Originally Posted by
MaxWilson
Yes: the ranged weaponry on skeletons and the intelligence of the Necromancer. If you look back on this thread you've probably seen repeated mentions of the need to avoid Fireball Formation, which is also Destroy Undead formation. As long as you use intelligent formations, an AoE is only going to destroy one cluster of them, which could be e.g. 6 skeletons = one 5th level spell slot. And presumably you did some damage in return while the cleric was getting into position (since Destroy Undead is range 0), so you got value out of that level 5 spell slot.
Basically, Necromancers are mentally prepared to treat skeletons as expendable and play accordingly.