Necromancers "are terrible in groups"

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

@swish: In almost all group situations, DoTs *are* a waste of mana. But even necros can perfectly use their mana in a better way, even if they just nuke.

I would say that necromancer have a selection of so many DOTs at their disposal, that you can choose the one what would sync with the group's kill speed. Especially on higher levels when monsters don't die from one or two swings of a twinked melee, you can adjust your DOTs in a way, that they tick their full length.

On low levels? Use utility DOTs, snare for example, or life leech. Manage the pull, realize that you ARE a CC class. Maybe DOT something what is the next on the kill list, and just standing there rooted for the moment, be creative.

I am just putting this out here for the newbie necros, as I also thought that it is the best to switch to nuking in a group for a long time in my career, thus converting your character to a lousy magician.

But you can do so much better. Using all these strategies mentioned already in the thread, you do not ever have to restrain yourself to nuking, you can be more useful in a group.

When you find that you constantly have to switch spells for your next minute of action, that is where you start playing your necromancer to its full potential. That is my experience at least and I am sure I am not even the best necro of p99 by far.

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