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I came up with the idea to use a hybrid necromancer/essence build and wanted some input. Basic idea is to use contagion and essence drain followed up with wither -> cast while channeling -> summon skeletons. Have zombies and specters for additional dps.

Here's the passive tree I planned:

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links would be:

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6 Link: wither -> cast while channeling -> summon skeletons -> minions damage -> poison support then either faster casting, increased duration, or minion health

3 Link: Clarity -> Discipline -> Wrath or Hatred

3 Link: Cast when damage taken -> Immortal Call -> Lightning Golem

4 Link: Raise Zombie -> Minion Damage -> Poison support -> Vaal Summon Skeletons

4 Link: Raise Specter -> Minion Damage -> too many combos depending on specter type. Generic minion speed/life works too.

4 Link: Essence Drain -> Contagion -> Void Manipulation -> Controlled Destruction.

Unset ring - Convocation

Unset ring - Flesh Offering (Or spirit offering if not going CI)

Possible changes would be to have Essence Drain and Contagion be the 6 Link with adding increase duration

A second option would be:

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6 link: raise specter -> raise zombie -> poison -> minion damage -> vaal skeleton -> minion speed/life

4 link: Essence drain -> void manipulation -> controlled destruction -> pierce

4 link -> wither -> cast while channel -> contagion -> increase area

4 link -> spell totem -> summon skeletons -> poison -> minion damage/faster casting

3 link -> clarity -> discipline -> wrath/hatred

3 link -> cast when damage taken -> lightning golem -> immortal call

ring -> Convocation

ring -> Flesh offering

Pros for the second: Essence drain gets pierce, more monsters hit with contagion and wither
Cons for the second : Contagion deals less damage, 6 link is almost required, an extra cast in the rotation for the skeletons, and skeletons deal less damage

I would like to fit in vaal discipline, but couldn't find room for it. In all honestly, this might be too much crammed together, it felt like I needed an extra slot or two. I really didn't want Essence drain and Contagion to be sharing a link as that limited the support options, but couldn't think of an alternative.

Any feed back would be awesome.

PS: Sorry for the lack of images, still figuring out how to do that.

Last edited by zandercp11#5109 on Mar 1, 2017, 6:02:40 PM

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