User:Mgrinshpon/Leet/N/W Jaguar Sword

The Jaguar Sword necromancer is a well-rounded and adaptable counter build made for the Random Arenas.

Through a combination of curses, blood spiking and swordsmanship it provides the essential shutdown capabilities of a Spiteful Spirit necro, the survivability of a blood spiker, and the added pressure of a warrior.

It has 590 health, 47 energy, and it's attributes are at 13 blood magic, 12 curses, 9 swordsmanship and 5 soul reaping.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=necro/warri bloodm=11+1+1 curses=10+2 soulre=4+1 swords=9][spiteful spirit][insidious parasite][barbarous slice][lifebane strike][gash][mark of subversion][vampiric touch][resurrection signet][/build]


 * The skills here are meant to supply options for any situation, not to harness any specific one playing style.

Usage

 * Begin with a lifebane strike to lower the target's health by 92.
 * Follow with insidious parasite on the first melee character who comes running at your team.
 * Stay back until you see an opportunity to safely attack your foe with your sword.
 * Be wary of any melee character attacking you. Cast insidious parasite on them immediately or if they caught you offguard start with vampiric touch first and then follow with insidious parasite.  If nothing else, vampiric touch will give you the option to kite until your energy regenerates enough to use insidious parasite on them.  Once you cast insidious parasite, and if that character is the only one targeting you, you will be able to take them head on, swinging your sword, as the health gain from insidious parasite compensates for the damage they do to you.
 * Discern if the target foe is getting healed or not. If they are, tab through targets until you find the monk.  Start with lifebane strike and follow with mark of subversion.  Pressure monk with lifebane strike, conditions and mark of subservion, and while doing so, do your best to keep any melee characters hexed with Insidious parasite or Spiteful Spirit.
 * Finish with vampiric touch or Lifebane Strike if they are at a distance.

Equipment

 * Tormentor's inscriptions are recommended on face, hands and feet to boost the average armor of the character up to 66 per slot.
 * Survivor's inscriptions are recommended for Chest and Legs, and vitae rune is recommended for last spot for an extra 35 hit points.


 * You can use 2 types of Swords for energy management purposes. Use the Sundering one in general, and switch to Zealous when you are attacking.
 * Sundering Sword of Fortitude with "I have the Power" (+5 energy) inscription
 * Zealous Sword of Fortitude with same inscription
 * You can use an Accursed Icon of Fortitude with "Master of my Domain" (+1 to item's attribute, chance 20%) inscription, the one reducing recharge time, or "luck of the draw."
 * You can also equip a 2-handed wand with +60 HP for wanding from afar if you like.

Counters

 * Elite hex removal spells like Divert Hexes or Expel Hexes counter the greatest asset of this build.
 * Spells like Backfire, Soul Leech, Depravity, Power Leech, etc. can shut down certain aspects of the build.
 * Spells like Empathy, Price of Failure, and Insidious Parasite also shut down certain aspects of this build.

Variants

 * Try working up to a Superior Rune of Curse and Major Rune of Blood magic.