Necro Archmage what spells do you use?

[ThaddeusV]

I read up on the forums before i decided on my archmage spec I picked Necro and will likely pick Enchantment or Conj as my secondary.

Necro looks nice for the DC bonus on our instadeath spells. However, i am presently 10 and have no such spells (well i have PK but thats illusion).

That leads me to wonder aside from Finger of death what other spells do you necro arch mages use? I have the tier 1 SLA but it seems a bit underwhelming... i currently find myself using the ol' staples of Firewall, fire ball and scorching ray.

Just wondering if i am missing out on some good lowbie necro spells as the prestige enhancement does not really seem to be doing a darn thing for me... yet. <== that im guessing is key. Nothing 'necroish" yet but its coming later.

[Azhanti]

Finger of Death, Circle of Death and Wail of Banshee are must haves, Undeath to Undead is also useful to have available.

[Maelphistez]

I have Conjuration as my secondary and the only SLA I use is web. Like Azhanti mentions, the staple necro spells are FoD, Wail, and Circle of Death. You might also throw in PW: Kill and Symbol of Death although both are a bit more situational.

[Eladiun]

Finger, Circle, Wail, PW: Kill, Symbol of Death, Energy Drain

I advise Conj as a secondary. 3pt Webs are great.

[aristarchus1000]

Finger, Circle, Wail, PW: Kill, Symbol of Death, Energy Drain

I advise Conj as a secondary. 3pt Webs are great.

I also add enchantment for tertiary, for 1sp hypnotism for +3 dc on will saves.

[Khellendros13]

Finger, Circle, Wail, PW: Kill, Symbol of Death, Energy Drain

I advise Conj as a secondary. 3pt Webs are great.

This. Necro/Conj is great everywhere. 1sp grease is fun too.

Crushing Despair is awesome too, -6 will save before you cast mass hold, and good chance to hit them with -2 saves so you can drop a wail instead of the hold.

The SLA's for Necro AM are pretty poor. Everything dies to spell damage so fast while leveling anyway. Keep the Necro spec and FoD /circle of death casters and firewall/otilukes/ice storm/web the rest.

[Beethoven]

Same here. I went Necro / Conjuration (the latter for 3 SP Webs). Also invested a feat into Enchantment for 1 SP Hypnotism and currently sitting comfortably at 41 Conjuration, 41 Enchantment and 43 Necromancy DCs. Spells I use most:

Necromancy: Finger of Death, Symbol of Death, Wail of the Banshee. Power Word kill is generally reserved for casters (ie: Acolytes in eChrono). Circle of Death for whenever setting up a choke point.

Crowd Control: Web, Mass Hold Monster, Irresistible Dance. Dancing Ball also only when setting up choke points.

Debuffs: Energy Drain (if PwK is on timer and something absolutely positively has to die) Hypnotism, Crushing Despair, Cloudkill (for concealment bonus).

Damage spells: Dots (bosses mostly), Firewall (still nice especially combined with webs), Green Dragon Bolt, Delayed Blast Fireball, Meteor Swarm. Disintigrate situational (commonly when having to deal with things like pillars/portals as found in eV6 and LoB)

I didn't bother with any SLA's outside of Hypno, Grease (prereq for Web) and Web. You ask me that's really all you need; round up a sizeable bunch of mobs, get them stuck in a web (and/or hit them with Hypno), hit them Crushing Despair, hit them with Circle of Death (they usually either just die or get energy drained), hit what's left with Wail.