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But yeah if you just want to have fun just do whatever the hell you want honestly. Your build will be subpar regardless, so its not like you need to worry about what is “optimal”, just do whatever makes you have fun.

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My PvP Minion Build

Looking for an casual PVE Minion Build.

in Necromancer

Posted by: Shadelang.3012

Shadelang.3012

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Alright. After using minions since day one of the game this is currently what im using.

A combination of valk/cav will give a rather large defensive pool while still leaving your power and ferocity high enough to make use of death perception. Which means you can still use the more control/face-tank method of combat that the MMancer uses while still having hard hitting life blasts. The fact that a good portion of the toughness is converted to more power is nice as well.

I PERSONALLY use centaur runes because I find mobility helps me alot more. But for raw damage id take strength runes.

Youl have plenty of life force in this build to make use of it between, Death of enemies and minions (both of which are increased by death magic minor trait), Normal life force gain, and shadow fiend command attack (send it into a group of mobs and itl probably get more than one batch of life force from the attack).

Death Nova will provide reliable poison and weakness duration. It also punishes careless aoe if you decide to take it into a PvP area at some point. Youl be able to maintain reliable periods of weakness even on bosses. Useful for bosses that have heavy damage phases.

Your damage isn’t outsourced in this build. Instead you use minions for there purposes instead of as turrets. Flesh Wurm is your escape mechanic. Shadow fiend is your burst life force generation. Bone minions are your way of dealing aoe damage as well as reducing the enemies damage. Your biggest hit will come from your life blast. Youl be able to stay in death shroud for long periods of time and be able to hit with it quite hard. Making it both a good sword and shield on top of your natural tankiness.

Your sustain outside of DS is quite good despite not having consume conditions as far as PvE goes. I also find it more comfortable to have a small heal I can sacrifice on demand rather than a large heal I may not be able to get off.

Condi clears come from Dagger four and Staff four.

All in all the build is simple in concept however you can pull of ALOT of really weird stuff with it just in the ways the skills work together. That take practice and getting to know it on your own though if you choose to use it.

Edit: Secifically on Healing. Sacrifice blood fiend immediately upon exiting or immediately before entering death shroud to top yourself off IF YOU NEED THE HEAL (its best to keep yourself at max) Re Summon it the next time you exit DS if DS is on cooldown and your low on health use Dagger 2 while the blood fiend is active. Youl get a decent chunk of healing from the two skills actively healing you at the same time.

Ghost Yak

(edited 2015-01-12 04:36:04 by Shadelang.3012)