[Taryth]

Having played as an Ench in an Ench/Mage duo from 1-55, I can safely say that a Necro will probably want to invest some starting points into str. If my Ench didn't have Werewolf/Berserker Spirit, I'd be screwed. In fact, I rolled an Iksar Necro today, 15 into str and 15 into int. With extremely modest twinking (800pp spent) and two or three hours spent collecting items, I have 99 str and 148 int.

Int is very easy to cap if you know what items to look for. Str will come more rarely as a clothie, and as a Necro it only makes sense to invest a little into your capacity to farm solo (as a proper Necro should.) You'll have mana regen to make up for the ~100 mana & 5pts you lose to str.