Siphoning Singularity Mages

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by unsane last updated Jul 12, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Siphon Blood Blood Sucker
- Siphon Blood
Generate: 15 Essence each time damage is dealt

Siphon the blood from the targeted enemy dealing 300% weapon damage as Physical.

Siphon Blood heals you for 2% of your total health every second while channeled.
Blood Sucker

You pull in all health globes within 40 yards while siphoning.
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.
Decrepify Borrowed Time
- Decrepify
Cost: 10 Essence

A crippling curse that reduces the enemy units' movement speed by 75% and reduces damage of affected enemies by 30% for 30 seconds.
Borrowed Time

Gain 1% cooldown reduction for every enemy cursed, up to a maximum of 20%.
Devour Cannibalize
- Devour
Consume corpses within 60 yards to restore 10 Essence per corpse.
Cannibalize

Each corpse consumed also restores 3% health.
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.

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.
Life from Death
- Life from Death
Consuming a corpse has a 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
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

Primary Stats

+8 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Health globes restore 25–30% of your primary resource.
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
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
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
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
Unity

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Increases damage against elites by 12.0–15.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

All damage taken is split between wearers of this item.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
In-geom

Legendary Sword
Lidless Wall

Legendary Shield

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+240–269 Dexterity

+240–269 Strength

+240–269 Intelligence

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Cold skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Fire skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Poison skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Holy skills deal 10–15% more damage.

One of 6 Magic Properties (varies)

+5–6 Maximum Discipline (Demon Hunter Only)

+7–8 Maximum Fury (Barbarian Only)

+4–6 Maximum Arcane Power (Wizard Only)

+90–104 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor Only)

+10–12 Maximum Spirit (Monk Only)

+6–7 Maximum Wrath

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Rathma's Skull Helm
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Rathma's Spikes
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Haunted Visions
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Rathma's Ribcage Plate
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Reaper's Wraps
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Rathma's Macabre Vambraces
- Tasker and Theo
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Dayntee's Binding
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Rathma's Skeletal Legplates
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Rathma's Ossified Sabatons
- Steuart's Greaves
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Unity
- Krysbin's Sentence
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- In-geom
- Reilena's Shadowhook
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Lidless Wall
- Jesseth Skullshield
- Freeze of Deflection
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
- 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
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
Circle of Nailuj's Evol

Numlock trick: Devour.

Potion: Bottomless Potion of Rejuvenation (essence).

Gems: Diamond helm, Topazes on body, Emerald weapon.

Stat priorities: Cooldown Reduction, Crit Chance, Crit Damage, Attack Speed, Maximum Essence, Skeletal Mage Damage, Physical Skills Damage, Flat Damage, Armor, Intelligence, All Resists, Vitality, %Life, Life Regeneration, Cost Reduction.

Jesseth Skullshield is adequate if you get +Maximum Essence secondary.

Solo pushing: the base build above.

Solo speed: swap Kanai's Cube Tasker and Theo to Steuart's Greaves.

Group pushing: swap Unity out for Krysbin's Sentence.

Group speed: swap Unity out for Krysbin's Sentence, and swap Kanai's Cube Tasker and Theo to Steuart's Greaves.

Group alternate jewelry setup: wear a Hellfire Amulet for a 5th passive (add Extended Servitude), swap Unity out for Circle of Nailuj's Evol, and swap Kanai's Cube jewelry to Haunted Visions.

Follower: Enchantress.

Build: Forceful Push + Powered Armor + Erosion + Mass Control.

Gems (not important): Ruby in weapon, Topazes in jewelry.

Focus: Smoking Thurible (cannot die).

Weapon: Maloth's Focus (Enchant a movement impairment secondary). Alternatives: Thunderfury, The Sultan of Blinding Sand, Azurewrath.

Amulet: Overwhelming Desire (Enchant a movement impairment secondary). Alternative: The Ess of Johan.

Rings: Unity and Oculus Ring. Alternatives: Pandemonium Loop (with Maloth's Focus), Wyrdward (only with Thunderfury), Rechel's Ring of Larceny, Band of Hollow Whispers.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Maximum Resource
Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Armor
Life Regeneration
Resist All
Life

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find
Life on Hit
Area Damage

If your life pool isn't large enough, put points into Life and/or Vitality, but ensure your in-town life regeneration is higher than your Simulacrum degeneration (5% of a too-large life pool is difficult to out-regen).

Build Guide

My version of Singularity Mages, with a strong focus on minimizing clunkiness.

Playstyle:

1) Always keep something cursed;

2) Re-cast Simulacrum when it comes up;

3) Cast mages when your Essence is full, and when you have <10 mages, or when you have no mages (any amount of Essence);

4) Fill your Essence by tapping Siphon Blood, to suck up nearby health globes.

Improvements:

12jul'18: Gems: Topazes on body (~~Diamonds~~). Added Jesseth Skullshield note. Fleshed out Enchantress information (added build, Maloth's Focus, alternative weapon and rings).

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