User:Gelei/N/D OoU Minion Master

It works again, as OoU is reverted to original form.

It's an excellent minion master build for Alliance Battles, Competitive Missions and general PvE. For the correct use in PvE you must change it, but the concept is the same. (e.g.: resurrection)

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=N/D blo=5+1 death=12+3+1 sou=9+1 earthp=8][Order of Undeath][Animate Bone Fiend][Blood of the Master][Dark Bond][Infuse Condition][Mystic Regeneration][Signet of Lost Souls][Verata's Aura][/build]


 * Bone Fiends are enough for this build, as OoU could wear off while melee minions are running to fleeing enemies. It might look weird or bad, but fiends are more than good here.

Equipment

 * Armor
 * Bloodstained Insignia
 * Superior Death Magic Rune
 * Minor Blood Magic and Minor Soul Reaping Rune. Both are optional.
 * Superior Vigor Rune
 * Other slots are filled with Survivor Insignias and Vitae Runes.


 * Weapons
 * No special preferences, you should have approx. 50 energy.

Usage

 * Until the birth of your first few minions, you are relied on your teammates to produce some corpses.
 * When you see a corpse, hit Animate Bone Fiend. (The 25 energy might sounds much, but you have great energy management. This is the best choice for this build, and you don't need other minion types.)
 * Keep your army alive with Blood of the Master.
 * When engaging in battle, precast Dark Bond and Infuse Condition. While in battle, cast them as soon as they recharge, because if they are interrupted, you can still correct the mistake.
 * Use Mystic regeneration for self healing.
 * Don't forget to use up dying: hit Signet of Lost Souls when you can.
 * When you see a huge army of hostile minions, smite the enemy minion master with Verata's Aura. From now, you must recast periodically until you die.

Counters

 * Verata's Aura
 * Replacing Bone Fiend with another type of minions or replacing a skill for a 2nd type of minion (common mistake among players to switch survivability for versatility)
 * Interrupts on key skills (twice if you do it well)
 * Getting killed when your team is around (minions turn hostile), but you can undo it with Verata's Aura.

Variants

 * A template with OoU: N/any OoU Minion Master. This isn't a full MM skill bar.
 * Bring Ebon Battle Standard of Honor for PvE.