Build:N/A PvP Signet of Suffering

The PvXwiki community finds this to be a great build. This build has received an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP GvG PvP HA PvP RA PvP FA PvP AB

This build is significantly affected by the Flux: Hidden Talent. See the build's talk page for discussion and ramifications not noted here.   Notes: Play as a dervish primary, see: Build:D/N PvP March Signet of Suffering.

This build is significantly affected by the Flux: All In. See the build's talk page for discussion and ramifications not noted here.   Notes: Replace Angorodon's Gaze and the optionals with Blood Magic and/or No Attribute skills. Increase Soul Reaping. You can also increase a secondary profession attribute rank to meet shield requirements.

Necromancer build designed to spread pressure and provide spike assists while being usable as a split threat and midline flag runner.

Frequency

Seen in pressure builds such as necro balanced or 3 Melee.

Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / Assassin 12 + 1 + 1 Blood Magic 12 + 1 Soul Reaping Gain 13 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies, up to 3 times every 15 seconds. Signet of Suffering NightfallNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Signet of SufferingElite SignetYou suffer from Bleeding for 6 seconds. The next Necromancer skill that targets a foe causes Bleeding for 15 seconds.4 Dark Pact CoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Dark PactSpellDeal 45 shadow damage to target foe.10%112 Life Siphon CoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Life SiphonHex SpellFor 23 seconds, target foe suffers -3 Health degeneration, and you gain +3 Health regeneration.1015 Oppressive Gaze FactionsNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Oppressive GazeSpellTarget foe and adjacent foes take 29 shadow damage. Foes already suffering from a condition are Poisoned and Weakened for 11 seconds.10110 Strip Enchantment CoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Strip EnchantmentSpellRemove 2 enchantments from target foe. If an enchantment is removed, you steal 61 Health.10120 Angorodon's Gaze EotNNecromancer. Soul Reaping 13Angorodon's GazeSpellSteal 45 Health from target foe. If you are suffering from a condition, you gain 11 Energy.5110 Dash FactionsAssassin. UnlinkedDashStanceFor 3 seconds, you run 50% faster.58 Resurrection Signet CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedResurrection SignetSignetResurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost.3   Template code

Variants

• Resurrection SignetCoreNo Profession. UnlinkedResurrection SignetSignetResurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost.3 and DashFactionsAssassin. UnlinkedDashStanceFor 3 seconds, you run 50% faster.58 are flexible slots:
  • Dark EscapeFactionsAssassin. Shadow Arts 6Dark EscapeStanceFor 9 seconds, you move 25% faster and take half damage. Dark Escape ends if you successfully hit with an attack.530 instead of Dash when expecting spike builds (reduce Soul Reaping to 11+1).
  • Rend EnchantmentsCoreNecromancer. Curses 3Rend EnchantmentsSpellRemove 6 Enchantments from target foe. For each Monk Enchantment removed, you take 49 damage.5220 to help defend against split dervishes, or to counter spike builds with multiple elementalists by stripping Attunements.
  • Blood RenewalPropheciesNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Blood RenewalEnchantment SpellFor 7 seconds, you gain +6 Health regeneration. When Blood Renewal ends, you gain 180 Health.15%117 when expecting to defend against splits.

Equipment

Runes and insignias

• 5 undertaker's insignias in general or tormentor's insignias if it's safe to assume the opponent won't have an AoB dervish in your range.
• Rune of superior vigor.
• 2 runes of vitae.
• No rune of restoration as it decreases the duration of bleeding you inflict on targets.

Weapons

• Barbed spear of defense, 10%hct with a blood magic focus of aptitude with "Forget me not!"". Spread bleeding with Dark PactCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Dark PactSpellDeal 45 shadow damage to target foe.10%112.
• 40/40 blood magic. For non-bleeding-spread blood magic skill usage.
• 40/40 soul reaping for Angorodon's GazeEotNNecromancer. Soul Reaping 13Angorodon's GazeSpellSteal 45 Health from target foe. If you are suffering from a condition, you gain 11 Energy.5110.
• Barbed or heavy spear of defense, 10%hrt with
  • Strength shield of fortitude, -20% cripple duration.
  • Strength shields of fortitude, +10 armor against each damage type.

Additional weapons

• High energy set blood magic as a backup.

Usage

General combat

• Prepare Signet of SufferingNightfallNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Signet of SufferingElite SignetYou suffer from Bleeding for 6 seconds. The next Necromancer skill that targets a foe causes Bleeding for 15 seconds.4 so your next targeted necromancer spell inflicts bleeding.
  • Spread it on different targets instead of focusing on one. Use Dark PactCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Dark PactSpellDeal 45 shadow damage to target foe.10%112 to do so.
  • Bleeding is applied before Oppressive GazeFactionsNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Oppressive GazeSpellTarget foe and adjacent foes take 29 shadow damage. Foes already suffering from a condition are Poisoned and Weakened for 11 seconds.10110 checks for conditions on the target, so you can inflict all conditions in one cast.
  • Prefer not to combine with Life SiphonCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Life SiphonHex SpellFor 23 seconds, target foe suffers -3 Health degeneration, and you gain +3 Health regeneration.1015 so healing the condition or hex won't undo the other's pressure aswell.
• Spread life siphon as much as possible.
  • Monks usually spare their hex removal for more threatening hexes and thus allow you to deal full pressure with this hex.
  • Make sure to maintain it on characters which might push on your flag running character or NPCs, mainly ranger and dervish.
• Use oppressive gaze for weakness.
  • If the opponent has a Flesh Wound Paragon, weaken him. Note that you should be running flags against such a team with priority.
  • Else, weaken warriors.
  • When playing fully offensively, put it on the Restore Condition Prot as he can't remove the conditions from self.
• Use Strip EnchantmentCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Strip EnchantmentSpellRemove 2 enchantments from target foe. If an enchantment is removed, you steal 61 Health.10120 depending on the match situation.
  • Against elementalist heavy builds, strip attunements for the first few minutes so they run low on energy.
  • Follow the call of your frontliners: Remove prots so they can further pressure a target or remove prots on spikes.
  • In split skirmishes and split defense, save it for Mystic Regeneration (PvP)NightfallDervish. Earth Prayers Mystic Regeneration (PvP)Enchantment SpellFor 5..17..21 seconds, you have +1..3..4 Health regeneration for each enchantment (maximum of 3) on you.10¼12 or Healing BreezeCoreMonk. Healing Prayers Healing BreezeEnchantment SpellFor 15 seconds, target ally gains +4..8..9 Health regeneration.1015.
• Use dark pact for bleeding spreading, spike assistance and pressuring targets in skirmishes/split defense.
• Use Angorodon's GazeEotNNecromancer. Soul Reaping 13Angorodon's GazeSpellSteal 45 Health from target foe. If you are suffering from a condition, you gain 11 Energy.5110 under the effect of a condition to gain energy.

Flag running

• Keep signet of suffering prepared.
• Dodge Melandru's ShotFactionsRanger. Marksmanship Melandru's ShotElite Bow AttackIf this attack hits, your target bleeds for 5..21..26 seconds. If it hits a foe that is moving or knocked down, that foe takes +10..22..26 damage and is crippled for 3..13..16 seconds.518.
  • Stop moving by using your stop action key (standard: escape).
  • Stop moving by casting a skill.
• Pressure pushing rangers and decrease the pressure put on yourself by applying life siphon.
  • If a pushing ranger does not have Troll UnguentCoreRanger. Wilderness Survival Troll UnguentSkillFor 13 seconds, you gain +3..9..10 Health regeneration.5310, start pressuring him with your other damage skills and call a team member to collapse on him for a kill.
  • Some rangers chain an interrupt so they'll interrupt you if you try to hex them immediately when in casting range.
• Selfheal with Blood RenewalPropheciesNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Blood RenewalEnchantment SpellFor 7 seconds, you gain +6 Health regeneration. When Blood Renewal ends, you gain 180 Health.15%117 if you brought it and make sure that it won't get interrupted.
  • The aftercast delay of ranger interruption skills allows to safely cast a spell right after an interruption has been used.
  • Use it when the ranger uses Melandru's shot.
  • Use oppressive gaze on the ranger, cast during his Mending TouchNightfallMonk. Protection Prayers Mending TouchSpellTouched ally loses two Conditions and is healed for 15..51..63 Health for each Condition removed in this way.5¾6.
  • If necessary, fake out interruptions. As the skill only requires one point of energy you can afford faking a lot.

Counters

• General Anti-Caster.

Exemplary Video

Build used in a mAT finale:

See also

• D/N March Flux Variant