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:
- Raise Skeleton – needed to raise you skeleton Minions.
- 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 and Necrotic Carapace will increase your survivability.
- Imperfectly Balanced, Fueled by Death, Death’s Embrace, Amplify Damage, Terror, Gloom, and Inspiring Leader 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 will want to make the following choices in your Book of the Dead:
- Defender Skeletal Warriors (2nd Upgrade) – these Minions will easily stay alive.
- Shadow Skeletal Mages (1st Upgrade) – gives you a boost in damage.
- Iron Golem (Sacrifice) – further increases your damage.
Paragon Boards
- Board 1 (Start):
- Use Darkness Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 2 (Bloodbath):
- Rotate once
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Territorial Glyph
- Connect at the left end (board 3) and top end (board 4)
- Board 3 (Bone Graft):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Essence Glyph
- Connect at the top end (board 7)
- Board 4 (Flesh-eater):
- Rotate once
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Amplify Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 5 (Wither):
- Rotate three times
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Abyssal Glyph
- Connect at the bottom end
- Board 6 (Cult Leader):
- Don’t rotate
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Mage Glyph
- Board 7 (Scent of Death):
- Rotate twice
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Control Glyph
Glyph Leveling Priorities
| Level 15 | Level 21 |
|---|---|
| 1. Amplify | 1. Control |
| 2. Control | 2. Essence |
| 3. Darkness | 3. Darkness |
| 4. Essence | 4. Territorial |
| 5. Territorial | 5. Amplify |
| 6. Abyssal | 6. Abyssal |
| 7. Mage | 7. Mage |
Equipment
Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul will make Raise Skeletons and Corpse Tendrils cast automatically.
On top of this piece, you will want these Legendary Aspects:
- Empowering Reaper – causes Sever to create a pool of Blight for extra damage.
- Occult Dominion – allows you to have extra Minions.
- Blighted will improve your Shadowblight Passive.
- Ultimate Shadow – grants Bone Storm Shadow damage.
- Grasping Veins and The Damned will improve your damage.
- Shielding Storm and Hardened Bones help boost your survivability.
- Slaughter – improves your mobility.
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 – Damage to Close/Enemies Affected by Curse Skills |
| Off-Hand | 1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Resource Cost Reduction 4. Maximum Life | – Chance for Sever Projectiles to Cast Twice – Damage to Close/Enemies Affected by Curse Skills |
| Helm | 1. Essence Per Second 2. Armor 3. Maximum Life 4. Intelligence | – Maximum Life – Decrepify/Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Chest Armor | 1. Armor 2. Maximum Life 3. Essence Per Second 4. Intelligence | – Maximum Life – Decrepify/Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Gloves | 1. Ranks for Sever 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Attack Speed 4. Intelligence 5. Critical Strike Damage 6. Maximum Life | – Damage to Close/Enemies Affected by Curse Skills – Decrepify/Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Pants | 1. Armor 2. Maximum Life 3. Intelligence 4. Ranks to Skeletal Mage Mastery 5. All Resistance | – Maximum Life – Crowd Control Duration |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Essence Per Second 3. Ranks to Skeletal Mage Mastery 4. Intelligence 5. Maximum Life | – Movement Speed – Crowd Control Duration |
| Amulet | 1. Ranks to Gloom 2. Attack Speed 3. Critical Strike Chance 4. Cooldown Reduction | – Ultimate Cooldown Reduction – Damage to Close/Enemies Affected by Curse Skills |
| 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 | – Ultimate Cooldown Reduction – Damage to Close/Enemies Affected by Curse Skills |
