Necromancer - Celestial Signet

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Focused on: Hybrid damage, Boon removal, Control.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

A hybrid Necromancer build for PvP, built around boon corruption and might stacking. It is good in both 1v1s and team fights due to having good survivability and damage.

Skill Bar

Dagger/WarhornHealingUtilityElite

Staff

Specializations

Variant

Curses can be replaced by the Reaper elite specialization:

In this case take Scepter over Dagger.

Equipment

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

9

Superior Sigil of Geomancy

Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Superior Rune of Strength

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.

Celestial Amulet

+460 Power +460 Precision +460 Toughness +460 Vitality +460 Ferocity +460 Healing Power +460 Condition Damage

Variants

Dagger/Warhorn

• Superior Sigil of Strength

  1

  Superior Sigil of Strength

  60% Chance on Critical: Gain Might (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 1s)

Staff

• Superior Sigil of Energy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Energy

  Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
• Superior Sigil of Doom

  9

  Superior Sigil of Doom

  Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)

Usage

General

• All of your marks are unblockable and generate Life Force.
• Both weapon sets have one unblockable hard CC skill:
  Wail of Doom

  ½

  30

  Wail of Doom

  Screech a wail of doom in a cone pattern, dazing foes.

  Daze (2s): Unable to use skills.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 600

  Unblockable
  on Dagger/Warhorn and
  Reaper's Mark

  ¾

  32

  Reaper's Mark

  Mark. Inscribe a mark that causes fear when foes trigger it.

  Damage: 107

  Fear (1s): Flee

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Blast Radius: 300

  Range: 1,200
  on Staff. Use them to interrupt skills such as an Engineer's
  Gear Shield

  3

  20

  Gear Shield

  Block attacks.

  Duration: 3 seconds
  or a Guardian's
  Shelter

  1¼

  30

  Shelter

  Block attacks while healing.

  Healing: 4,555

  Block Duration: 2 seconds
  .
  • Tip: enemy players who block Staff skills work against themselves. Long blocks such as Gear Shield give you more than enough time to land crucial staff skills like
    Chilblains

    ¾

    16

    Chilblains

    Mark. Inscribe a mark that chills foes when they trigger it, and leaves a poisonous area.

    Damage: 215

    Chilled (4s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

    ₃Poison (5s): 503 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

    Number of Targets: 5

    Radius: 240

    Blast Radius: 300

    Combo Field: Poison

    Range: 1,200
    with little to no risk of being avoided as blocking players normally don't dodge.
• Dagger auto attacks deal good damage and are very fast. Use this with Siphoned Power when your enemy is under 50% health to build many might stacks very quickly.
• Plague

  180

  Plague

  Corruption. Become a virulent cloud and inflict multiple conditions on foes you touch. Entering this form destroys all minions and removes spectral effects.

  Damage: 104

  ₃Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Poison (2s): 67 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Self-Bleeding (10s): 220 Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Duration: 20 seconds

  Damage Pulse: 1 second

  Radius: 240
  can be used to secure stomps and resses for your team (if you start channeling the action before entering the form). This elite skill also serves as a panic button if you're under heavy enemy focus.
• Locust Swarm

  ½

  30

  Locust Swarm

  Gain swiftness and summon a swarm of locusts that cripple nearby foes.

  Damage: 49

  Swiftness (15s): 33% Movement Speed

  Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

  Life Force: 2%

  Number of Impacts: 10

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Radius: 210
  - the frequent damage pulses are great for consuming Blind. Its multiple hits synergize quite well with your heal signet's active effect and Siphoned Power when for building might.
• Life Blast

  1

  Life Blast

  Blast a foe with accumulated life force, dealing more damage the when you are closer to your target.

  Damage: 244

  Damage at 600 Distance: 341

  Range: 900
  - spam this while waiting for your CDs.
• Dark Path

  ¾

  15

  Dark Path

  Send out a claw. If this attack hits an foe, you teleport to that foe and chill nearby foes.

  Damage: 61

  ₃Bleeding (5s): 638 Damage

  Chilled (5s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  This skill is a good gap closer that corrupts boons with Path of Corruption, and also applies chill and bleed, making it a very good skill for pressuring your enemy. Using a fear before hand generally ensures that it doesn't get dodged.

Signets

• General: All of your signets convert 2 boons into conditions.
• Signet of Vampirism

  1¼

  35

  Signet of Vampirism

  Signet Passive: Heal when struck by a foe.
  Signet Active: Heal yourself and mark a foe. Allied players will siphon life from that enemy.

  Active Life Siphon Damage: 200

  Active Life Siphon Healing: 392

  Initial Self Heal: 3,960

  Passive Heal: 325

  ₂₅Vampiric Mark (6s): Life is siphoned when struck by players.

  Passive Heal Cooldown: 1 second

  Range: 1,200
  - the passive effect doesn't work in Death Shroud but the active does, thereofre it's often used just before entering DS. Casting the signet ignores line of sight.
• Plague Signet

  30

  Plague Signet

  Signet Passive: Transfers conditions from nearby allies to yourself.
  Signet Active: Send your conditions to a foe.

  Conditions transferred: 3

  Conditions sent: 5

  Passive Radius: 1,200

  Breaks stun

  Range: 1,200
  - your main stunbreaker and condition cleansing. Can be used on targets behind you.
• Signet of the Locust

  ¾

  30

  Signet of the Locust

  Signet Passive: You run 25% faster.
  Signet Active: Steal health from nearby foes.

  Signet of the Locust: 25% Movement Speed

  Damage: 207

  Healing: 1,162

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  - your only AoE signet ⇒ can corrupt boons on multiple enemies around the caster and steal health from them which means in larger fights it'll also act as a 2nd healing skill.

Counters

TBD

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