User:Dark Paladin X/A/N Virulence Assassin

This build takes advantage of the necromancer elite skill Virulence to inflict multiple conditions on foes and have them die through health degeneration. The build may also use skills that take advantage on foes suffering from conditions as well. The virulence sin build works effectively for both PvE and PvP.

Attributes and Skills
[build name="a/n general virulence sin (pve)" prof=assas/necro dagger=7+1+3 critic=10+2 deadly=9+1 deathm=10][sneak attack][mantis touch][twisting fangs][virulence][signet of deadly corruption][signet of shadows][signet of toxic shock][sunspear rebirth signet][/build]

Equipment

 * Radiant or Survivor Armor
 * Runes of Attunement or Vitae
 * The best Vigor Rune you can afford
 * any Barbed, Crippling, Poisonous, Cruel|Cruel Daggers with a perfect Fortitude Mod (i.e. Jarimiya's Daggers or Kaya's Daggers
 * high Ebon Vanguard rank is recommended

Usage

 * Spam Sneak Attack, Mantis Touch, Twisting Fangs on your foe
 * Use Virulence when your foe is suffering a condition (be careful when you use this on other human foes due to Disease)
 * Use Signet of Shadows when your foe is blinded
 * Spam Signet of Toxic Shock when your foe is suffering from Poison
 * Use Signet of Deadly Corruption after Twisting Fangs and Virulence for full effect
 * Sunspear Rebirth Signet whenever allies are fallen in the field

Variants
Notes: Some of these skills mentioned below can be replaced on EotN skills for those who don't have the expansion, or for other variations below.
 * Replace one of the Signets with Necrosis for more damage or Signet of Corruption for energy management.
 * Replace one of the Signets, Sneak Attack, and one of the signets with Black Mantis Thrust, Jungle Strike and a Hex in the Deadly Arts line like Expose Defenses.
 * Deadly Paradox so you can spam your skills even more.
 * Corpse Denial skills like Soul Feast or Consume Corpse for self-healing and to pressure minion masters.
 * Signet of Malice
 * Black Lotus Strike or Black Spider Strike in place of Black Mantis Thrust in case if one wants to go directly to Twisting Fangs after use (just bring a hex to initiate the off-hand attacks).

PvP Build (with EotN skills)
[build name="a/e general virulence sin (pvp with eotn skills" prof=assas/necro dagger=7+1+3 critic=10+2 deadly=9+1 deathm=10][black mantis thrust][jungle strike][twisting fangs][virulence][signet of deadly corruption][sadists signet][siphon speed][resurrection signet][/build]

Equipment

 * Radiant or Survivor Armor
 * Runes of Attunement or Vitae
 * The best Vigor Rune you can afford
 * any Barbed, Crippling, Poisonous, Cruel|Cruel Daggers with a perfect Fortitude Mod (i.e. Jarimiya's Daggers or Kaya's Daggers

Usage

 * Snare your foe with Siphon Speed (as well as allowing the Black Mantis Thrust crippling to take effect)
 * Follow this attack chain Black Mantis Thrust--->Jungle Strike--->Twisting Fangs--->Virulence>Signet of Deadly Corruption
 * Use Sadist's Signet for self-heal (best used after twisting fangs and virulence)

PvP build (without EotN skills)
[build prof=A/N name="A/N Virulence Sin PvP (without EotN skills)" death=10 dag=7+1+3 dead=9+1 cri=10+2][Black Mantis Thrust][Jungle Strike][Twisting Fangs][Virulence][Consume Corpse][Signet of Toxic Shock][Siphon Speed][resurrection signet][/build]

Equipment

 * Radiant or Survivor Armor
 * Runes of Attunement or Vitae
 * The best Vigor Rune you can afford
 * any Barbed, Crippling, Poisonous, Cruel|Cruel Daggers with a perfect Fortitude Mod (i.e. Jarimiya's Daggers or Kaya's Daggers
 * high Ebon Vanguard rank is recommended

Usage

 * Snare your foe with Siphon Speed (as well as allowing the Black Mantis Thrust crippling to take effect)
 * Follow this attack chain Black Mantis Thrust--->Jungle Strike--->Twisting Fangs--->Virulence>Signet of Toxic Shock
 * Use Consume Corpse to deny corpses for minion master, quick teleport, and/or self-heal/energy management.

Assacaster Version
[build name="a/e virulence assacaster version" prof=assas/necro deathm=12 deadly=11+1+3 shadow=6+1][deadly paradox][dancing daggers][entangling asp][mantis touch][blinding powder][virulence][sadists signet][resurrection signet][/build]

Equipment

 * A +15 energy staff with a Death Magic +1 (20% chance) mod (i.e. Ghial's Staff)
 * Gloomy Artifact, Bleached Skull from Dmitri Scharkoff, or Konrru's Fervor and a Death Magic HCT 20 and Energy +15 (Energy regen -1) mod wand
 * Radiant or Survivor Armor
 * Runes of Attunement is needed

Usage

 * Attack your foe in this order: Dancing Daggers--->Entangling Asp--->Mantis Touch--->Blinding Powder--->Virulence
 * Use Sadist Signet to heal.
 * Use Deadly Paradox so you can spam your spell more.

Counters

 * Backfire, interrupts, and anti-melee skills like Empathy and gw:Blindness
 * Hex degeneration
 * Knockdowns
 * Ignorance, because the build uses lots of Signets
 * Condition removing skills (particularly monks in Alliance Battles who would most likely to bring those skills)