We all know there are support characters in HU, we've got our Healadins, Chanters, BOs, etc. And as all necros know, we occasionally fall into the place of the amp bitch on bosses. So I thought, wouldn't it be interesting to make a pure support necro? One who isn't meant to kill in a specific way, but to help a party kill? Interestingly enough, a pure support necro can also help fill in other roles as well as they already have the skills that are hardest to obtain on a different class; curses.
For skills he would have: 20 Bone Armor for surivability 20 in Amp, because, even with diminishing returns, you'll have the best amp around. 6 more in the rest of the main curses. 20 in Swords for bosses. Now how do you fill out the rest of the points? Golems or Skellies are an option, or maybe even DK for it's party support. It's all your choice.
So now you've got a good curse backing, now to grab stuff from other support builds:
Insight is readily available for Meditation, Holy crafts are available for other auras, a good holy craft shield will get you smite, vigor on the shoes, etc.
CoA will get you BO and you'll be able to keep it up as your really not doing much else.
Hell if you want more, some other support skills are always readily available on other items, just pick an choose.
Of course you're going to need people to help you out while you level, and when you get to bosses and hard areas, they'll be glad to have you. Hell you could even amp baal a full screen away, as your amp will be the best around. You will need some money to fully gear the character, and it will take tweaking to get good well rounded support all around.
Anyhoo, this is just an idea of mine. I'd love to test it out sometime, but I am enjoying my Bone Necro too much right now, but if he happens to die in HC, I'll try this one out.
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