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Final Balance Update for Necromancer
User	Golden phoenix
Categories	Skill feedback → Necromancer  → Other Player vs. Environment

Final Balance Update for the Necromancer - PvE only

Goal / Attempt: Making the Necromancer more versatile by altering some skills (especially Blood Magic and Curses).

Primary attribute

Adding a secondary Pve-only effect:

NEW Soul Reaping :For each point of Soul Reaping, you gain 1 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies. You may only gain Energy in this way 3 times every 15 seconds. In PvE, you get 1 HP for every rank in Soul Reaping whenever a non-spirit creature near you dies.

Blood Magic

Awaken the Blood 10 1 30 Enchantment Spell. Reduced recharge time to 30 seconds and health sacrifice to 25%, increased duration to : (25...53...60 seconds.) You have +2 Blood Magic and Curses. Sacrifice 25% more Health than normal.

Blood Bond 5 1 6 Hex Spell. Reduced rechargte time to 6 seconds.

Blood is Power 33% 1 ¼ Elite Enchantment Spell. Increased energy regeneration to : (10 seconds.) +3...6...7 Energy regeneration. Cannot self-target.

Blood of the Aggressor 5 ¾ 3 Spell. Reduced activation time to 3/4 second and recharge time to 3 seconds, increased life stealing to : Steal 10...50...60 Health. Inflicts Weakness (3...10...12 seconds) if target foe was attacking.

Demonic Flesh 5 1 20 Enchantment Spell. Reduced recharge time to 20 seconds, increased damage to : (30...54...60 seconds.) When using a skill on a foe, deal 5...25...30 shadow damage to all other foes adjacent to you.

Jaundiced Gaze 10 1 15 Enchantment Spell. Increased duration and the number of enchantments to 2 : Removes an enchantment from target foe. Removal effect: your next 2 enchantments cast 0...1...1 second[s] faster and costs 1...8...10 less Energy. (5...17...20)

Life Transfer 5 1 10 Elite Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 10 seconds.

Lifebane Strike 10 1 10 Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge time to 10 seconds, increased damage and life stealing to : Deals 15...47...55 damage. Steals 15...47...55 Health if target foe's Health is above 50%.

Oppressive Gaze 10 1 10 Spell. Increased damage to : Deals 25...65...75 damage to target and adjacent foes. Inflicts Poison and Weakness (3...10...12 second) on foes suffering from a condition.

Order of Pain 17% 10 2 Enchantment Spell. Increased duration to 7 seconds and damage to : Enchants all party members (7 seconds). 5...17...20 more damage whenever these party members hit with physical damage.

Order of the Vampire 17% 5 1 5 Elite Enchantment Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second, increased duration and life stealing to : Enchants all party members (7 seconds.) These party members steal 5...17...20 Health with each physical damage attack. Party members under another Necromancer enchantment are not affected.

Ravenous Gaze 8% 1 1 10 Elite Spell. Increased damage and life stealing to : Deals 15...39...45 damage and steals 15...39...45 Health from target and nearby foes.

Shadow Strike 10 1 10 Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge time to 10 seconds, increased damage and life stealing to : Deals 15...47...55 damage. Steals 15...47...55 Health if target foe's Health is above 50%.

Signet of Suffering 8 Elite Signet. Changed completely functionality : Deals 10...42...50 damage to target foe and foes adjacent to target. Applies Weakness, Poison and Disease (2...13...16 seconds) to target foe and foes adjacent to target.

Soul Leech 10 1 10 Elite Hex Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge time to 10 seconds.

Strip Enchantment 10 1 12 Spell. Reduced recharge time to 12 seconds.

Vampiric Gaze 10 1 6 Spell. Reduced recharge time to 6 seconds and increased life stealing to : Steals 20...64...75 Health.

Vampiric Spirit 5 1 5 Elite Enchantment Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge to 5 seconds, increased life stealing to : Steal 10...58...70 Health from target foe. You have +5...9...10 Health regeneration (10 seconds).

Curses

Atrophy 10 1 15 Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 15 seconds.

Barbs 10 1 5 Hex Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second, increased damage to : (30 seconds.) Target foe takes 5...17...20 damage whenever it takes physical damage.

Cacophony 10 1 15 Hex Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second.

Defile Defenses 5 1 3 Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 3 seconds.

Defile Enchantments 10 1 15 Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second, increased damage to : Deals 10...58...70 damage to target and nearby foes. Deals 5...21...25 more damage for each enchantment on them.

Desecrate Enchantments 10 1 15 Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second, increased damage to : Deals 10...58...70 damage to target and nearby foes. Deals 5...21...25 more damage for each enchantment on them.

Feast of Corruption 15 1 10 Elite Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge time to 10 seconds.

Lingering Curse 15 1 10 Elite Hex Spell. Increased health degeneration and lesser benefit from healing to : (6...25...30 seconds.) Target and nearby foes have -0...4...5 Health degeneration and receive 40% less benefit from healing.

Mark of Pain 10 1 15 Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 15 seconds.

Price of Failure 15 1 10 Hex Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge time to 10 seconds.

Shivers of Dread 10 2 10 Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 10 seconds and energy loss to : (10...34...40 seconds.) Cold damage interrupts target foe's skills. Interruption cost: you lose 7...3...2 Energy or this hex ends.

Soul Barbs 10 1 5 Hex Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second and recharge time to 5 seconds.

Spinal Shivers 10 2 10 Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 10 seconds and energy loss to : (10...34...40 seconds.) Cold damage interrupts target foe's skills. Interruption cost: you lose 7...3...2 Energy or this hex ends.

Spiteful Spirit 15 2 5 Elite Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 5 seconds, increased damage to : (8...18...20 seconds.) Deals 15...39...45 damage to target and adjacent foes whenever this foe attacks or uses a skill.

Weaken Knees 5 ¾ 8 Elite Hex Spell. Reduced activation time to 3/4 second and recharge to 8 seconds, increased damage to : (1...13...16 second[s].) Target foe has -1...3...4 Health degeneration and takes 5...17...20 damage while moving.

Death magic

Animate Bone Fiend 15 3 5 Spell. Reduced energy cost to 15.

Death Nova 5 1 Enchantment Spell. Reduced activation time to 1 second......FINALLY!!!

Soul Reaping

Icy Veins 10 1 5 Elite Hex Spell. Increased damages to : (10...30...35 seconds.) Deals 30...118...140 cold damage to nearby foes if target foe dies. Initial effect: deals 20...84...100 cold damage.

Wail of Doom 10% 1 ¼ 10 Elite Hex Spell. Reduced recharge time to 10 seconds, increased duration to : (1...4...5 second[s].) Target foe's attributes are 0.

Masochism 5 1 20 Enchantment Spell. Increased duration to : (20...52...60 seconds.) You have +2 Death Magic and Soul Reaping. Sacrifice 5...3...3% Health when you cast a spell.

PvE only skills

Necrosis 5 1 2 Skill. Increased damage to max. 100 : Deals 60...100 damage if target foe has a condition or hex.

Signet of Corruption 1 10 Signet. Reduced recharge time to 10 seconds, increased damage to : Deals 30...70 damage to target and nearby foes. You gain 2 Energy (maximum 12...20) for each of these foes with a condition or hex.

Conclusion

Well, please don't get me wrong: the Necromancer is very likely amongst the strongest professions in the current game (due to his insane energy management). But when it comes down to PvE, there are basically 3 different types / builds : 1) MM Bomber 2)Prot. Necro 3) Heal Necro. So I figured what the Necro in PvE needs is a heavily reduction of acitvation times and recharge times, since over 90% of PvE battles are very short, to make him "stronger" and more versatile, in terms of dealing damage or supporting the group.

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