This cool looking and flexible Build allows you to take out waves of enemies quickly, while constantly keeping them Crowd Controlled.
Skills
This Build mainly revolves around the use of Sever. This Skill will easily make enemies Vulnerable, then deal large damage to take them out quickly.
Additional core Skills:
- Corpse Explosion – gives a consistent source of damage over time to enemies.
- Corpse Tendrils – groups enemies together, Crowd Controls them, and makes them Vulnerable all at once.
- Bone Storm – grants more Critical Strike Chance, while also boosting your survivability.
- 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 extra survivability.
Passives
The Key Passive for this Build is Shadowblight, as all of your Skills deal Shadow damage.
Additional Passives:
- Necrotic Carapace and Stand Alone will increase your survivability.
- Imperfectly Balanced, Fueled by Death, Death’s Embrace, Amplify Damage, Crippling Darkness, Terror, Gloom, and Memento Mori will boost your damage.
- Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Reaper’s Pursuit, and Crippling Darkness 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 Iron Golem.
Paragon Boards
- Board 1 (Start):
- Use Amplify Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 2 (Wither):
- Rotate three times
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Abyssal Glyph
- Connect at the top end (board 3) and left end (board 5)
- Board 3 (Bone Graft):
- Rotate three times
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Exploit Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 4 (Flesh-eater):
- Rotate three times
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Gravekeeper Glyph
- Board 5 (Bloodbath):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Essence Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 6 (Cult Leader):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Control Glyph
- Connect at the left end
- Board 7 (Scent of Death):
- Rotate three times
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Sacrificial Glyph
Glyph Leveling Priorities
| Level 15 | Level 21 |
|---|---|
| 1. Abyssal | 1. Essence |
| 2. Gravekeeper | 2. Control |
| 3. Essence | 3. Exploit |
| 4. Control | 4. Gravekeeper |
| 5. Exploit | 5. Amplify |
| 6. Sacrificial | 6. Sacrificial |
| 7. Amplify | 7. Abyssal |
Equipment
Crown of Lucion and Ring of Starless Skies will both give
On top of this piece, you will want these Legendary Aspects:
- Grasping Veins, Sacrificial, Concussive Strikes, Great Feast, and The Damned will improve your damage.
- Shielding Storm and Hardened Bones help boost your survivability.
You will want to use Sapphire Gems on your weapon, Ruby Gems on your armor, and a mix of Diamond Gems for your jewelry.
Equipment Stat Priorities
| Slot | Stat Priorities | Tempering |
|---|---|---|
| Main Hand | 1. Intelligence 2. Maximum Life 3. Critical Strike Damage 4. Essence on Kill | – Chance for Sever Projectiles to Cast Twice – Critical Strike Damage |
| Helm | 1. Essence Per Second 2. Maximum Life 3. Cooldown Reduction 4. Intelligence | – Maximum Life – Decrepify/Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Chest Armor | 1. Maximum Life 2. Essence Per Second 3. Intelligence 4. Armor | – Maximum Life – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds. |
| Gloves | 1. Ranks for Sever 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Attack Speed 4. Intelligence 5. Critical Strike Damage 6. Maximum Life | – Critical Strike Damage – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds. |
| Pants | 1. Armor 2. Maximum Life 3. Intelligence 4. All Resistance | – Total Armor – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds. |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Essence Per Second 3. Intelligence 4. Maximum Life | – Movement Speed – Lucky Hit: Chance to Crowd Control for 2 Seconds. |
| Amulet | 1. Ranks to Gloom 2. Attack Speed 3. Critical Strike Chance 4. Cooldown Reduction | – Resource Generation – Critical Strike Damage |
| Rings | 1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Attack Speed 3. Lucky Hit: Up to a +xx% Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable 4. Maximum Life 5. Intelligence | – Resource Generation – Critical Strike Damage |
