And Corpse Explosion deals fire damage (in addition to physical) for a second type of damage with a large area of effect. The skeletons and mercenary can therefore deal physical damage to nearly every monster the crew will encounter. Amplify Damage breaks the immunity of every physical immune (PI) regular monster and almost all PI bosses. Offense: Almost no monsters are immune to the attacks.What makes the Fishymancer build so effective? So, I obviously highly recommend it for anyone new to Diablo II or as a first foray into the Necromancer character class. I’m on my third restart, and the Fishymancer has been my first or second character each time. Although the build is not at all item-dependent, better gear obviously makes the character stronger. OverviewĪs Nightfish said, this build can beat the game naked (without gear), reflecting just how solid it is as a first character to explore Diablo II. As a result, rather than repeating all that is included there, this Starter Guide is focused on key information for the build and will often link to the relevant section of Nightfish’s guide for anyone interested in a more detailed explanation or analysis of the why behind the recommendations. I also highly encourage reading Nightfish’s guide, which is comprehensive and well-researched. It also includes some thoughts on gear and options for using the extra skill points. This Guide is intended to give a quick-and-easy overview of the key details on the build and pointers on playthrough/progression. The Necromancer can also wade into battle himself alongside the skeletons as a “commandomancer” (which is actually a distinct build and so not addressed here, but covered in this guide). The mercenary will be Act II Nightmare (Might), for the extra damage for the skeletons and merc.īeyond that core build, it’s highly customizable, allowing maxed Golem Mastery, high-level Revive, or higher-level secondary curses. Named after Nightfish, an SPFer who pioneered the build (and literally wrote the book on it), it uses maxed skeleton warriors (Raise Skeleton), Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion, with Amplify Damage as the primary curse. All of them can draw on various curses to enhance offensive attack or manage the battlefield, and Corpse Explosion is the great equalizer, potentially levelling entire screens at higher levels.Īmong all these options, however, the safest and most fool-proof build is also extremely powerful on the offensive side: the Fishymancer. This allows melee builds, summoners with skeleton fighters dealing physical damage, summoners with skeleton mages dealing elemental damage, golem-mancers who focus on powerful golems to pair with the merc, summoners that focus on reviving dead enemies to fight with the necro, poison spell casters, bone (magic) spell casters, and back to melee with any combo of summons. The Summoning tree provides multiple options for minions the Poison and Bone tree allows powerful poison damage, magic-based bone damage and defensive spells, and the all-powerful Corpse Explosion that brings area-of-effect fire and physical damage and the Curses tree allows complementary spells that enhance damage or provide major crowd control. The Necromancer probably has the most variability of possible builds among the Diablo 2 character classes.
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