User:Karthanis Tyr/Build:N/W Hundred Blades Vampire

This PvE build is designed for a necromancer running into a compact mob group while dealing a large amount of AoE damage. This is achieved by focusing on a primary target in the group, and causing damage to it, as it will damage all other surrounding enemies.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=N/W blood=9+1+3 soul=9+1 curse=9 sword=9][Vampiric Gaze][Unholy Feast][Well of Blood][Mark of Pain][Life Siphon][Flurry][Hundred Blades][Whirlwind Attack][/build]

Equipment

 * Armor
 * Full survivor (+40 total hp) or Full Brawler's (total +10 armor on each piece while attacking)
 * Blood Magic headgear + minor Soul Reaping rune (merchant)
 * Major Blood Magic rune (merchant)
 * Health rune (+50 preferred)


 * Weapons
 * Sword q9
 * Inscription: "Let the Memory Live Again" 10%
 * Pommel: Enchanting 20%
 * Hilt: Zealot +1/-1
 * Offhand
 * Whatever suits you. +30hp appreciated. Shields will give half their armor rating since Tactics is 0.

Usage
Spot your target in the mob pack and cast Mark of Pain. Then rush towards him, and cast Flurry and Hundred Blades, then start hitting him. If your health decreases, cast Unholy Feast and Vampiric Gaze to replenish your hp. You can also cast a Well of Blood to get hp regen.

If you have time before the fight, cast a few Life Siphons to have hp regen from the beginning (without needing a corpse).

Mark of Pain and Hundred Blades will create some kind of "echo", and surrounding mobs will take the -28 damage twice.

Use Whirlwind Attack when your adrenaline is built to deal extra AoE damage.

Please note that the primary target will receive less damage than it's surrounding peers.

Counters

 * Standard anti-melee.
 * Removig hexes, for the build is based on Mark of Pain
 * Blocking (although this can be avoided by changing your target)

Variants
Replace Unholy Feast by:
 * Vampiric Touch: for a single target but faster hp stealing

Replace Life Siphon by:
 * Enfeebling Blood: if you think decreasing damage is better than increasing hp regen. Be wary of the hp cost when casting this spell, though.