BOTD Necro

Ok this could be a huge waste of BOTD, but I think it could look pretty

BOTD

50% Chances to Cast LVL 20 Poison Nova when you KILL an enemy.

Max

Poison Nova + Synergies

+ % Poison Damage equip

Kill things with poison nova and watch the chain reaction!

Perhaps the procc'ed Posion Nova won't be powerful enough to make this build worthwhile - but I would love to see it go off!|||I could be wrong, but my understanding is that you have to get the kill with the weapon. I don't think kills you get with spells will count. Hopefully someone else can confirm.|||Quote:








I could be wrong, but my understanding is that you have to get the kill with the weapon. I don't think kills you get with spells will count. Hopefully someone else can confirm.




Correct. You'll need to kill something with the BotD before the Nova can proc.|||Similar, but melee:

http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...ht=meleemancer|||Quote:








Correct. You'll need to kill something with the BotD before the Nova can proc.




Thanks both, nevermind then!!|||Quote:








Similar, but melee:

http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...ht=meleemancer




Cheers, I have read up on that one - thanks|||Quote:








I could be wrong, but my understanding is that you have to get the kill with the weapon. I don't think kills you get with spells will count. Hopefully someone else can confirm.




When I tested it recently, % Chance to Cast Poison Nova When You Kill an Enemy was only applied when enemies were killed by the Necromancer's weapon attacks, and Poison Explosion and Poison Nova... but not when they were killed by Teeth, Corpse Explosion, Bone Spear, Bone Spirit, pets (other than an Iron Golem when made from the item) or returned damage.|||^ Wait, you're saying Poison Nova can trigger CtC? loool|||I would not use a melee weapon on a necro unless you use dagger and make melee mancer. Somebody should have a good guide about it.|||I kill much faster using grief. Even a synergized poison nova helps little for a build that has to focus gear/skills melee-wise. Not even poison dagger can compare to grief when it comes to dishing out fast dmg. Massive chaining of ctc nova isn't going to help alot when the dmg per second is fixed, and it's ONLY a level 20 poison nova. At that level the best it can handle are some fallen in hell with just you in the game.

Going that route, you have a pathetic survival rate too. If you plan on being melee full time, you'd best max bone wall/prison first, leaving you with little room left to max the poison skills, and a low level dim vision can be a death sentence for many occasions. If you focused on dim vision and not bone armor, you end up dead more likely when trying to poke/hack something from act 5 of hell or w/e.

Botdz is really slow for the necromancer and life tap won't offer you much help when your going to be dependent on it often to help you with being poisoned and fighting magic dealing foes.