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This video by Riker offers a comprehensive leveling guide for the Necromancer class in "Diablo 2: Resurrected," detailing strategies across different difficulty levels to reach endgame content. The guide starts with initial attribute allocation— prioritizing energy for mana and shifting to vitality—and skill point recommendations, including focusing on the "Teeth" skill and using the Clay Golem and Iron Maiden abilities for combat efficiency. It stresses the importance of farming for specific runes and items, such as the stealth rune word and various magic wands, to optimize gear.
As players advance, the video suggests transitioning to a bone spear build at level 26 and making key gear upgrades to handle higher difficulties, including items like the Skin of the Viper Magi armor and Magefist gauntlets. Combat strategies involve using Bonewall for crowd control, Amplify Damage for increased effectiveness, and the Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion skills for dealing with enemy waves. The guide also addresses handling magic-immune enemies and provides gear recommendations that enhance necromancer skills and resistances.
Overall, Riker's guide emphasizes strategic skill allocation, efficient farming for gear and runes, and adapting combat strategies to progress smoothly through normal, nightmare, and hell difficulties towards a robust endgame Necromancer build. The video concludes with a promise of a future discussion on mid to late-game mercenary options.
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In this part of the video, Riker provides a leveling guide for the Necromancer class in “Diablo 2: Resurrected.” He outlines the skills and gear needed for progressing through normal, nightmare, and hell difficulties, ultimately aiming for a level 75 Necromancer ready for endgame content. The guide starts with recommendations to allocate early attribute points into energy for mana and then shift to vitality from level 4 onward. For skill points, he advises investing in the “Teeth” skill until level 10 and acquiring a wand with a bonus to teeth from Akara. He suggests collecting runes and certain items by farming the Countess in the Black Marsh to prepare for creating rune words. Additionally, he mentions using tier runes in a helm for mana regeneration. The guide also recommends placing points in “Clay Golem,” “Amplified Damage,” and “Iron Maiden” for overall effectiveness in combat.
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In this part of the video, the speaker details the strategy for using Iron Maiden and a clay golem in combat, specifically to tackle act bosses by making them damage themselves. He advises players to cast Iron Maiden on the boss and repeatedly summon the clay golem, while continuously attacking with teeth. If a wand with a bonus to Iron Maiden is found, players should invest skill points into teeth instead of amplifying damage or Iron Maiden. For attributes, points should go into strength early on for equipping a belt and then into vitality. Skill points between levels 14 to 16 should enhance bone armor and bone wall. The video also explains how to reroll magic wands using chipped gems, aiming to get bonuses to bone spear, and preparing runes to create the stealth rune word for significant gear upgrades. Lastly, shopping tips for acquiring the right bone wand and armor are discussed for maximizing efficiency in combat.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on preparing and optimizing your character in a game by acquiring essential items and skill points. The first key action is shopping for a bone wand with specific attributes before level 18 to use the red background vendor trick. The importance of collecting necromancer off-hand items with bonuses to bone spear or teeth is highlighted. Upon reaching level 20, the next task is to shop for a staff of teleportation at Ormus in Act 3. The staff should be equipped once you hit level 24 for improved mobility.
Skill points should be allocated to bone spear and corpse explosion between levels 18 and 26, with an emphasis on reaching 47 strength by level 21 and then investing in vitality. The video continues with instructions to farm specific items and runes in Act Five, including creating the Ancients’ Pledge runeword and using earned quests to optimize gear. Additionally, strategies for farming experience in the secret cow level and defeating Eldritch the Rectifier in the frigid highlands of Act Five are provided to reach level 26 efficiently.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for leveling up a character, specifically focusing on transitioning into a bone spear build at level 26. Key actions include respecting skill points in Act 1 to allocate them into corpse explosion, bone spear, and bone prison, and balancing attribute points primarily into strength and vitality. The speaker advises on essential gear shopping for resistance to handle the increased difficulty of Nightmare mode and details the order in which to max out skills. They further explain how to farm for specific runes to create powerful rune words like “Lore” and “White,” and describe the combat strategy of using bone spear and corpse explosion in combination with bone prison for crowd control, especially against act bosses. Additionally, he guides on handling magic-immune enemies in later stages by incorporating the amplify damage curse.
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In this part of the video, the speaker addresses a specific strategy for handling enemies and suggests various gear options for optimizing gameplay. To manage enemy waves, the player should cast Bonewall to contain them, then use Amplify Damage followed by Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion to eliminate the enemies efficiently. Special attention should be given to the magic-immune Unravelers.
The video also explores better gear options, including the Skin of the Viper Magi armor for its skill and resistance boosts, Magefist gauntlets for enhanced fire skills and cast rate, and various items like Haemosu’s Adamant, Sanders’ Riprap, Stone of Jordan, Splendor runeword, and Homunculus shield for their beneficial attributes. The importance of obtaining amulets that increase necromancer skills is also highlighted.
The segment concludes with an acknowledgment that keeping mercenaries alive is tough due to game patches, but promises a future video on mid to late-game mercenary options. The video wraps up with thanks to supporters and a call to action for viewers to subscribe and check out additional content.