pet necros, has an ele ever killed you?
In single 1 v1 combat I have never lost to an elementalist using a pet build. As a glassy conditionmancer I lost to a bursty dagger ele, but thats honestly the only occurence I can recall.
Elementalists get me a lot more in team based fighting.
Ive had stalemates vs tankier/heal elementalists though.
As a minion mancer I had no problems with eles. However, some I couldn’t kill and vice versa. The eles ran then off.
As Rhy said, as a glass cannon things looked different.
I assume the knocback you’re talking about is the golem charge (that’s the only knockdown pet necros have that I can think of).
the golem is very bad at negotiating broken/rough terrain, use that to your advantage. If you keep him at a distance, you can usually see the charge coming long enough ahead to dodge it (it’s on a 1min cd). It also goes into full passive mode when the necro is in DS.
Also don’t let the bone minions explode on you, and condition removal is your best friend if he’s scepter/dagger or staff.