So I just finished with act 1 on Diablo 2 as a Necro and im LOVING it. Back in the day, when I played Diablo 2, friends would just power level me through content so I never experienced the game naturally so ive been having a ton of fun with it today.
However, when I was given the option to respec in Act 1, I didn’t know this was a one time deal and thought that was the npc that respecs. So I changed a few points… Well, I then found out its one respect PER DIFFICULTY!
Looking at leveling guides online, my build is really off. Im currently level 16 and I have points in all summons, hardly in bones, and im getting to content now where im getting beat up pretty bad. Should I just gut it out and just start correcting my build now (Since im still low level) or should I just reroll and blast through act 1 and catch up with the correct build?
There is also the possibility to farm essences from act bosses in hell, if combined it gives you a respec token. Also you still have 2 respecs left, no need to start from scratch.
FFS the quote function in the forum is broken.
You get one per difficulty, once you’re in Hell you can grind out more respecs from bosses.
Sometimes following levelling guides are completely detrimental, as you are locked into a specific mindset, and might not find items anywhere close to what the guide suggests. Then you need to adapt, or you waste time looking for the items/runes to do what the guide tells you.
As a Necro you can literally just start investing into Poison Dagger to strong arm Normal difficulty. One stab one kill. Then once you reach nightmare, you’ll be like level 28~30, unless you grind levels.
EXTREMELY few monsters are actually immune to poison in Normal, and once in Nightmare you get your next respec and you can keep going for a set build after respecing.
And the monsters immune to poison (dagger), you can still kill with the help of your other abilities, whether it be summons or other spells. Or your Mercenary.
I remember before they patched it to give respecs one misclick could ruin your character. Those were the days :d As a summoner, you’ll do well putting points into corpse explosion.
When you say you have points in all summons, what do you mean.
You are probably still fine at this point to just fully pump raise skeleton and don’t worry about restarting.
Put 1 point in to teeth and CE (maggot lair and arcane sanctuary)
Only 1 point in Skeleton mastery
Max Raise Skeleton, at 22, 23, 24 get Decrepify and its pre-requisites.
Shop for a +3 raise skeleton wand, loot for a +rs necro off hand.
Make sure you get 1 point in summon resists before Diablo.
After raise skeletons is maxed then you can start adding points in skeleton mastery, if you have already added points, don’t stress, just focus on raise skeleton and getting 1 point in CE/Decrepify/Summon Resists.
Merc, Clay Golem and Skeles with get you through normal and you can get another respec in nightmare.
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Farm essence at level 16 ? You know well this is not possible. New players should beneficiate free respecs.
Sounds like rerolling is the best option.
Act 1 in normal mode is doable within 1-2 hours which also includes grinding a bit countess for runes and tristram.
You can literally boost yourself up to level 20 allthough it will become tough past lvl 17 regarding xp in act 1.