While a sorc can join a game and immediately get to killing stuff, on my necro I usually go to the frigid highlands wp to get minions while MFing eldritch and shenk. The other issue with a summoner is needing minions. Beast might help, and I do have one stashed for ubers, but I prefer hoto to hit the 125 fcr breakpoint and to max my resists. Once you can start chaining CE you can kill really fast, but getting started on a pack of monsters definitely feels slow. The first couple of explosions help by giving your merc less health to chew through on his next kill but it definitely takes a few seconds. The main problem with summoner in full games (or /players 8 if SP) is that the increased monster health means you have to wait a bit longer for your minions (mainly your merc) to get the first few kills, since it takes 3-4 CEs to kill stuff. I haven't played a higher level well geared hammerdin or javazon so I can't speak on them. This season it's all I'm playing, last season I split between necro and lit sorc. Necro is my thing, I just love the class. Very fast kill speed especially for pit runs. Also mention the infinity/lite sorc combo. Even though his life is around 4k, I don't want to have to be farming for insight polearms all the time. Making sure he doesn't recklessly run into a pack of venom lords. The only thing that is slightly annoying is taking care of my iron golem. The necro build is a little hot key heavy but it kills so fast. Killing hell diablo in 2 hits even on P4 or 5 is pretty sweet. Boss killing speed with the java is unreal. Now I think the amazon is probably my second fav for kill speed and simplicity. I can use Dim Vision to deal with Souls in WSK as well. Obviously my gear isn't perfect yet (still waiting on those SOJs) but my kill speed is pretty awesome in chaos runs. X in blood golem for life bonus to golems Golem: Insight iron golem (clay for Ubers)Įventually I'll try to get Beast zerk for doing Ubers. Silkweave boots (will get war travs eventually) I chose this character based on that versatility factor. Also, this one build is capable of MFing, keys, Chaos/Baal runs, AND Ubers. But in terms of surviving Hell and clearing rooms quickly, I'd say it's goin to the Necro.

Yes the javazon deals incredible damage as does the hammerdin. My vote for most powerful and quickest Hell difficulty without dying would be a CE summoner necro.

I've played a fully geared javazon and hammerdin.

Diablo 2 necromancer builds 1.14