The Big Necro Farming Guide!

do you mean HM or NM?

NM is easily possible with Soul Leech, Backfire, and some self heals. HM is a whole lot scarier - i shall see what i can do.

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after admiring my smexy PvP characters, i'll give HM Vaettirs a go - no matter what happens, it'll be interesting. :P

Okay so im trying to do the 55 SV build but what Sunspear rank should i be in so that Necrosis would work good?

Sunspear rank is really of little consequence - even at r0, it does 40 damage, which would be enough. however, it only starts doing more damage than Vampiric Gaze at rank 6 - so, rank 5 and under, bring Vamp Gaze, rank 6 and over, bring necrosis.

Ok thanks by the way AWESOME THREAD!!

ill personally give you e-cookies for a vattier farm.

How much energy would be good for 55 SV becuse i have 36.

Sasuke: 36 energy will work, but higher energy is always preferable.

as far as vaettirs go, you guys had me worried - i thought they would be a challenge.

I guess not.

group them up with a wall on their left, don't spam, watch patrols on the way there. will add to guide ASAP.

EDIT: Also did some HM Nolani Academy runs today - got run time down to 2 mins. will post screens tomorrow.

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So far this week ive killed vermin vermin and more vermin. I dont get as many drops as in the pics but it still brings out a steady 1.5-2k per and thats without the celestials im getting... i do it with a hero but the empty space n the bar is bugging me: ive tried a lot of skills, sum 2 counteract the degen and ive even changed his seconday 2 Necro 4 a cupple of ngy skills.
i have encountered a problem tho. wen i take on Shreaders group (may his awesom strenghth be venerated foreved ) and i hit poison heart i get -2 degen... i have a fair but of health (~490) but i still cant withstand all the damage. any1 have any pointers?

EDIT: WHY HASNT THE THREAD BEEN STICKIED YET!?!?

SS an IP him first ...love him all the time before U take on the rest.
Poisoned Heart...or..Enfeeble/Enfeebling Touch/Necrosis

I'm sad when it comes to computer skills, so I don't know how to post any pretty pictures in here like some of you. But I thought I should share the SLotS (Secret Lair of the Snowmen) farm for 55 necros in Eye of the North. For those unfamiliar with this dungeon, you get it from Koris Deeprunner (Hope I got the name right. It's close to that if that's wrong.) in Umbral Grotto for turning in the 4 map pieces. HM farming is best, since stuff dies faster, has a fairly good gold drop rate, and has a rather high drop rate for monk tomes (in my experience, at least).

The Build
prot spirit
shielding hands
spiteful spirit
suffering
necrosis (assuming your Sunspear rank makes it worthwhile)
awaken the blood
desecrate enchantments
option (I like to bring shadow strike, but whatever you want is fine. Defile enchantments is another good option.)

The Setup
Go in and get the Beacon of Droknar blessing thing, then go out the main door until the Glimmering Snowman shouts something like "They found our secret lair! Snowmen to arms!" Stop. Turn back toward where you spawned with your back to the snowmen. A bunch of snowmen will come running toward you. Cast prot spirt when you're just about to catch aggro, then shielding hands. Without shielding, you'll go down in ~1 second. A 20% enchant weapon is preferable for this shielding hands part. As soon as you catch aggro, run behind the icicles sticking out of the ground nearest to you. It may take a few tries to find the right spot, but if you're behind them right, the snowmen can't hit you with anything and you don't need to maintain prot spirit or shielding hands. The snowmen will kill Koris, then head toward you.

The Kills
Cast awaken the blood. The snowmen will probably have split into 2 groups around the icicles. Target one in the middle of the larger group (just to kill as many as fast as possible) and hit him with SS. Hit the other group of snowmen with suffering and desecrate. SS will finish off the first side. Feel free to spam the suffering/desecrate side with necrosis and shadow strike (or whatever you brought). Cast SS on the snowman with the most HP left (so it's most effective) in the second group when the hex recharges. Bam. Perfect for weekend event farming (hint hint) and a pretty good monk tome farm (Snowmen are monks).

There's a second group of Snowmen that's harder to kill. If they run down to the big doorway through which you walked at the beginning (you'll know what I'm talking about if you're in there), you can aggro them and hide behind the wall (find a good spot; if they can hit you, they can knock you down; plus, shielding hands won't last forever) to the left of the door (left when looked at from where you spawned). This second group doesn't usually come down here, however, and fighting them out in the open is impossible unless you bring anti-kd and another damage reduction/reversal skill, and it's not worth the time imo when you can just kill the first group in under 2 minutes (yeah, literally, /age You have spent 1 minute on this map. *Zone because the first group is dead.*). Quite a nice farm. Introduced to me by a guildie to whom I am forever grateful.

LOVE this thread, btw. It gave a lot of new places to farm, and I get to do it with my amazing necro, my first toon. Thanks for making/maintaining it.

Okay i have MAJOR trouble i dont have EOTN so i cant get "You Move Like a Dwarf!" for the Nahpui Quarter Solo build so is there a another skill that is like it or at least something that can work in its place?

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