Curse

Red1086 · Aug 13, 2005, 04:22 PM // 16:22

I've been reading about minion masters and wanted to start one. The only problem right now is I don't know if I want ranger or mesmer as a sub. Could anyone give me some pros and cons of both subs?

jopapa1267 · Aug 13, 2005, 04:30 PM // 16:30

go monk for heal area and stuff to keep your minions alive with blood of master and veratas sacrifice.

chowdah · Aug 13, 2005, 05:00 PM // 17:00

I run a minion master build - its Nec/Mes but I stopped using Mes when I got Life Transfer. I just go pure Necro now.

Note: This is a PvE build - I don't play PvP so no idea if it will work there.

Blood Magic: 9 (8+1)
Death Magic: 16 (12+3+1)
Soul Reaping: 8(7+1)
Curses: 9 (8+1)

Vampire Gaze
Life Siphon
Life Trasfer
Animate Bone Horror
Verata's Sacrifice
Blood of the Master
Suffering
"Free Slot"

My Truncheon + Cesta give me 57 Energy and with 8 in Soul Reaping its very rare for me to run out.

Nice thing about being a Minion Master is it only takes a few skill slots - then you can secondary in anything else. I personally run a lot of Degen spells and sometimes Putrid Explosion (great when you are in a pinch I find). Combined 5-10 Degen + dozen or more level 18 minions on top of a mixed group tears through mobs very fast. Well of Blood is another massive assit to getting the most out of your minions. And if you feel your minions are still taking too much damage Shadow of Fear and/or Enfeebling Blood will keep then alive much longer with less work for you - and they help your group out too.

Something also to keep in mind is with Soul Reaping sometime is better to let a really hurt Minion die rather than trying to save it as the Energy can be put to good use - such as raising a fresh minion.

Akimb0 · Aug 13, 2005, 09:08 PM // 21:08

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Originally Posted by Red1086

I've been reading about minion masters and wanted to start one. The only problem right now is I don't know if I want ranger or mesmer as a sub. Could anyone give me some pros and cons of both subs?

My minion master is N/E....Im using fire skills ( area effects mainly ) to get the initial kills needed for the minions. Soon I will also be able to weaken enemies with fire spells then finish them off with corpse explosion spells / minions.

[email protected] · Aug 13, 2005, 09:12 PM // 21:12

The best minion master skills are located in Drok's forge and Copperhammer Mines, which is very far in the game.

If you want to get there low lvl you'll need to be a support healer with Blood Ritual and Healing.

Eventually far in the game a curses build can surpass the death nova/minion AoE dmg. By then you could change your secondary. Stick with Monk secondary.