Ah, yes. I meant from synergies. Since the introduction of synergies, Bone Necros have had to master all the bone skills in order to be effective. If you master 5 of the 6 bone skills, your Bone Spear will do +280% more damage. Even then, you won't be very effective against monsters.
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I don't intend to play PvP either, just Co-Op, but I'll take all of this into consideration.
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Bone Necros really only shine in PvP. You will have a lot of difficulty against monsters in Co-Op. That doesn't mean you can't still have fun playing a Bone Necro.
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I was going for Meleemancer more than anything, but Bone will probably be my skill of choice.
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If that is the case, there are 2 kinds of meleemancers that are effective. The first type is the poison meleemancer. Here you will just master the poison skills and attack with a dagger. Use Dim Vision or Bone Prison to keep enemies under control. Dim Vision will require multiple points as the duration is cut in nightmare difficulty and moreso in hell difficulty.
The second type is a bone meleemancer. He can use any weapon, because you won't be using poison dagger. He will max Bone Armor and its synergies. Bone Armor will give you added defense. You will use bone prison or dim vision to control enemies. Putting points into curses like Decrepify and Dim Vision is better than getting Bone Spirit or Bone Spear.
Whichever meleemancer you play, you will want to put 1 point into clay golem and fire golem, with a few points into golem mastery. Clay golem will slow enemies down and fire golem will attract enemies away from you. You can't have both summoned at the same time. If your golem dies, you can easily resummon it so you don't need to worry about making him very strong.
You may want to use a shield and in that case you will need high dex. Block rate is dependant on dex, your character's level, and the % number on the shield. The higher the level you are, the more dex you need in order to keep a high blocking rate. The % on the shield description is not the % chance you have to block with it. Your % chance to block is viewable in your stats screen. 75% block rate is the max chance you can have to block.