PVE Skeletal Mage Build

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by FakeMessiah55 last updated Apr 28, 2023 ( Launch )

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Skills

Soulfire
- Soulfire
Throw a ball of soulfire that explodes when it strikes an enemy, inflicting 1059 damage to the target and 25% as much to all other nearby enemies.
Dark Curse
- Dark Curse
Curse all enemies in the area, dealing 918 damage to them over 6 seconds and greatly reducing their vision.
Command Skeletons
- Command Skeletons
Active: Command your skeletal champions to charge to a location and increase attack speed by 80% for 4.5 seconds.
Skeletal Mage
- Skeletal Mage
Summon an immobile skeletal mage for 13 seconds that throws bolts of soulfire in a direction, each dealing 264 damage to all enemies in the bolt's path. You may not command more than 6 total skeletal champions and skeletal mages.
Command Golem
- Command Golem
Summon a bone golem for 24 seconds. When summoned, it will deal 609 damage to all nearby enemies and Stun them for 2 seconds. While it is active, you can order the golem to leap to a nearby location, where it will deal 213 damage and force all nearby monsters to attack it for 6 seconds.

Items

Skullveil

Legendary Helm

Skeletal Mage duration increased by 30%.
Synod's Anointing

Legendary Shoulders

Skeletal Mage maximum charges increased by 1.
Shepherd and Beastmaster

Set Bracers

Your summons deal 15% more damage.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Critical Hit Chance increased by 3% for each of your summons, up to a maximum of 18%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Your summons enter a frenzied state for 12 seconds each time one of them critically hits. The frenzied state increases their Attack Speed by 60%. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Shepherd and Begetter

Set Belt

Your summons deal 15% more damage.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Critical Hit Chance increased by 3% for each of your summons, up to a maximum of 18%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Your summons enter a frenzied state for 12 seconds each time one of them critically hits. The frenzied state increases their Attack Speed by 60%. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Guided by Maggots

Legendary Pants

Dark Curse no longer decreases enemy vision, instead causing your minions within the area to frenzy, increasing their attack and movement speeds.
Desolatoria

Legendary Main Hand

Command Golem now summons a molten golem that continually Burns all nearby enemies instead of forcing them to attack it or Stunning them.
Vesperguard

Legendary Off Hand

Skeletal Mage now shoots continuous rays at enemies.
Shepherd and Leader

Set Boots

Your summons deal 15% more damage.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Critical Hit Chance increased by 3% for each of your summons, up to a maximum of 18%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Your summons enter a frenzied state for 12 seconds each time one of them critically hits. The frenzied state increases their Attack Speed by 60%. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Shepherd and Architect

Set Necklace

Your summons deal 15% more damage.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Critical Hit Chance increased by 3% for each of your summons, up to a maximum of 18%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Your summons enter a frenzied state for 12 seconds each time one of them critically hits. The frenzied state increases their Attack Speed by 60%. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Shepherd and Father

Set Ring

Your summons deal 15% more damage.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Critical Hit Chance increased by 3% for each of your summons, up to a maximum of 18%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Your summons enter a frenzied state for 12 seconds each time one of them critically hits. The frenzied state increases their Attack Speed by 60%. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)

More Details

Head
- Skullveil
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Synod's Anointing
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Shepherd and Beastmaster
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Shepherd and Begetter
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Guided by Maggots
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Desolatoria
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Vesperguard
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Shepherd and Leader
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Shepherd and Architect
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Shepherd and Father
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Freedom and Devotion
  Freedom and Devotion
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Increases the duration of your summons by 24.00% and the damage done by your summons by 3%.
- Freedom and Devotion
  Freedom and Devotion
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Increases the duration of your summons by 24.00% and the damage done by your summons by 3%.
- Blood-Soaked Jade
  Blood-Soaked Jade
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Increases all damage you deal by up to 24% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 12% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Additionally, take 8% decreased damage while below 50% Life.
- Chip of Stoned Flesh
  Chip of Stoned Flesh
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  When you cause an enemy total loss of control, you also inflict an explosive curse. When the curse expires, enemies will explode for 45% of all damage taken during its duration, up to a maximum of 450.00% base damage. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds per target. Damage taken by victims of the explosive curse increased by 24%.
- Zwenson's Haunting
  Zwenson's Haunting
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  When you defeat an enemy, a dark beast attacks nearby enemies, dealing 120% base damage + 486. Cannot occur more often than once every 6 seconds. You now have a 28% chance for an additional dark beast.
- Echoing Shade
  Echoing Shade
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Your attacks have a 15% chance to summon a shadow clone that lasts 20.00 seconds and gains some of your attributes. You can now have up to 3 shadow clones at one time and their Life is increased by 100%.
- Seeping Bile
  Seeping Bile
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Your attacks have a 4% chance to poison enemies, inflicting 65% base damage + 263 every second over 6 seconds and decreasing Movement Speed by 24%. This poison spreads to nearby enemies if the victim dies. Cannot affect the same target more often than once every 20 seconds.

Doesn't have the Off-Hand listed but I use Twin Vestige. The Skeletal Mages have a chance to be empowered, which means they can throw down bone spikes and give armor to you, your party and other minions. This build mainly focuses on the Mages, I've had up to 5 of them on the battlefield. I mainly use this for Dungeons, Raids, Rifts, and Open World Farming. It's not a speedy class but it gets the job done for sure.

If you do not have any ?/5 gems, I recommend Freedom and Devotion, it increases of your summons by up to 24% if you have MAX on Essence Transfer.

Build Guide

You want to use all of your summons on the enemy and then use Dark Curse on them, the Dark Curse sends them into a Frenzy. Using a six piece Shepherd Set it can cause Frenzy again for 12 seconds and occur every 40 seconds. Hope you like and try it out!

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Posted Dec 24, 2025
The PVE Skeletal Mage build looks really interesting! It seems like a powerful and strategic setup for maximizing damage and survivability in battles. Great for players looking to experiment with magic-based minion builds and dominate PVE content. How to buy Bitcoin Hyper

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