Bones of Rathma

Army of the Dead

Bones of Rathma is the Necromancer's minion set. The 6-piece bonus stacks massive damage amplification for Army of the Dead with every summoned skeleton.

How to play: Keep your permanent minions (skeletal warriors, Golem, revived minions) alive, stack the bonus and unleash the Army at the right moment. A strong, minion-heavy push build with a burst window.

Your minions work on the cooldown

Army of the Dead has a 120-second cooldown. The 2-piece bonus shortens it by 0.50 seconds every time one of your permanent minions deals damage – the more minions hit at once, the sooner the Army is ready again. Your skeletal warriors also spawn faster, and revived minions no longer expire, so they stay at your side for good.

Protection through minion hits

At four pieces your minions stop taking damage entirely. On top of that, every minion hit grants you 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds, up to 75 stacks. Your survivability therefore depends on your minions attacking constantly – if they stand idle, the stacks fall off.

The 6-piece bonus counts every active permanent minion for 1750% additional Army of the Dead damage, up to a cap of 31,500%. Summon your full force before you call the Army.

Choosing the Army rune

Unconventional Warfare sends the skeletons after random targets for a total of 50,000% weapon damage over 4 seconds. Blighted Grasp fills a 15-yard radius with skeletal hands for 5 seconds, while Frozen Army hits every enemy in a line. Dead Storm unleashes 15,500% weapon damage around you but costs 20% of your Life. Death Valley pushes every enemy it hits toward the center.

Cube powers alongside Rathma

The set is frequently combined with Fate's Vow, the Ring of Royal Grandeur, Funerary Pick, Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang and Steuart's Greaves.

by eRnstl