Build:N/E Soul Bind Necromancer

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the medium category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP HA PvP GvG

An effective support/pressure character.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / Elementalist 12 + 1 + 1 Curses 12 + 1 Soul Reaping Foul Feast EotN Necromancer. Soul Reaping 13 Foul Feast Spell All conditions are transferred from target other ally to yourself. For each condition acquired in this way, you gain 39 Health and 3 Energy. 5 ¼ 5 Plague Sending Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 14 Plague Sending Spell Transfer 3 negative Conditions and their remaining durations from yourself to target foe and all adjacent foes. 5 1 1 Soul Bind Factions Necromancer. Curses 14 Soul Bind Elite Hex Spell For 30 seconds, every time target foe is healed, the healer takes 76 damage. This hex ends if target is suffering from a Smiting Prayers hex. 5 1 10 Defile Defenses EotN Necromancer. Curses 14 Defile Defenses Hex Spell For 10 seconds, the next time target foe blocks, that foe takes 114 damage. 5 1 5 Faintheartedness Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Faintheartedness Hex Spell For the next 23 seconds, target foe attacks 50% slower, and that foe suffers -3 Health degeneration. 8 1 10 Rip Enchantment Nightfall Necromancer. Curses 14 Rip Enchantment Spell Remove 1 enchantment from target foe. If an enchantment was removed, that foe suffers from Bleeding for 24 seconds. 10 1 5 Glyph of Lesser Energy Core Elementalist. Energy Storage 0 Glyph of Lesser Energy Glyph For the next 15 seconds, your next 2 Spells cost 10 less Energy to cast. 30 1 5 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's Armor with a Rune of Superior Vigor and Runes of Vitae
• A 40/40 Curses set

[edit] Usage

• Apply Soul Bind on multiple opponents
• Physicals can be shutdown with Faintheartedness
• Cover your Hexes with Defile Defense
• Remove harmful Conditions from allies and manage energy with Foul Feast
  • Send them away with Plague Sending
• Remove Enchantments such as Holy Veil with Rip Enchantment

[edit] Counters

• Standard anti-caster counters
• Hex removal
• Shooing them away using rock, paper, scissors

[edit] Variants

• Gaze of Contempt or Rend Enchantments for mass Enchantment removal
• Grasping Earth
• Insidious Parasite
• Enfeebling Blood / Enfeeble

[edit] Notes

• Using this in Hexway can overcome party heals like Heal Party, which are used to counter the party-wide degeneration.
• Drop FF+Plague Sending for more Hexes.