Necromancer is a great deal of fun when you’re trying to hold on for dear life. However when you’re simply fighting a run of the mill enemy when there’s no worry of dying most skill are a damage loss compared to auto attack. I’m currently running a tank/lifesteal/power build (10/0/0/30/30) with D/D and Staff with Spectral utilities and Plague elite. I’ll swap Well of Suffering for Spectral Armor when soloing. Anyway, most skills are simply a damage loss compared to Dagger auto attack. It gets a little more interesting when fighting multiple enemies, but when fighting a single enemy it would be so much more interesting if the 2-5 skills provided more damage compared to autoattack. Mark of Blood/Chillblains/Enfeebling Blood are great if a mob will be up more than 5 seconds (many die quickly to Dagger #1) or aren’t already loaded up with bleed/poison as a boss mob might be.
Mark damage is too low. Dagger skills across the board need to do more damage compared to autoattack. Combat would be so much more engaging if I actually had to make the decision of “do I use Life Siphon/Dark Pact/Deathly Swarm” for a damage boost or do I save them for defensive purposes. They need not do massive damage, but something modestly better than the autoattack would keep things much more interesting and comparable to when I play my Warrior or Engineer.
Necro. Interesting and fun in dire situations. AFK autoattack on easy content.
