User:Rastamon/buildarchive/Build:N/Mo Tombs OOV

This build uses Prophecies and Core skills exclusively.

This is an Orders Necromancer build, geared for use in the Ruins of the Tomb of the Primeval Kings. A is recommended, though other combinations are possible. Typically, they will bring one healing Monk, one Minion Master Necromancer, one Orders Necromancer, and five B/P Rangers. It is a Tombs OOV Necro's job to keep Order of the Vampire up on the Rangers and to assist the Monk with heals, hex removal, and energy regeneration.

Equipment

 * Armor: Any armor with Radiant Insignias (or purchased Scar Pattern Armor with no Insignia slots)
 * Weapon: Staff/Combo: +1 Blood Magic (20%), HCT Blood Magic (20%), +20% Enchantment duration (for +1 sec to OOV)
 * Runes: Superior Blood Magic (+3), Superior Soul Reaping (+3), Attunement x 3 (+2 en)
 * More Superior runes are optional for lowering your maximum health.

Preface
The OOV Necromancer's job is to stay out of combat whenever possible and maintain the Orders enchantment on his party. You are constantly sacrificing and regenerating your health, and because of this, you will be an easy target for enemy AI.

Combat Cycle

 * Upon entering Tombs, immediately cast Mending on yourself. This will provide you with a constant 3 pips of health regeneration.
 * Once the enemies are near the party, cast Order of the Vampire and Blood Renewal.
 * Keep OOV and Blood Renewal going at all times. This will result in a serious damage increase to your Rangers' Barrage as well as a fair amount of healing.
 * Use Heal Party whenever 3 or more people are taking damage to supplement your OOV and take some weight off of the Monk.
 * Remove Hex should be used to remove hexes like Empathy from the Rangers and hexes like Backfire from the casters. For the sake of your cycle, it is usually best if the hexed ally calls a potentially crippling hex rather than removing all hexes out of habit.
 * Use Blood Ritual on your Monk if he asks for it, but make sure that the Monk is a safe distance from enemies.

Self-healing options

 * Using Live Vicariously on a Ranger who is spamming Barrage may sometimes prove to be a more effective method of regeneration than the 3 pips from Mending, since you only need to sacrifice health while your party is engaged in combat. See the Notes section for more details.
 * Healing Breeze may be substituted for Blood Renewal if you are uncomfortable with a 25% health sacrifice, though it is considerably less effective due to the lack of a spike heal upon its completion or removal. It also costs 5 more energy to cast.

Remove Hex

 * Smite Hex maybe used in its place for a faster-casting removal, but with a longer recharge time.
 * Some people vouch for Holy Veil rather than Remove Hex, but the mechanics require that you cancel the maintained enchantment to remove a hex. HV also has a longer recharge.
 * Purge Signet can also be used to remove all hexes and conditions on one ally. Again, longer recharge time.

Optional Slot

 * Succor may be brought along to benefit the Monk or the MM Necro if your team can keep bodies dropping often enough to allow Soul Reaping to work its magic.
 * Add Smite Hex to get Empathy off more than one Ranger at a time, and also to completely free the Monk from the responsibility of Hex removal. Along with Remove Hex, this makes an effective combo for digging through cover hexes.
 * Awaken the Blood can give you +2 to Blood Magic, but at a rather serious cost in terms of health sacrifice.
 * Order of Pain can be cast inbetween Order of the Vampire to ensure constant Orders coverage.

N/Mo Tombs OOP

 * This build can be used for constant coverage of your Orders spell, with a greater energy regeneration boost to your Monk to make up for the lack of vampiric Barrages.
 * Blood is Power may also be cast from a distance, freeing the Monk up to move about as they please (Fingers of Chaos notwithstanding).
 * BIP may also be used to supply non-standard B/P Rangers (for instance, Elementalist primary) with more energy.
 * Additional 20% Enchantment duration is not as big of a deal with this build, so your equipment options are more flexible.

Counters

 * Being involved in combat
 * Enchantment removal on the Rangers (see Fingers of Chaos for more info)
 * Diversion is an easily-avoidable hex that can cripple your build entirely. Learn to recognize it and either get it removed or burn Mending rather than risk part of your cycle being disabled. This is a skill equipped by The Darknesses at the end of the Tombs levels.