Build:N/R Toxic Discord

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This build was designed for PVE use. It uses Rotting Flesh to spread disease, then Vile Miasma and Parasitic Bond, allowing Discord to be spammed on multiple targets in succession, using the Ranger spirit Toxicity for added degeneration.

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

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / Ranger	Attribute Rank
Death Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Soul Reaping	9 + 1
Curses	8 + 1
Beast Mastery	5

Rotting Flesh

Vile Miasma

Discord

Enfeeble

Parasitic Bond

Signet of Lost Souls

Toxicity

Resurrection Signet

[edit] Equipment

• Armor - Recommend full Radiant Armor, though other set-ups are viable. Equip the best Vigor rune possible.
• Weapons - Bortak's Bone Claw and Bortak's Bone Cesta or something similiar. Ghial's Staff also fine.

[edit] Usage

• Lay down Toxicity just outside aggro range.
• Aim for a target in the heart of a group, and cast Rotting Flesh, infecting as many of the enemy party as possible with Disease
• Follow with Vile Miasma or Parasitic Bond.
• Spam Discord
• Use Signet of Lost Souls for energy management. Combined with Parasitic Bond, health management.
• For non-fleshy creatures, counter with an Enfeeble/Parasitic Bond combination

[edit] Variants

• Consider Enfeebling Blood to replace Enfeeble to give you a second mass-target condition causing spell, albeit at a high energy cost and cast time, not to mention the health sacrific of 10%.
• If self heal is not a concern, and energy permits, consider replacing Parasitic Bond with Suffering, for mob-wide hexing.

[edit] Counters

• Traditional spell caster counters (Dazed, interruption, etc.)
• Party-wide condition removal skills such as Martyr or Cautery Signet. But Rotting Flesh has a low skill recharge, so can be re-cast quickly if this happens.
• Discord is available when target is suffering from a condition and a hex OR an enchantment, therefore hex removal not as big of a hinderance. Also, dervishes and elementalists make easy targets for this build, as they frequently are enchanted

[edit] Notes

• Be aware, even at Death Magic 16, Vile Miasma will only last for 10 seconds. Be prepared to cover any desired NON-enchanted target with Parasitic Bond to continue Discord spamming.
• Need to be careful when using this against human foes like Kournans as they would transfer the disease back to your party.