Scourge - Blood Magic Support
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Contents
Overview
- This build focuses on full support, utilizing
Transfusion, 
Barrier and 
Life from Death to provide constant sustain under AOE pressure.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Utility
Specializations
Variants
- 24px Nourishing Ashes If Life Force generation is an issue.
Equipment
6xSuperior Rune of the Monk
18xHealing WvW Infusion
Sigils
Runes
Variants
- Shamans for extra Vitality/Shroud at the cost of Healing Power and Toughness
- Minstrels for increased support and sustain at the cost of damage
Consumables
- Recommended
- Recommended
Usage
Supporting
- This build relies on Transfusion in order to be effective, with the priority being on downed control and movement. Ensure good positioning where you are able to teleport allies to safety.
- Transfusion is tied to 24px Garish Pillar. Once activated it will heal players in a 600 aoe around the player (not around the shade) for ~1000 each pulse, and teleport any down players to the necromancer. This effect lasts for 9 seconds on a 12 second cool down and should be prioritized for life force usage, as it is one of the most powerful healing abilities in the game.
- Barrier should be used when expecting allies to take damage, it will mitigate critical strike damage, and provide some condition clear through Abrasive Grit.
Staff
- Staff auto attacks are your best friend. They may not do much damage, but they maintain your life force.
- Use
Mark of Blood , 
Chilblains, and 
Reaper's Mark to generate additional life force, and pressure on the enemy. 
Putrid Mark usage should be more careful, try to save it to dump conditions if when you are under heavy condition pressure.- Interrupt key skills with the fear of Reaper's Mark.
Scepter/Torch
Putrid Curse Is a single target boon corrupt to fill in dowtime on skills.- 24px Harrowing Wave Generates significant life force, and is a great skill to use on downed players.
- 24px Oppressive Collapse Is an interrupt and knockdown. Use it to snare escaping players or interrupt channeled skills.
Shroud
- Your shade skills activate around you as well as all active shades.
- Placing a Shade on your frontline and activating 24px Sand Cascade will give barrier to the players of the frontline near the shade as well as the players around you.
- All of your shade skills will proc the strike of 24px Manifest Sand Shade
- Shroud traits proc as if the shade skills counted as that shroud skill. For instance, Transfusion is activated by 24px Garish Pillar. Traits like Life from Death that proc on going in/out of shroud proc on 24px Desert Shroud.
Videos
- YouTube: [DUI] Rixzaw
- YouTube: [DUI] Rixzaw (Cele / Cleric / Comp'd)
Excellent hybrid condi/support build. This build brings good support capabilities to the Scourge while maintaining moderate damage capabilities. This build fulfills a niche role in downstate control that shines quite well in the pirate ship meta. Moderate healing ability can provide some additional healing support during Firebrand Tome downtime, and barrier provides burst DPS mitigation. In addition to the support, this build still provides adequate condi pressure DPS that is moderately spammable and easily spread across the battlefield.
UPDATE
The condi DPS is much lower than when I originally voted. While still very useful for corruption, barrier, heal support, and downstate control, the lack of damage potential makes it less desireable to take now. Celestial Support Scourge with a power focus is a stronger option now. Because of its role and unique abilities, rating is at good, rather than basic.