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Blood Legion - No LotD/Sim, Curses, Devour, or CDR Required

by Saythe last updated Aug 21, 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 Life Support
- 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.
Life Support

Risen mages cost 10% health to cast but last an additional 2 seconds.
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.
Revive Oblation
- Revive
Target an area reviving up to 10 corpses within 20 yards for 15 seconds.
Oblation

Increases the damage of revived creatures by 20% but each Revive now costs 3% health.
Blood Rush
- Blood Rush
Cost: 5% Health
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Shed your mortal flesh and reappear up to 50 yards away.
Bone Armor Thy Flesh Sustained
- Bone Armor
Cost: 10 Essence
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Rip bones from nearby enemies, dealing 125% weapon damage as Physical, and create armor that reduces damage taken by 3% per enemy hit up to a maximum of 10 enemies. Lasts for 60 secs.
Thy Flesh Sustained

Cost: 20% Health

Increases your Life per Second by 10% per target hit.

Extended Servitude
- Extended Servitude
Increase the duration of your Skeletal Mage and Revive minions by 25%.
Dark Reaping
- Dark Reaping
While using a scythe, gain 2% Essence and Life per kill.
Overwhelming Essence
- Overwhelming Essence
Increase your maximum Essence by 40.
Final Service
- Final Service
When you take lethal damage, you are sustained preventing all damage for 4 seconds. In addition, all minions are consumed to heal you for 10% of your Life. This effect cannot occur more than once every 60 seconds.

Items

Mask of Scarlet Death

Legendary Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

Revive now consumes all corpses to raise a minion that deals 125 - 150% more damage per corpse.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Heart

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Regenerates 4643 - 5528 Life per Second

Trag'Oul's Avatar
Trag'Oul's Guise
Trag'Oul's Heart
Trag'Oul's Scales
Trag'Oul's Hide
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
Trag'Oul's Claws
(2) Set: Blood Rush gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: While at full Life, your healing from skills is added to your maximum Life for 45 seconds, up to 100% more.
(6) Set: Your Life-spending abilities deal 3300% increased damage but cost twice as much Life. Your healing from skills is increased by 100%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Wisdom of Kalan

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

Increases the maximum stacks of Bone Armor by 5.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Scales

Set Chest Armor

51 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Trag'Oul's Avatar
Trag'Oul's Guise
Trag'Oul's Heart
Trag'Oul's Scales
Trag'Oul's Hide
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
Trag'Oul's Claws
(2) Set: Blood Rush gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: While at full Life, your healing from skills is added to your maximum Life for 45 seconds, up to 100% more.
(6) Set: Your Life-spending abilities deal 3300% increased damage but cost twice as much Life. Your healing from skills is increased by 100%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Claws

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Trag'Oul's Avatar
Trag'Oul's Guise
Trag'Oul's Heart
Trag'Oul's Scales
Trag'Oul's Hide
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
Trag'Oul's Claws
(2) Set: Blood Rush gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: While at full Life, your healing from skills is added to your maximum Life for 45 seconds, up to 100% more.
(6) Set: Your Life-spending abilities deal 3300% increased damage but cost twice as much Life. Your healing from skills is increased by 100%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Cord of the Sherma

Legendary Belt

6 - 7 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
+416 - 500 Vitality
Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1 - 2 Yards.

Secondary Stats

Chance on hit to create a chaos field that Blinds and Slows enemies inside for 3 - 4 seconds.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Hide

Set Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Trag'Oul's Avatar
Trag'Oul's Guise
Trag'Oul's Heart
Trag'Oul's Scales
Trag'Oul's Hide
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
Trag'Oul's Claws
(2) Set: Blood Rush gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: While at full Life, your healing from skills is added to your maximum Life for 45 seconds, up to 100% more.
(6) Set: Your Life-spending abilities deal 3300% increased damage but cost twice as much Life. Your healing from skills is increased by 100%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves

Set Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Trag'Oul's Avatar
Trag'Oul's Guise
Trag'Oul's Heart
Trag'Oul's Scales
Trag'Oul's Hide
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
Trag'Oul's Claws
(2) Set: Blood Rush gains the effect of every rune.
(4) Set: While at full Life, your healing from skills is added to your maximum Life for 45 seconds, up to 100% more.
(6) Set: Your Life-spending abilities deal 3300% increased damage but cost twice as much Life. Your healing from skills is increased by 100%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
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
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 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
- Mask of Scarlet Death
- Trag'Oul's Guise
- Stat Priority: Int CHC Skill: Skeletal Mage
Shoulders
- Trag'Oul's Heart
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Skill: Revive Reduced Resource Cost
Amulet
- Wisdom of Kalan
- Eye of Etlich
- Rakoff's Glass of Life
- Stat Priority: Physical % CHD CHC
Torso
- Trag'Oul's Scales
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Skill: Revive
Wrists
- Nemesis Bracers
- Reaper's Wraps
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Stat Priority: Physical % Int Vit CHC
Hands
- Trag'Oul's Claws
- Tasker and Theo
- Stat Priority: Int CHD CHC AS
Waist
- Cord of the Sherma
- String of Ears
- Harrington Waistguard
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + LPS
Legs
- Trag'Oul's Hide
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Socket
Feet
- Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Skill: Skeletal Mage Armor +
Rings
- Circle of Nailuj's Evol
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Krysbin's Sentence
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC AS Socket
Weapon
- Jesseth Skullscythe
- Stat Priority: Dmg % Int AS
Offhand
- Jesseth Skullshield
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CHC Skill: Skeletal Mage

Legendary Gems
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
- Enforcer
  Enforcer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase the damage of your pets by 15.00%.
  Your pets take 90% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.

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
Krysbin's Sentence

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
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
Krysbin's Sentence

Utilize powerful revived minions, blood mages, and life sustaining skeletons to mow down your foes with this summoner build.

Equipped with Trag'Ouls Avatar, Mask of Scarlet Death, and Jesseth Arms, your army of the dead is empowered further by placing Reilena's Shadowhook, Tasker and Theo, and Krysbin's Sentence in the Cube.

Wisdom of Kalan is used to grant you added toughness and massive life per second and absorb shields through use of Bone Armor - Thy Flesh Sustained and the Molten Widebeest's Gizzard.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource
Movement Speed

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Armor
Life
Life Regeneration
Resist All

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

This build does not require Land of the Dead, Simulacrum, Curses, or Cooldown Reduction gear. You can focus on raw damage output and defenses for massive screen damage and elite killing to feed your army of the dead.

It offers an incredible amount of healing and sustain with a huge health pool and absorption shields.

It is an extremely effective Torment XIII/GR 80+ killing spec that offers flexibility with your passives and rune choices. Torment 70 run 3 to 4 minutes or less!

Blood for Blood and Life from Death are alternative options to Dark Reaping, Extended Servitude, or even Final Service if you feel brave enough.

Blood for Blood will grant you a free health cost of a giant pile of revived minions at the cost of only 1 charge, and can save you from dipping below your comfort level when playing with your health pool.

I personally find that I get those most damage and essence sustain using Extended Servitude and Dark Reaping, but play with what you feel most comfortable with!

You can swap Dark Mending for Freezing Grasp at the sacrifice of life sustain for more Krysbin's Sentence proc's. I run with the enchantress, and between Bone Spikes, Cord of the Sherma, and her, things are CC'd quite well for triple damage. Bone Prison passive is also another option if you want even more crowd control.

Swap Shadowhook for In Geom to speed through Torment XIII if you have the paragon points/augments for even faster clear times. Another option is to swap Tasker and Theo for Steuart's Greaves for the 50% additional run speed after using blood rush.

Fully powered Revived minions easily hit for 500b+!

TXIII: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/167022438

GR 80 (Switched to String of Ears to be safe): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/167026742

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