I'm currently playing summon necro, it's my 4th or 5th high level necro in the 20 years I've been playing. TLDR: Are Skeletal mages a waste of points? Clay Golem much better for Hell? I also noticed that most of the builds that use Clay Golem and only melee Skeletons use the BEAST Runeword for the Fanatacism buff -> that makes sense since they wanna maximize melee guys.īut like, is it useless to use the Skeletal mages? should I respect to max out Clay Golem even before I get my hands on a BEAST runeword? So I'm rocking a Summon Necro now, lvl 76 with full Skeletal Mastery & Raise Skeleton with a spattering of Revive and Summon Skeletal Mage.Now that I'm end-gamish, I Googled some builds and they mostly line up with mine but with 1 glaring exception: everyone seems to dump 20 pts into Clay Golem and none into Summon Skeletal Mage.Īre Skeletal Mages considered useless? I know they don't do much damage but so far I've been enjoying the interference they provide, plus having them with a variety of magic types helps with the Hell mobs who are always immune to one thing or the other. Last updated at 14:00:17 UTC Weekly Help Desk RAGE Loot Thread Trade ThreadĮDIT: okay so the Mages are getting the axe, so the new question becomes: 20 pts for Clay Golem or do I put more towards Golem Mastery?

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