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Stats:
Strength 75
Dex Base or try to max blocking (I chose to go for 80)
Vitality MAX
Energy 70
Each Level at first: +2 Strength, +1 Vit, +2 Energy
Goals for Skills:
Raise Skeleton 20
Skeleton Mastery 20
Raise Skeleton Mage 1
Clay Golem 1
Revive 8-10
Golem Mastery 1
Summon Resist 2
Corpse Explosion 10
Amplify Damage 4
Dim Vision 1
Attract 1
Decrepify 1
Bone Spirit 20 (Max Last)
1 in each prerequisite: Iron Golem, Blood Golem, Teeth, Confuse, Weaken, Terror
Best Merc: Use Offensive Act 2 Merc (Blessed Aim Aura) in Normal until replaced by Nightmare Offensive Act 2 Merc (Might Aura)
Skill Progression:
2. Amplify Damage
3. Raise Skeleton
Den of Evil: Skeleton Mastery
4. Raise Skeleton
5. Teeth
6. Clay Golem
7. Corpse Explosion
8. Corpse Explosion
9. Corpse Explosion
10. Weaken
11. Dim Vision
12. Raise Skeleton Mage
Book of Dead: Raise Skeleton
13. Golem Mastery
14. Raise Skeleton
15. Skeleton Mastery
16. Skeleton Mastery
17. Terror
18. Blood Golem
19. Raise Skeleton
20. Raise Skeleton
21. Raise Skeleton
22. Raise Skeleton
23. Confuse
24. Decrepfiy (Get this before facing Normal Duriel)
25. Attract
26. Raise Skeleton
Act IV Quest: Iron Maiden, Life Tap
27. Summon Resist
28. Raise Skeleton
29. Iron Golem
30. Revive
31. Revive
After level 30:
Max Raise Skeleton
Max Skeleton Mastery
1 more into Summon Resist
Get Amplify Damage to 4
Get 8-10 Revives total
Get Corpse Explosion to 10
Put 1 into Bone Spear, Max Bone Spirit
Hot Keys:
A Teeth, Attract
S Corpse Explosion
D Amplify Damage
F Summon Skeleton
Q Summon Clay Golem
W Summon Skeleton Mage
E Revive
R Town Portal
Z Terror
X Dim Vision or Iron Golem
C Weaken, Lower Resist
V Terror
Leveling: Level 1-45 Normal, Level 46-70 Nightmare, 71+ Hell