LoN Dead Cold

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by episode63 last updated Jun 24, 2018 ( 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.
Corpse Explosion Dead Cold
- Corpse Explosion
Target an area exploding up to 5 corpses within 11 yards dealing 350% weapon damage as Physical to enemies within 20 yards.
Dead Cold

Freeze all enemies caught in the explosion for 2 seconds.

Corpse Explosion's damage turns into Cold.
Blood Rush Molting
- Blood Rush
Cost: 5% Health
Cooldown: 5 seconds

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

Leaves a corpse at your original location when used.
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.
Command Golem Flesh Golem
- Command Golem
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Active: Command the Golem to the targeted location where it collapses into a pile of 5 corpses.

Passive: Raise a Flesh Golem to fight for you. Flesh Golem deals 450% weapon damage as Physical per attack.
Flesh Golem

Active: Command the Golem to the targeted location where it collapses into a pile of 8 corpses.
Land of the Dead Shallow Graves
- Land of the Dead
Cooldown: 120 seconds

All corpse skills can be used at will for 10 seconds.
Shallow Graves

Every 10 enemies killed extends the duration by 1 second up to a maximum of 2 seconds.

Stand Alone
- Stand Alone
Increase armor by 100%, reduced by 10% for each active minion.
Eternal Torment
- Eternal Torment
Your curses cost 50% less Essence and last forever.
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.
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

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

72 - 89 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into your helm by 100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Spaulders of Zakara

Legendary Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Secondary Stats

Your items become indestructible.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Johnstone

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 31 - 35%

Secondary Stats

When Land of the Dead expires, you are granted 50 stacks of Macabre Knowledge. Macabre Knowledge increases the damage of Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion by 150 - 200%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
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
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Moribund Gauntlets

Legendary Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Your Golem sheds a corpse every second.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Dayntee's Binding

Legendary Belt

6 - 7 Armor

Secondary Stats

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

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Golemskin Breeches

Legendary Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

The cooldown on Command Golem is reduced by 20 - 25 seconds and you take 30% less damage while your golem is alive.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Steuart's Greaves

Legendary Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

+8 - 9% Movement Speed

Secondary Stats

You gain 75 - 100% increased movement speed for 10 seconds after using Blood Rush.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Litany of the Undaunted

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 750% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Wailing Host

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 750% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Rimeheart

Legendary Sword

4.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

20% chance on hit to instantly deal 10000% weapon damage as Cold to enemies that are Frozen.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(79 - 184) Physical Damage

+(79 - 184) Fire Damage

+(79 - 184) Lightning Damage

+(79 - 184) Cold Damage

+(79 - 184) Poison Damage

+(79 - 184) Arcane Damage

+(79 - 184) Holy Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Bone Ringer

Legendary Phylactery

Primary Stats

+1.471363E-43 Maximum Damage
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

The damage bonus of Command Skeletons increases by 25 - 30% per second they spend attacking the same target.
One of 1 Magic Properties (varies)
+1.443337E-43 Minimum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Fate's Vow
- Blind Faith
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Socket Skill: Corpse Explosion
Shoulders
- Spaulders of Zakara
- Pauldrons of the Skeleton King
- Death Watch Mantle
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CDR Skill: Corpse Explosion
Amulet
- The Johnstone
- Stat Priority: Int Socket CHD CHC
Torso
- Aquila Cuirass
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Socket Skill: Corpse Explosion
Wrists
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Cold % CHC
Hands
- Moribund Gauntlets
- Grasps of Essence
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CDR CHC
Waist
- Dayntee's Binding
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Life
Legs
- Golemskin Breeches
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Socket
Feet
- Steuart's Greaves
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Armor + Skill: Corpse Explosion
Rings
- Litany of the Undaunted
- The Wailing Host
- Stat Priority: Int Socket CDR CHD
Weapon
- Rimeheart
- Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang
- Stat Priority: Int Socket CDR
Offhand
- Bone Ringer
- Leger's Disdain
- Lost Time
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CHC CDR

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects 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)
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
  After not taking damage for 4 seconds, gain an absorb shield for 200% of your total Life per Second. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang

Legendary Scythe

461.5 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

The Cursed Scythe rune for Grim Scythe now has a 100% chance to apply a curse and you deal 150 - 200% increased damage to cursed enemies.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang
Grasps of Essence

Legendary Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

When an exploded corpse damages at least one enemy, your Corpse Explosion deals 75 - 100% increased damage for 6 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Grasps of Essence
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
Krysbin's Sentence

This is a LoN build, as such all items should be Ancient. Endgame they should also have Caldesaan. Items are pretty much set in stone, this build is based on Corpse Explosion + Grasps of Essence + Trags + Rimeheart + Krysbin, along with having Huge Toughness

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Attack Speed

Defense

Armor
Resist All
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

This build is my take on a LoN necro build using Corpse Explosion. Tired of your necro dying all the time? This build is your answer! Sporting LoN defensive bonus +52%, Aquila +50%, Golemskin legs +30%, Thy Flesh Sustained +100% life regen, Dayntee's +50%, Esoteric and Gizzard, as well as Final Service, you won't be dying anytime soon. But what about damage, you ask? Try +1300% LoN bonus, +600% Grasp of Essence, +300% Krysbin, +200% Trag, +200% Johnstone, and +10,000% Rimeheart bonus (unaffected by Grasps + Johnstone, so still +1300%, 300%, 200%, and 10,000%). Needless to say, this build at Higher Greater Rifts must SKIP JUGGERNAUTS. Aim for 50%+ Cooldown. Gameplay is simple, find a group of monsters, Blood Rush Molting where you want, explode the corpse, which will set off a chain of more corpses for you to explode. You also have the Flesh Golem active ability which will generate a group of corpses for you, along with 1 corpse every second due to Moribund gloves. Use Land of Dead on cooldown, we use the +2 seconds rune because everything gets frozen anyways. Aim for +8-10 pickup radius, or more if you have god gear.

Feel free to change Eternal Torment if you want, I use it to keep Dayntee's up basically at all times even if out of range

Feel free to change Esoteric and Gizzard to offensive gems such as Powerful and Stricken if you prefer, the build has more than enough toughness

Feel free to use Harvest of Anguish rune on Bone Armor if you are using an item like Lost Time

Feel free to use Army of Dead in place of Bone Armor if you wish to use a Fate's Vow variant

Trag's and Gloves of Essence better in cube than the Rimeheart and Moribund, because they have a range of damage. But use what you have

Only downside is that this build requires all ancient items to be at full effect. However, you can start putting this build together at 8/13 ancients and still be very effective. Once at 13/13 ancient + 70+ caldesaan, you'll surely see how much of a juggernaut the build is!

Hope you enjoy, have fun!

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Head

Shoulders

Amulet

Torso

Wrists

Hands

Waist

Legs

Feet

Rings

Weapon

Offhand

Legendary Gems

Kanai's Cube

Paragon Priorities

Core

Offense

Defense

Utility

Build Guide

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