User:Saranis/Necromancer Builds/Life Strike

Life Strike uses Blood Degeneration spells and 'Strike' Skills to get the foe to below 50% Health.

Attributes and Skills

 * For the Optional Slot See Variations for different options.

Equipment

 * A full set of Scar Patterns or Armor with Radiant Insignia.
 * A Blood Scar Pattern of Superior Blood Magic


 * A good choice of weapon would be a 20 Energy Blood Staff with 20% recharge.

Usage

 * 1) Cast Life Transfer on a Target.
 * 2) Follow up with Life Siphon
 * 3) Cast Shadow Strike
 * 4) Followed by Lifebane Strike
 * 5) Repeat between these last 2 spells until target hits 50% afterwhich start casting Signet of Lost Souls and Vampiric Gaze


 * Make sure to spread Life Siphon around to multiple foes if you can. It increases the damage you are doing at any one time and also gives you a greater Health regeneration.

Counters

 * Like all Casters Interupts can be a pain. Skills that increase recharge will also severly hinder this build.


 * Hex Removal makes you do this the hard way with just the Strikes and Gaze.

Variants

 * Optional Slot Possibilities
 * Dark Pact is a good way to deal armor ignoring damage for a low spammable cost. However watch out for the Life Sacrafice.
 * Awaken the Blood will increase Blood to 18 and the only downside will be moot because there are not life Sacrafice skills in the build.
 * Blood of the Aggressor is another good way to deal armor ignoring damage, again though you must watch out for life sacrafice.
 * Resurrect or whatever your preferred Resurrect Skill is.