That could totally work. Something like "Iron Golem: Your golem applies X% of your thorns on every hit. On use: Explodes, dealing Y% of your thorns to everyone in range."
I was just using Invoker's as an example, to illustrate that you need more than what Necro currently have to make Thorns viable.
So would LoN Petthorn be viable? Possibly, but with (so far) no runes for any skills that support Thorns (like used in LoN Pony), I still think the damage would be lacking.
Main stat isn't the issue here... It's not just the fact they have str that makes Thornsaber's viable, it's the set with gives them 800% thorns damage on each melee, and makes thorns hit in an AoE that makes them able to clear anything about 20.
Without some way to proc a large % of their thorns on every attack, Necro Thorn will never be a viable build.
Don't forget the thorns gem... will probably use that with pet builds that grant the pets your thorns damage.
Eh, even with the Thorns gem, the Passive and the Legendary, I don't think Thorns wil work for Necro.
I mean, to make Thorns work you need something like the Invoker's set, which MASSIVELY boosts your thorns damage and gives it an offensive use. I can't see a Necro ThornPet build working, outside of MAYBE LoN, or some other very niche build.
That could totally work. Something like "Iron Golem: Your golem applies X% of your thorns on every hit. On use: Explodes, dealing Y% of your thorns to everyone in range."
I was just using Invoker's as an example, to illustrate that you need more than what Necro currently have to make Thorns viable.
So would LoN Petthorn be viable? Possibly, but with (so far) no runes for any skills that support Thorns (like used in LoN Pony), I still think the damage would be lacking.
Main stat isn't the issue here... It's not just the fact they have str that makes Thornsaber's viable, it's the set with gives them 800% thorns damage on each melee, and makes thorns hit in an AoE that makes them able to clear anything about 20.
Without some way to proc a large % of their thorns on every attack, Necro Thorn will never be a viable build.
I mean, to make Thorns work you need something like the Invoker's set, which MASSIVELY boosts your thorns damage and gives it an offensive use. I can't see a Necro ThornPet build working, outside of MAYBE LoN, or some other very niche build.
A: They'd probably already be in the game by now, if they were going to add them,
B: Not sure what other gems there are to add... we've got a pet one, a poison one, a frost one, a physical one and even a generator one.
Can't really think of any build that the Necro has, which would require a gem we don't already have.