Curse

Cosmic Error · Jun 05, 2008, 03:38 AM // 03:38

[Vile touch] sucks, obviously, but [discord],[Toxic chill], and [putrid bile] look nice.

Narcin · Jun 05, 2008, 03:47 AM // 03:47

All of those last three skills are pretty commonly used in different areas. It really depends where you want to use those skills. Discord is pretty nice in PvE where you can load a necro hero with hexes including bile, and use any sort of condition like burning from an ele. Toxic Chill is a nice skill to use in RA or AB, it can be used to produce a decent, stead stream of mid to high damage. Those skills all have use, just have to know where to use them.

Chthon · Jun 05, 2008, 05:05 AM // 05:05

Most of them are terribly weak because they tend to be both single-target damage and, worse, armor-sensitive cold damage. Hitting a lvl 24/28/30 monster with cold damage is not going to bother it much, unless it's a fire djinn.

There's a few that don't suck completely:
Dark Aura works nicely in dedicated build. Search for "Aura Bomber."
Death Nova is a staple of minion bombing builds.
Discord would be good, but it's outshone by necrosis in PvE and crippled by the long cast time in PvP.
Putrid bile does reasonable damage, but the recharge limits its DPS.
Putrid explosion does decent damage, but a minion is probably a better use for the corpse.

If you count damage over time as DD, then rotting flesh and well of suffering both have have damage potential, probably the best in the line. (Though signet of infection can usually replace rotting flesh.)

Axel Zinfandel · Jun 05, 2008, 06:44 AM // 06:44

[vile touch] actually has it's nice uses. It's actually a pretty good skill if you-

lawl, I couldn't even do that with a strait face :P

Neraphym · Jun 05, 2008, 06:52 AM // 06:52

I've actually considered using Vile Touch on my MM. The darn guy likes to stay a few aggro bubbles away from the battle and spam death nova while my party is fighting for their lives. Granted, flagging the MM into the battle would work too...