Which race for a solo Necro?

[Cawin]

Gnome. They have the best racial ability in the game hands down.

[Castle2.0]

Gnome. They have the best racial ability in the game hands down.

Cuteness doesn't help with damage or keeping a mob feared. Sorry.

[Cawin]

OK, they have the top two racial abilities. Wall-o-vision brah.

[Tethler]

Dark elf for netted kelp fashion in Velious, or wait for Kunark and make Iksar.

Really though, most appearance points are moot when you are almost always in skeleton form.

[Swish]

Dark elf pre-Kunark. If you think you'll definitely not make an iksar one afterwards... go for it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[M.J.]

Gnome Head to Head:

Gnome VS Dark Elf

No hide, no awesome neon German sex brothel starting city. Can, swing through hallways and avoid pats with wall-vision, get FD anyways.

Gnome VS Erudite

Lose the High Int / Charisma competition, lose the "can walk up large stairs" competition. Do, have godly starting zone that isn't an ocean or Karana's run away, enjoy the wee privilege of navigating Akanon easily. Tie, scalp real estate.

I think the answer is clear:

Iksar.

[kjs86z]

Play something else until Kunark, have a set of gear ready to go for your level 1 lizard necro.

Don't worry about places being camped. Necros can basically level anywhere.

[Ivory]

Gnome!!! Because gnomes got 4 racial abilities.... 1 is listed, 3 is hidden.

1) Tinkering

2) Shortness!! You can fit through gates and into places others have trouble with. No key needed for hole. No key needed for getting past gate in Najena....and much more!!

3) Wall vision! Gnome peepers is best peepers. See everything, great for lulling and splitting in guk (for example).

4) Faction bonus ... gnomes have a boost to faction with just about everything! This means they can easily get non KOS (or even start out non-kos in a lot of places). Something like a dark elf necro or erudite has MUCH more trouble.

At first glance on the wiki... the racial bonus of gnomes don't seem like much, with just tinkering listed.... but the REAL racial bonuses of gnomes is actually quite amazins.

[tsuchang]

Rolled a Erudite on green to see how it goes. Sure is dark at night. Got to lvl 5 easy enough. I have a 49 iki necro on blue so I know a bit about how to kite, root/rot and fear. Kinda the same so far.

[webphi]

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

Rolled a Erudite on green to see how it goes. Sure is dark at night. Got to lvl 5 easy enough. I have a 49 iki necro on blue so I know a bit about how to kite, root/rot and fear. Kinda the same so far.

You mean root few mobs close to each others, and start charming ? Why use vastly inferior and slow methods 😁