Build:Team - Sabway

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This is a Hero Necromancer set-up designed to handle extreme pressure, notably in Hard Mode. It has been successfully used for Vanquishing and acquiring Protector titles with much ease and minimal hero micro-managing.

Composition

• 1 / SS Necro
• 1 / Necro Healer
• 1 / Jagged MM Necro

SS Necro

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist Curses=12+1+1 SoulReaping=12+1 restoration=3][Spiteful Spirit][Reckless Haste][Enfeebling Blood][Barbs][Rip Enchantment][Mark of Pain][Signet of Lost Souls][Death Pact Signet][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Armor : Survivor Insignia, Attunement Runes
• Weapons : Any Curses weapon will do, 20/20 is a good set-up

Counters

• Massive Hex Removal
• Caster hate; Backfire or Blackout for example

Variants

• Replace Rip Enchantment with Defile Flesh in areas with very heavy healing support.
• Replace Mark of Pain with Insidious Parasite for areas with multi-hitters (i.e. Triple Chop, Hundred Blades, etc.)
• You can make this character N/Mo in stead of N/Rt and use a Monk resurrect instead of Death Pact Signet.

Necro Healer

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist SoulReaping=8+1+1 RestorationMagic=12 ChannelingMagic=10][Weapon of Remedy][Splinter Weapon][Mend Body and Soul][Spirit Light][Protective was Kaolai][Life][Signet of Lost Souls][Death Pact Signet][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Armor : Survivor Insignia, Vigor/Vitae runes
• Weapons : Any 20/20 Restoration Magic will do, better if the hero has more energy though.

Counters

• Caster hate
• Spirit removal will gimp Mend Body and Soul and Spirit Light.

Variants

• Vengeful Weapon instead of Splinter Weapon. Increase Soul Reaping to 12+1+1, taking the attribute points out of Channeling Magic.

Jagged MM Necro

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/Monk SoulReaping=9+1 DeathMagic=12+1+3 ProtectionPrayers=9][Jagged Bones][Animate Bone Minions][Death Nova][Blood of the Master][Foul Feast][Protective Spirit][Aegis][Signet of Lost Souls][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Armor : Survivor Insignia, Attunement runes.
• Weapons : A Death Magic 20/20 set, preferably with more energy.

Counters

• Corpse consumption, see Variants for help

Variants

• If there are no corpses available for any reason, swap this necro for another SS necro, but give him an interrupt for better control or you can add an SV necro hero.
• Putrid Bile and/or Rising Bile instead of Extinguish and Aegis in areas that are low on physical attackers.
• Hex removal instead of Extinguish in hex-heavy areas with little to no conditions. Convert Hexes, Remove Hex, and Reverse Hex are good choices.
• If going on 6- or 8-man party areas switch Extinguish for Foul Feast.

Usage

• Call a target so all necros lock onto it.
• The SS necro will start putting hexes on, while the MM will accumulate minions to do damage through Barbs and Death Nova
• Vanquish the mission/area while repeating the previous steps.

Notes

• All will go on auto-pilot, even in areas with less party members.
• You may need some micro though to flag your heroes out of AoE spells, etc.
• The flaws in this build are its susceptibility to interrupt and its lack of hex removal. Having hex removal, interrupt(s), and Pain Inverter is suggested for the other players/heroes.
• Use this build with the following henchman set-up: At least one protection hench, one warrior or dervish, one support henchie and one elementalist. For harder areas, take both monk henchmen. You are, of course, interchangeable with all of these professions.

Trivia

• This team build is often called Sabway by the community, named after the original author who used it in PvE instead of HA.

See also

• The discussion on the build on Guru
• N/Rt Lostsoul Hero Healer