[3.2] SRS/Zombies Necromancer

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Besovskii wrote:

dumn :(
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Summoned Raging Spirits now deal approximately 15% less damage at all levels.

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Raised Zombies have had their damage increased, up to 45% more damage at level 20 than previously.

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Added Cold Support and Added Lightning Support have been buffed, bringing them on par with the Added Chaos support gem. Added Cold Support now does 35.1% more damage at gem level 20. Added Lightning Support now does 17.5% more damage at gem level 20.

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Melee Physical Damage Support now also grants 30% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee hits at gem level 1.

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The Necromancer's Commander of Darkness skill now grants 3% increased Attack and Cast Speed to you and Allies per aura (down from 5%), and 30% increased Damage for you and Allies affected by your Auras (instead of 10% increased Damage for you and Allies per aura).

Although yes this isn't great news it shouldn't be a massive nerf to this build. The map clear shouldn't be too affected by this change since they're already going to be doing enough damage to power through maps anyway. The main thing is the boss damage. However with zombies buffed this is going to reduce the impact on the srs nerf so all in all its not too bad.

not very bad, but not good too

Since now Commander of Darkness only gives 3% atk/cast speed for each extra aura it might be a good idea to replace clarity with generosity-hatred link, I guess

Hi,

sorry might be dumb question... I want to play with friends and solo.. sooo is this like a cheap aurabot that boosts my mates as well and still gives me the option to play solo. Sure i will not have 10 auras or something but ill still buff everybody right?

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Beregondz wrote:

Since now Commander of Darkness only gives 3% atk/cast speed for each extra aura it might be a good idea to replace clarity with generosity-hatred link, I guess

Yeah, will go back to generosity for hatred I think.

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Phaven910 wrote:

Hi,

sorry might be dumb question... I want to play with friends and solo.. sooo is this like a cheap aurabot that boosts my mates as well and still gives me the option to play solo. Sure i will not have 10 auras or something but ill still buff everybody right?

It's not an aurabot at all, but you will buff your party.

1. Commander of darkness will give them 30% dmg, 20% all resist, 6% attack and cast speed with the 2 auras running.

2. Hatred aura, if they are using physical damage it will increase their damage if they are not using hatred themselves.

3. Haste aura, 16% attack and cast speed and 9% movement speed.

Summary: 30% damage, 22% cast + attack speed, 20% all resist, % of physical damage as extra cold and 9% movement speed.

So yeah, it's good for parties and solo play.

Might be going for a dual curse whit Mom version. What do you guys think? Will it lack something by taking these nodes?

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flxz wrote:

Might be going for a dual curse whit Mom version. What do you guys think? Will it lack something by taking these nodes?

You would need to drop the second aura and use hatred with an essence worm, which will just make everything insanely hard to gear for. With the leech from zombies and ~7k life you don't really need MoM. Also it will be quite hard to get enough mana to fully make use of MoM and to sustain mana, I just don't think it's worth it for this build. If you want to go dual curse, remove GMP from the curse on hit setup and add whichever you want.

I see you've removed the max block version. Was something wrong with it? Looked really hardcore league start friendly. Trying to fit in 1000+ str maybe?

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Niedzwiedz wrote:

I see you've removed the max block version. Was something wrong with it? Looked really hardcore league start friendly. Trying to fit in 1000+ str maybe?

Nope nothing wrong with it, I tested it myself in beta hardcore. Busy working on the entire guide for both versions and will have it all done by tonight. I took it down because I was editing both builds at once and just thought I would finish them individually to make my life easier.

Cheers

Thanks for the guide Dupie! Very nicely written and detailed. I am going to be trying this out in 3.0.