Best Hell Cows Necro Build

I got a really nice Necro torch in Ubers last night, and I have taken it as a sign that I should make a necro (That and I love Corpse Explosion). I am also still lacking a really good cows character (And I love Corpse Explosion). So my question is, what is the best build to get that first corpse in Hell Cows the fastest?

My impression is that Summoners are pretty slow.

Bone seems to do like 1/3 the damage of a hammerdin, which makes me feel like it coudn't be much better than summoners.

I can't seem to tell how fast poison kills...|||Summon/ce works well in hell cows imo. You may think its slow but once you got your summons up then you should not have a problem making new corpses. As for a bone necro I think will be too slow to kill for corpses because of low damage compared to hdin.|||Were you using teleport to stack your minions on top of one cow at a time?|||According to Onderduiker's MonRes spreadsheet, Hell Bovine have between 12,588-15,449 base life, 50%DR, 33%MR, 50% FR/LR/CR/PR.

Just throwing that out there, in case you want to run some numbers on a PnB build.

Summoners can run Hell Cows, easily. I've done it with either a Might based mercenary or a Thorns aura granting Rogue by way of "Edge". The trick to pulling it off is using some revives, especially Hell Bovine revives, they're tough.

Outside of that, spam CE and have a nice day! |||The only one I've tried was a summoner with no Enigma and it's still my fastest runner. Infi/Fort/Andy's merc makes corpses fast enough. Max block plus bone armor allows you to run in between the cows and herd them up so you take down 2 screens full in a matter of seconds.

I've found revives slow me down as they interfere with the herding but if you're playing above /p 5 you might need them to tank.|||Quote:








The only one I've tried was a summoner with no Enigma and it's still my fastest runner. Infi/Fort/Andy's merc makes corpses fast enough. Max block plus bone armor allows you to run in between the cows and herd them up so you take down 2 screens full in a matter of seconds.

I've found revives slow me down as they interfere with the herding but if you're playing above /p 5 you might need them to tank.




That is why only go for revives when you are going to do ubers.|||Hmmm, well it sounds like summoner would work (Although i cannot afford infinity or fort right now). I was hoping to get someone to chime in who had tried poison or bone. I really can't find much info on poison outside of PVP, which makes me think it is not viable...|||Haha, not quite 2 screens explosions, at least not since 1.03. And fastest cow killer - definitely not since 1.03, with more recently the insanely powerful javazons|||Quote:








Haha, not quite 2 screens explosions, at least not since 1.03. And fastest cow killer - definitely not since 1.03, with more recently the insanely powerful javazons




Wow it seems that you know your patches. How long have you been playing?|||If you play on Ladder, give your merc a nice ethereal Obedience (Cryptic Axe or Tresher). He will get you the first corpse. Give him some life leech and resists and he will survive even in Travincal.

And btw necro with CE can be as fast as a javazon. Enigma is the key here. If you don't have it, then stack some frw charms/tele charges.