Build:E/N Shattering Vapor

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Contents 1 Attributes and Skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variants 6 Notes

The Shattering Vapor takes high damage Water Magic skills, combines them with Glyph of Elemental Power and uses the excellent synergy of Shatterstone and Vapor Blade to achieve a spike effect.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Necromancer	Attribute Rank
Water Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Energy Storage	12 + 1

Glyph of Elemental Power

Shatterstone

Vapor Blade

Ice Spear

Gaze of Contempt

Armor of Mist

Water Attunement

Resurrection Signet

[edit] Equipment

• Tempest Armor
• Self Preference (Make sure you do not have a Staff/Wand Which halves Casting time as this may off-time the Spike)

[edit] Usage

• Select a target with low AL, any Casters.
• Use Armor of Mist and run in hitting your target with Ice Spear to lower his health prior to spike.
• If he is enchanted, use Gaze of Contempt
• Cast Glyph of Elemental Power then Use Shatterstone-->Vapor Blade with no second to spare inbetween casting.
• Continue to spike targets, keep chaining Glyph of Elemental Power-->Shatterstone-->Vapor Blade whenever Possible.
• Use Ice Spear post-spike to finish him off if he is not dead.
• Cast Glyph of Elemental Power then apply Water Attunement and Armor of Mist for longer duration and higher armour.

[edit] Counters

• Dazed
• Interruption
• High armour Levels

[edit] Variants

• Ice Spear for Ice Spikes or Freezing Gust
• Glyph of Elemental Power for Glyph of Lesser Energy
• Armor of Mist for Frigid Armor to counter Searing Flames builds.
• Gaze of Contempt for Rend Enchantments

[edit] Notes

• Try to Attack foes which have already lost health which discludes the need to tenderise them with Ice Spear
• Enchantment Removal was added to have more variety in your targets.
• With the spike Shatterstone does 115 on Applying the hex and 115 on the ending hex. 230 total.
• With the spike Vapor Blade does 159 damage on non-enchanted foes.