Note: Information on this page is based on a level 70 character.
This gives players a 2% Essence and Life gain after killing an enemy while wielding a scythe, and given the intense amount of Essence that Blood Spear requires with Maltorius' Petrified Spike, it's an essential passive to have. Damage is increased to 650 weapon damage as Physical at the cost of 10 Health.
That's usually enough single target damage to make Juggernaut fights more manageable.įinally, this build should also use Dark Reaping passive skill. This allows the Necromancer to create two copies of themselves which both use Bone Spear as well. Pestilence builds usually employ Land of the Dead, which provides an infinite. Thanks to Frailty and the Volatile Death rune, enemies will also explode for an additional 100% weapon damage upon death - and because they were all sucked into the curse to start the encounter, it will set off a series of chain reactions where any surviving enemies take extra damage from each dying one, which is usually enough to completely wipe any group of enemies in a single Bone Spear.įor more difficult fights - including the Juggernaut, which is immune to stun and thus highly limits the amount of damage a Necromancer can deal it - this build also employs Simulacrum with the Blood and Bone rune. The Pestilence Master's Shroud set focuses on Bone Spear and Corpse-based skills both the damaging Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion, as well as an indirect connection with Devour, since the set requires the active consumption of Corpses from the battlefield.
