Necromancer - Celestial Signet
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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
Specializations
Variant
Curses can be replaced by the Reaper elite specialization:
In this case take Scepter over Dagger.
Equipment
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Superior Sigil of Blood 50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)
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Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
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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): +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
Celestial Amulet +560 Power +560 Precision +560 Toughness +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity +560 Healing Power +560 Condition Damage
Variants
Dagger/Warhorn
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Superior Sigil of Strength1
Superior Sigil of Strength60% Chance on Critical: Gain Might (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 1s)
Staff
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Superior Sigil of Energy9
Superior Sigil of EnergyGain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) -
Superior Sigil of Doom9
Superior Sigil of DoomYour 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: on Dagger/Warhorn and
Wail of Doom½
30Wail of DoomScreech a wail of doom in a cone pattern, dazing foes.
Daze (2s): Unable to use skills.
Number of Targets: 5
Range: 600
Unblockableon Staff. Use them to interrupt skills such as an Engineer's
Reaper's Mark¾32Reaper's MarkMark. Inscribe a mark that causes fear when foes trigger it.
Damage: 107
Fear (1s): FleeNumber of Targets: 5
Radius: 240Blast Radius: 300Range: 1,200or a Guardian's
Gear Shield320Gear ShieldBlock attacks.
Duration: 3 seconds.
Shelter1¼30ShelterBlock attacks while healing.
Healing: 4,555Block 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 with little to no risk of being avoided as blocking players normally don't dodge.
Chilblains¾16ChilblainsMark. 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 EffectivenessNumber of Targets: 5Radius: 240Blast Radius: 300
Combo Field: PoisonRange: 1,200
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
Plague180PlagueCorruption. 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 DamageNumber of Targets: 5Boon Application Interval: 3 secondsDuration: 20 secondsDamage Pulse: 1 secondRadius: 240 - - 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.
Locust Swarm½30Locust SwarmGain 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: 10Number of Targets: 5Duration: 10 secondsRadius: 210 - - spam this while waiting for your CDs.
Life Blast1Life BlastBlast a foe with accumulated life force, dealing more damage the when you are closer to your target.Damage: 244Damage at 600 Distance: 341Range: 900 - 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.
Dark Path¾15Dark PathSend out a claw. If this attack hits an foe, you teleport to that foe and chill nearby foes.Damage: 613Bleeding (5s): 638 DamageChilled (5s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge RateNumber of Targets: 5Radius: 240Range: 1,200Unblockable
Signets
- General: All of your signets convert 2 boons into conditions.
- - 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.
Signet of Vampirism1¼35Signet of VampirismSignet 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: 200Active Life Siphon Healing: 392Initial Self Heal: 3,960Passive Heal: 325
25Vampiric Mark (6s): Life is siphoned when struck by players.Passive Heal Cooldown: 1 secondRange: 1,200 - - your main stunbreaker and condition cleansing. Can be used on targets behind you.
Plague Signet30Plague SignetSignet Passive: Transfers conditions from nearby allies to yourself.
Signet Active: Send your conditions to a foe.Conditions transferred: 3Conditions sent: 5Passive Radius: 1,200
Breaks stunRange: 1,200 - - 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.
Signet of the Locust¾30Signet of the LocustSignet Passive: You run 25% faster.
Signet Active: Steal health from nearby foes.
Signet of the Locust: 25% Movement SpeedDamage: 207Healing: 1,162Number of Targets: 5Radius: 600
Counters
TBD
Top Streamers
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A great build. I used "Necromancer - Wells Backline" build for conquest because the build has a great damage but this build has a good damage(hybrid damage) and can tank. This is so useful for play against the meta classes.