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Skills - Animate Bone Minions
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I have had upwards of 40 minions all lvl 12 and 17 effectivly between the minions and fiends. No one had to do anything the whole mission, just call a target and sit back, the monk healed me from using blood of the master and verata's sacrifice but well worth it, I was never low on mana and had a great time doing it. It got to the point we had so many people kept getting stuck in a heard of them. Its really quite a blast using the collectors bone staff with 20/20 death and loading up on minions non stop using high soul reaping. they may do little damage but when your surrounded by 30ish critters you die period. unless your built to take just that.
Thing about having multiple minions is that damage reduction plays a major role. SInce it is multiple small attacks, damage reduction effects each attack seperately. Like my warrior has a total of 7 reduction (3 from rune, 2 from ascalon, 2 from shield). Then if I had shielding hands on me, the minions would be doing about 0 damage each hit to me.
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Thing about having multiple minions is that damage reduction plays a major role. SInce it is multiple small attacks, damage reduction effects each attack seperately. Like my warrior has a total of 7 reduction (3 from rune, 2 from ascalon, 2 from shield). Then if I had shielding hands on me, the minions would be doing about 0 damage each hit to me.
This is a good point. This skill works very well with Mark of Pain or Barbs. I don't believe it works with Order of Pain, since it says it only affects party members, not allies.
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Originally Posted by Eskimo Bob
Thing about having multiple minions is that damage reduction plays a major role. SInce it is multiple small attacks, damage reduction effects each attack seperately. Like my warrior has a total of 7 reduction (3 from rune, 2 from ascalon, 2 from shield). Then if I had shielding hands on me, the minions would be doing about 0 damage each hit to me.
Until you start Death Nova - Taste of Death - cycle on them. You are now getting hit for 100+ damage every second. And you are stuck in middle of them, can't run away, cut off from your target. In other words, you are no longer a threat to anything, and can be taken down whenever it suits summoners whim...
And even that 0-1+ points of damage, which they might be doing thru your defenses will make you fall down. 40+, each with 1+ point of damage.. Thats ~12 seconds until you join their ranks.
Add Barbs, and they become really scary threat, which can cut thru anything in seconds.
And even that 0-1+ points of damage, which they might be doing thru your defenses will make you fall down. 40+, each with 1+ point of damage.. Thats ~12 seconds until you join their ranks.
Add Barbs, and they become really scary threat, which can cut thru anything in seconds.
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And they are free. The fact that they generate more energy dying than they cost to raise with enough Soul Reaping makes them fine - I don't mind them being mediocre damage, short lived creatures - they only cost me a corpse, and they are walking bombs to boot.
Yes, yeeeessssssss..... For The Overmind!!!!!!!
LOL I love playing my death necro with my collector staff or my recently acquired collector truncheon/grim cesta combo.
LOL I love playing my death necro with my collector staff or my recently acquired collector truncheon/grim cesta combo.
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Minions as bombs are awsome! There was one time when I was surrounded by like 6 jungle trolls, well I had like 4-5 minions that all went off simultaneously. It was a beautiful sight. Everything on the screen but me, dead. Wish I had got a screenshot.
The biggest downside to minion bombs is if you die, nova kills your team. Then they get mad at you and don't ress you lol :P.
The biggest downside to minion bombs is if you die, nova kills your team. Then they get mad at you and don't ress you lol :P.
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