Pestilence Master's Shroud

Pestilence Master's Shroud

This Necromancer set rebuilds your playstyle entirely around consumed corpses. Every corpse you spend automatically hurls a Corpse Lance at nearby foes, creating a constant stream of projectiles the moment you generate bodies on the battlefield. The real damage spike, however, lives in the Empowered Bone Spear: each corpse used grants a charge that massively boosts your next Bone Spear, while Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion also hit far harder. At the same time, landing hits with these three skills stacks a growing damage reduction.

The build thrives on corpse supply. Keep a reliable corpse source running at all times and only fire the Empowered Bone Spear once you've banked enough charges. That way you cash in every peak shot fully while keeping your defensive stacks topped up.

Corpse Explosion as a charge source

Corpse Explosion detonates up to 5 corpses inside an 11-yard target area at once. Each one counts as a consumed corpse, so a single cast yields up to 5 automatic Corpse Lances and just as many Empowered Bone Spear charges. At six pieces, Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion themselves deal 6000% increased damage, and every charge adds another 6000% to your next Bone Spear.

Among the explosion's runes, Bloody Mess widens the radius to 25 yards, Close Quarters detonates corpses near you for 1575% weapon damage, and Dead Cold freezes enemies caught in the blast for 2 seconds. Final Embrace sends the corpses to the nearest enemy first, but costs 2% Life per corpse.

Protection through many hits

The 4-piece bonus counts every enemy you hit with Bone Spear, Corpse Lance or Corpse Explosion: 3% less damage taken per hit, up to a maximum of 75%, for 15 seconds. After 25 hits you reach the cap – in dense packs that happens quickly. For Corpse Lance, runes with added utility make sense: Brittle Touch increases the chance of enemies hit to take critical hits by 5% for 5 seconds, while Shredding Splinters lowers their damage by 6% per stack.

Cube powers

The set is frequently combined with Corpsewhisper Pauldrons, Reilena's Shadowhook, the Ring of Royal Grandeur and Messerschmidt's Reaver.

by eRnstl