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 – provides a consistent source of AoE Shadow damage.
- 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:
- Stand Alone – will increase your survivability.
- Imperfectly Balanced, Fueled by Death, Death’s Embrace, Amplify Damage, Terror, Gloom, and Memento Mori will boost your damage.
- Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, 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 Skirmisher Skeletal Warrior, Cold Skeletal Mage, and Iron Golem.
Paragon Boards
- Board 1 (Start):
- Use Sacrificial Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 2 (Scent of Death):
- Don’t Rotate
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Exploit Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 3 (Wither):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Abyssal Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 4 (Flesh-eater):
- Rotate twice
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Amplify Glyph
- Connect at the bottom end
- Board 5 (Bone Graft):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Control Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 6 (Bloodbath):
- Rotate once
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Essence Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 7 (Cult Leader):
- Rotate once
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Scourge Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 8 (Blood Begets Blood):
- Rotate once
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Desecration Glyph
Glyph Leveling Priorities
| Level 15 | Level 21 |
|---|---|
| 1. Darkness | 1. Darkness |
| 2. Territorial | 2. Territorial |
| 3. Imbiber | 3. Imbiber |
| 4. Control | 4. Control |
| 5. Sacrificial | 5. Essence |
| 6. Essence | 6. Sacrificial |
Equipment
Greaves of the Empty Tomb will cause Sever to leave pools of Desecrated Ground for extra Shadow Damage, and the Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul will make Corpse Explosion and Corpse Tendrils cast automatically.
On top of these pieces, you will want these Legendary Aspects:
- Blighted and Decay will improve your Shadowblight Passive.
- Ultimate Shadow – grants Bone Storm Shadow damage.
- Grasping Veins – will improve your damage.
- Disobedience and Shielding Storm help boost your survivability.
- Exposed Flesh – will help keep your Essence high.
You will want to use Emerald Gems on your weapon, Ruby Gems on your armor, and a mix of Gems for different Resistances on your jewelry.
Equipment Stat Priorities
| Slot | Stat Priorities |
|---|---|
| Main Hand | 1. Damage to Close Enemies 2. Intelligence 3. All Stats 4. Core Skill Damage 5. Vulnerable Damage |
| Off-Hand | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Lucky Hit Chance while You Have a Barrier 3. Cooldown Reduction 4. Critical Strike Chance 5. Essence Cost Reduction 6. Damage Reduction from Shadow Damage Over Time-Affected Enemies 7. Intelligence/All Stats |
| Helm | 1. % Total Armor 2. Maximum Life 3. Lucky Hit Chance while You Have a Barrier 4. Cooldown Reduction 5. Intelligence 6. Resistance |
| Chest Armor | 1. Maximum Life 2. % Total Armor 3. Damage Reduction from Shadow Damage Over Time-Affected Enemies 4. Damage Reduction from Close Enemies 5. Damage Reduction |
| Gloves | 1. Ranks for Sever 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Attack Speed 4. Lucky Hit: Restore Primary Resource 5. Lucky Hit Chance 6. Shadow Damage over Time 7. Intelligence |
| Pants | 1. Maximum Life 2. % Total Armor 3. Damage Reduction from Shadow Damage Over Time-Affected Enemies 4. Damage Reduction from Close Enemies 5. Damage Reduction 6. Ranks for Corpse Explosion |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Ranks for Corpse Tendrils 3. Essence Cost Reduction 4. Resistance 5. Intelligence/All Stats 6. Dodge Chance |
| Amulet | 1. Movement Speed 2. Cooldown Reduction 3. Ranks for Gloom 4. Essence Cost Reduction 5. % Total Armor 6. Damage Reduction from Shadow Damage Over Time-Affected Enemies 7. Damage Reduction from Close Enemies |
| Rings | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Damage to Close Enemies 4. Maximum Life 5. Shadow Damage 6. Essence Generation |
