Build:N/any Blood Support

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Use Blood Magic to support you and your allies through health and energy management, also has room and sufficient attributes and energy for various support skills.

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/any Bloodmagic=12+1+1 SoulReaping=8+1][optional][Blood Bond][Oppressive Gaze][optional][optional][Barbed Signet][Blood Ritual][Signet of Lost Souls][/build] </pvxbig> Optional elite slot for:

• Blood is Power for team energy management. (Do not use with Blood Ritual.)
• Order of the Vampire for additional party life-stealing. (Do not use with Order of Pain or Dark Fury.)
• Ravenous Gaze cheap, spammable armor-ignoring AoE damage.
• Spoil Victor for hard-mode and anti-boss shutdown.
• Well of Power for energy and health regeneration. (Do not use with a Minion Master.)

Optional slots for:

• For Blood Magic support (change Soul Reaping to 12):

• Strip Enchantment for areas with many enchantments.
• Order of Pain for additional damage. (Do not use with Order of the Vampire.)
• Dark Fury additional adrenaline gain for melee characters. (Do not use with Order of the Vampire.)
• Blood Renewal to counter sacrifice cost of certain blood skills.
• Jaundiced Gaze useful with Orders skills.
• Foul Feast to remove conditions from allies.

• For Curses support (put 10+1 in Curses):

• Awaken the Blood to buff both Curses and Blood Magic.
• Barbs if your party has many melee characters, or a minion master.
• Mark of Pain for more AoE damage.
• Enfeebling Blood for better protection against melee.
• Weaken Armor to decrease target's AL.
• Rip Enchantment for enchant heavy areas.
• Reckless Haste useful for blocking in HM.
• Defile Defenses for anti-blocking punishment.

• Smiting support (put 10 in Smiting Prayers):

• Strength of Honor for more melee support.
• Castigation Signet for better energy management.
• Smite Hex for hex removal.
• Smite Condition for condition removal.

• For Protection Prayers support (put 10 in Protection Prayers):

• Aegis for a party-wide block.
• Protective Spirit for damage reduction.
• Shield of Absorption for damage reduction.
• Spirit Bond when taking heavy damage.

• For Command support (put 10 in Command):

• "Find Their Weakness!" for more damage + DW.
• "Fall Back!" for movement support.
• Anthem of Weariness for added Weakness.
• "Never Surrender!" to save dying allies.

• For Channeling Magic support (put 10 in Channeling Magic):

• Splinter Weapon for massive additional damage with melee characters.
• Ancestors' Rage additional AoE spike damage.
• Spirit Rift for additional AoE spike damage and cracked armor.
• Gaze from Beyond to inflict Blindness. (The team must have spirits.)

• For Restoration Magic support (put 10 in Restoration Magic):

• Spirit Light for massive 5 energy heal.
• Mend Body and Soul for condition removal and a heal.
• Weapon of Warding for 50% chance to block and health regeneration.
• Protective Was Kaolai for party-wide heal.

• For Wilderness Survival support (put 10 in Wilderness Survival):

• Frozen Soil for anti-resurrection.
• Brambles for knockdown support.
• Winnowing for physical support.

Equipment

• Survivor's Insignia and a Rune of Superior Vigor
• Any staff or wand. 20/20 Blood wand and offhand helps but is not required.

Usage

• Set the hero to Guard Mode.

• If using Strength of Honor, disable this skill and micro onto melee characters.

Counters

• Anti-caster hexes
• Daze
• Hex Removal

See Also

• Build:E/N Ether Renewal Orders
• Build:D/N Arcane Orders Dervish

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• Build:Team - 2 Man Necroway