So ive been playing a necromancer and i was just wondering what would good stepping stone zombies might be.. or if that can even be talked about im not sure. Any help will be greatly appriciated
zombies
Drstam, Travl, Shudde'mel are all easy and fast to get with a group.
Later on you can work to replace Drstam with Traven, Travl with a guardian of desolation, or Gasteride.
Is Travl the executioner in Mino-topia?
I thought he was always a good wack if he can still be raised.
Ah... Who else...
Travl is within the dwarf town near the bear. Careful he hits the entire group. But dirts and bashes.
Ok so i guess i thought those were the end goal, being that theres not a whole lot of people around i was wondering if there were like stepping stones to get to that point.. i tried to get drstam by myself and jist aboit died lol.. i got a crab and a cult lookout just to have more bodies to cover me but that didnt work too well.
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The cook in flying citadel is nice, magical damage - acid blasts mess him up
Gigantic crab is always a good started, dirts bashes and is hasted
Drstam after you get those two should be a breeze
even the lion guardian guys in the hamlet can be a decent starter
Good ending zombies
Travens from desolation
Desolation Guardians
Shudde M'ell
I like the inn keeper from winter too since he does divine power dmg
I want to add that I am not the best Necro, perhaps Mindflayer could chime in with better info.
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Ok well ima try that and well see how it goes.. im mot the best with th lay of the lands lol still have a bit to learn
Cult lookout IMO isn't a good stepping stone. If you can raise him, you can raise mahn-zhar. Mahn is probably the best leveling zombie, and he stays relevant when you need to upgrade. With him and a crab, and consumables, drstam is easy @40ish, which replaces mahn. Travl will replace the crab. Shudde at 50. Deso guardian replaces mahn, traven replaces travl. If you need a more seem less transition and grouping is scarce, replace crab with gasteride like f0xx suggested I would think.
Though I am with Dale. If you want the best necro advice, ask Mindflayer
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That would be cool.. havent seen mindflayer in a while tho.. could i get some approximate directions to those guys?
To be honest, I did better with the new setup. Traven, Shudde M'ell and Gasteride.
That's when the change about zombies having to be different types happened.
He used to walk around with 3 Travens.
Gasteride is within Gasterides fortress north and east of Maelbrim and is very difficult to get to, maybe impossible alone.
Travl is in the dwarven town south of blackwatch.
Travens as well as the guardians of desolation are within desolation, west of Dischord. - Hard to impossible alone as a necro.
Shudde M'ell is in the Caverns of Shudde M'ell which is within the ruins of Anduin.
Best zombies that you can get solo:
Travl
Lirin
Drstam
Shudde'mell
Once you have any three of those, trade in Lirin for the Innkeeper from Winter - 3 attacks/round, divine damage, trips a lot
Once you have Travl/Drstam, Shudde and Innkeeper...get yourself a wand of wind.
To kill Drstam, try making your stone golem take the damage while you mal him up...curse/weaken/blind/plague/poison. Then use vampiric touch as needed while your zombies do the rest.
Killing Shudde solo requires some knowledge that we can't share. If you don't know how, try asking in game.
You mentioned wand of wind but why? Don't necro's have Faerie Fire? Or are you referring to another wand of wind?
Wand of wind contains hurricane.
Perhaps the floating wand was the intended wand?
-- Or not.
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I was thinking of the one from elemental canyon, low lvl faerie fire. Didn't know there was a hurricane one.
I always death grasped and power word killed drstam.
ok so next question is what should i look for in equipment? saves armor class? im not really sure anything would be great!
OK - Equipment Im going to suggest going max hp at this stage until you get a feel for what you're likely to combat in the future.
Rings of fire are great as a hp/mana/saves combo (can evils use these? lol... Fail if they cant its been a LOOONG time.)
USE THE WIKI! - Im going to pick out some things which should be easy for you to kill.
a Cube of Force diamond cube force antigood, antineutral, glow, invis, magic, psienhance 2 15 50 AC -5, HP 25, STR 1 Mhordren, the master warrior Keep of Myran Dammel 0 0
adamantite ring fire glow, hum 2 4 50 savingaffl -7, savingmental -3, mana 35, INT 2 ? The Northern Passage finger 0 1
an old brooch ivory old brooch none 5 4 30 HP 40 the emissary Minoma neck 0 1
a pair of runed-black gauntlets leather runed black gauntlets glow, socketable 7 15 28 damroll 1, mana 30, STR 1 ? Unknown 6 7 7 5 hands 0 1
a pair of decorated arm bands cloth decorated arm bands magic 3 8 40 movegain 10, savingmental -3, savingmaled -8, HP -5 a sergeant Crystalmir Caverns 7 7 7 12 arms 0 1
a belt of faerie magic faerie magic belt faerie magic antineutral, bless, evil, hum, invis 0 7 45 mana 15, savingmental -7, HP 10 the Swamp King Swamp 9 15 7 15 waist 0 1
the scalp of the Gargantuan Squid squid scalp gargantuan squid hum 10 5 51 HP 20, mana 50, savingspell -1, savingaffl -2, savingmental -2 ? The Sunken Ship 12 14 12 9 head 0 1
a suit of black eog bodyarmor leather eog bodyarmor antineutral, hum, psienhance, socketable 8 10 45 savingaffl -5, HP 25 Dhaemon Unknown 9 0 11 0 torso 0 0
the Crabshell leggings shells crabshell leggings hum 30 10 50 HP 30, mana 10 The Keeper of Crabs Unknown 15 15 15 0 legs 0
1
boots of protection steel boots protection glow 5 10 46 AC -10, savingaffl -5, savingmaled -5 ? Citadel of Kaer Banor 6 3 8 4 feet 0 1
a Major Globe of Invulnerability ethereal globe major glow, hum, magic 1 6 31 AC -10, savingmaled -10, savingaffl -10 a large pedestal Minoma 1 1 1 13 body 0 1
a Minor Globe of Invulnerability ethereal globe minor glow, magic 0 10 27 savingmental -8, savingmaled -5, damroll 1, hitroll 1 ? Unknown 5 6 5 16 body 0 1
a glass bracelet glass bracelet glass glow, magic, nodrop, socketable 0 10 20 damroll 2, HP 10 the Glass Dragon The Glass Spires 10 11 12 6 wrist 0
1
a blue bracer steel blue bracer none 1 2500 50 AC -5, HP 15, mana 15 ? Unknown 5 5 5 5 wrist 0 0
a Cycle shroud silk Cycle shroud antigood, antineutral, dark, evil, nodrop, nonmetal 1 4 50 CON -3, AC -10, HP 20, mana 40 an unholy priestess The Volcano 5 10 6 7 face 0 2
Hopefully that helps as a base? You can obviously build on this but Im giving you a starting point. Theres no point me listing the ideal set I would choose for my necro.
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So its a little messy yes, but all the info is there.
Click on the links for a bit of a better format about the information on each piece.
The wiki is your friend!