He who does not summon; is not worthy of calling himself a summoner
I don’t have nearly all that stuff you have, and my pets die instantly if i try to kill mad queen. <.< Very gear demanding build it seems if you want to kill nemesis or other super bosses. But that can be expected of course.
Lol. Still in greens myself. Just a test toon in the video.
But, this is easy grinding for sure. Just avoid Chupabastard and you should be ok.
Hey, go for it. I am not giving up any avoid melee/ranged personally.
Guys, do you expect nerf of Skeletons + Flame Torrent combo?
That’s an excellent question that I’m probably not smart enough to answer. Here’s the problem I encountered with the equipment pics: It’s not very forgiving for this build. By this build I mean max skele power, at least 10 of them and perhaps most importantly… over-leveled hellfire.
I’d also rather have more skele than hellhound but, with their Eldritch Fire application and aggro peeling (off of the fragile skeles) I’d probably regret that decision as well.
I’m certainly waiting for someone to do a better job of it thats for sure. Should have semi-decent Port Val run up later if I can get motivated to go to town.
Did I not say “if you can help it”?
This is the worst year for necro students I have ever delt with. You and your loud rock music.
Yeah i mean i have some decent stuff at least. I’m using the one 2h scythe atm that gives you more skeletons. And mythical reaper of the accursed just dropped! Happy days. I just think that the build will start to work wonders when you get that set, don’t have a single piece yet 
To be perfectly honest, with their fragility and swarm like nature, gimping flame torrent would basically put pure summon necro at the bottom of the heap. It is potent when leveled AND you have the skele speed to utilize it tactically (which I LOVE about this class) but come on…
Dracarris at level 85 and no myth gear gets 6 second Madqueen times.
Are we seriously discussing nerfing flame torrent because a new summoner with full myth at 100 can kill Mads slower?
I think nothing should be nerfed until people have figured out how fast majority of other builds can kill stuff.
Then you have to wonder how much the Necro mastery is contributing. Occ with its flat damage, RR, heals and passive support seems to be the key Necro just provides the bodies.
This. Exactly this.
I even pointed out +occult skills being more valuable than +necro skills in the leveling guide (the ONE exception being +raise skeleton in the early game).
Does the necro aura even make a big contribution to the build? I feel like Possession in HC or higher levels provide a more safety for the player.
If it wasn’t for the substantial bonus to pet OA and vit resist (which pets need even more than we do because they love standing in stuff that kills them), I would be all over Possession.
EDIT: After running the endgame test toon through Ultimate xpac though, I feel like his survivability is in a perfectly good place. The only real thing I think Possession would contribute would be the cast interruption protection, which WOULD be extremely useful for us.
BUT yes, I would agree it’s probably a better HC choice. You might just have to regear a little for to compensate for the pet OA loss.
FURTHER EDIT: And I would most CERTAINLY take that point out of Ember Claw and put it into Mark of Torment for HC.
See, here I thought Necros would listen to Death Metal.
I have it on good authority that Uroboruuk is a HUGE Creedence Clearwater fan.
But you didn’t hear that from me.
The guy has been alive for how long? Really doubt he’s of sound judgement when it comes to music.
Well he does like hiking out into the backwoods of Cairn on a semi-regular basis.
Probably wears plaid as well. The real stuff, not that hipster crap of course.
Oh you lucky necro! That’s a choice drop. I almost picked up a full set doing all the test runs and such with the test toon but didn’t keep any of that gear or blueprints so as not to ruin my game and skew my leveling advice with main skelemancer.
I’ve since farmed up about half the endgame gear with alts but not the reaper yet and for some reason I’m having no luck with Mog relic even though a handful of the others have dropped. Typical farming results. 
Hi, i have … 3… Questions about mechanics;
1/
What is so good in Soul Harvest ? Its description says +5% and a small vitality flat to each level: to pets… I guess the big flat vita & cold are only applying to the player isnt it ?
2/
Ravenous Earth is only used for its -% to enemy health, and so on for bosses* ? Because i tested it single vs normal trash and the damage was really low.
*But bosses have high resistances to this isnt it ? (cf wiki)
3/
Does the -% vita res from Spectral Warth will works with the pets damage ?