Anyone know where I can find a good Necromancer Staff? (And other equipment)

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

Been working on my Necromancer Character, but having a hard time finding any equipment that boosts necromancy or necrotic damage.

I have found a variety of things that boost lightning, thunder, Ice, and Fire,.....even poison...

Necrotic though......not so much.

[Quacksalber]

Act 3.

[Sonrangeri]

Most of necrotic damage items I have seen aren't even caster ones. You can get heavy armor in act 2 which gives on melee attacks (unarmed) necrotic bonus damage, but I haven't seen even single pure x damage bonus items for that school of spells.

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

Originally posted by EH!:

Act 3.

~sighs~ So you can't get such things till the final act? Well, that kind of rankles...

One would think there would be items supporting every type of build scattered in every act so you could slowly build it up as the story progresses.

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

Originally posted by Sonrangeri:

Most of necrotic damage items I have seen aren't even caster ones. You can get heavy armor in act 2 which gives on melee attacks (unarmed) necrotic bonus damage, but I haven't seen even single pure x damage bonus items for that school of spells.

Yeah......there are a few build types that seem rather under supported by equipment in this game, Necromancers being one of them.

[Orion Invictus]

Act 3 is when you get the Necromancer stuff, sadly. However, it does make you virtually unstoppable when you do get it.

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Act 3 is when you get the Necromancer stuff, sadly. However, it does make you virtually unstoppable when you do get it.

~sighs~ Guess I will create a lightning or fire focused Evocation mage, there is plenty of support for those (Especially lightning) in the earlier acts.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Tentacule Un Seigneur:

Originally posted by EH!:

Act 3.

~sighs~ So you can't get such things till the final act? Well, that kind of rankles...

One would think there would be items supporting every type of build scattered in every act so you could slowly build it up as the story progresses.

Yeah I have Gale as Necromancer on my current run and he's pretty useless.
I think I had 2 necromancer staves in Act 3 and there's at least 1 more you can get.

[Ryllharu]

Necromancer gets phenomenal in Act III, but it's plenty decent in Act II. Don't discount the fact that you have get bonus undead from the Level 3 spells.

You just have to get a little creative. Have the strongest member of your party lug around corpses for you for when they're a little sparse.

Gaining momentum in a fight thanks to zombies is what you should be aiming for before you get the broken gear of Act III. Act I is a bit threadbare though. Cantrips are your friend, but you'll be taking a back seat until later Act II.

Best helmet for necromancers is in Act II (Circle of Bones).

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Ryllharu:

Necromancer gets phenomenal in Act III, but it's plenty decent in Act II. Don't discount the fact that you have get bonus undead from the Level 3 spells.

You just have to get a little creative. Have the strongest member of your party lug around corpses for you for when they're a little sparse.

Gaining momentum in a fight thanks to zombies is what you should be aiming for before you get the broken gear of Act III. Act I is a bit threadbare though. Cantrips are your friend, but you'll be taking a back seat until later Act II.

Best helmet for necromancers is in Act II (Circle of Bones).

The vast majority of enemies in Act 2 are resistant or immune to necrotic damage. How is Necromancer "plenty decent" in Act 2?

[Ryllharu]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

The vast majority of enemies in Act 2 are resistant or immune to necrotic damage. How is Necromancer "plenty decent" in Act 2?

You should relentlessly be summoning zombies or skeletons every encounter you can. There's corpses everywhere to use.

Circle of Bones makes them excellent meat shields, but you shouldn't rush to get that circlet for plot or completionist reasons.

As for the rest, you're still a wizard. You always have options. Just because you're a necromancer does not restrict you to Necrotic damage.

If anyone is trying to be a Necromancy Sorcerer...that's your own fault.