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Popolop · Nov 25, 2006, 03:52 AM // 03:52

Okay. Just a warning. This is my first build that I've made. I'm not even sure if the Skill Points are right. But anywho, here it is:

Type: Solo [Farming]

Profession: N/Mo

Skills:

Death Magic - 16 (12+3+1)
Soul Reaping - 10 (9+1) + All remaining points

Animate Bone Horror
Animate [Insert other type of minion here] / Any skill that your prefer
Blood of the Master
Death Nova
Taste of Death
Taste of Pain/ Signet of Lost Souls
Verata's Sacrifice
Icy Veins {E}

Dreikki · Nov 25, 2006, 06:22 PM // 18:22

.....Icy Veins?

If you are a MM, you should use Animate Flesh Golem or Aura of the Lich.

Oh, and you are a N/Mo.

.....why? You don't use any monk skills. The only reason people say "N/Mo is the best choice for a minion master" is because they use Heal Area/Karei's Healing circle to heal themselves but also minions around them.

jesh · Nov 25, 2006, 07:33 PM // 19:33

I'd take Icy Veins over Flesh Golem. If you look at his build, it looks more like he will be minion bombing, more than maintaing. He just has BotM there to keep them alive until the next battle.

A suggestion if my guess is correct - Try using Jagged Bones as your elite to keep your minion army from dwindling too quickly, and get some more free bombs.

Francis Crawford · Nov 25, 2006, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Rotting Flesh is a very nice skill.

Heck, Tainted Flesh is a good elite for MM builds, but Rotting Flesh is almost as good non-elite.

And if you're hard-core minion bombing, Animate Bone Minions has a lot of merit.

Cathode_Reborn · Nov 27, 2006, 04:48 AM // 04:48

Seems like any average MM build.......what's your goal? Minion bombing?

jesh · Nov 27, 2006, 07:37 AM // 07:37

Rotting Flesh .. .. it's 8 damage per second, and it can spread to your own team if you're fighting the right enemies. It's farrrr from good. Putrid Explosion is a thousand times better any way that you look at it, heck I'd even take Deathly Swarm over that skill.

Cathode_Reborn · Nov 27, 2006, 08:35 AM // 08:35

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Originally Posted by jesh

Rotting Flesh .. .. it's 8 damage per second, and it can spread to your own team if you're fighting the right enemies. It's farrrr from good. Putrid Explosion is a thousand times better any way that you look at it, heck I'd even take Deathly Swarm over that skill.

Only spreads to your team in Pvp

Corpselooter · Nov 27, 2006, 08:48 AM // 08:48

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Originally Posted by Cathode_Reborn

Only spreads to your team in Pvp

Durr, Kournans and Corsairs are human as far as i know.

Pick Me · Nov 27, 2006, 03:04 PM // 15:04

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Originally Posted by Corpselooter

Durr, Kournans and Corsairs are human as far as i know.

What about Amn Fa, Kurzicks or Luxons? They don't transfer disease to you (except for any plague touch).

AuraofMana · Nov 28, 2006, 04:50 AM // 04:50

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Type: Solo [Farming]

Profession: N/Mo

Skills:

Death Magic - 16 (12+3+1)
Soul Reaping - 10 (9+1) + All remaining points

Animate Bone Horror
Animate [Insert other type of minion here] / Any skill that your prefer
Blood of the Master
Death Nova
Taste of Death
Taste of Pain/ Signet of Lost Souls
Verata's Sacrifice
Icy Veins {E}

Yes I am aware is your first build, so you get it off easy:

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Type: Solo [Farming]

Profession: N/Mo

Stop right there, Spoil Victor is your ultimate Necro solo farm, maybe topped by Midnight solo at places.

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Skills:

Death Magic - 16 (12+3+1)
Soul Reaping - 10 (9+1) + All remaining points

Do your 2 15 attribute quests, you should be able to max out TWO complete attributes and still have 6 attribute points left over, or 3 pt into an attribute, which means you need to dump the rest into SR, but I see you got that covered.

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Animate Bone Horror
Animate [Insert other type of minion here] / Any skill that your prefer

Bomber uses Animate Bone Minions and Animate Shambling Horrors. They will be the only one you need.

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Blood of the Master

Very good.

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Death Nova

Good, now throw in Putrid Flesh.

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Taste of Pain/ Signet of Lost Souls

Very good, use both.

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Verata's Sacrifice

NEVER EVER
1. It doesn't cover hidden degen.
2. It only affects 3 minions because it is bugged.
3. It has a long cooldown.
4. It has a brutal sacrifice % for a crappy heal.
5. It sucks.
6. It wastes a skill slot.

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Icy Veins {E}

Despite what a lot of people on this board says...
Unless your goal is not to be only a MM or you are talented being a MM + others, you are a MM, which means, you specialize in what you do.
Now since that you specialize in what you do, you don't need to use Icy Veins to kill people because that's why you have minions (or in your case, minions to bomb) for that. Your goal is to:
1. Raise minions.
2. Keep minions.
3. Bomb minions.
4. Keep yourself alive.
5. Try to keep others alive, if you can't don't worry about it.
6. Rez if possible.

The best elite for minion bombing is Jagged Bones.
Why? It gets you unlimited minions.
Which means, you do not need Signet of Lost Souls or Taste of Pain. What you need is Taste of Death. You can keep either Signet or ToP, but you should bring a REZ instead. Normally your team SHOULD BE conpetent enough for you to not bring one, but always try to avoid not having one.

In conclusion, I just want to say: You are a MM, do what a MM do. Don't try to swallow more than you can chew unless you are GOOD AT MULTITASKING, or in this case, MULTIROLING. You are a MM, do what a MM do. Don't go and try to heal everybody, don't go and try to use SS, don't go and try to degen and spike unless you are good at it. Your minions are your damage output. Raise and keep them, because that means you are raising and keeping your damage.

Carinae · Nov 30, 2006, 10:45 PM // 22:45

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Originally Posted by Popolop

Type: Solo [Farming]

Profession: N/Mo

Ok. Solo MM farming.

Lesson #1) Goto Ascalon or Noob-Island and practice!! Wipe the whole zone repeatedly. If you die, start over.

Solo MMing is an exercise in efficiency and being self-sustaining. You shouldn't be taking ANY damage. But you have to learn to be a fully-functional self-reliant MM without any help from anyone. Where are all the "you don't need a self-heal people now?" (Back in town)

Here is my Ettin farming solo MM build:

Death 16 (12+3+1)
SR 12 (9+3)
Blood 8 (7+1)
Healing 9

Vampiric Gaze
Animate Flesh Golem
Animate Fiends
Blood of the Master
Heal Area
Karei's Healing Circle
Dark Bond
Smite Hex

Use VG to kill something small, raise a Golem. Cast Dark Bond AND NEVER LET IT EXPIRE. Then kill more small targets until you reach 6+ Fiends. Then kill ettins and don't sac yourself to death and don't let the Fiends die.