A great self-sustaining Build that allows for constant crits and an endless supply of Essence, all while keeping a safe distance from your enemies.
Skills
This Build mainly revolves around the use of Bone Spear. This Skill can make almost entire rooms’ worth of enemies Vulnerable, and will constantly deal Critical Strikes to deal massive damage.
Additional Core Skills:
- Corpse Explosion – provides some extra AoE damage, as well as helping boost your overall damage.
- Decrepify – this will keep enemies Stunned, as well as keep your Cooldowns low.
- Blood Mist – can be used when you need to get away from enemies or for extra survivability.
- Corpse Tendrils – a great way to group up enemies, as it will pull them in, Slow, and Stun them.
- Bone Storm – grants more Critical Strike Chance, while also boosting your survivability.
Passives
The Key Passive for this Build is Ossified Essence, as it will greatly boost the damage of Bone Spear.
Additional Passives:
- Stand Alone and Necrotic Carapace will increase your survivability.
- Imperfectly Balanced, Fueled by Death, Amplify Damage, Serration, Compound Fracture, Evulsion, and Memento Mori will boost your damage.
- Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Death’s Approach, Grim Harvest, and Reaper’s Pursuit will help your utility.
Book of the Dead
You can sacrifice all of your minions for this Build to gain their bonuses. You will want to sacrifice the Cold Skeletal Mage, Iron Golem, and either the Skirmisher or Defender Skeletal Warrior.
Paragon Boards
- Board 1 (Start):
- Use Amplify Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 2 (Bone Graft):
- Rotate twice
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Essence Glyph
- Connect at the right end (board 3) and left end (board 5)
- Board 3 (Flesh-eater):
- Rotate three times
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Corporeal Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 4 (Flesh-Eater):
- Rotate once
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Sacrificial Glyph
- Board 5 (Blood Begets Blood):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Control Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 6 (Bloodbath):
- Rotate three times
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Exploit Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 7 (Wither):
- Rotate three times
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Scourge Glyph
Glyph Leveling Priorities
| Level 15 | Level 21 |
|---|---|
| 1. Corporeal | 1. Essence |
| 2. Control | 2. Control |
| 3. Scourge | 3. Exploit |
| 4. Essence | 4. Scourge |
| 5. Sacrificial | 5. Amplify |
| 6. Exploit | 6. Corporeal |
| 7. Amplify | 7. Sacrificial |
- The Corporeal, Control, and Scourge Glyphs will only work once they reach Level 15.
Equipment
Lidless Wall will allow you to have multiple Bone Storms up throughout the screen.
On top of these pieces, you will want these Legendary Aspects:
- Serration – allows the Ossified Essence Key Passive to also increase Critical Strike Damage.
- Splintering – causes Bone Spear to make enemies Vulnerable.
- Grasping Veins, Conceited, and Concussive Strikes will increase your damage.
- Juggernaut, Shielding Storm, Hardened Bones will help your survivability.
- Slaughter – will help mobility.
You will want to use a Sapphire Gem on your weapon, Ruby Gems on your armor, and Diamond Gems on your jewelry.
Equipment Stat Priorities
| Slot | Stat Priorities | Tempering |
|---|---|---|
| Main Hand | 1. Attack Speed 2. Maximum Life 3. Intelligence 4. Critical Strike Damage 5. Vulnerable Damage | – Chance to cast Bone Spear twice – Bone Critical Strike Damage |
| Off-Hand | 1. Maximum Resource 2. Intelligence 3. Resource Cost Reduction | – Chance to cast Bone Spear twice – Bone Critical Strike Damage |
| Helm | 1. Essence per Second 2. Maximum Essence 3. Intelligence 4. Resistance to All Elements | – Maximum Life – Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Chest Armor | 1. Maximum Life 2. Essence per Second 3. Intelligence 4. Resistance to All Elements | – Maximum Life – Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Gloves | 1. Ranks to Bone Spear 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Attack Speed 4. Intelligence 5. Critical Strike Damage 6. Vulnerable Damage | – Bone Critical Strike Damage – Lucky Hit: Freeze |
| Pants | 1. Maximum Life 2. Intelligence 3. Resistance to All Elements | – Maximum Life – Lucky Hit: Stun |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Essence per Second 3. Intelligence 4. Maximum Life 5. Resistance to All Elements | – Movement Speed – Lucky Hit: Immobilize |
| Amulet | 1. Ranks to Evulsion 2. Ranks to Compound Fracture 3. Maximum Resource 4. % Intelligence 5. Maximum Life | – Movement Speed Reduction – Bone Critical Strike Damage |
| Rings | 1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Resource Cost Reduction 3. Lucky Hit: Vulnerable 4. Maximum Life 5. Critical Strike Damage 6. Vulnerable Damage | – Bone Critical Strike Damage – Resource Cost Reduction |
