This is the primary ability of a necromancer. Because of their popularity it is advised to tell your team when you plan on doing something else, such as healing or using secondary skills.Īttributes Soul Reaping (Primary Attribute) However these popular builds only show a fraction of what necromancers are capable of. Major roles expected of necromancers in PvP currently are Hex shutdown, and Orders. The major roles expected of necromancers currently in PvE are Spiteful Spirit necromancers (also called SS), Cultist's Fervor (CF for short), Minion masters (MM for short), Blood is Power (or BiP for short), and in certain cases Spoil Victor necromancers (SV for short). The minions at the necromancer’s disposal can disrupt enemy lines and scatter their ranks, create diversions, or to simply open a path for their master to escape to safety. Once the first enemy falls, a barrage of exploding corpses, condition-spreads and blood spikes follow suit, until the battlefield is littered with the bloody remains of their foes: more resources ready for exploition. Necromancers are the only profession that willfully inflicts itself with severe negative effects-using their own life force to fuel powerful abilities-in order to defeat the opponent and gain the upper hand in combat being at death’s door does not concern them if no adversaries remain to deal the killing blow. If you like bringing your enemies back from the dead to serve you as their master, sucking the life-force out of an enemy with a single spell, or are willing to sacrifice your underlings for even greater power, then the necromancer might just be for you!Ĭommanding the dizzying array of curses and blood spells at their disposal, and piles of the dead in their wake, necromancers excel at area clearing and quickly defeating large groups of enemies. While many view necromancers as selfishly evil, some of the greatest good has been done in service of Grenth, when their patron god's good works aligned with a necromancer's self-interests. Necromancer favors pragmatism where morality gets thrown out for efficiency: only results matter. The Necromancer is an extremely flexible profession that can fulfill a variety of roles. The beauty of a stilled, yet ever-screaming heart. Withered husks of desiccated zombies, shredding flesh with unrelenting, claw-like fingers. Undead that hunger for mortal flesh, clawing their way out of the grave with the fanatic, blind will to serve. A SS/SV was a Necromancer Build sometimes used in the Underworld and the Fissure of Woe, often teamed up with an 55 Monk and relying on Spiteful Spirit for damage and Sympathetic Visage/ Ancestor's Visage for energy and adrenaline denial."Why do people view Necromancers as unclean? I mean, really, do you want dead bodies lying around all the time? We provide a valuable community service.Vow of Silence, Shadow Form, Obsidian Flesh and other skills that do not allow you to cast spells on target.But, you can avoid this disadvantage by casting it when not involved in combat. Interrupting of Arcane Echo greatly reduces the effectiveness of this build.Still considerably effective against single targets.Very effective against groups of melee/ranged attackers balled together.Alternately, a staff such as Zoldark's Staff or The Stonereaper is useful to decrease the recharge time of title spells. A wand and focus item with 20% HSR Curses allow Spiteful Spirit to be cast more frequently.Radiant insignias with a few Runes of Attunement are very useful, since the combo with Arcane echo is energy expensive.Rune of Superior Curses (optional, minor might also be used).Any maxed armor can be used with a +Curses headpiece.You can deploy the rest of skill points depending on your situation. Casting Reckless Haste will greatly help against melee or ranged attackers, causing them to trigger SS more often with a 50% chance to miss, however it does not work that well on spellcasters.Ĭurses 14-16. With recharge time of 10 seconds and casting time of 2 seconds you are able to hex at least 4 enemies with SS - if you are lucky and the weapon bonus for faster casting and recharge time will trigger, it can be higher. This type of SS build is referred to as Echo SS.
Overview Battle Behavior īecause Spiteful Spirit is most effective in a large group of enemies with each one hexed by it, a Mesmer secondary with Arcane Echo is used allowing the player to have two SS equipped for 20 seconds, thus spamming SS very quickly on each enemy.
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