Build:N/Me Blood Alliance Battler

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

The Blood Alliance Battler uses a variety of skills to handle themselves in an Alliance Battle regardless of situation, with good spike damage which can ignore armor, health degeneration, health and energy management and the ability to remove an opponent's enchantment and interrupt.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Blood Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Soul Reaping	8 + 1
Inspiration Magic	10

Awaken the Blood

Shadow Strike

Vampiric Gaze

Life Transfer

Leech Signet

Power Drain

Mark of Subversion

Strip Enchantment

[edit] Equipment

• Cabalist's Armor is useful.
• Your weapon should be similar to the Blood Wayward Wand for the Halves skill recharge of Blood Magic spells (Chance: 20%) and with a Blood Magic +1 (20% chance while using skills) Focus item like the Blood Knife.

[edit] Usage

• Cast Awaken the Blood whenever you are about to enter combat. Recast it whenever there is a lull in the fighting.
• Life Transfer a target at the start of a fight. This will provide a massive amount of damage over time while providing a solid heal for yourself. Recast it as often as possible, but be aware that you will lose the regen when your target dies, so make sure you are not wasting it on a target who is already nearly dead. If you pass by enemies you do not wish to engage, this skill should be the one you use.
• Shadow Strike should be your preference when the target's health is just above 50%, and Vampiric Gaze after it falls below 50%. You can time Shadow Strike to hit just after a heal however. If you can, coordinate your spike with your team by following their call.
• Power Drain is your main interrupt for an enemy caster. Leech Signet is your back up, and for stopping Healing Signet, Troll Unguent and disrupting Assassin skill chains. These skills also give decent energy returns, so use when energy is low.
• Mark of Subversion is for interrupting and damaging an enemy Monk you are not currently targetting (such as the Kurzick Army Monk or Luxon Army Monk), while providing a heal for yourself.
• Strip Enchantment is used as a good heal, but can also be used to stop Healing Breeze or another powerful enchantment.

[edit] Counters

• You will be outmatched by dedicated damage dealers, such as assassins and Build:R/N Touch Ranger. Interrupt and put Life Transfer on them, and then call the target. This is why this build does not work in the arena, where you have fewer allies and less space to avoid them with.
• Interrupts, Backfire and Dazed all work well against you. While under their influence try attacking with your weapon instead of wasting your energy. Fortunately their effect does not last long.
• A long-lasting degen such as Poison, Bleeding and Faintheartedness can be annoying if there are no opponents nearby to Life Transfer from.

[edit] Variants

• Mark of Subversion is the most optional skill. Consider replacing with another life stealing degen to decrease reliance on Life Transfer such as Life Siphon, or perhaps add another spike or interrupt to suit your team's taste.

[edit] Notes

• You should be using all your skills. Do not neglect to interrupt or you will run out of energy, and always strip an enchantment for the heal if you need one, even if the enchantment is minor. This constant resource management means you will always be active, with little or no downtime in combat.