This extremely tanky Build allows you to deal massive AoE damage, while being practically immortal!
Skills
This Build mainly revolves around the use of Blood Mist. With this Build, this Skill becomes loaded, being able to trigger Corpse Explosion, make Corpses, apply Shadow Damage and increase your movement speed on top of the Immunity it grants. On top of all of this, you will be able to keep it up infinitely (hence the Build name). Corpse Explosion is another important Skill, as it is your main source of damage.
Additional Core Skills:
- Blight – will give you a boost in damage, and it’s high Lucky Chance helps this Build.
- Decrepify – this is the main way to keep your cooldowns low.
- Corpse Tendrals – groups enemies together, as well as make them Vulnerable.
- Bone Storm – grants more Critical Strike Chance, while also boosting your survivability.
Passives
The Key Passive for this Build is Shadowblight, since it will greatly boost the damage of Corpse Explosion.
Additional Passives:
- Necrotic Carapace and Stand Alone will increase your survivability.
- Fueled by Death, Death’s Embrace, Amplify Damage, Crippling Darkness, Terror, Gloom, and Memento Mori will boost your damage.
- Hewed Flesh, 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 Reaper Skeletal Warrior, Cold Skeletal Mage, and Blood Golem.
Paragon Boards
- Board 1 (Start):
- Use Sacrificial Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 2 (Wither):
- Rotate three times
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Abyssal Glyph
- Connect at the top end (board 3) and the left end (board 4)
- Board 3 (Flesh-eater):
- Rotate twice
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Gravekeeper Glyph
- Board 4 (Bloodbath):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Scourge Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 5 (Bone Graft):
- Don’t rotate
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Exploit Glyph
- Connect at the left end
- Board 6 (Cult Leader):
- Rotate once
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Control Glyph
- Connect at the bottom end
- Board 7 (Scent of Death):
- Rotate twice
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Desecration Glyph
Glyph Leveling Priorities
| Level 15 | Level 21 |
|---|---|
| 1. Sacrificial | 1. Gravekeeper |
| 2. Scourge | 2. Scourge |
| 3. Abyssal | 3. Exploit |
| 4. Gravekeeper | 4. Control |
| 5. Control | 5. Abyssal |
| 6. Exploit | 6. Sacrificial |
| 7. Desecration | 7. Desecration |
Equipment
Howl from Below and Black River will both greatly enhance Corpse Explosion.
On top of this piece, you will want these Legendary Aspects:
- Explosive Mist – causes Blood Mist to trigger Corpse Explosion on Corpses, as well as causing these explosions to reduce Blood Mist’s Cooldown.
- Blood-Soaked – gives Blood Mist some extra Shadow damage, while also increasing Movement Speed while it’s active.
- Blighted, Great Feast, and The Damned increase your damage.
- Shielding Storm and Hardened Bones will boost your survivability.
- Creeping Mist – allows you to use Evade during Blood Mist.
You will want to use Amethyst Gems on your weapon, Ruby Gems on your armor, and Skulls on your jewelry.
Equipment Stat Priorities
| Slot | Stat Priorities | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Hand | 1. Intelligence 2. Maximum Life 3. Damage over Time | – Bone Storm Duration – Corpse Explosion Damage |
| Off-Hand | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Cooldown Reduction 3. Intelligence 4. Maximum Life | – Bone Storm Duration – Corpse Explosion Damage |
| Helm | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Cooldown Reduction 3. Maximum Life 4. Intelligence | – Blood Mist Duration/Cooldown Reduction – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds |
| Chest Armor | 1. Ranks to Corpse Explosion 2. Maximum Life 3. Intelligence 4. Ranks to Blood Mist | – Blood Mist Duration/Cooldown Reduction – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds |
| Gloves | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Intelligence 3. Damage over Time 4. Maximum Life | – Corpse Explosion Damage – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds |
| Pants | 1. Maximum Life 2. Armor 3. Intelligence 4. Resistance to All Elements | – Total Armor – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Ranks to Corpse Skills 3. Essence per Second 4. Intelligence 5. Maximum Life | – Movement Speed while in Blood Mist – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds |
| Amulet | 1. Ranks to Gloom 2. Ranks to Terror 4. Lucky Hit Chance 5. Cooldown Reduction | – Blood Mist Duration/Cooldown Reduction – Corpse Explosion Damage |
| Rings | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Lucky Hit: Up to a x% Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable 3. Intelligence 4. Maximum Life | – Blood Mist Duration/Cooldown Reduction – Corpse Explosion Damage |
