Necromancer - Traditional Terrormancer

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Focused on: Condition damage, Control.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

This PvP condi nec build relies on large Bleed stacks, Fear chains and - just like most necromancer builds - requires good positioning.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

Scepter/Dagger

Utility

Elite

½

Blood Curse

Chain. Bleed your foe.

Damage: 124

Bleeding (4½s): 88 Damage

Range: 900

¾

10

Grasping Dead

Summon skeletal hands to cripple foes in the target area.

Damage: 284

₃Bleeding (10s): 660 Damage

Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Range: 900

¾

10

Feast of Corruption

Strike your target, gain life force, and torment your foe. For each condition on your target up to the condition treshold, get additional life force gain and inflict additional torment stacks.

Damage: 355

₂Torment (4s): 128 Damage, 128 Damage if Moving

Torment per Condition (4s): 64 Damage, 64 Damage if Moving

Life Force: 8%

Life Force per Condition: 1%

Condition Treshold: 5

Range: 900

¼

18

Deathly Swarm

Unleash an insect swarm blinding multiple foes. Transfer three conditions to your target on a successful attack.

Damage: 153

Blindness (6s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Bounces: 3

Range: 900

¾

25

Enfeebling Blood

Apply weakness and bleeding to foes in the target area.

Damage: 122

₂Bleeding (10s): 850 Damage

Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Range: 900

1¼

30

Consume Conditions

Corruption. Feast on your conditions, gaining health for each one consumed. You become vulnerable.

Healing: 5,240

Heal per Condition: 724

₅Self Vulnerability (4s): 5% Incoming Damage

1½

32

Summon Flesh Wurm

Minion. Summon an immobile flesh wurm to attack foes.

Damage: 833

Range: 1,200

½

40

Corrupt Boon

Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.

Self Poison (6s): 504 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Boons Converted: 5

Range: 1,200

Unblockable

60

Spectral Walk

Spectral. Create a shadowy tether and become spectral, gaining life force when struck. You may return to your initial position be using Spectral Recall.

Spectral Walk (8s): Gain life force when taking damage

Swiftness (30s): 33% Movement Speed

Gain life force when taking damage: 2%

Breaks stun

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

Second Weapon Set

Staff

¾

Necrotic Grasp

Send out a grasping hand that damages foes in a line and grants you life force.

Damage: 162

Life Force: 4%

Number of Targets: 5

Pierces

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

¾

4¾

Mark of Blood

Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.

Damage: 129

Regen (6s): 780 Heal

₂Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Blast Radius: 300

Range: 1,200

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

¾

20

Putrid Mark

Mark. Inscribe a mark that transfers conditions from yourself to foes when they trigger it.

Damage: 516

Conditions Removed: 3

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Blast Radius: 300

Combo Finisher: Blast

Range: 1,200

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

Slot Changes

• Viable utility options instead of
  Summon Flesh Wurm

  1½

  32

  Summon Flesh Wurm

  Minion. Summon an immobile flesh wurm to attack foes.

  Damage: 833

  Range: 1,200
  or
  Spectral Walk

  60

  Spectral Walk

  Spectral. Create a shadowy tether and become spectral, gaining life force when struck. You may return to your initial position be using Spectral Recall.

  Spectral Walk (8s): Gain life force when taking damage

  Swiftness (30s): 33% Movement Speed

  Gain life force when taking damage: 2%

  Breaks stun
  :

• Signet of Spite

  ¾

  60

  Signet of Spite

  Signet Passive: Improves power.
  Signet Active: Inflict bleeding, blindness, crippled, poison, vulnerability, and weakness on your foe.

  Signet Passive: 180 Power

  Damage: 266

  ₂Bleeding (10s): 440 Damage

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Cripple (10s): -50% Movement Speed

  ₂Poison (10s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  ₅Vulnerability (10s): 5% Incoming Damage

  Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Range: 1,200
  - powerful condi burst.
• 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
  - besides transfering all conditions from you to the enemy it also breaks stun (which means you can't transfer Fear because the skill breaks stun effects before the transfer, removing Fear).

• Summon Flesh Golem

  1½

  48

  Summon Flesh Golem

  Minion. Summon a flesh golem to attack foes with crippling claws.

  Damage: 578

  Final Strike Damage: 963

  Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed
  over
  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
  .

Specializations

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Trait Variants

• Reaper's Protection

  60

  Reaper's Protection

  When disabled (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, or launch), inflict fear on nearby foes.

  Fear (2s): Flee

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 360
  over
  Greater Marks

  Greater Marks

  Increases area of marks and marks become unblockable.

  Radius Increase: 60

  Unblockable
  .
• Weakening Shroud

  Weakening Shroud

  Cast Enfeebling Blood when entering death shroud.

  Damage: 122

  Bleeding (6s): 255 Damage

  Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240
  over
  Hemophilia

  Hemophilia

  Increases inflicted bleed duration.

  Duration Increase: 20%
  .
• 0/6/4/0/4 is the most common trait setup, but the points on the Death Magic line are basically optional:
  • If you have at least 1 signet, you can consider relocating 2 to Spite taking
    Signet Mastery

    Signet Mastery

    Reduces recharge on signets. Activating a signet grants might.

    ₃Might (10 sec): 90 Power and Condition Damage

    Recharge Reduced: 20%
    .
  • You can move 2 points to Soul Reaping for
    Foot in the Grave

    Foot in the Grave

    Gain stability when you enter death shroud.

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

    Breaks stun
    to make
    Death Shroud

    10

    Death Shroud

    Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
    the shortest CD stunbreaker in the game.

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Scepter Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) Off Hand Dagger 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)	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Staff Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) 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)

Sigil Variants

• Superior Sigil of Frailty

  2

  Superior Sigil of Frailty

  50% Chance on Hit: Inflict Vulnerability (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 2s)
  on staff.

Equipment

Rune:

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

(1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +5% Condition Duration (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +10% Condition Duration (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): When you use an elite skill, deliver an attack (240 radius) that blinds enemies and transfers one condition.(Cooldown: 45s)

Amulet:

Carrion Amulet

Carrion Amulet

+900 Power +900 Vitality +1200 Condition Damage

Equipment Variants

Amulets

• PvP Rabid Amulet - higher armor, lower HP (also lower Deah Shroud health), better synergy with
  Barbed Precision

  Barbed Precision

  Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding.

  Chance on Critical Hit: 66%

  Bleeding (2s): 85 Damage
  via higher crit chance.

Usage

• Your most valuable weapon skills are
  Deathly Swarm

  ¼

  18

  Deathly Swarm

  Unleash an insect swarm blinding multiple foes. Transfer three conditions to your target on a successful attack.

  Damage: 153

  Blindness (6s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Range: 900
  and
  Putrid Mark

  ¾

  20

  Putrid Mark

  Mark. Inscribe a mark that transfers conditions from yourself to foes when they trigger it.

  Damage: 516

  Conditions Removed: 3

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Blast Radius: 300

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 1,200
  - even vs Power builds they can be handy, don't waste them, especially if you can return an entire
  Pin Down

  ¾

  25

  Pin Down

  Fire an arrow that bleeds and immobilizes your target.

  Damage: 97

  ₆Bleeding (12s): 3,060 Damage

  Immobilize (3s): Unable to move.

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,000
  + Burn and Blind with
  Deathly Swarm

  ¼

  18

  Deathly Swarm

  Unleash an insect swarm blinding multiple foes. Transfer three conditions to your target on a successful attack.

  Damage: 153

  Blindness (6s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Range: 900
  .
• Keep
  Corrupt Boon

  ½

  40

  Corrupt Boon

  Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.

  Self Poison (6s): 504 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Boons Converted: 5

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  for targets with Stability, because besides opening up the opportunity to Fear them, Stability itself turns into fear. Useful for interrupting enemies while they try to stomp an ally of yours. Because of trait
  Path of Corruption

  Path of Corruption

  Dark Path now additionally converts boons into conditions.

  Boons Converted to Conditions: 2
  your
  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
  also converts 2 Boons into Conditions.

• Note that for Necromancers, while corrupting or removing boons Stability is last on the priority list. If your enemy has 6 boons and 1 of them is Stability and you use
  Corrupt Boon

  ½

  40

  Corrupt Boon

  Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.

  Self Poison (6s): 504 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Boons Converted: 5

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  on him, he will still have Stability.

• Never spam your marks on the ground out of combat! This is the worst thing you can do. Any half decent enemy would just dodge over them and you just blew the CDs of an entire weapon - and all for nothing. You can, however, put a cheaper mark like
  Mark of Blood

  ¾

  4¾

  Mark of Blood

  Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.

  Damage: 129

  Regen (6s): 780 Heal

  ₂Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Blast Radius: 300

  Range: 1,200
  at entraces like stairs on Forest, Khylo or Skyhammer, spotting enemies approaching in Stealth.
• You can secure a stomp by using
  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
  right after beginning the stomp - this is a big CD but sometimes it's really worth it. You can still use your Plague form skills while stomping.

Positioning: As a Necromancer, in teamfights you should keep distance from the capture point and barely ever stand on it - you aren't tanky and don't really have disengage options or many dodges, therefore it's good positioning and counterpressure via Fear is what will keep you alive.

Counters

• Heavy CC
• Blinds while on Staff set
• Thieves at the early stages of the game due to the lack of Life Force.
• Shoutbow Warriors

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Notes

• Entering
  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
  form destroys minions controlled by the Necromancer, including
  Summon Flesh Wurm

  1½

  32

  Summon Flesh Wurm

  Minion. Summon an immobile flesh wurm to attack foes.

  Damage: 833

  Range: 1,200
  .