User:SylvXIII/Builds/bloodnec

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Preface[edit]

Out of pure boredom from constantly playing a curse Necromancer, I decided to go ahead and try something else. While death magic with Toxic Chill can be deadly as a ranged damage dealer, I went into blood magic and tried to work out a bar that would be half-decent. This was made long time ago, aka not in regards on the current Blood magic mega-buff. It is quite a pleasant build to play as you have high survivability as well as solid support damage and the deadly shame-ish Mark of Subversion.

Skill bar[edit]

Life Transfer.jpg
Life Transfer
Life Siphon.jpg
Life Siphon
Dark Pact.jpg
Dark Pact
Mark of Subversion.jpg
Mark of Subversion
Strip Enchantment.jpg
Strip Enchantment
Conviction.jpg
Conviction
Armor of Sanctity.jpg
Armor of Sanctity
Resurrection Signet.jpg
Resurrection Signet

Attributes[edit]

Variants[edit]

In all honesty I have not played any variant of this skill bar so I'd rather not randomly try to write variants to look like I'm a master of all my builds. The only think I can think about atm is Barbed Signet Barbed Signet and Masochism Masochism instead of Conviction and Armor of Sanctity for more degen spamming although the build would probably require a source of weakness such as Blood of the Aggressor Blood of the Aggressor or the overpowered Oppressive Gaze Oppressive Gaze instead of Mark of Subversion for survivability.

Equipment[edit]

  • Full Tormentor Insignia or the +10 while in a stance though I don't recommend it
  • 40/40 Blood set
  • Heavy Spear of Defense and Shield of Fortitude (+10 vs popular damage or camp fire/lightning set as melee won't do shit against you)
  • Another def set with a spear of Fortitude (High health set)

Usage[edit]

  • Life Transfer and Life Siphon (don't spam this) to spread degen and gain health regeneration
  • Dark Pact is your main source of damage, fake it if needed since a rupt on it will greatly shut you down
  • Strip any attunements used by eles or important enchantments (Crit D, Lyssa's Aura, blabla)
  • Spam Mark of Subversion (try to time it like you time a shame)
  • Keep Conviction up 24/7
  • Use Armor of Sanctity to weaken physical damage dealers, don't be lazy and walk to weaken foes attacking your allies
  • Use Armor of Sanctity to trigger the bonus armor from Conviction when Eles are on you (I said don't be lazy walk up to the melee before you use it)
  • Use Armor of Sanctity on your shield set and laugh as you have 60+10+24+10(popular damage type)= 104 armor + 15 damage reduction against the most popular damage type (or 94 +15 damage reduction) as a caster.

Note: AoS's damage reduction also affect spells as long as the caster suffers from a condition (ANY condition).