Support Necromancer (zNec) globe generator [2.6.0]

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by cad908 last updated Oct 23, 2017 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Frailty Aura of Frailty
- Frailty
Cost: 10 Essence

A crippling curse that kills enemies with less than 15% health. Lasts 30 seconds.
Aura of Frailty

Becomes an aura that curses all enemies within 15 yards.

The range of this effect is increased by 50% of your gold pickup radius.
Bone Spear Crystallization
- Bone Spear
Cost: 20 Essence

Summon a piercing projectile that causes 500% weapon damage as Physical to all enemies it passes through.
Crystallization

Each enemy hit has their attack speed reduced by 20% and your attack speed is increased by 3% for 3 seconds stacking up to 10 times.

Bone Spear's damage turns into Cold.
Corpse Lance Brittle Touch
- Corpse Lance
Target an enemy to summon projectiles from nearby corpses that cause 1750% weapon damage as Physical to the target.
Brittle Touch

Enemies become brittle increasing their chance to be crit by 5% for 5 seconds each time they are hit with Corpse Lance.

Corpse Lance's damage turns into Cold.
Devour Cannibalize
- Devour
Consume corpses within 60 yards to restore 10 Essence per corpse.
Cannibalize

Each corpse consumed also restores 3% health.
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.
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.

Stand Alone
- Stand Alone
Increase armor by 100%, reduced by 10% for each active minion.
Rigor Mortis
- Rigor Mortis
Poison abilities also slow enemies by 30% and reduce their attack speed by 30% for 5 seconds.
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.
Life from Death
- Life from Death
Consuming a corpse has a 20% chance to spawn a health globe.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75–100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–26 Dexterity

+18–26 Strength

+18–26 Intelligence
Pestilence Defense

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Reduces all resource costs by 5 - 7%.

Pestilence Master's Shroud
Pestilence Mask
Pestilence Defense
Pestilence Robe
Pestilence Incantations
Pestilence Battle Boots
Pestilence Gloves
(2) Set: Each corpse you consume fires a Corpse Lance at a nearby enemy.
(4) Set: Each enemy you hit with Bone Spear reduces your damage taken by 2%, up to a maximum of 50%. Lasts 15 seconds.
(6) Set: Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 3000%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Halcyon's Ascent

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Pestilence Robe

Set Chest Armor

51 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Pestilence Master's Shroud
Pestilence Mask
Pestilence Defense
Pestilence Robe
Pestilence Incantations
Pestilence Battle Boots
Pestilence Gloves
(2) Set: Each corpse you consume fires a Corpse Lance at a nearby enemy.
(4) Set: Each enemy you hit with Bone Spear reduces your damage taken by 2%, up to a maximum of 50%. Lasts 15 seconds.
(6) Set: Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 3000%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Strongarm Bracers

Legendary Bracers

200 - 220 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5 - 6%
+416 - 500 Vitality
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Enemies hit by knockbacks suffer 20 - 30% increased damage for 6 seconds.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Pestilence Gloves

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Pestilence Master's Shroud
Pestilence Mask
Pestilence Defense
Pestilence Robe
Pestilence Incantations
Pestilence Battle Boots
Pestilence Gloves
(2) Set: Each corpse you consume fires a Corpse Lance at a nearby enemy.
(4) Set: Each enemy you hit with Bone Spear reduces your damage taken by 2%, up to a maximum of 50%. Lasts 15 seconds.
(6) Set: Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 3000%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Vigilante Belt

Legendary Belt

24 - 28 Armor

Primary Stats

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

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Captain Crimson's Thrust

Set Pants

660 - 759 Armor

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by 10%.
Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
(3) Set: Reduces all resource costs by 10%.
+50 Resistance to All Elements

+ 6 Random Magic Properties
Captain Crimson's Waders

Set Boots

513 - 590 Armor

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by 10%.
Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
(3) Set: Reduces all resource costs by 10%.
+50 Resistance to All Elements

+ 6 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
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 4.0–5.0%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4.0–7.0%.
Reduces all resource costs by 5.0–7.0%.
+1 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 seconds when you hit with a resource-spending attack.
In-geom

Legendary Sword

4.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Your skill cooldowns are reduced by 8 - 10 seconds for 15 seconds after killing an elite pack.
One of 8 Magic Properties (varies)
+10 - 15% Damage

+(132 - 308) Physical Damage

+(132 - 308) Fire Damage

+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage

+(132 - 308) Cold Damage

+(132 - 308) Poison Damage

+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage

+(132 - 308) Holy Damage

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Stormshield

Legendary Shield

1060 - 1259 Armor

Primary Stats

+19 - 24% Chance to Block
0 - 0 Block Amount

Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25000 - 30000%
Reduces damage from elites by 0 - 4.5%
+91 - 100 Resistance to All Elements
Reduces damage from elites by 8 - 9%
Reduces damage from melee attacks by 500 - 600%
+10% Chance to Block

+ 2 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Pestilence Defense
- Stat Priority: CDR
Amulet
- Halcyon's Ascent
- Rakoff's Glass of Life
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: CDR
Torso
- Pestilence Robe
- Aquila Cuirass
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Nemesis Bracers
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Pestilence Gloves
- Stat Priority: CDR
Waist
- Vigilante Belt
- Stat Priority: CDR
Legs
- Captain Crimson's Thrust
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Captain Crimson's Waders
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Stat Priority: CDR
Weapon
- In-geom
- Stat Priority: CDR
Offhand
- Stormshield
- Stat Priority: CDR

Legendary Gems
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.5% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
- 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)
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.

Kanai's Cube

Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander

Legendary Staff

12.5 Damage Per Second

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Chance on killing a demon to gain a random Shrine effect.
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
Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
Aquila Cuirass

Legendary Chest Armor

51 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

While above 90 - 95% primary resource, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Aquila Cuirass
Lornelle's Sunstone

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

Your damage reduction is increased by 0.75 - 0.95% for every 1% Life you are missing.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Lornelle's Sunstone

There are a lot of choices with this build, and this config is just one... use it as a guide, and tailor it to equipment you have...

Some highlights:

- In an optimized build, CDR will be rolled on every slot possible. Land of the Dead (LOTD) is a 120 second base cooldown, and you must minimize it as much as possible.
- You want VIT and some INT across your gear.
- At least some of your non-Necro-specific pieces should have STR or DEX, instead of INT, to increase your armor.
- No piece should have Area Damage, or you will cause needless lag in high density.
- Gems in your chest and pants should be RUBY or EMERALD for STR or DEX, to increase your armor.
- Gem in Helm should be DIAMOND for CDR.
- Captain Crimson's Thrust set gives an additional 10% CDR.
- Pestilence 2-pc bonus fires a corpse lance, which inherits the Brittle Touch rune on your bar, debuffing the enemy and making it easier for your dps teammates to kill.
- Pestilence 4-pc bonus gives you additional damage reduction.
- Amulet should be the best you have, with CDR. If a Hellfire, with a helpful 5th passive like Final Service.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Vitality
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find
Area Damage

- Area Damage should be set to zero, even if you leave points in that category unused. Otherwise, you will cause needless lag in higher densities.
- CDR is the most important stat.
- Movement Speed and VIT are also important

Build Guide

This is a zero-damage (zdps) support build, viable in groups only, intended to support one or more Rathma Skeleton Mage Necros wearing Reaper's Wraps, to help them generate essence for Skeleton Mage=>Singularity. I've run this build successfully at GR100.

Land of the Dead also imposes control on the battlefield, and keeps yourself and your teammates alive at higher GR levels.

Note that this build will be nerfed in the next patch [2.6.1]. I haven't tested it in the PTR to see whether the limit is strict enough to kill it. When playing it now, there are more than enough globes, and it will depend on just how strict the limit is... From the patch notes:

Life from Death -- Added a maximum threshold on the number of health globes that can spawn in a given time.

Playing the build:

At the start of the run, place Devour on auto-cast.
Stay a screen ahead of the dps, and execute LOTD to freeze monsters.
While LOTD is in effect, spam Corpse Lance to generate globes, and move around to apply freeze effect to additional monsters outside of initial freeze effect zone.
After LOTD ends, spam Bone Spear, to proc Obsidian and reset LOTD cooldown. This will also debuff the enemy.
Activate Blood Rush every 2 seconds, to renew the Potency armor buff, and to stay out of the way of monsters. Try to teleport to globes, in order to aid your Rathma teammates, and keep your own and their health full.

My thanks to Viduo, for helping me tune this build, and learn to play it effectively...

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