User:Targetdrone/Build:N/Me Spiteful Parasite

A Spiteful Parasite necromancer uses hexes to steal health and do armor ignoring damage to rapidly/mass attacking enemies. Works reasonably well in AB.

Attributes and Skills

 * Replacement for Enfeebling Blood or optionals: Spinal Shivers, Mark of Pain (can be very lethal to those around the target), or enchantment counters like Gaze of Contempt, Desecrate Enchantments, Defile Enchantments.
 * Optionals can be the usual Mesmer favorites: Arcane Echo,Backfire, Diversion, Power Leak, Web of Disruption and so on.
 * Increase Soul Reaping if energy from deaths is not enough.

Equipment

 * A HCT+HRT Curses Wand/Focus Set (recommend cold damage if using Spinal Shivers)
 * A HCT+HRT Domination Magic Wand/Focus Set (when casting domination magic spells)
 * A HCT+HRT Curses Defensive Staff of Defense (for defense)
 * Energy reducing/increasing set

Usage

 * Cast Enfeeble and Insidious Parasite on a melee attacker that is likely to attack you ( use Enfeebling Blood if cluster of attackers). Assassins make good candidates due to their high attack rates.
 * Cast Insidious Parasite first if target might shadow step.
 * Beware that many Assassins like to use stuff like Horns of the Ox which can knock you down.
 * If Insidious Parasite is prevented/removed you will die pretty quickly, if it isn't they tend to die quickly instead (most assassins and warriors in AB don't seem to bother to run away even if your health bar is going up and their is going down as they keep attacking).
 * Replace Enfeeble/Enfeebling Blood with Enfeebling Touch if you need a faster casting skill
 * If there are other targets around as well, cast Parasitic Bond on your first attacker
 * Cast Spiteful Spirit on a target close to other enemies especially one that will attack many enemies at once (e.g. scythe, Cyclone Axe, Triple Chop, Hundred Blades users).
 * Cast Empathy on an attacking target that you wish to kill even faster.
 * Try to keep Weakness and Insidious Parasite on your attacker(s).
 * Back off or run if Insidious Parasite hasn't recharged yet and you don't have it on another attacking enemy.
 * Invest in Parasitic Bond if more health is needed

Weaknesses

 * Not so useful against most monks and high spell damage elementalists, especially if melee attackers keep targeting you (you need concentrate on them).

Counters

 * High Degeneration
 * Touch rangers eat this for breakfast (do everyone a favor and run, instead of feeding them).
 * Spell counters- interrupts, slowdowns (daze etc), energy denial.