Raise Skeletal Mage

Raise Skeletal Mage

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Raise Skeleton
Requires: A valid monster corpse.
Synergies: Skeletal Mages gain bonuses from points spent in:

• Skeleton Mastery
• Summon Resist

Details: Summons a skeletal mage from a monster corpse. Skeleton mages occur randomly in four types; fire, lightning, cold, and poison. Keep summoning new ones and unsummoning individuals if you wish to get all poison, or no cold, etc.

• Cold mages are useful if you wish to slow monsters and potential break their corpses so shamans can not resurrect them. Cold is not good if you want monster corpses left to raise more skeletons from, Revive, or Corpse Explosion.
• Skeleton mages have high elemental resistance, especially to the element that makes up their own attack.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Mages	Mana	Def.	Slvl	Mages	Mana	Def.	Slvl	Mages	Mana	Def.	Slvl	Mages	Mana	Def.
1	1	8	+10	6	4	13	+60	11	5	18	+110	16	7	23	+160
2	2	9	+20	7	4	14	+70	12	6	19	+120	17	7	24	+170
3	3	10	+30	8	4	15	+80	13	6	20	+130	18	8	25	+180
4	3	11	+40	9	5	16	+90	14	6	21	+140	19	8	26	+190
5	3	12	+50	10	5	17	+100	15	7	22	+150	20	8	27	+200

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Mage Life (Nightmare)	Mage Life (Hell)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Mage Life (Nightmare)	Mage Life (Hell)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Mage Life (Nightmare)	Mage Life (Hell)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Mage Life (Nightmare)	Mage Life (Hell)
1	61			6				11				16
2				7				12				17
3				8				13				18
4				9				14				19
5				10				15				20

Further Details

This part covers further details of raised Skeletal Mages.

To calculate the Necromages' damage we need to know the relative skill level of their missiles.

Skeleton Mage Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Skeleton Mastery Level
1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10
2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11
3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12
4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14
6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15
7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16
8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17
9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18
10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19
11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20
12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21
13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22
14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23
15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24
16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25
17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26
18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27
19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28
20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29

Above level 20, use the following formula:

• ('Skeleton Mastery'.lvl) + ((lvl < 4)?0:((lvl-2)/2)).

This means: to calculate relative skill level we take Skeleton Mastery level as base for the calculation ('Skeleton Mastery'.lvl), than we add (Raise Skeletal Mage Skill Level-2)/2 provided that Raise Skeletal Mage level is equal or above level 4. If it's on level 3 or less we do not add anything ((lvl < 4)?0).

Below is the table of Necromage missile's damage according to the relative skill level listed in the above table. Level 59 in this table corresponds to level 40 Skeleton Mastery and level 40 Raise Skeletal Mage 40+((40-2)/2) = 59.

• Freezing duration is cut 1/2 in Nightmare and 3/4 in Hell. (This is a constant for all cold damages, not just skeleton mages.)

Relative Skill Level	Poison Damage	Poison Duration (Sec)	Cold Damage	Cold Duration (Sec)*	Fire Damage	Lightning Damage
1	6	20	1-4	1	2-6	1-7
2	7	30	2-5	2	4-8	2-10
3	8	40	3-6	3	6-10	3-13
4	9	50	4-7	4	8-12	4-16
5	10	60	5-8	5	10-14	5-19
6	11	70	6-9	6	12-16	6-22
7	12	80	7-10	7	14-18	7-25
8	13	90	8-11	8	16-20	8-28
9	15	100	10-13	9	19-23	9-33
10	17	110	12-15	10	22-26	10-38
11	19	120	14-17	11	25-29	11-43
12	21	130	16-19	12	28-32	12-48
13	23	140	18-21	13	31-35	13-53
14	25	150	20-23	14	34-38	14-58
15	27	160	22-25	15	37-41	15-63
16	31	170	25-28	16	42-46	16-71
17	35	180	28-31	17	47-51	17-79
18	39	190	31-34	18	52-56	18-87
19	43	200	34-37	19	57-61	19-95
20	47	210	37-40	20	62-66	20-103
21	51	220	40-43	21	67-71	21-111
22	55	230	43-46	22	72-76	22-119
23	61	240	47-50	23	79-83	23-130
24	67	250	51-54	24	86-90	24-141
25	73	260	55-58	25	93-97	25-152
26	79	270	59-62	26	100-104	26-163
27	85	280	63-66	27	107-111	27-174
28	91	290	67-70	28	114-118	28-185
29	97	300	71-74	29	121-125	29-196
30	105	310	76-79	30	130-134	30-210
31	113	320	81-84	31	139-143	31-224
32	121	330	86-89	32	148-152	32-238
33	129	340	91-94	33	157-161	33-252
34	137	350	96-99	34	166-170	34-266
35	145	360	101-104	35	175-179	35-280
36	153	370	106-109	36	184-188	36-294
37	161	380	111-114	37	193-197	37-308
38	169	390	116-119	38	202-206	38-322
39	177	400	121-124	39	211-215	39-336
40	185	410	126-129	40	220-224	40-350
41	193	420	131-134	41	229-233	41-364
42	201	430	136-139	42	238-242	42-378
43	209	440	141-144	43	247-251	43-392
44	217	450	146-149	44	256-260	44-406
45	225	460	151-154	45	265-269	45-420
46	233	470	156-159	46	274-278	46-434
47	241	480	161-164	47	283-287	47-448
48	249	490	166-169	48	292-296	48-462
49	257	500	171-174	49	301-305	49-476
50	265	510	176-179	50	310-314	50-490
51	273	520	181-184	51	319-323	51-504
52	281	530	186-189	52	328-332	52-518
53	289	540	191-194	53	337-341	53-532
54	297	550	196-199	54	346-350	54-546
55	305	560	201-204	55	355-359	55-560
56	313	570	206-209	56	364-368	56-574
57	321	580	211-214	57	373-377	57-588
58	329	590	216-219	58	382-386	58-602
59	337	600	221-224	59	391-395	59-616

From this table you can see that the damages increase every seven levels, in regular increments.

Poison:

• 7 levels it gains 1 poison damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 2 poison damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 4 poison damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 6 poison damage per level
• All levels thereafter gain 8 poison damage per level
• It gains 10 seconds poison duration per level

Cold:

• 7 levels it gains 1 cold damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 2 cold damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 3 cold damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 4 cold damage per level
• All levels thereafter gain 5 cold damage per level
• It gains 1 second cold duration per level (norm difficulty)

Fire:

• 7 levels it gains 2 fire damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 3 fire damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 5 fire damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 7 fire damage per level
• All levels thereafter gain 9 fire damage per level

Lightning:

• 7 levels it gains 3 max light damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 5 max light damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 8 max light damage per level
• 7 levels it gains 11 max light damage per level
• All levels thereafter gain 14 max light damage per level
• It gains 1 minimum light damage per level

References

• Necromancer Summoning at Arreat Summit