today my level 97 Conjurer have been slained in the Void. After nearly 150h of playtime it is time for something new
So, i take a look at the necromancer, because i want to go again with some kind of Pet-Master build.
One thing i love about the Conjurer is the Damage Absorption from Primal Bond. Now i look at the Skills of the Necro and see that the best Exclusive Skill would be āMaster of Deathā (if i want to go with Dead Pets --> and yes i will!).
Is a Pet Build without Absorption really stable in Ultimate? The only way to get the Absorption would be to take Arcanist and Maivens Spere of Protection but imo a ārealā Pet Build should go with Shaman or Occultist as second Mastery.
Thoughts and experiences out of Ultimate HC are most welcome. Till now i think, that Ulti HC without Absorption is not stable enough.
Greetz Nagumo
PS: Mark of Torment is imo not a equivalent alternative, because of the short Duration and the danger of being without Absorption between the recasts.
Iām not entirely sure about that on multiple fronts:
1000 HP/S works better on a 10.000 health character with 50% absorb than on a 20.000 health character with 0%; This means that the more absorb you have, the more effective recovery methods become compared to simply adding on health (Unless of course the recovery is X% health like some circuitbreakers)
Reducing damage by half means that the other half gets further reduced by other flat modifiers such as armor. Reducing something flat after already halving it is much more impressive (i.e. reducing 2K damage by 50% and then 400 because of armor is better than just having a larger healthpool)
Enemies that deal damage based on health % still get reduced by absorbs.
I really donāt know if the damage output would be enough without the ānormalā devotion trees (Bysmiels Bond, Mogdrogen the Wolf, etc.) for a Pet build and normally you should go as necromancer with Rattosh and Typhos which will bring +200% Vitality Damage for your minions but i really wanna test Order and Primordial Devotions Rank 3 which all Proccs on āWhen you are Hitā.