Quick question regarding necro race

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The numbers in your post are out of whack.

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

Here's some math to help you decide. The HP to mana ratio for Arch Lich is 0.646. An Iksar sitting gets 12 hp a tick, or 2 per second, which translates to 1.292 mana per second.

Devouring Darkness costs 400 mana. In 310 seconds, or about every 5 minutes, an Iksar gets to cast an extra Devouring Darkness. If you can live knowing that you will be able to cast one less Devouring Darkness every five minutes as a dark elf, you absolutely should keep your current character; otherwise reroll.

Arch lich is 1:1 (20 lost 20 gained)
Demi Lich is 1:0.646 (48 lost 31 gained)
A sitting iksar gets 18 (not 12)

Regardless, you're thinking about this the wrong way.

Standing at 60 in Demi lich a non-iksar loses 44 hp a tick. Iksar loses 36. Non iksar will lose health and need to vexing in 2.27 minutes. Iksar in 2.78 mins.

Sitting at 60 in Demi lich a non-iksar loses 41 hp a tick. Iksar loses 30. Non iksar will lose health and need to vexing in 2.43 minutes. Iksar in 3.33 mins.

Standing at 60 in ARCH lich a non-iksar loses 16 hp a tick. Iksar loses 8. Non iksar will lose health and need to vexing in 6.25 minutes. Iksar in 12.5 mins.

Sitting at 60 in ARCH lich a non-iksar loses 13 hp a tick. Iksar loses 2. Non iksar will lose health and need to vexing in 7.69 minutes. Iksar in 50 mins.


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Standing at 51 in Lich a non-iksar loses 20 hp a tick. Iksar loses 16. Non iksar will lose health and need to bond of death in 3.6 minutes. Iksar in 4.5 mins.

Sitting at 51 in Lich a non-iksar loses 17 hp a tick. Iksar loses 10. Non iksar will lose health and need to bond of death in 4.23 minutes. Iksar in 7.2 mins.

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Standing at 56 in Lich a non-iksar loses 19 hp a tick. Iksar loses 12. Non iksar will lose health and need to bond of death in 3.79 minutes. Iksar in 7.2 mins.

Sitting at 56 in Lich a non-iksar loses 16 hp a tick. Iksar loses 6. Non iksar will lose health and need to bond of death in 4.5 minutes. Iksar in 12 mins.


Recap for sitting:

At 60 in Demi lich non iksar has to tap 37% more often.
At 60 in Arch lich non iksar has to tap 650% more often.
At 56 in Lich non iksar has to tap 267% more often.
At 51 in Lich non iksar has to tap 170% more often.

As has been mentioned multiple times, none of this is so game breaking that a non iksar necromancer can't function ... but the difference is quite huge.