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Dreadlord Necromancer

*Setup:
Weapon:
Prince of Nothing

Armor:
Screen of Viz-Jaq'Taar
Screen of Viz-Jaq'Taar
Quilted Armor (Sacred)

Defense: (11132 - 11789) to (12317 - 12993)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 105
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+(5000 to 6000) Defense
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)

Helm:
The Veil of Magic

Gloves:
Yaerius' Mediation
Yaerius' Mediation
Light Gauntlets (Sacred)

Defense: 336 to 410
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 1
+(0 to 1) to Paladin Skill Levels
+(16 to 20)% to Spell Damage
-200 Defense
(16 to 20)% to Strength
Elemental Resists +20%
Socketed (4)

Yaerius' Grey Omen
(Paladin Neutral Set)

Belt:
Champion of the Triune
Champion of the Triune
Plated Belt (Sacred)

Defense: 5209 to 6598
Required Level: 115
Required Strength: 665
Item Level: 120
Ethereal
6% Chance to cast level 1 Force Blast on Melee Attack
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
5% Deadly Strike
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(100 to 1000) Defense
Elemental Resists -15%
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (2)

Boots:
Wizard's Path

Rings:
Adrenaline Rush
Adrenaline Rush
Ring

Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
+1 to All Skills
40% Combat Speeds
40% Movement Speed
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
&
Seal of the Nephalem Kings
Seal of the Nephalem Kings
Ring

Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
(10 to 15)% to Strength
(10 to 15)% to Vitality
(10 to 15)% Bonus to Defense
(10 to 20)% Gold Find

Amulet: Rare Amulet
On Switch:
Fleshbane
& Crafted Necromancer shield with Hounfor

*About the build:
The build revolve around using Fairy Ring (Image) an amazon skill from
Fleshbane
. Here's the skill:
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Due to the skill's need of corpse to function, it naturally pairs well with nec as he has Sacrifice for an endless supply of corpse. Nec also has Deathfury's Totem which gives him a big boost of flat ele damage, shadow's aura further improve this. We also use
Prince of Nothing
for reanimates, those are mainly use as meatshield cause of the build's squishy nature; though Trap Rat will contribute huge amount of damage if it appears.

*Fairy Ring's DPS
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Buff (Death Fury's Totem, Howling Totem, Elemental Totem, Shadow's Aura)
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*My Stats (Keep in mind this doesn't count Shadow and Jinn's auras):
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shadow's aura do not boost flat ele damage on fairy ring, only on melee attacks ( character screen dmg display lies )
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There used to be a pretty similar build done by Rolls Royce I think. Back on the old forum: Death Shards Reanimator Necro (DSRN)

It's outdated now a bit, but maybe you can compare and contrast to see if any faults in your build, if any exist, can be fixed. I haven't really read through it, but I remember this older one. http://www.medianxl.com/t3401-mxlu-xi-d ... ncer-guide
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Gekko64 wrote:shadow's aura do not boost flat ele damage on fairy ring, only on melee attacks ( character screen dmg display lies )


I'm not pretty sure about the fire damage part of Fairy Ring but I know that it does boost flat ele from deathfury's totem

LHawkins1 wrote:There used to be a pretty similar build done by Rolls Royce I think. Back on the old forum: Death Shards Reanimator Necro (DSRN)

It's outdated now a bit, but maybe you can compare and contrast to see if any faults in your build, if any exist, can be fixed. I haven't really read through it, but I remember this older one. http://www.medianxl.com/t3401-mxlu-xi-d ... ncer-guide


I've read that guide before, overall pretty good stuff. You can even switch fairy ring to death shard and the performance is still the same :flip:
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A New Start wrote:
Gekko64 wrote:shadow's aura do not boost flat ele damage on fairy ring, only on melee attacks ( character screen dmg display lies )


I'm not pretty sure about the fire damage part of Fairy Ring but I know that it does boost flat ele from deathfury's totem


it doesn't, it just looks like it does on LCS. your summons do get the boost because they only attack in melee, but fairy ring is not affected
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Gekko64 wrote:
A New Start wrote:
Gekko64 wrote:shadow's aura do not boost flat ele damage on fairy ring, only on melee attacks ( character screen dmg display lies )


I'm not pretty sure about the fire damage part of Fairy Ring but I know that it does boost flat ele from deathfury's totem


it doesn't, it just looks like it does on LCS. your summons do get the boost because they only attack in melee, but fairy ring is not affected


Hm, if this really is the case then my DPS is inflated quite a bit, I'll update the DPS sheet later then.
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Soulshatter Barbarian

*Setup:
Weapon: Black Dog [Secret]
Armor:
Shroud Royal
Shroud Royal
Full Plate Mail (4)

Defense: (336 - 390) to (676 - 786)
Required Level: 11
Required Strength: 35
Item Level: 29
Additional Strength Damage Bonus: 0.01171875%
+(1 to 2) to Vanquish
+(35 to 57)% Enhanced Defense
(3 to 5)% to All Attributes
Physical Damage Reduced by (7 to 10)
(6 to 8)% Gold Find
(6 to 8)% Magic Find
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1082 - 1213) to (2067 - 2318)
Required Level: 28
Required Strength: 70
Item Level: 40
Additional Strength Damage Bonus: 0.015625%
+(5 to 6) to Vanquish
+(81 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(9 to 11)% to All Attributes
Physical Damage Reduced by (15 to 18)
(10 to 12)% Gold Find
(10 to 12)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2707 - 2983) to (5055 - 5570)
Required Level: 46
Required Strength: 245
Item Level: 67
Additional Strength Damage Bonus: 0.01953125%
+(9 to 10) to Vanquish
+(126 to 149)% Enhanced Defense
(15 to 17)% to All Attributes
Physical Damage Reduced by (23 to 26)
(14 to 16)% Gold Find
(14 to 16)% Magic Find
Socketed (5)
Defense: (4043 - 4401) to (7534 - 8200)
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 490
Item Level: 85
Additional Strength Damage Bonus: 0.0234375%
+(11 to 12) to Vanquish
+(149 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(18 to 20)% to All Attributes
Physical Damage Reduced by (27 to 30)
(18 to 20)% Gold Find
(18 to 20)% Magic Find
Socketed (6)

Helm: Crafted Barbarian Helm with Kraken Stance
Gloves:
Baron Sludge's Bonecrushers

Belt:
Deadfall
Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)

Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

Boots:
Nephilim
Nephilim
Boots

'ZodThul'
Runeword Level: 85
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
+150 Defense
+50 to Strength
(21 to 25)% to Strength
+50 to Vitality
(21 to 25)% to Vitality
Cold Resist +25%
+15 Life after each Kill

Rings: 2x
Seal of the Nephalem Kings
Seal of the Nephalem Kings
Ring

Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
(10 to 15)% to Strength
(10 to 15)% to Vitality
(10 to 15)% Bonus to Defense
(10 to 20)% Gold Find

Amulet: Rare Amulet

*About the build:
The build revolve around using soulshatter skill acquire from the Realm-only RW Black Dog. Here's what the skill does:
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I use both Nephalem Weapon and Kraken Stance with all points invested in Strength to archive very high DPS of both Physical and Elemental damage. For surviability, the skill soulshatter provide a pretty decent crowdcontrol via big AOE stun . Tks to Black Dog's HUGE add damage (1000-2000 to be exact), I can also MO my wep with life steal instead of %ED for sustain. Overall, the build can archive very high clearspeed while still quite safe to play, definitely one of my favourite farm build.

*My stats (This is my Realm char so sadly no Plugy)
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Just 1 pt in protector spirit? Could try to let their bloodlust proc on a mob before you start shattering.
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LHawkins1 wrote:Just 1 pt in protector spirit? Could try to let their bloodlust proc on a mob before you start shattering.


Yeah 1 pts is enough. You can certainly let them use bloodlust before shattering but they often die really fast.
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Yea, Shamanka might be a better option then, I suppose. Was just curious if they'd be alive long enough to proc it.