MF from scratch: Nec, a viable solution?

Hi

Is a necromancer a viable MF toon for someone who starts from scratch?

I've read a lot about the efficiency of the sorc for that, but even if slightly slower, could it be good to do it with a necro?

Less item dependant for a start?

(I aim for PvM/MF only)

Thanks for your help and advices |||Sorc is by far the fastest mfer before enigma, and skelliemancers are pretty slow killers untwinked, so its not exactly "slightly" slower|||I see. Thanks for your reply. And what about the explosionMancer proposed by Mouseman?|||A bone necro would be best out of all the other necros for mf but they will lack mf compared to sorc and hdin. But bone necro is good for a pvm setup and fun to chaos and baal with in full games.|||^ how so?

imho Summoner >> P&B for mf, especially untwinked.|||Yes, bone necros are pretty gear dependent and don't have a lot of free space to use MF. Summoners, on the other hand, have plenty of opportunity to pick up MF gear.|||so much misinformation.

1: skelly'necs are, by and large, completely gear independent. so you can devote all your gearslots to %MF/%GF (goldfind for gambling).

2: skellynecs killspeed is largly dictated by your merc. once your merc has dropped a creep, you blow it up and damage a lot of other creeps.

3: skelly'necs are awesome AREA clearers rather than boss runners. once a corpse explosion chain gets going, you'll clear out entire maps and areas faster than a hammerdin.|||Quote:








so much misinformation.

1: skelly'necs are, by and large, completely gear independent. so you can devote all your gearslots to %MF/%GF (goldfind for gambling).

2: skellynecs killspeed is largly dictated by your merc. once your merc has dropped a creep, you blow it up and damage a lot of other creeps.

3: skelly'necs are awesome AREA clearers rather than boss runners. once a corpse explosion chain gets going, you'll clear out entire maps and areas faster than a hammerdin.




All this. I would also add that they will better at running a variety of different runs (pits, WSK, nihlathak, etc) but not as good for quick, boss related runs (countess, arcane sanctuary, mephisto, etc). They will also be able to topple pretty much anything you come across, whereas an MF sorc will usually only be able to do a couple of very targeted runs. I also think that they're a lot more fun than hammerdins.|||Quote:








3: skelly'necs are awesome AREA clearers rather than boss runners. once a corpse explosion chain gets going, you'll clear out entire maps and areas faster than a hammerdin.




that needs eni for efficient merc transportation and decent merc setup. for untwinked, hdin with vigor+charge joder style movement clears much faster|||God yes they're efficient I have a 250 on my char at all times, and another 50-100 on my merc. and thats after all the MF sacrificing I had to do to get max block and max resist. Their are definately much better builds out their, but necro is definately viable, and cheap to boot.