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Originally Posted by xCry0x
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I kind of skimmed over your post and it looks like you put a lot of thought into it but possibly didn't take into consideration the soft cap on int that is around 200? You mentioned 1 int = 10 mana but that is only true up to 200. Given the int gear available when you start going planar it is pretty easy to hit the 200 cap. My lvl 14 iksar necro is sitting at 180 int (I think) without dumping starting points into int and with hp rings, mana bracers and empty slots.
The basic idea I have always been told is that any race can max int relatively easily, so secondary stats/racial are important for int casters which is why iksar regen is the be all end all for necro class.
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You're right about of soft cap, but really that just means the ERU can reach 200 INT much easier and then stack +HP/mana gear instead, like Platinum Tiara, BS jewelry, HBC, Rokyl's crystal, etc...
He said he didn't want to raid so I didn't factor in uber gear into the scenario, just mid-range stuff that can be easily acquired in EC.
Once you get Lich at 49, being an Iksar stacked for INT becomes problematic because even with the extra regen Lich chews through your health very quickly, and a low HP necro has to lich most of his health away to make Bond of Death efficient, which can be dangerous. So at that point you're really forced to start stacking HP gear, which comes at the expense of INT and noticeably reduces your mana pool. For the Erudite this doesn't matter nearly as much because their superior starting INT and +INT itemization (GEBs, Mantle, etc...) So even taking the soft cap into account, the Erudite is going to have a significantly larger mana pool than the Iksar.