Necromancer - Standard Power Necro

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Focused on: Direct damage.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

Power necromancer is a very powerful PvP burst build that is easy to play in 1v1s but requires experience and good positioning in teamfights.

Skill Bar

Dagger/WarhornHealingUtilityElite

Staff

Slot Changes

Elite skill options

• Lich Form

  1

  180

  Lich Form

  Spectral. Assume the form of a lich for a brief time. Entering this form destroys all minions and removes all other spectral effects. Gain life force when this skill ends.

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

  Life Force When Ending: 15%

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Duration: 15 seconds
  - the classic burst form. While it has devastating pressure, as you climb the divisions it'll start becoming harder and harder to pull off to the point where it can cause more damage to you than to your enemies.
• 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 help with surviving enemy burst or securing stomps/resses.

Equipment

3

Superior Sigil of Air

50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

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

3

Superior Sigil of Air

50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)

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 the Chronomancer

(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Precision (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Precision (5): +100 Power (6): Apply 2 seconds of quickness when you cast a well.

Marauder Amulet

+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity

Variants

Dagger/Warhorn

• You can swap
  Superior Sigil of Blood

  5

  Superior Sigil of Blood

  50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)
  for:
  • Superior Sigil of Rage

    30

    Superior Sigil of Rage

    50% Chance on Critical: Gain Quickness (3 seconds). (Cooldown: 30s)
  • Superior Sigil of Fire

    5

    Superior Sigil of Fire

    50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

Staff

• Either sigils can be replaced by:
  • Superior Sigil of Leeching

    9

    Superior Sigil of Leeching

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

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Pack

  Superior Rune of the Pack

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies might, fury, and swiftness for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s) (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Precision; +20% Swiftness Duration

Usage

• Lich Form

  1

  180

  Lich Form

  Spectral. Assume the form of a lich for a brief time. Entering this form destroys all minions and removes all other spectral effects. Gain life force when this skill ends.

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

  Life Force When Ending: 15%

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Duration: 15 seconds
  is a skill strong enough to turn the tides of a teamfight, its autoattack pierces enemies and hits harder than any other skill you have. That being said, it's likely that you will become the #1 target while in this form - strong offense comes with weak defense, you are really vulnerable in this form, so you should position yourself to some hard to reach spot / high-ground before using it.
• Besides your elite,
  Death Shroud

  10

  Death Shroud

  Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
  is your main damage dealing form with
  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
  .
• You can use
  Dark Pact

  1

  25

  Dark Pact

  Immobilize your foe.

  Damage: 183

  Immobilize (3s): Unable to move.

  Range: 600
  to root people into your wells or major attacks.
• 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
  generates life force, boosts mobility, and does a small AoE damage every second - this AoE can deal with Blinds and allows you to land your main Death Shroud or Staff attacks.
• Try to make your foes stay in your wells by utilizing your Chills, Cripple and
  Dark Pact

  1

  25

  Dark Pact

  Immobilize your foe.

  Damage: 183

  Immobilize (3s): Unable to move.

  Range: 600
  .
• In team fights, a good way to utilize your wells is to wait until a player on either team goes down - with a well bomb, you can discourage the enemies from hardressing/stomping or punish them for trying.
• If you're getting focused, you can migrate a decent amount of damage by popping
  Spectral Armor

  50

  Spectral Armor

  Spectral. Gain life force as you take damage. Removed when you enter Death Shroud. Also applies protection.

  Protection (6s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Gain life force when taking damage: 8%

  Duration: 6 seconds

  Breaks stun
  quickly followed by
  Death Shroud

  10

  Death Shroud

  Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
  .

Counters

• Blind (your main sources of damage are
  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
  and
  Deathly Claws

  ¾

  Deathly Claws

  Send out grasping claws to damage your foes.

  Damage: 847

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pierces

  Range: 1,200
  , both skills have long cast times)
• CC
• Counterpressure exhausts
  Death Shroud

  10

  Death Shroud

  Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.

Streamers

• Twitch: Noscoc - NA