User talk:Midnight08/Builds/D/N Dwayna's Curse

This build is designed to utilizie the benefits of the Mysticism attribute as efficiently as possible, while dealing conditions and AoE damage regularly.

Equipment

 * +HP armor allows you to use 2 superior runes and still have acceptable Health. (540+Rune-150)
 * largest Vigor rune you can afford.
 * Any +15 energy staff is ideal for a weapon, this is a caster build. Though it has great energy management, More energy is always good for a caster. I would avoid items with -recharge though.

Usage
When you are close to the combat lines activate Avatar of Dwayna. Once within range of your target(s) use Armor of Thorns to inflict Cripple(Gain 53 health from Avatar). Proceed to follow up with Signet of Piety(Gail 135 Health from Signet, 53 Health from Dwayna). This removes the Enchantment inflicting bleeding to all nearby foes. (signet recharges instantly due to enchantment removal, while healing you 48 from Mysticism aand recovering 8 energy). Next activate Mirage Cloak. (Healing 53 from Dwayna), and follow with Signet of Piety (another 135+53 heal). The removal this time deals 75 damage PBAOE (and also heals and restores energy from Mysticism). Next use Dust Cloak, and follow with signet. (Heal, deal 100 DMG PBAOE, and inflict blind.). Finally activate Staggering Force and follow with the signet once again. (another heal/pbaoe dmg 100/and weakness).

Continue to spam the above effects. when dwayna wears off you will heal slower, but will still likely heal much more than you take. While Dwayna is up you will only suffer from Hex effects for a few seonds as every cast while Dwayna is on removes a hex. Plague touch is there for your fellow condition spammers. Use it to remove cripple or any other conditions that might annoy you. Finally use your Rez Signet as soon as someone dies, you will likely be at full hp anyway so the 3 seconds of no healing shouldnt phase you, especially if you use mirage cloak just before and remove it after the rez sig finishes.

Counters

 * This build relies on its signet use, interrupting the signet or slowing the signet (or increasing its cost) will render this build helpless for several seconds unless avatar of dwayna is up.
 * Interrupting the slow casting time of Dwayna leavs this build weak against anti spam hexes. SS, and backfire would make short work of this build without having Dwayna up. This also means that just waiting out Dwayna and then using a backfire or ss during its downtime would make things very difficult for Dwaynas Curse.
 * Heavy Knockdown builds can slow this builds spam enough to inflict damage alot faster than it can heal.
 * Forcing Exhaustion is probably the most effective way to stop this build in its tracks. After four spells the build must then wait for exhaustion to end before protecting itself.

Variants

 * Using D/Me instead of D/N allows you to use fragility instead of Plague touch, making you weaker against conditions, but allowing you to have a much more effective spike with the constant condition spamming this build does.