Arete/CoreNecro

Usage

Overall Priorities

High

• Wells
• Boon rip

Moderate

• Sustained pressure
• Single target damage

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has low mobility skill access
  • Avoid using
    Dark Pursuit
    unless needed to survive, since it increases the cooldown of
    Dark Path
• This builds has low active defenses
  • Death Shroud
    gives an unlisted 50% damage reduction
  • Speed of Shadows
    clears movement impairing conditions when entering
    Death Shroud

Expand Active defense priority Deathly Swarm - for Immobilize Death Shroud - for Immobilize Dodge Death Shroud - general use Signet of Vampirism

Detailed Explanations

Wells

• Try to save your Well skills for the commanders call
  • If you aren't using voice communication, use your wells at the same time as the other Necromancers in your group
• Cast
  Well of Corruption
  before
  Well of Suffering
  , due to the longer cooldown
• Only use your Well skills at the same time, do not use one early and desync their cooldowns
• When using ground AoEs like
  Well of Corruption
  or
  Well of Suffering
  , try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to
• Immediately after placing both wells enter
  Death Shroud
  to activate
  Death Perception
  and remain in shroud for the duration of the wells

Boon rip

• Use
  Signet of the Locust
  when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
  • Prioritize
    Signet of the Locust
    before going into
    Death Shroud
    , since
    Signets of Suffering
    lowers the cooldown
• Use
  Death Shroud
  as often as possible to activate
  Spiteful Spirit
  , press
  Dark Path
  (
  Path of Corruption
  ) and leave
  • When safe, be within 600 range of enemies when activating
    Death Shroud
    to proc
    Spiteful Spirit

Sustained pressure

• Start fights on Scepter/Dagger to maximize ranged uptime
• Use
  Unholy Feast
  and
  Devouring Darkness
  immediately after Weapon Swap and use them again immediately before swapping back
  • Delaying your Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine
• Enter
  Death Shroud
  frequently to maintain
  Soul Barbs
• Save
  Lich Form
  until
  Winds of Disenchantment
  and other projectile block is used up.
  • Don't be afraid to drop form early if
    Deathly Claws
    is being projectile blocked.
• Don't commit your
  Death Shroud
  damage unless you'll be in range long enough to finish
  Tainted Shackles
  and
  Life Transfer
  • Using
    Dark Path
    and immediately leaving is fine if you're at range
  • Leave shroud if your
    Life Blast
    is being projectile blocked or when
    Unholy Feast
    and
    Devouring Darkness
    are ready

Expand Skill priority Well of Corruption + Well of Suffering - always together, on commander's call Signet of the Locust Lich Form - only after projectile block is down Grim Specter Lich's Gaze Deathly Claws Death Shroud Dark Path Tainted Shackles Life Transfer Life Blast Axe Unholy Feast Death Shroud + Dark Path - procs Path of Corruption Spinal Shivers - only on single target Ghastly Claws Soul Grasp - only if low on Life Force Scepter Devouring Darkness Enfeebling Blood Death Shroud + Dark Path - procs Path of Corruption Grasping Dead

Single target damage

• Use
  Spinal Shivers
  ⇒
  Ghastly Claws
  ⇒
  Rending Claws
  pick off isolated players