I chose Thermal for fun, I thought it'd be cool. To watch zombies run around on fire. , I didn't realize Lich was a control pet but I've never done a serious Necro build before.
Lich is a control pet but I don't get any options to put control related IOs in him? I get the option for pet IOs, KB IOs, To Hit Debuff IOs, and Accurate healing IOs. From what I can tell he's capped on damage thought. With the way I have him slotted.
Haha! Flaming zombies would look awesome! Lich is a control pet but out of their 6 powers, 4 of them are damaging so it's worth slotting for it. As for the control side, try slotting an acc/mez and/or dam/mez Hami-Os. It will boost the immobilization/hold/disorient/fear effects of the Lich's powers.
I could go necro/dark, I'll have to think about it some more. Your right about the the extra slots, I put the other 2 LOTG slots there because I couldn't really see anywhere else to put them. I don't plan to PVP ever so I can get rid of the Commanding Presence IO. So I can move those around.
I'll move those slots around so I don't forget, while I figure out if I want to stick with thermal or go dark.
*Edited to add* What do you guys thing about Necro/Pain? Think it'd be a decent combo?
Necro/Pain could workout but expect to devote a lot of your time just healing your zombies. It might get a little frustrating when it still may not be enough to keep them alive... Or undead...
Necro/Dark is one of my favorite MM combinations, was able to solo a lot of content at +1/+8 and +3/+8 with incarnates. Big fan of frankenslotting pets to try to maximize their potential, pet IO set bonuses are ok but the bonuses do not help the pets themselves, only the MM. The 4% damage bonuses in Soulbound Allegiance and Command of the MM was comical.
Below is the build I ended the game with. The, "Summon Lich - kill Lich - Soul Extraction - Burnout - Soul Extraction - summon Lich," (Aka Double Soul Extraction) was used often. Imagine starting a dungeon with three tier 3 pets, 8-10 pets total (2 Lore pets). Pretty strong. Unfortunately the Soul Extracted and Lore pets only lasted 4 minutes.
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Mace Mastery is not needed but wanted Power Boost and immobilizing a group was sometimes helpful. Between Fearsome Stare, Darkest Night, Lich and Dark Servant's toHit debuffs, we were pretty much untouchable. Never wait for a teammate to die before using Howling Twilight, use it as an offensive ability by activating at the start of a fight to help prevent deaths/wipes. A massive AoE stun followed by Tar Patch was an instant win. I was planning to frankenslot Dark Servant as well but never got around to doing it, it was going to be Hami-Os mixed with a couple procs.
Sigh, still talk about the game as if it was yesterday.