

My rogue has a gemmed/runed bow and a static circlet and does up to 258 damage per shot! Good luck in your own adventures.

Plus you can equip her with some bad-ass gemmed/runed bows that do some hefty damage.

Also, Keep the rogue you hire in Act 1, she can't be beat! She is smart enough to run away from enemies and can shoot from a distance. I even like to send in a blood golem, cast iron maiden then start hurling rancid gas potions at the monsters as they stand in line for a shot at your golem which will kill them as soon as they touch him. Meanwhile, grab a missile weapon and shoot from a distance. With the simple blood golem/iron maiden combo, dying as a necro actually takes effort! The point is you aren't trying to kill enemies with your golem, you are trying to make them kill themselves by fighting with your golem while you cast iron maiden on them from afar. You only need to cast blood golem once, because with iron maiden each time the enemy tries to hurt your golem, they hurt themselves and the golem gets health for it (which means you get health for it). With upgraded iron maiden the monsters kill themselves just by looking at your blood golem. Use blood golem and iron maiden always! You don't need other golems even though they are stronger. That point will be better used to make advanced skills (like bone spirit) stronger. Don't waste a single skill point on something you won't use in later levels. Bottom line: If you are going to use your necro in nightmare or hell modes, you gotta think ahead. The monster level upgrades for each of the game play modes (nightmare, hell) makes this a ridiculous claim. I have read those other strategies and some of them make sense, but some just suck! You can't take advice from a level 20 something necro who claims they beat Diablo in Hell mode! It is impossible. To all you wanna be necro's out there: For life beyond D2 normal mode, you gotta think ahead. in act 5 there are some great heads, but if you cant get one trade. Also use bone spear or spirit for a pimary attack. this will heal u and you dont even have to fight! this is great against Diabl. If u like blood golems than use life trap in conjunction.
