the Necromancer

Bone spells are significantly nerfed, the protecting spells don't give damage synergy in Hoard of Bugtraction. To the contrary the offensive spells gain slightly improved damage. Be aware that resistance to magic is a bit more common in HoB than in Lord of Destruction.
Curses may gain synergy effects in HoB. Since they're considered Dark Arts a cursed enemy may gain a positive effect also, which is implemented especially at those spells early available.
There are some more synergy effects.

In theory we could also invent negative synergies. But it is hardly possible to keep balance then, so we didn't do it at this point.

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Curses

• Amplify Damage gains varying effect range with skill level (min 5, max 30); also lowering physical resistance varies with skill level (min 50, max 120); the Cursed will gain an additional damage boost, which also varies with skill level (min 20%, max 40%)
• Dim Vision gains varying effect range with skill level (min 4, max 35); blinded enemies will gain a bonus to attack speed
• Weaken gains varying effect range with skill level (min 9, max 30); additional weakening bonus of 2% per each hard point in Decrepify
• Iron Maiden gains a hidden bonus from Iron Golem
• Terror gains varying effect range with skill level (min 4, max 8)
• Confuse gains varying effect range with skill level (min 6, max 20); additional hidden duration bonus of two seconds per each hard point in Attract
• Life Tap gains varying effect range with skill level (min 4, max 12); also healing effect varies with skill level (min 25, max 60); additional hidden healing bonus of 2,5% per each hard point in Blood Golem
• Attract gains a duration bonus of one second per each hard point in Confuse; the Attracted gains a damage bonus of 10% to 30%
• Decrepify gains a hidden weakening bonus of 1,5% per each hard point in Weaken; plus a bonus to lowering physical resistance of 1,5% per each hard point in Amplify Damage
• Lower Resist lowers magical resistance also, but just to a third of the effect to other resistances; minimum effect 20%, maximum effect 60%; additional hidden bonus of 2% per each hard point in Summon Resist

Poison and Bone Skills

• Bone Armor gains 15 hitpoints (instead of 10) per skill level; other skill's synergy bonus to BA is 8
• Corpse Explosion does 60%-80% damage of corpse's former life; added range bonus via mana; ratio physical and fire damage is 70:30, ratio is affected by hard points in Fire Golem (up to 20:80)
• Poison Dagger: other skill's synergy bonus to PD is 15
• Poison Explosion: other skill's synergy bonus to PE is 10; slightly increased size and duration of poisonous cloud
• Poison Nova: other skill's synergy bonus to PN is 5
• Teeth: other skill's synergy bonus to Teeth is 20; removed synergies granted by Bone Wall and Bone Prison
• Bone Spear has slightly decreased damage in higher skill levels; removed synergies granted by Bone Wall and Bone Prison
• Bone Spirit has slightly increased damage; improved targetting ability; removed synergies granted by Bone Wall and Bone Prison

Summoning Skills

• Summon Resist gains an additional bonus of 0.5% per each hard point in Lower Resistance
• Skeleton Warriors
  • slightly decreased pet count
  • slightly improved damage, defense and Attack Rating
  • additional synergy effects via Clay Golem, Blood Golem and Iron Golem (half the bonus they give to other Golems)
  • corrected damage display
  • decreased movement velocity
• Skeleton Mages
  • slightly decreased pet count
  • improved missile damage
  • slightly improved defense
  • additional synergy effects via Clay Golem, Blood Golem and Iron Golem (half the bonus they give to other Golems)
  • decreased movement velocity
• Revives
  • limited pet count beyond skill level 12
  • additional life span of 5 Frames each skill level beyond 12
  • additional synergy effects via Blood Golem and Fire Golem (half the bonus they give to other Golems)
• Golem Mastery grants 10% bonus to Golems'punching damage each level
• Clay Golem
  • slowing also applies correctly if he actually hits someone
• Iron Golem
  • decreased starting value of reflected damage
  • additional hidden bonus to reflected damage via Iron Maiden
• Blood Golem
  • no changes here, move on
• Fire Golem
  • additional hidden bonus to fire damage via Corpse Explosion
  • corrected damage display