentially buying the game instead it was just hey this ridiculous armor you won’t get for a super long time makes you over powered and kill the literal name on the case bods in milliseconds….. like am I crazy for thinking that is a joke video?? Just my opinion I want more players and that’s not it
Why 20 points into Golem Mastery and not into Iron Golem? Isn't Iron Golem stronger with 20 points than with Mastery 20 points? I'm using a similar buld SummonMF and the basic idea behind the build is very similar so should I be using Mastery instead of Iron Golem?
Necro farm Mausoleum under Burial Ground, The Pit under Tamoe Highland (backtrack from outer cloister waypoint), Andariel and Mephisto. These are doable solo.
Golem Mastery points work in each Golem type. This allows you to switch between Clay Golem (for the slow effect on bosses that really locks them down if you also curse them with Decrepify) or the Iron Golem for thorns and a new runeword for your party. The Iron Golem equips the item used to summon it... and persists between games unless 1) your character dies, 2) the iron golem dies, 3) your character is too far from the Iron Golem. A teleport staff with charges helps fix 3).
For research purposes id love to see what a merc could do with a Pride iron golem, necromancer with beast, might merc with eth infinity and fortitude, and to top it off an enchantress with level 50 fire skills give him an enchant.
for new players don't listen to this guy, why would you spend all that on curses.......you only need one point, the only thing your doing is uping the radius, next mage, one point, reason for this is because they are weaker than the skeletons are dont benefit from amplify damage because their elemental, then 10 for revive. dont bother putting no more than 8 on golem mastery. golem is really personal choice fire has the highest dps, you can only have one at a time so wouldn't drop more than one point untill you find the one you like, so when you start this toon. one point for curses, then only use one point for corpse explosion when it becomes available then max it after you max out rise skeleton and skeleton mastery. this toon is hard af too start with, but once your in mid game your just killing everything....you need to max out skeleton right away, then max mastery. the only curses you will use is amplify damage, and decrepify all i use anyway.
Revives are horrible minus end bosses for the reasons I describe in the video. Go bone necro until to transition to a summon necro. 10 points is a waste.
For leveling efficiently, as Debrunski says, Bone Spear is your friend. For leveling as a summoner, you need a mix of RS and SM. Both bring valuable parts to the recipe. RS gives you bodies, attack rating, defense rating. SM gives you damage dealt, tankyness (life). I find having 4 tanky skeletons with a larger investment in SM is more fun. Because then I can focus on replacing my Skeketon Mages. I have 1 point in Mages, but get 2 more Mages from plus skills gear. Why use the Mages? Aggro drawing of boss groups. Plus poison prevents heal. Cold provides slow. And prevents revive by enemy mages. As a general, you should understand some parts of your army are expendible. 😉 Re: 10 points in revives. 1 point plus what you get from +skills gear will give you enough revives. Urdars, or BigBoyLittleHeads as I call them, are great revive targets. Or Venomlords. Great for boss tele-stomping. (You need the teleport charges staff I talked about in other responses in this video’s chat)
He doesn’t know. Leveling for a streamer is rushed experience in a group, carried by the lift of playing the way the game was designed: 8 player coherent group.
At lower levels save gear that provides res and run/walk speed. At level 19 to 23, buy a teleport staff from act 3 normal merchant. Look only at the red staves. To get better gear fight in Burial Ground Mausoleum, and Tamoe Highlands The Pit. These are highest loot dropping monsters that are weak to physical. And weaker (because act 1) monsters.
At what point does he get going? I’m currently Act 5 Normal and I feel like all I do it keep making skeletons and golems. Nothing survives and nothing kills. Finally got an iron golem and it died fast. Diablo’s fire wave instantly whipped out 3 skeletons, 5 mages and golem.
Why not trade those 20 point in amp damage and put it into the golem? It only increase radius, so casting it a few more times is probably worth having a stronger golem
@@darkman35 I used clay golem for the slowing affect. But I'm sure you could use iron with a good weapon spawn or blood if you want. I'm pretty sure fire is the worst. Then again I haven't played this game in many many years. Which is why I asked. Started resurrected with a summonmancer. Already got a spirit sword.
@@darkman35 all the golems will do what you need even with just the +skill from gear. I'd spread it out to unlock all the curses and get some of the defensive bone skills. Will give you some more flexibility before you make it to this endgame setup.
@@melind82 Blood Golem got a nerf in the original game in one of the patches. Most player guides I’ve read push Clay for the boss paralyzation (when combined with Decrepify) or Iron for the extra runeword (endgame). Fire Golem fell out of favour because of lacklustre damage. The loot grind is the key feature binding players to the game...
Minimum to wear your gear. I went for just enough to wear a large shield in normal so I could use RAL Ort Tal. But that radically changes for end game. At end game, you will likely want a Monarch shield with 4 socket runeword insight. Which has a 156 strength requirement. Save your respecs from Ankara!!!! They allow you to change your character a total of 3 times in the game. I think they are there to allow a player to go heavy into skills that work in normal and then fail after normal... like Iron Maiden.
Top Gear: Baal, Mephisto, Diablo, Andariel. Highest level dungeons: Mausoleum, The Pit, Pindleskin, Nilathak, Ubers, Uber Tristram. And basically any area your character can clear quickly. Because runewords were a design decision for powerful characters. So Cows for bases, and thousands of monsters for runes. The last two are extremely end game. But the rewards make the earlier stuff faster. And easier.
Can you imagine being able to teleport like that in diablo3? wouldnt that be amazing... not even PoE which is trying to be the true successor to diablo2 has good teleport
@@Baracuda520 you mean FUN? i love in diablo3 how you cant teleport through prison bars but a barbarian can leap through them. I could by the BS excuse that you need to be able to see what youre teleporting into but in the case of the prison you can see through the bars. also kind of annoying how in diablo3 you can only teleport into the next room if you can physically walk there. meaning any doors closed between point A and point B will block your ability to teleport. but if the doors are open have at it.
@@magus104 That limiting movement by teleport is a design decision to keep the party together. Also why there are so many dead ends in d3. So the slower players can keep up with the faster ones. And play together as a party reinforcing each other.
You must not play summon necromancer often btw if you say summons are like a meat shield... yea maybe in diablo2 1.0 back when revives were OP and skeletons were useless and everything in act5 didnt have a fricking piercing attack
I got a Vampire Gaze helm and a Tal Rasha’s Helm. You get the better gear taking on weaker monsters in level 85 areas. Go to Outer Cloister way point, back track to The Pit. Level 1 and level 2. Do Act 5 Shenk and Eldritch at the first waypoint out of town. Also run Andariel and Mephisto. I had to add these in to prevent boredom.
I'm new to the game.... I used to play Diablo 1 back in the 90's. I don't understand how you get to such high stats and skills points???? It takes like hours to get one level up. There's no greater rifts or anything either. Diablo 2 is hardcore. I've played for like 2 weeks and I can't get any legendary items. I can't beat act 2 either. I don't have the time to grind like 1000 hours to get the points so what do you do? I just want to beat the single player but it looks so hard.
Well this is my main class. This is what i do... 20 Skele, 20 Skele mastery,1 Clay Golem , 1 Golem Mastery, 1 Summon resistance. Max Corpse Explode and 1 point in the curses (amp, decrep, life tap, lower rez, dim vision are very useful). The rest the points go in bone prison and bone wall to get a beefy bone armor. I go 0 dex and 0 str with enigma BP. All points go in vit and I play HC. Bone prison absorbs all physical dmg and my health pool I is only drained by elemental dmg. I personally don't mess around with iron golden because the extra arua it can have isnt going to make much a difference compared to the clay's ability to super slow bosses.
@@anhyzerr sorry. Incorrect. Iron Golem persists between games. You lose the Golem 3 ways. 1) your character dies 2) the iron golem dies 3) your character and the golem are too far apart in the game. (Despawn) A teleport staff (with charges, a level 24 item) can solve this. Act 3 normal merchant. Best shopped if your character is 19 to 23. 19 to allow it to spawn in the shop, under 24 so you need only look at the red staves in the shop.
Show what would be involved with making a Summon Necro with an Aura Army? lol using act3 merc to receive shield and sword aruras... on top of helm and chest armor. I don't remember what I used, but I had fun. SS druid with Brand bow was super fun as all
All the guides I’ve seen say the Act 2 mercenary with Might Aura is best for Necro. Because it benefits all your RS, Revives and Golem summons. (Not the skellie mages)
Hello, thx for this guide. I have Questions about the Claygolem. why 20 Points in golem Mastery? wouldnt it better do make the 20 Points in Claygolem itself? Than you get more slow effect. Did the golem only slow down monser when he hits them? Thank you.
Points in Golem Mastery let you also use the Iron Golem too. Speed and Life from Mastery help get the golem where it needs to go. Clay Golem has the added flexibility of summoning placement. Which can be very strategic. 1 point in CG and 1 point in Decrepify combined with all skills gear bring Baal and other bosses to pacifier status. Easy meat.
bro i have question: Pride (runeword) weapon for the mercenary,gives concentration aura is better for endgame!? +mighty aura + fanaticism aura from "beast" to buff your pet!?
Does amp damage increase damage with every point or only the radius? I have one hard point in it so far and it's at like level 21+ from gear. Making sure it's worth it to put more hard points
it only increases the radius but as a plus note, corpse explosion does half physical and half fire so having a very large amp damage area of effect is just a quality of life enhancement for corpse explosion, it will guarantee you have max physical damage against all mobs on screen if your amp damage is very large, tyou might only have to cast it one or two times to get all mobs ready for boom
@@Nub00005 I have amp at like 21 from just my gear alone and the radius is pretty huge just being a one point wonder. That's the only curse I'm using but I have skeles, skele mastery, golem mastery, and corpse explosion maxed out. Was wondering if I should dump my remaining points into iron golem for insight since my merc is using obedience or if I should stick with clay golem.
May I ask? if I put another curse after Necromancer, will I overwhelm the one I'm building or do they add up I mean for example Amplify Damage + Iron Maiden thank you
Iron Maiden is a normal difficulty curse only. It loses power in the higher difficulties. Amplify damage is intended for mobs and Decrepify is intended for bosses. Combine Clay Golem (even 1 hard skill point) and Decreify (even 1 hard skill point) to lock down Baal: no clone, no Baal teleport, no shenanigans.
is there any guys for people new to the game ? like i wan to go in solo and do all 3 difficulties whit one character but i have no clue what skills to use what items to get do be able to do that. every guide i find is some super advance thing that has all this names combinations of things and have no clue how to get or need to make 500 runs to get one item and i just want a way finish the game in all difficulties and not farm for max super gear type of things
why would u do max block in hardcore if u invest in bone armor. if ur starting no gear u dont have a shield bone armor and vit equal best. this is not a guide its a showcase didnt show me how to build anything. endgame items isnt a guide
I've played D2 for 4 years back in 2000', with Summon Necro being my favourite class. I was a teenager, playing tons of hours, was a member of the clan, had many playing friends, traded gear ALL the time. I had MAYBE 50% of this gear.
Good luck to casual players following this build:)
Luckily summon necro is so powerful you dont need any good gear. Just taking down bosses can be a bit painful with random gear. Corpse explosion useless as no more corpses around boss but just keep using town portal and find some corpse to make more summons
Ah, yes, finally a guide for folks who’ve already played for thousands of hours and are just getting ready to piece together a build
seriously
I came here to check if beast in hand and pride irongolem is viable but not even mention of them so this is deff not a guide for people played thousands of hours, cuz i did
@@Vismajor01 yeah ive seen this run with beast and pride merc as well, it adds a lot of damage to the skeles.
Yeah unfortunately ALL his guides are this way. He does a terribly job showing the 'progression' of the build as you level. All he does it show the build with all BiS fully decked out. Its so annoying.
i have to disagree with this post and lean more towards what nathan said (above). most the guides are actually end game builds and dont cover progression well. very few people cover getting your char to where you are entering end game. so when you say finally a guide, it makes no sense. what guides have you been watching?
I'd love to see these guides being more beginner orientad... this is just way to much progamer content, and we got so many people coming back or getting into D2:R it would have been great to explain more basic gearing, low level choices, what to look out for on Rares etc... appreciate the effort of putting together these guides, just wanted to leave some feedback ^-^
Yes, that is me:) Thank you
Couldnt agree more. Never played D2, and I see a huge gap between the pros, and then jumping right to endgame gear. What?
This guy casually talks about cham and zod runes like you'll find them in no time. Ridiculous.
Noobs you gotta start at the bottom . Work your way up like proper noobs
Exactly , NOT a nightmare guide or normal guide , but a how to play this character in full MF gear.
Not the best items in the game with happen to have MF , but how do I play this with full ptopaz gear ?
Teach me that , and any gear becomes an upgrade.
Like just being able to beat a boss is cool, but without a ton of MF , it's almost pointless to be able to clear something.
I learned this with my javazon....she is a death God, clears most.tjings extremely fast , but I get WAY more drops per time played with my sorc that can ONLY clear a few zones , but she is in full MF gear
These should be leveling guides per class instead of endgame builds with expensive items that doesn't work at start. More confusion than help for new players.
yeah these builds are for lvl +90 when you are +40 when you finish the game.
You can find one build at lvl 40but not before, Fextralife got one. You dont rly need the best equipment before last diff. just max out skeleton first not the mastery
You're looking for mrllamasc 😆
@@toprap88 You need to mix RS and SM because both bring goodies to the party! SM is damage and lack of stun-lock, RS is attack rating (being able to land damage) and defense (taking less damage). Llama never understood the value in SM.
I like 3 or 4 tanky skeletons compared to 6 paper tissue skeletons that hit like anemic people.
Always a pleasure to watch Dbrunski's 125 videos.
You could have made this guide MUCH easier to understand if, as you speak where you are putting your points, you had bother to TAKE OFF all of the +skills so we could see it on the tree. Stating "1 point into clay golem" while I am looking at a 28 skill level then "1 point into summon resist" which has a different skill level is unnecessary obfuscation as a video aid.
There is an image that explains hard point and soft points beside the skill tree 😉
@@Dbrunski125 true but he certainly has a point 😉
Show the total points but also without the soft points at that moment
Wait so u can make an iron Golem out of an insight and he'll have the meditation aura?? 🤯
@@chrisMengland yep
And the golem does not disappear from game to game
Only if either you or the golem dies in battle
This video is annoying. I think we all understand hard points and soft points, it would be nice to see where he actually spent hard points instead of the total with all of his gear and charms in his inventory.
Been running this since release, yeah enigma is kinda needed for the meat shield. But i just bought a Teleport staff and you are good to go. Dont mind the gear he has, because this is super endgame with inventory full of skillers, enigma, shako, you name it,there are alot of budget guides out there for Summon Necro and ill recommend watching those instead.
Haha yeah , he talk about enigma being hard to get .....everything on your character is hard to get lol
I'm very happy Blizzard put you in their official! You deserved it!
hes honestly the best d2 gamer on youtube. cooley recommends some builds that get you killed like poison necro. some of em get more views but dbrunski is the best one overall i think.
@@josephgrima4193 yeah I like his enthusiasm and dedication and good quality content.
@@josephgrima4193 you have to remember Cooley is the go to pvp scene guy and that’s his Avenue. In my books llama, dbrunski and Cooley offer the suite of everything you need.
@@josephgrima4193 hmm Mrllamasc enters the chat.
Love your high quality guides, it would be even better if you add a segment on skill up progression.
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What I really love about this vid is he's just running round with gear clearly made on an item editor to be absolutely maxed out, which you'd never have a hope of being able to find legitimately. Absolutely no recommendations for low and mid-tier chars working up to end game.
Well you right this is endgame gear. You have to understand Dbrunski plays this gane like its his @$#!@# job (because it is). He doesnt need to make items in hero editor because he's found all these items on single player.
@@ekoms108 All hard-earned, but over the course of more hours than the game’s been out due to the ability to import save files, so it’s still incredibly unrealistic for most watching
DB doesn’t Edit gear. He plays in groups with efficient smart players. He starts with a Sorc or Paladin for fast play and farms the right areas to get the best gear quickly. In short, he’s a Lambergini and we are Hyundai Excels.
You can do what he does too. But you don’t start with a summon Necro.
Great, great, it remains to collect all this delicious gear...
Please do not follow this guide. His build has lots of illogical choices for a summon necro.
like others have probably already stated: 19 hard points into golem mastery and Amplify is a GIANT WASTE! and in all my time that i've played as a necro, there isnt a single Necro build that would not have at least one point into Bone Armor. those 19 points that were wasted on Amplify could've been better used for Bone Wall, which would boost bone armor much better than adding points directly into Bone Armor itself. Bone Wall has great utility, especially when the necro can teleport. I dont see much wrong with the gear but skillpoint placement is definitely bad. IMO, an insight IronGolem is pretty cheap when playing ladder, it would let the merc use a higher damage weapon.
DB is rolling in loot. He plays all classes. That’s why he guides like this. If he were Necro only, he’d push the level 19 to 23 shop for teleport staff in act 3 normal idea. He’d recommend plays loot The Pit and The Mausoleum at as high a level as they can. He’d push you to loot the Cow level for runeword bases, and the highest countess you can clear for the highest runewords you can make...
But I think he runs a Sorc and gets great gear and inherits as a start point for his less favourite classes. Those of us who prefer to play a Necro are better served for Necro advice from Big Daddy Den or another Necro-oriented player.
There has to be a guide out there that doesn't require endgame gear.
i swear dude these fools are just trying to flex their pefect gear... no one in their right mind with insane game knowledge and lvl 99 characters and perfect gear is watching these videos.. do they really think if i had all this great gear i would be braindead enough to not figure out the optimal build myself?
MrLLamaSc has some great videos that guide you from the beginning on a variety of builds. Be prepared to spend 10 hours watching but you 'll learn so much about what to try to find at each step of the way. I'm speaking of the video series from a few years ago. I'm not personally familiar with the new ones he's made since diablo got remastered.
For people wanting starter guides: go to Dbrunski's actual YT channel.
He has dozens of early game guides that explain mechanics in-depth.
This seems like Blizzard asked for short endgame build videos... and there's only so much you can explain in 10 minutes.
End game bc in between is self explanatory
Explain what these new players will need for Ubering....... give them something to look forward to. We want these other players for the next 20 years
I feel these videos are sorta what I mean
Maxing out Amplify Damage is a really bad choice in my opinion , this spell doesn't get any additional power from leveling up, only radius and duration. Already with decent (not perfect) gear you will have alot of +to all skills and radius of AD will be really big enough to use it comfortably. Is Better to invest that points to unlock Decrepify, and in summoning tree in general: Clay Golem
for more his slow-on-hit, Revive, Summon Resist, maybe even in to Raise Skeletal Mage
for more minions overall, or Iron Golem if you play HC, to make really tanky IG from good runeword with aura, or even invest that points in to unlock Life Tap
and/or Lower Resist, to help out ppl when you do baalruns in party, or do ubers.
You should put 1 point in bone armor imo, and you could put 1 point in bone spear for magic damage ability which both points can be taken from amp skill points, if you have insight merc and you have a little regen gear its not an issue to cast amplify more. Alot of these guides on youtube tend to be too focused on fewer skills. The developers gave them to be used not skipped.
We *played* this back in the day so trust us: Many skills can and should indeed be skipped.
Love the summoner although my take is to ditch the revives and build up the Golem of your choice. I like to max out the Iron Golem so you can make a nice runeword item into a Golem. If you have cajones of steel you will make a Beast and turn it into a Golem. I recommend having some method of tele for emergencies. Even tele charges on a secondary weapon works for an emergency situation. Super fun IMHO but YMMV. I'm a notoriously slow player and it fits my style of play.
People use revive to get crushing blow etc to take down bosses
I just use one point and I’m powering clay golem.
i feel like if you have all those high end runeword item , you probably don’t even need a guide like this. in summary , put the best gear on your character and you’re good to go. also be lvl 99 . lol
See my comments for suggestions that worked for me under other comments.
Haha...
I just summon skeletons, then skeletons go brrrrrrrr
In korea, we call ‘the mafia necromancer’. He is like a mafia.
Another cool aspect to add is decrepify with a clay golem can stunlock baal. Clay golem slows target on landing a hit, and it is very tanky.
It’ll be nice to list all the gears that you using. Thank you! Planning to make one now
Can I use PRIDE polearm for mercenary in this build?
Sure but merc freezes and breaks mobs so you have to weapon switch. And dmg isnt huge
does anybody have a good video for a complete beginner? I am brand new to this game and style of game. All of these videos sound like a different language and im close to giving up lol
I am also struggling to find a true beginners guide and so far I find Rhykker's guide good and simple and his voice is easy to listen to. Mrllamasc talks so fast click so fast and his presentation is very simple yet knowledgeable but I am struggling to follow him talk, and FFS D2 pros always talks about end game items that the beginners doesn't know or care about at certain point and they talk too fast.
Nexius has beginner friendly and easy to understand guides on all classes, I think that should be your cup of tea ;)
Check out Fextralife, He just dont mention builds for endgame he tells you what to do at early lvls
Look up MrLlamaSC on youtube, find his "Summon Necro guided playthough - part normal" he has guided playthroughs of almost all primary builds for classes. Its great to play a long with to help you learn the game.
I wouldnt go summoning early, its a pain and your pet is slow to kill early on its better to do Bone Spear until you hit around lvl40, I would reccomend Fextralife for beginners he gives you a complete guide on what to do in early lvls, he also gives you link to his build so you dont have to watch the video every time you forget something. He`s the best Guide out there for D2R in my opinion cause most ppl only show you the lvl90 version which is bad for new players since they have no idea what to to do to be effecient
lol, i love when the "build guide" shows off the build with a fully stacked best in slot toon. You forgot the disclaimer at the bottom that says results may vary.
or the disclaimer that says.. warning.. hacks were used
There is no other game that makes you feel the full fantasy of being a necromancer. The Skeleton in skyrim sucks and in diablo 3 they all look the same.
Are you saying all skeletons look the same?
Wow man, that's so racist.
Path of Exile does Necromancer far, far better. D2 is good though.
at least bring a valid point, sounds like you just dont like nec in D3 and thats fine, but D2 summon are not superior and they are all alike wtf
Each point in Skeleton Mastery changes the look of the skeleton army. They get better equipment.
im confused, where did he get the teleport?
It is from a runeword called Enigma
Don’t follow this guide you won’t get an enigma for a long time he is setting up people for failure of expectations….
@@enflam3 yeah that’s true but also I’d hope they kill the duping… I just think this is way to advanced and he could have even used a staff it would have fit a lore better or just looked more realistic to someone potentially buying the game instead it was just hey this ridiculous armor you won’t get for a super long time makes you over powered and kill the literal name on the case bods in milliseconds….. like am I crazy for thinking that is a joke video?? Just my opinion I want more players and that’s not it
Also, beast for weapons will add fanaticism to your army, and yes stacks. More ar, faster attacks
AR wont work for minions or mercs. Minion&merc Hit rating is based on character level. Still beast runeword for more damage&faster attacks.
Beast is an endgame runeword. A dream still for my Necro.
Summon Necromancer is just retail Management undead simulator.
Why 20 points into Golem Mastery and not into Iron Golem? Isn't Iron Golem stronger with 20 points than with Mastery 20 points? I'm using a similar buld SummonMF and the basic idea behind the build is very similar so should I be using Mastery instead of Iron Golem?
@@Porryhatter oh snap thank you for clearing this up for me I really appreciate that. Very helpful info.
Would be really nice to now what spots you would recommend to farm all that gg gear, uniqes, runes for enigma and weps for example.
Necro farm Mausoleum under Burial Ground, The Pit under Tamoe Highland (backtrack from outer cloister waypoint), Andariel and Mephisto.
These are doable solo.
I’ve seen others say max clay golem vs golem mastery. Is there a benefit to this or is that inaccurate?
I want to know this also
Golem Mastery points work in each Golem type. This allows you to switch between Clay Golem (for the slow effect on bosses that really locks them down if you also curse them with Decrepify) or the Iron Golem for thorns and a new runeword for your party. The Iron Golem equips the item used to summon it... and persists between games unless 1) your character dies, 2) the iron golem dies, 3) your character is too far from the Iron Golem. A teleport staff with charges helps fix 3).
@@redelfshotthefood8213 so make a bunch of crappy insights right?
@@KSNT-TheTaint if you’re far enough along to be swimming in components... why not?
For research purposes id love to see what a merc could do with a Pride iron golem, necromancer with beast, might merc with eth infinity and fortitude, and to top it off an enchantress with level 50 fire skills give him an enchant.
My old summon nec used beast. Might merc had botd and bramble armor
for new players don't listen to this guy, why would you spend all that on curses.......you only need one point, the only thing your doing is uping the radius, next mage, one point, reason for this is because they are weaker than the skeletons are dont benefit from amplify damage because their elemental, then 10 for revive. dont bother putting no more than 8 on golem mastery. golem is really personal choice fire has the highest dps, you can only have one at a time so wouldn't drop more than one point untill you find the one you like, so when you start this toon. one point for curses, then only use one point for corpse explosion when it becomes available then max it after you max out rise skeleton and skeleton mastery. this toon is hard af too start with, but once your in mid game your just killing everything....you need to max out skeleton right away, then max mastery. the only curses you will use is amplify damage, and decrepify all i use anyway.
Thank you, i felt this is too advanced, u recom another guide then?
Revives are horrible minus end bosses for the reasons I describe in the video. Go bone necro until to transition to a summon necro. 10 points is a waste.
For leveling efficiently, as Debrunski says, Bone Spear is your friend.
For leveling as a summoner, you need a mix of RS and SM. Both bring valuable parts to the recipe. RS gives you bodies, attack rating, defense rating. SM gives you damage dealt, tankyness (life).
I find having 4 tanky skeletons with a larger investment in SM is more fun. Because then I can focus on replacing my Skeketon Mages. I have 1 point in Mages, but get 2 more Mages from plus skills gear.
Why use the Mages? Aggro drawing of boss groups. Plus poison prevents heal. Cold provides slow. And prevents revive by enemy mages. As a general, you should understand some parts of your army are expendible. 😉
Re: 10 points in revives. 1 point plus what you get from +skills gear will give you enough revives. Urdars, or BigBoyLittleHeads as I call them, are great revive targets. Or Venomlords. Great for boss tele-stomping. (You need the teleport charges staff I talked about in other responses in this video’s chat)
My lvl 94 HC Necro has a perf Torch, Enigma, Beast, Insight Golem, and Pride Merc. He owns all.
Bone armor can help you stay alive in certain circumstances, and bone spear's magic damage can help with physical immune.
you know that amplify damage literally strips phys immunes naked ?
It's biggest weakness is enclosed spaces.. Maggot lair particularly can be aggravating
Blizzard hired one of the proffesionals
These vids are cool but would like to get into low gear setups for us without top tier gear for a min or 2 during these videos
He doesn’t know. Leveling for a streamer is rushed experience in a group, carried by the lift of playing the way the game was designed: 8 player coherent group.
At lower levels save gear that provides res and run/walk speed. At level 19 to 23, buy a teleport staff from act 3 normal merchant. Look only at the red staves.
To get better gear fight in Burial Ground Mausoleum, and Tamoe Highlands The Pit. These are highest loot dropping monsters that are weak to physical. And weaker (because act 1) monsters.
At what point does he get going? I’m currently Act 5 Normal and I feel like all I do it keep making skeletons and golems. Nothing survives and nothing kills. Finally got an iron golem and it died fast. Diablo’s fire wave instantly whipped out 3 skeletons, 5 mages and golem.
Keep going. First, Skeleton, than Skeleton Mastery. When you can put some points in corpse Explosion. That will help with kill speed
Has D2 Resurrected fixed the problem with running disabling your block entirely from original D2?
I’m seeing gear that looks like it took dozens of hours to get and it feels like I don’t know where to start
The build that I can never be able to build…
You don’t need that much amplify damage.
He has farmed gear already using Sorc or Pally. He can afford to splash a wide Amplify damage because the game is easier when fully geared.
Why not trade those 20 point in amp damage and put it into the golem? It only increase radius, so casting it a few more times is probably worth having a stronger golem
Agreed but which golem would you use?
@@darkman35 I used clay golem for the slowing affect. But I'm sure you could use iron with a good weapon spawn or blood if you want. I'm pretty sure fire is the worst. Then again I haven't played this game in many many years. Which is why I asked.
Started resurrected with a summonmancer. Already got a spirit sword.
@@darkman35 all the golems will do what you need even with just the +skill from gear. I'd spread it out to unlock all the curses and get some of the defensive bone skills. Will give you some more flexibility before you make it to this endgame setup.
The higher the difficulty the faster the game is. That’s why Blizz has designed for bigger areas of effect in their games. To prevent players missing.
@@melind82 Blood Golem got a nerf in the original game in one of the patches.
Most player guides I’ve read push Clay for the boss paralyzation (when combined with Decrepify) or Iron for the extra runeword (endgame). Fire Golem fell out of favour because of lacklustre damage.
The loot grind is the key feature binding players to the game...
Shop a staff with teleport charges in act 3 normal (but not before level 19, I think, and make sure to get a cheap one).
Hey man! Nice vid! How much raw str do u suggest to put in this build?
Minimum to wear your gear.
I went for just enough to wear a large shield in normal so I could use RAL Ort Tal. But that radically changes for end game.
At end game, you will likely want a Monarch shield with 4 socket runeword insight. Which has a 156 strength requirement. Save your respecs from Ankara!!!! They allow you to change your character a total of 3 times in the game. I think they are there to allow a player to go heavy into skills that work in normal and then fail after normal... like Iron Maiden.
but where do you farm all the gear?
Top Gear: Baal, Mephisto, Diablo, Andariel. Highest level dungeons: Mausoleum, The Pit, Pindleskin, Nilathak, Ubers, Uber Tristram. And basically any area your character can clear quickly. Because runewords were a design decision for powerful characters. So Cows for bases, and thousands of monsters for runes.
The last two are extremely end game. But the rewards make the earlier stuff faster. And easier.
Can you imagine being able to teleport like that in diablo3? wouldnt that be amazing... not even PoE which is trying to be the true successor to diablo2 has good teleport
Because it breaks the game, it's too strong.
@@Baracuda520 you mean FUN? i love in diablo3 how you cant teleport through prison bars but a barbarian can leap through them. I could by the BS excuse that you need to be able to see what youre teleporting into but in the case of the prison you can see through the bars. also kind of annoying how in diablo3 you can only teleport into the next room if you can physically walk there. meaning any doors closed between point A and point B will block your ability to teleport. but if the doors are open have at it.
@@magus104 That limiting movement by teleport is a design decision to keep the party together. Also why there are so many dead ends in d3. So the slower players can keep up with the faster ones. And play together as a party reinforcing each other.
insight iron golem, great idea! :D
You must not play summon necromancer often btw if you say summons are like a meat shield... yea maybe in diablo2 1.0 back when revives were OP and skeletons were useless and everything in act5 didnt have a fricking piercing attack
nice tutorial bro,and btw the game looks so soooo much better on pc then on a console...
i totally messed up my skill tree. maxed revive. havent put anything into corpse explosion.. :/
You have to understand that it's nearly impossible to get these gears on battle net
I got a Vampire Gaze helm and a Tal Rasha’s Helm. You get the better gear taking on weaker monsters in level 85 areas. Go to Outer Cloister way point, back track to The Pit. Level 1 and level 2.
Do Act 5 Shenk and Eldritch at the first waypoint out of town.
Also run Andariel and Mephisto. I had to add these in to prevent boredom.
Is beast not the best weapon for necros? Was going to build it for mine but want to save the ber if it’s not that much better the hoto
so this is only an end game build not a build to level with?
Infinity add with amplify ?
Like does the damage get multiplied?
King Leoric has turned in his grave due name mispronunciation, the warmth of life has exited his tomb... rip
I'm new to the game.... I used to play Diablo 1 back in the 90's. I don't understand how you get to such high stats and skills points???? It takes like hours to get one level up. There's no greater rifts or anything either. Diablo 2 is hardcore. I've played for like 2 weeks and I can't get any legendary items. I can't beat act 2 either. I don't have the time to grind like 1000 hours to get the points so what do you do? I just want to beat the single player but it looks so hard.
This is awesome !!!
I prefer using beast or hoto
Wich skills need to max points?
It would take a couple year for me for this eg gear.
how important is 125fcr? or would u say 75 is enough?
Well this is my main class. This is what i do...
20 Skele, 20 Skele mastery,1 Clay Golem , 1 Golem Mastery, 1 Summon resistance.
Max Corpse Explode and 1 point in the curses (amp, decrep, life tap, lower rez, dim vision are very useful).
The rest the points go in bone prison and bone wall to get a beefy bone armor.
I go 0 dex and 0 str with enigma BP. All points go in vit and I play HC. Bone prison absorbs all physical dmg and my health pool I
is only drained by elemental dmg.
I personally don't mess around with iron golden because the extra arua it can have isnt going to make much a difference compared to the clay's ability to super slow bosses.
1 Skele 1 Mage (or More) 20 Mastery 20 Fire Golem. 9 or 10 Summon Resist at Level 99. 7 Summon Resist at 97
My favorite Diablo char.
Thank you for the guides sir. I got a question about the golem using insight rune word. will it retain the aura when you exited the game?
@@anhyzerr thank you sir.
@@anhyzerr sorry. Incorrect. Iron Golem persists between games. You lose the Golem 3 ways.
1) your character dies
2) the iron golem dies
3) your character and the golem are too far apart in the game. (Despawn)
A teleport staff (with charges, a level 24 item) can solve this. Act 3 normal merchant. Best shopped if your character is 19 to 23. 19 to allow it to spawn in the shop, under 24 so you need only look at the red staves in the shop.
@@redelfshotthefood8213 I stand corrected. Thank you.
Show what would be involved with making a Summon Necro with an Aura Army? lol using act3 merc to receive shield and sword aruras... on top of helm and chest armor. I don't remember what I used, but I had fun.
SS druid with Brand bow was super fun as all
All the guides I’ve seen say the Act 2 mercenary with Might Aura is best for Necro. Because it benefits all your RS, Revives and Golem summons. (Not the skellie mages)
whats the point of the weapon swap?
beast insteat of leoric?
Is this video sped up? Everything moves ridiculously fast.
You play on Playstation?
Just waiting for TWO player couch co-op at least. Cannot buy without it.
Hello, thx for this guide. I have Questions about the Claygolem. why 20 Points in golem Mastery? wouldnt it better do make the 20 Points in Claygolem itself? Than you get more slow effect. Did the golem only slow down monser when he hits them? Thank you.
Jou just need 1 skill point for both. His build is wrong, very wrong
Points in Golem Mastery let you also use the Iron Golem too. Speed and Life from Mastery help get the golem where it needs to go.
Clay Golem has the added flexibility of summoning placement. Which can be very strategic. 1 point in CG and 1 point in Decrepify combined with all skills gear bring Baal and other bosses to pacifier status. Easy meat.
lets jump in!
bro i have question: Pride (runeword) weapon for the mercenary,gives concentration aura is better for endgame!? +mighty aura + fanaticism aura from "beast" to buff your pet!?
I dont think you need this. Because as soon as ypur merc kills one Monster you can Start with corpse Explosion. So main damge is not with your pets.
Can you write the stats point in plain form?
That’s the best hardcore build too
How did you get 3k+ forti on D2R?I think ebug doesnt work.Expain please
Does life/mana leech work with minions?
I’m assuming mage skeles are booty?
most people even can’t find single hr for whole season
pul was my highest get in 2 seasons...
why arent skeletal mages used?
would love to know how this dude has a level 94 merc already.. and skipped a skill on the curses tab ..
that skipped skill got me too
Does amp damage increase damage with every point or only the radius? I have one hard point in it so far and it's at like level 21+ from gear. Making sure it's worth it to put more hard points
it only increases the radius but as a plus note, corpse explosion does half physical and half fire so having a very large amp damage area of effect is just a quality of life enhancement for corpse explosion, it will guarantee you have max physical damage against all mobs on screen if your amp damage is very large, tyou might only have to cast it one or two times to get all mobs ready for boom
@@Nub00005 I have amp at like 21 from just my gear alone and the radius is pretty huge just being a one point wonder. That's the only curse I'm using but I have skeles, skele mastery, golem mastery, and corpse explosion maxed out. Was wondering if I should dump my remaining points into iron golem for insight since my merc is using obedience or if I should stick with clay golem.
what players count was that?
Muito bom, ótimo trabalho!
how is your resistance so high??
What temple he did he say?
Am I the only one that wanted him to identify that grand charm?
Why skeletons have thorns? Or is merc aura ?
Thorns can come from Iron Golem. Or a runeword. (Is it Beast runeword?)
May I ask? if I put another curse after Necromancer, will I overwhelm the one I'm building or do they add up I mean for example Amplify Damage + Iron Maiden
thank you
these two you can't stack. From the curses in your skilltree you can only use one at a time.
@@dunngyllite7883 ok. thank you for the information
Iron Maiden is a normal difficulty curse only. It loses power in the higher difficulties. Amplify damage is intended for mobs and Decrepify is intended for bosses. Combine Clay Golem (even 1 hard skill point) and Decreify (even 1 hard skill point) to lock down Baal: no clone, no Baal teleport, no shenanigans.
So i hired a might merc but when i checked the merc stat page it shows blessed aim. Is it broken...?
visual bug
Is blizzard doing patches to change the meta / balance the game?
More likely the devs are. It’s cheaper for Blizz to outsource this development.
is there any guys for people new to the game ? like i wan to go in solo and do all 3 difficulties whit one character but i have no clue what skills to use what items to get do be able to do that. every guide i find is some super advance thing that has all this names combinations of things and have no clue how to get or need to make 500 runs to get one item and i just want a way finish the game in all difficulties and not farm for max super gear type of things
why would u do max block in hardcore if u invest in bone armor. if ur starting no gear u dont have a shield bone armor and vit equal best. this is not a guide its a showcase didnt show me how to build anything. endgame items isnt a guide
Yeah assuming everyone just spits out at lvl 99, with all the shiny gear ready
Why say 20 hard points into this and then say completely max out that... confusing
Seems totally easy! Just get all that stuff!