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][Mark of Fury][Oppressive Gaze][optional][optional][Blood Ritual][Signet of Lost Souls][/build] </pvxbig> Optional elite slot for:

• Ravenous Gaze cheap, spammable armor-ignoring AoE damage.
• Well of Power for energy and health regeneration (do not use with a Minion Master)
• Order of the Vampire for additional damage
• Blood is Power for team energy management

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.
  • Jaundiced Gaze useful with Orders skills
  • Foul Feast to remove conditions from allies

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

• 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.
  • "Stand Your Ground!" for extra armor while fighting.
  • "Fall Back!" for movement support.
  • Anthem of Weariness for added Weakness.
  • Anthem of Disruption to interrupt.
  • "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 damage
  • Spirit Rift for additional spike damage

• 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.

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