Agree that STR is highly underrated on INT casters. Human STR is decent though. 25/5 INT/STR split results in 80 starting STR which is very comfortable. I could even see going a 20/10 split for a nice 85 STR. But no more than that. STR jewelry is cheap and can be thrown on in the rare situations you're encumbered and can't sell. INT is your bread and butter as a caster. And people forget how much mana those 50+ Necro spells use (i.e. a root, a cast of Vexing and a cast of Pyrocuror is 1k mana right there). Obviously you can regen it pretty quickly, but extra mana is always helpful, from 1-60. I remember very well leveling my Necro and getting an unlucky string of resists on snares/fears and finishing many kills with almost zero mana left in the tank. And at higher levels a little extra mana to play with can be an entire extra cast of Deflux to keep you alive when face tanking in a bad situation, or when you're throwing out tons of roots when attempting to charm break a room.
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