User:Dr Dread/rescued builds/11-288 Sabway

This is a Hero Necromancer set-up designed to handle extreme pressure, notably in Hard Mode. It has been successfully used for Vanquishing and acquiring Protector titles with much ease and minimal hero micro-managing.

Composition

 * / SS Necromancer


 * / Necromancer Healer


 * / Minion Bomber Necromancer

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist Curses=12+1+1 Channeling=10 SoulReaping=8+1 restoration=2][Spiteful Spirit][Barbs][Enfeebling Blood][Optional][Splinter Weapon][Rip Enchantment][Signet of Lost Souls][Death Pact Signet][/build]
 * [[Reckless Haste@14] for NM
 * [[Mark of Pain@14] for additional damage which can be triggered by minions and splinter weapon
 * [[Weaken Armor@14] strong choice for Hard Mode
 * [[Defile Defenses@14] for areas where foes have block skills
 * [[Ancestors' Rage@10] for additional damage
 * [[Defile Enchantments@14] or [[Desecrate Enchantments] for armor ignoring area damage

Equipment

 * Armor: Survivor Insignia, Vitae and/or Vigor Runes
 * Weapons: Any Curses weapon, preferably a 40/40 Curses wand and offhand.

Counters

 * Significant hex removal
 * General anti-caster (i.e. Backfire or Blackout)

Variants

 * Replace [[Rip Enchantment@14] with  [[Rend Enchantments@14].
 * Replace [[Death Pact Signet@2] with  [[Flesh of My Flesh@2].

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist SoulReaping=12+1+1 RestorationMagic=12][Optional][Weapon of Warding][Mend Body and Soul][Spirit Light][Protective was Kaolai][Life][Signet of Lost Souls][Flesh of My Flesh][/build]

Optional Elites

 * [[Xinrae's Weapon@12]
 * [[Weapon of Remedy@12] for additional condition removal.
 * [[Icy Veins@14]
 * [[Blood is Power@13] for PuG's and henchmen

Equipment

 * Armor: Survivor Insignia, Vitae and/or Vigor runes
 * Weapons: Not important - this hero will be carrying Protective Was Kaolai most of the time.

Counters

 * General anti-caster
 * Spirit being killed (Mend Body and Soul and Spirit Light become less effective).

Variants

 * A second copy of Splinter Weapon instead of Weapon of Warding if less defense is needed. Decrease Soul Reaping, putting the attribute points in to Channeling Magic.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Necromancer/Monk DeathMagic=12+1+3 SoulReaping=8+1 ProtectionPrayers=10][Jagged Bones@18][Animate Bone Minions@18][Death Nova@18][Masochism@11][Putrid Bile@18][Protective Spirit][Aegis][shield of Absorption][/build]

Dwayna's Sorrow Variant
[build prof=Necromancer/Monk DeathMagic=12+1+3 SoulReaping=10+1 HealingPrayers=8][Jagged Bones:@18][Animate Bone Minions@18][Death Nova@18][Masochism@12][putrid bile][Dwayna's Sorrow][cure hex][Signet of Lost Souls@12][/build]

Equipment

 * Bloodstained Insignia either on head or hands or boots, Survivor Insignia on the remaining armor pieces, Vitae and/or Vigor runes.
 * A 40% HCT/20% enchantments Death staff.

Counters

 * Enemies consuming corpses, see Variants for help.

Variants

 * If there are not any corpses available use a different hero, such as the SoS Channeling Ritualist.
 * If you do not own Eye of the North, replace [[Putrid Bile@16] with  [[Rising Bile@16].

Usage

 * Put these three heroes on [[Image:Hero command Guard.jpg|25px]] -Guard Mode-
 * Call a target so all necromancer heroes lock onto it.
 * The SS Necromancer will start putting hexes on, while the MM will accumulate minions to do damage through Barbs and Death Nova
 * Vanquish the mission/area while repeating the previous steps.

Trivia

 * This team build is often called Sabway by the community, after the first person to make it popular on GWGuru.