Rathma's Unholy Army GR100+ (Pets are Great again!)

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by Angry_Roleplayer last updated Oct 27, 2017 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Bone Spikes Sudden Impact
- Bone Spikes
Generate: 24 Essence

Summon bone spikes from the ground dealing 150% weapon damage as Physical per second.
Sudden Impact

Bone spikes stun enemies for 1 second.
Skeletal Mage Singularity
- Skeletal Mage
Cost: 40 Essence

Raise a skeleton from the ground to attack your foes dealing 400% weapon damage as Physical over two attacks. Lasts 6 seconds.
Singularity

Consumes all Essence to summon a powerful minion. The minion's damage is increased by 3% for every point of Essence consumed.
Blood Rush Potency
- Blood Rush
Cost: 5% Health
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Shed your mortal flesh and reappear up to 50 yards away.
Potency

Increases your armor by 100% for 2 seconds after casting.
Command Skeletons Dark Mending
- Command Skeletons
Cost: 50 Essence

Active: Command your skeletal minions to attack the target and increase their damage against it by 50%.

Passive: Raise skeletons from the ground every 2 seconds to a max of 7 skeletons. Skeletal minions deal 50% weapon damage as Physical per attack.
Dark Mending

Skeletal minions will heal you for 0.5% of your total health per hit while being commanded.
Decrepify Borrowed Time
- Decrepify
Cost: 10 Essence

A crippling curse that reduces the enemy units' movement speed by 75% and reduces damage of affected enemies by 30% for 30 seconds.
Borrowed Time

Gain 1% cooldown reduction for every enemy cursed, up to a maximum of 20%.
Simulacrum Reservoir
- Simulacrum
Cost: 25% Health
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Create a Simulacrum made of blood that will duplicate your Secondary skills for 15 seconds.
Reservoir

Your maximum essence is increased by 100% while your Simulacrum is active.

Swift Harvesting
- Swift Harvesting
Increase the attack speed of Bone Spikes, Siphon Blood, and Grim Scythe by 15%.
Extended Servitude
- Extended Servitude
Increase the duration of your Skeletal Mage and Revive minions by 25%.
Overwhelming Essence
- Overwhelming Essence
Increase your maximum Essence by 40.
Grisly Tribute
- Grisly Tribute
You are healed for 10% of your Life on Hit when one of your minions hits an enemy.

Items

Rathma's Skull Helm

Set Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Bones of Rathma
Rathma's Skull Helm
Rathma's Spikes
Rathma's Ribcage Plate
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
(2) Set: Your minions have a chance to reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 1 second each time they deal damage.
(4) Set: You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage. Max 50 stacks.
(6) Set: Each active Skeletal Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 250%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Spikes

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.

Bones of Rathma
Rathma's Skull Helm
Rathma's Spikes
Rathma's Ribcage Plate
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
(2) Set: Your minions have a chance to reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 1 second each time they deal damage.
(4) Set: You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage. Max 50 stacks.
(6) Set: Each active Skeletal Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 250%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Haunted Visions

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Simulacrum now drains 5% of your maximum life every second and lasts twice as long.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Ribcage Plate

Set Chest Armor

51 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Bones of Rathma
Rathma's Skull Helm
Rathma's Spikes
Rathma's Ribcage Plate
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
(2) Set: Your minions have a chance to reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 1 second each time they deal damage.
(4) Set: You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage. Max 50 stacks.
(6) Set: Each active Skeletal Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 250%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Ancient Parthan Defenders

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Each stunned enemy within 25 yards reduces your damage taken by 9 - 12%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 7 - 10%

Bones of Rathma
Rathma's Skull Helm
Rathma's Spikes
Rathma's Ribcage Plate
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
(2) Set: Your minions have a chance to reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 1 second each time they deal damage.
(4) Set: You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage. Max 50 stacks.
(6) Set: Each active Skeletal Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 250%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Dayntee's Binding

Legendary Belt

6 - 7 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

You gain an additional 40 - 50% damage reduction when there is an enemy afflicted by your Decrepify.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates

Set Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Bones of Rathma
Rathma's Skull Helm
Rathma's Spikes
Rathma's Ribcage Plate
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
(2) Set: Your minions have a chance to reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 1 second each time they deal damage.
(4) Set: You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage. Max 50 stacks.
(6) Set: Each active Skeletal Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 250%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons

Set Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
+416 - 500 Vitality

Bones of Rathma
Rathma's Skull Helm
Rathma's Spikes
Rathma's Ribcage Plate
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
(2) Set: Your minions have a chance to reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 1 second each time they deal damage.
(4) Set: You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage. Max 50 stacks.
(6) Set: Each active Skeletal Mage increases the damage of your minions and Army of the Dead by 250%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Krysbin's Sentence

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

Secondary Stats

You deal 75 - 100% increased damage against slowed enemies or triple this bonus against enemies afflicted by any other type of control-impairing effect.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Unity

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Increases damage against elites by 12.0–15.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

All damage taken is split between wearers of this item.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Jesseth Skullscythe

Set Scythe

461.5 Damage Per Second

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Intelligence
Increases Attack Speed by 5 - 6%

Secondary Stats

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(1199 - 1490) Physical Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Fire Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Lightning Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Cold Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Poison Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Arcane Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Holy Damage

Jesseth Arms
Jesseth Skullscythe
Jesseth Skullshield
(2) Set: When the target of your Command Skeletons dies, your skeletons are automatically commanded to attack a nearby target.
While your skeletons are commanded to attack a target, all of your minions deal 400% increased damage.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Jesseth Skullshield

Set Shield

8 - 9 Armor

Primary Stats

+10 - 20% Chance to Block
0 - 0 Block Amount

Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.
+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence

Jesseth Arms
Jesseth Skullscythe
Jesseth Skullshield
(2) Set: When the target of your Command Skeletons dies, your skeletons are automatically commanded to attack a nearby target.
While your skeletons are commanded to attack a target, all of your minions deal 400% increased damage.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Rathma's Skull Helm
- Stat Priority: Int CHC Skill: Skeletal Mage
Shoulders
- Rathma's Spikes
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CDR Armor +
Amulet
- Haunted Visions
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Physical % CHD CHC
Torso
- Rathma's Ribcage Plate
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life
Wrists
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Reaper's Wraps
- Stat Priority: Physical % LOH Int CHC
Hands
- Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
- Stat Priority: Int CHD CHC CDR
Waist
- Dayntee's Binding
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life Armor +
Legs
- Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor +
Feet
- Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Skill: Skeletal Mage Armor +
Rings
- Krysbin's Sentence
- Unity
- Convention of Elements
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Int LOH
Weapon
- Jesseth Skullscythe
- Stat Priority: Dmg % AS LOH
Offhand
- Jesseth Skullshield
- Stat Priority: CHC Int Vit Life

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Enforcer
  Enforcer
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase the damage of your pets by 15%.
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Reilena's Shadowhook

Legendary Two-Handed Scythe

1687.4 Damage Per Second

Primary Stats

+946 - 1125 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Every point of Maximum Essence increases your damage by 0.5% and Bone Spikes generates 2 - 5 additional Essence for each enemy hit.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(1439 - 1788) Physical Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Fire Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Lightning Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Cold Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Poison Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Arcane Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Holy Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Reilena's Shadowhook
Tasker and Theo

Legendary Gloves

309 - 366 Armor

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

Secondary Stats

Increase attack speed of your pets by 40 - 50%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tasker and Theo
Circle of Nailuj's Evol

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26 - 50%

Secondary Stats

You now raise an additional Skeletal Mage with each cast and they last an additional 2 - 4 seconds.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Circle of Nailuj's Evol

You can switch rings vise-versa depending on which one has better stats. but Circle in Cube is almost always better since you need max Mage uptime.

I use Amethyst in Helm and RUBIES in gear slots for more armor. TOPAZ is good for dps of cause, but Blood Rush - Potency doubles armor.

Reaper's Wraps are not a bad choice if you don't have good APDs.

Important CHANGE 08/07/2017: With the upcoming change to 6pc Bonus (4 mages instead of 10 for full damage) Scythe of the Cycle can be used in the cube instead of Reilena! 60% more damage across the rift and almost identical damage with Simulacrum up! Borrowed Time rune for Decrepify instead of Dizzying Curse. Keep in mind this is simply an additional OPTION to choose from, and not mandatory!

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Life
Armor
Life Regeneration
Resist All

Utility

Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Gold Find

Move speed-> max resouce

chc\chd->cdr>as

life->armor->regen>allres

life on hit->rcr->ad

Build Guide

Hello everyone!

Since i fell ill and could barely stream, i invested a lot of time in theorycrafting Necro builds and specifically Bones of Rathma.

The set itself has been nerfed and i almost lost hope that i could make it work. Luckily the working combination of skills and items is finally found.

I finally found a decent way to make the build relatively tanky in density as well as output tremendous amount of damage and refill essence steadily.

I am pretty sure the build will be copied fast and spread all over the internet, but this is no big deal, since i want everyone to have fun, we are here for it! Make PETS GREAT AGAIN!

Potential is clearly there, especially for single target. Might be even an RG killer. I easily see this going higher than GR100 based on damage output. Imagine something like 5 million sheet damage instead of 1,9.

It's also very sad that there is no space for Army of the Dead here. I tried to fit it and even made to GR80 with it but then toughness and damage problems emerged. And Mages simply do more damage. Revive is also not great at all.

UPDATE 02/07/2017: Added GR87 Clear

UPDATE 03/07/2017: Switched Bone Armor to Blood Rush - Potency

UPDATE 04/07/2017: GR92 done with 1,9m dps and Finalized Video Guide uploaded

UPDATE 06/07/2017: GR93 cleared with 1,9m dps and done for now!

Important CHANGE 08/07/2017: With the upcoming change to 6pc Bonus (4 mages instead of 10 for full damage) Scythe of the Cycle can be used in the cube instead of Reilena! 60% more damage across the rift and almost identical damage with Simulacrum up! Borrowed Time rune for Decrepify instead of Dizzying Curse. Keep in mind this is simply an additional OPTION to choose from, and not mandatory!

HERE IS THE VIDEO for V 1.1 UPDATE:

https://youtu.be/7-lc2fvYpus

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My stats for GR92 Clear:

How does it work in general?

1) Skeletal Mages get dramatic buffs through multipliers, essence, simulacrum uptime and Singularity rune. They kill everything here.

No need to have 100% uptime of mages. Have your damage reduction up, find a juicy elite pack. Pop Simulacrum. Start producing mages. Command Skellies on elite. IT'S DEAD.

2) Scythe of the Cycle is a flat 300% increase of base Mages rune. Reilena's Shadowhook damage buff is almost identical when Simulacrum is up, but far behind when it's on cooldown (155% vs. 300%). Reilena also generates an extra Essence for Bone Spikes which is quite essential. It's up to you to decide what you want to use. Do you want more mobility and armor or more damage but less essence generation and no mobility? Just choose which style fits you better and is less frustrating.

How to survive?

1) Blood Rush - Potency doubles your Armor, it appears to be better than Bone Armor for a strange reason. Also boost mobility! Relocate often! (ONLY USABLE WITH REILENA!)

2) Unity is another 50% damage divided between Follower and you. (Fro groups use Concention of Elements)

3) Esoteric Alteration doubles sheet toughness.

4) If you die, wait till your skeletons get you 50% damage reduction of 4pc.

5) Ancient Parthan Defenders give you another layer of toughness in density cause you constantly

6) Cast Decrepify all the time to get damage reduction of the Dayntee's belt and CDR. You have to recast it a lot since you kill mobs all the time as well.

7) Get life on hit somewhere (Bracers preferred, or a ring), this will heal you through Grizly Tribute passive. Also Life Regen is good for Bone Armor - Flesh Sustained.

Useful stats:

1) Skeletal Mage rolls on Boots and on Helm.

2) CDR is very good to have for Simulacrum, also armor OR life.

3) Try to get essense on Weapon as well as put points in paragon. Reilena's Shadowhook buffs your damage based on your max essence. Simulacrum doubles that, and makes Mages very powerful, so higher essence = crazy damage.

4) Skeletons can be Dark Mending, Enforcer or Freezing Grasp, Freezing Grasp is very good for proccing Krysbin's ring.

5) Bone Armor - Dislocation is good for stuns and Krysbin procs. Also it gives 30% damage reduction. (ONLY USABLE WITH SCYTHE OF THE CYCLE!)

Useful Passives:

1) Swift Harvesting is very good for faster Essence recovery and massive stuns as well.

2) Blood is Power is a cheap 20% cdr (helps refresh Bone Arrmor and Simulacrum).

3) Spreading Malediction is good to potential 20% more damage

If you use Cycle, then drop Overwhelming Essence for Blood is Power or Spreading Malediction.

Group Play:

Considering massive amount of single target damage the build has potential for RG killer. RG and Elites pop in seconds under Simulacrum and 10 mages. For Group Play i would recommend using Convention of the Elements and Bane of the Stricken instead of Unity with Esoteric.

GR93 clear : https://youtu.be/vlBEuWnsNUI

Thank you!
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