The Ultimate Guide to Bone Knights!

[pivo]

Originally Posted by pivo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Luckily I got some buffs to push me into 13. At 13 is much easier. I was camping these with my other Necro from 16-20 but with Bone Knight I started at 12. Nice! You need about 4 kills for a yellow bar. Pretty good XP [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] My guess, at 16 there will be a massacre! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well I hit lvl 16 with Scarecrows. Yes it was much easier at lvl 14 and 15. Now i need to read up on new set of spells, get them and come back. Feign Death, yeah!

I tried to duo, but there was no interest. (how in the world everyone knows i'm clumsy player?!?) [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I need to read again through Ivory posts. Hungry Earth is for undead. I need to get this spell. Next week i will be back. I will probably stay with Scarecrows few more levels, then, Hermit in SK or Gargoyles in OOT. Probably gargoyles to gather some platina ;-)

[Toad1]

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Gnomes is great!

[Robersonroger38]

Have you pulled Agro on raid mob yet with your procing weapon and instant death?
Procing weapons are dangerous on raids unless your a tank.

[Toad1]

Originally Posted by Robersonroger38 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have you pulled Agro on raid mob yet with your procing weapon and instant death?
Procing weapons are dangerous on raids unless your a tank.

only if it has a stun on it does it have a chance to draw aggro, and i am not seeing this happen unless he has dots stacked and is chain tapping

[Ivory]

Originally Posted by Robersonroger38 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have you pulled Agro on raid mob yet with your procing weapon and instant death?
Procing weapons are dangerous on raids unless your a tank.

What coulds insta kills me on a raid though? I oftens try to tanks things...

In the planes I was rootins mobs so I could take the tanking from the MT hehe. I can go toe to toe against most things for a fair amount of time (except in later islands of plane of sky!! everythin is deep red there and I stay away! Though I do sometimes go in and tank some, and just back out when I'm hurt... I can stay in a little while before needing to back out... but they hurt a lot)

And if I ever really overstep, I can invuln... or I can FD... the only way I can die is if I lag out or intentionally sacrifice myself in a blaze of glory to save everyone.

[pivo]

Few more cheap starting items:

Wrist: Electrum Bracelet AC 4, 3DEX, 10-15pp, https://wiki.project1999.com/Electrum_Bracelet
Back: Lizardscale Cloak, AC 8, DEX +5, 30-50pp; https://wiki.project1999.com/Lizardscale_Cloak

[Naxy]

I never wanted to play a necro. A bone knight tempts me.

[Zoolander]

this is why STR isn't rly needed since u will rely mostly on procs and not on damage in further expansions going the boneknight route

skillcap piercing and blunt

[Ivory]

Originally Posted by Zoolander [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this is why STR isn't rly needed since u will rely mostly on procs and not on damage in further expansions going the boneknight route

skillcap piercing and blunt

STR doesn't just increase damage, it also increases your attack rating (which should help you land more).

You will miss more than a melee, but it definitely isn't useless. It's also why I was focusing more on dex / proc weapons (I want to start boosting up STR more to get ready for rod of annihilation). Though, I could see focusing a lot on strength instead and trying to maximize hits / melee damage.

BUT bone knighting isn't JUST about raw melee damage (even though it definitely can add some substantial damage through just melee / procs).

It's also about tanking for the pet while adding sustained damage. Even against things that are too tough to tank 100%, you can let the pet start off tanking.... then set up your lifetap dots... then step in and tank for a while... backing up to lifetap if you need and stepping back in.

Like last night I was tanking the frenzy in Lguk (hasted version). He hurt a lot, but I was able to tank it and trade a little with the pet and finish with about 50 -60% mana and pet still at 75% health.

For a typical necromancer with typical armor... the options are just "nuke and dot and hope pact of shadows can keep pet alive long enough". And you eat through tonsss of mana doing that... and end up with a hurt pet that can't handle emergency situations so well.

[Toad1]

110 skill = miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss