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[ZE] Necromancer - Rathma DPS Speed

by Arkismall last updated Jun 21, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Land of the Dead Frozen Lands
- Land of the Dead
Cooldown: 120 seconds

All corpse skills can be used at will for 10 seconds.
Frozen Lands

Enemies in the Land of the Dead are periodically frozen.
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.
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.
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.
Bone Armor Thy Flesh Sustained
- Bone Armor
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.
Devour Satiated
- Devour
Consume corpses within 60 yards to restore 10 Essence per corpse.
Satiated

Increases maximum life by 2% for 2 seconds for each corpse devoured.

Life from Death
- Life from Death
Consuming a corpse has a chance to spawn a health globe.
Final Service
- Final Service
When you take lethal damage, you are sustained preventing all damage for 4 seconds. In addition, you consume minions to heal for 10% of your Life per minion. This effect cannot occur more than once every 60 seconds.
Overwhelming Essence
- Overwhelming Essence
Increase your maximum Essence by 40.
Blood is Power
- Blood is Power
After cumulatively losing 100% of your maximum Life, all ability cooldowns are reduced by 20%. This effect cannot reduce an ability's cooldown more than once for each time that ability is used.

Items

Rathma's Skull Helm

Set Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

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 1000% up to a max of 10*4*100 %.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Spikes

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

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 1000% up to a max of 10*4*100 %.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Haunted Visions

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

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 1000% up to a max of 10*4*100 %.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Reaper's Wraps

Legendary Bracers

367 - 422 Armor

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Macabre Vambraces

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

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 1000% up to a max of 10*4*100 %.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Witching Hour

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26.0–50.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Skeletal Legplates

Set Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

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 1000% up to a max of 10*4*100 %.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rathma's Ossified Sabatons

Set Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

+78 - 83 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 1000% up to a max of 10*4*100 %.

+ 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
Circle of Nailuj's Evol

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26 - 28%

Secondary Stats

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

+ 3 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Rathma's Skull Helm
- Stat Priority: Int Skill: Skeletal Mage CHC
Shoulders
- Rathma's Spikes
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life CDR
Amulet
- Haunted Visions
- Stat Priority: Physical % CHD CHC
Torso
- Rathma's Ribcage Plate
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Reduced Elite Dmg
Wrists
- Reaper's Wraps
- Stat Priority: Physical % Int Vit CHC
Hands
- Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
- Stat Priority: AS CHD CHC CDR
Waist
- The Witching Hour
- 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 Armor + Skill: Skeletal Mage
Rings
- Krysbin's Sentence
- Circle of Nailuj's Evol
- Convention of Elements
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC CDR
Weapon
- Stat Priority: Dmg % AS CDR
Offhand
- Stat Priority: Int CDR Skill: Skeletal Mage CHC

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%.
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20% increase at 50 yards.

Kanai's Cube

Reilena's Shadowhook

Legendary Two-Handed Scythe

1687.4 Damage Per Second

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 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

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

Legendary Gloves

309 - 366 Armor

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

Secondary Stats

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

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tasker and Theo
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%
Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Gain 150 - 200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Convention of Elements

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

[Introduction]

The purpose of this build is to farm Greater Rifts between 90-100 in times ranging from 1:30-3:30.

If the build feels like you are farming Torment XIII without Ingeom then u found the right tier.

Note: This build only works with this http://www.diablofans.com/builds/94504-ze-necromancer-support-rathma-speed Support Necromancer due to his insane globe spawning.

[Gearing]

As you can see above there is only one flexible slot which is the Offhand. In fact it doesn't matter what you use there just make sure it has the best possible stats. Dayntee's Binding can also be switched out with The Withing Hour is you feel comfortable with your toughness. Same goes for Decrepify that can be switched out with Devour which has multiple useful runes. Or keep the Decrepify for the increased cooldown and dmg reduction even while wearing The Witching Hour.

[Stat Priorities]

General rule of thump CHC>CHD>CDR>IAS, this doesn't apply to your amulet here you obviously want Elem. DMG, CHC, CHD.

Also you want Maximum Essence and Skeletal Mage Damage % on all the pieces possible.

[Skeletal Mages & Max Essence]

In this section I will go over the Skeletal Mage Skill and their Mechanics as well as Max Essence since it is the sources of your Damage.

Skeletal Mages attackspeed does NOT benefit from your Sheet APS, only Tasker and Theo work on it and brings the attack animation from 30 frames down to 20( 3 instead of 2 attacks per second). However that doesn't mean they don't benefit from your APS. Your Sheet APS is just simply a multiplier in the damage calculation.

Singularity Mages attack for 200% Weapon Damage. From the Rune you will get a multiplicative bonus which calculates like this

3%* (Current Essence-(40*(1-RCR%))+1.

So with Max Essence( excluding SoJ) while casting and RCR only from paragons the Mages will hit for 3944% Weapon Damage with Simulacrum and 1964% without.

This Formula shows you how RCR works on the Singularity cast however don't get tricked in to thinking RCR is a valuable stat. For example gaining an additonal 8% on shoulders would be a Damage increase of 0,438%.

Missing out on a Maximum Essence Roll with Simulacrum active is a Damage loss of 11,7% or 10,6% without it due to the combined effect of Reilena's Shadowhook and the Singularity Rune.

Missing out on 2 Maximum Essence on for example your Offhand is only a Damage loss of 1,1% or 0,1%

So for instance if you have a new ancient Offhand that says 8% Damage increase in game, but other than your non ancient one it doesn't have Maximum Essence it is not an upgrade for your Damage

[List of multipliers]

Intelligence

CHC&DMG

Sheet APS

Rathma's 6pc

Scythe of the Cycle

Krysbin's Sentence

Reilena's Shadowhook

Convention of Elements

Skeletal Mage Damage%

Elemental Damage%

Bane of the Trapped

Enforcer

Zei's Stone of Vengance (scales from YOUR position and is min 5yd)

Oculus

Additive Damage

[Gameplay]

The Gameplay is actually really simple so I will just point out a few things here.

- casting Simulacrum with a gap of 2 seconds or lower to the physical rotation will give you 3 rotations however that wont always be the right decision

- cast Mages with Full Essence

- have Bone Armor active

- keep decrepify up

- surviving > Oculus

- if you are playing the necro with frailty don't forget the curse!

Credit to Xabster for mechanic testing and theorycrafting the Build

Credits to Rob for theorycrafting the Build and actually play testing it

Credits to Munqie for theorycrafting the Build

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