Xbow Necro help

Misc.:
9. Anything else I need to know before playing this game again and trying the xbow necro? As in, what did I forget that is specific to xbow necros?

taem wrote:I haven't played one of these since 1.F9, so I have some q's   ... and may have more later on.

Basic Assumption:
1. So up first, is it true that ALL missiles in the xbow tree are wdm and don't benefit from +% element damage mystic orbs?
Yes

Regarding: Elemental Damage
2. If I had a charm with +100 fire and had +100% fire damage from mystic orbs and was using VooDoo Shot, my necro would only do 100 fire damage, not 200?
Yes

2.a. In the same vein, if I was using Dragon Fire Oil and it added 1000 fire damage to my attacks and I had +100% fire damage from mystic orbs, I'd only do 1000 fire damage?
Yes

3. So, Dragon Fire Oil just applies flat fire damage?
Yes
3.a. If I were using a melee toon and had Dragon Fire Oil doing 1000 fire damage to my attacks and I had +100% fire damage from mystic orbs, then would I be doing 2000 fire damage?
Yes, but only on the direct melee hit. Any missiles that are created as a result of the melee hit (like Parasite's bouncing orb) will not carry the elemental damage bonus. This is a D2 limitation, but the end result in MXL is that %elemental damage is mainly a caster stat, or a stat for weapon-builds that rely on spell procs.

4. Deaths Fury Totem adds flat elemental damage to ones attack. It also adds +%elemental damage which is supposedly added to the totem to increase it's overall effect. Do xbow skills receive the flat added elemental damage from Deaths Fury Totem?
4.a. If so, does the Deaths Fury Totem benefit from it's own +%elemental damage when used by the xbow necro?
The %elemental damage on DFT and the %fire damage on Dragonfire Oil is different from the %elemental damage we've been talking about. These are just ways that the flat damage given to you scales based on the hard points into the skill. So a DFT with 1000 fire damage and +100% hard point synergy will add 2000 fire damage to your weapon damage. This synergy only applies to that particular skill, not to other sources of ele damage. Think of it as two stats on an item saying "This item adds 1000 fire damage" "The fire damage granted by this item is doubled"

5. Shadows enhance a parties elemental damage. Like the other questions above, if you have +elemental damage from charms, do they benefit from the shadows +%elemental damage aura when using an xbow?
5.a. Similar question, but with Dragon Fire Oil instead of damage from charms?
Now this elemental damage is the same as the one you get from gear, and is not a hard-point synergy. It won't apply on missiles for flat ele damage from gear, charms or Dragonfire Oil, as stated above.

Regarding: Deathlord
6. I've been seeing a lot of talk lately of toons using Deathlord when their main skill is either an 0-skill from a javelin - such as the Disco Necro in Guides, or an xbow skill. How does this work when Deathlord says it only works with melee and summoning?
What, really? That shouldn't be possible... I've been using the Death Shards oskill on mine, I'll try Deathlord later, but I don't think it should work, the skill gets locked out by lolcat aura so Deathlord should be the same.

Regarding: Leech and Damage
7. Do xbow skills benefit from Life Leech from Famine?
7.a. How about from the Enhanced Damage from Famine?
Yes
7.b. If the answer to question 6a is yes, then why can xbow skills benefit from +physical damage, but not +elemental damage?
I'm guessing you mean +% and not just +. D2 limitation

Regarding: Reanimates
8. Are my kills from xbow skills capable of triggering "on kill" effects, such as 1% chance to raise skeleton?
8.a. If yes, then I assume this also works with Talons Hold?
8.b. And Life/Mana After Each Kill?
Yes

taem wrote:would elemental damage on the bow itself benefit from +% elemental damage

taem wrote:f shadows enhances dft damage, will that enhanced elemental damage be applied to to the missile, or will it only recieve the flat, unenhanced dft damage?