difference between minion and horror..

well i hate when ppl use minons over horrors....... there sooooo weak with there dmg output. You might get two minons but they are weak, with one horror it can stand on its own longer and with 10 health pips from vetras sac it will last longer then something with weaker amrour and less health, and will deal more dmg and costing 10nrg less is better.

But if u are going to be a minon bomber, death nova - taste of death then go minons... but i also hate the death nova -tod comb >_<

i normel take fiends and horrors Verettas Sac will affect a low health minion and a high health minion equally, what's your point? I do agree with death nova comment. MMs need Death Nova in most situations. (ToPK, essential, SF, useful, PVP, possibly)

It depends on what you're aiming for with your necro.
Damage dealing is really not what an MM is all about. MM is the new tank. You're purpose is to keep the enemy of your allies, usually by minoin body blocking in PVP or fooling target selection in PVE.

To this end, Minions are more useful. When I do MM in a non solo, it would be in ToPK. Here minions/horros will die very quickly. Axe chains used by the creatures there will gib any minion in a few hits, with overkill. If you have 2 minions it takes longer to kill than 1, due to changed target time and wasted damage output.

Additionally, you have double the Soul Reaping.
When a horror dies, I gain 13 energy, 2 energy too little to raise a new one.
When my 2 minions die, I gain 26 energy, allowing me to raise another with 1 net gain.

Energy management shouldn't really be an issue at all in a good team, but the point is valid regardless.

Think that covers it.

I always prefer the Fiends and Horror over the Minions. I just find that the minions to be almost useless except for nova bombing. their dmg output is just plain pathetic, even at 16 death (so Lvl 11 minions I think), they deal about 0 dmg to a warrior, and not that much to a caster. I just can't see them body blocking very well, as they can be taken down with 2 hits due to their low armor, low health, and extra squishiness that all minions have (double physical dmg to them) while a bone horror, with more health, more armor can last much longer. dead minions during battle is kinda the point...

of course their lower level of course they die faster.. and when they do their holding back monsters and allowing the team to create more corpses to make MORE minions.. who will have less degen... and cost you almost nothing to cast ( 5 ene with 10 soulreap to recast continual minions) this allows you to generate a LOT of minions and effectively spam constantly to make a rizen from every corpse.... plus the Orders nec will LOVE you because they have SERIOUS amounts of ene constantly and can rebirth on the spot in battle and never miss a beat with orders if their good..

plus the Orders nec will LOVE you because they have SERIOUS amounts of ene constantly and can rebirth on the spot in battle and never miss a beat with orders if their good.. so true...I just love they way my E is up all the time, even if I'm spamming orders & healing. I can help the monk too.
no need for a big minion army(in barrage team), just use 2-3 corpse to create them