User blog comment:999killshot99/What is the best Necromancer Item set up?/@comment-2154860-20160616114131

It depends on how you want to build him. You have two popular builds, the summoner and the bonemancer. There are some less popular ones like the daggermancer as well as variants like using corpse explosion and bone prison.

The summoner is generally considered the safest, and the bonemancer you'd want to create the White runeword for a +3 to Bone Spear wand to be most effective. I think you'll find that using a mace is going to get pretty ineffective before Act 2 nightmare and most of his skills aren't conducive to being an effective melee character. I'd also recommend keeping your hireling equipped with the best you can muster. And where are you finding these maces? I don't know of any maces that cause 50% open wounds or "smashing blow" that are available to a level 26 character.

So before I give you a big word salad, let me know how you're planning to build, even if you're going the route of melee