Sab's 3 Necro Hero build in action in EotN

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Just completed frostmaw dungeon in HM with this builds+herta,eve,mhenlo and livia. Leet :Q

From my experience it's a bit overkill to bring 2 monk henchies when you're using a Restoration WoR N/Rt and a MM that casts a couple protection spells.

On GW:EN, I usually have Mhenlo, Zho, Herta and I choose the last henchman depending on the character I'm using myself or the circumstances.

Has anyone noticed any stressful situations when not bringing 2 monks on a 8-man party, with this build?

I've ran a simular build for quite some time:

for Eotn+factions i use 3 necro like this

and proph and nightfall 2 searing flames ele + icy veins and bile spiker.

Sab,

I LOVE you forever for this hero build. I have been have trouble vanquishing in the 4-player areas around Ascalon, and this allowed me to steamroll right through. I use the 3 necros as you suggested, and then myself as Ele/Sin instanuker (Glyph of Sacrifice+MS+Assassins Promise). The build is so good, I almost want to pay you for it. Thanks!

And Free Wind, thanks for making this post and alerting me to Sab's build. I love you too! You can get finder fees from whatever I pay Sab. Ha ha.

Tried this out to see what everyone was talking about. WOW. Honestly didn't expect it to be this good. I didn't use the 'full' build Sab had posted, but the general idea of it. Vanquished The Scar with it, and I only died once. Little Thom and Orion were my hench, Olias the Restoration N/Rt, gave Livia Aegis and Protective Spirit with Jagged Bones and Bone Minions, and then made MoW the SS, but didn't give him Insidious, which I wish I would have.

Can't wait to use this in 8 man areas.

This is definitely a very versatile build, even though I know it won't work everywhere. I've vanquished all of Maguuma, Ascalon, and the N. Shiverpeaks, and I've done the missions up to Frost Gate. Gonna have to use something different for Gates of Kryta and a couple of the Kryta areas (Cursed Lands, Black Curtain because of undead), but it's definitely nice to have gotten this far in only a couple weeks.

I went a little over the top with my praise yesterday. I was so confident in this build, I went a little haphazardly into the Eastern Frontier today and got wiped 60% dp. So you can't just madly steamroll through some areas.

One still has to play with some strategy and careful thinking and planning to make this build work. And bring a few candy canes. But it is still the best build I have found yet.

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Vanquished Eternal Grove in HM with this 3 necro (+ some modification ofcourse) + usual henchies found at Vasburg Armory.

I'm an ele.

With some luck and 1 armor of salvation, managed to beat the map in just 1 hr 15 min. I got 4.5k Luxon XP, elite rit tome in chest drop and several purples items.

It's a strong build. However, you still need to use common-sense when aggroing. Eternal grove has no room for mistakes. 1 wrong move, and a churning earth can do a full party wipe.

..which reminds me, I entered Eternal Grove just to kill Scar in HM...and ended up vanquishing it. lol

Completed HM Eternal Grove mission MASTERS using a similar build. I had a guildie bring his 3 necros too. He was a warrior. Obviously, we split up forces, helping each other during difficult times. Also, the elite juggernauts helped a LOT.

Is there any manual stuff required with the heros? I really despise managing their tiny skillbars.

Sab I have to give two thumbs up on this team build I mow through Charr like crazy! Its a good thing the monster AI lacks the ability to fear or they would run when they see my team coming now.


I did personalize your build a bit though;

With this team build the it did not seem that healing minions was really necessary so on the N/Mo I changed out Blood of the Master to Putrid Bile.

This build also does not wipe often in normal mode if they even die at all.
In fact I have been in a couple situations where I got more than one mob or mob adds where normally I would be overwhelmed and instinctively started to run then notice the teams health bars and they are holding their own and I don't have to.

So on the Spiteful Spirit N/RT I changed it to a N/Me and switched out Death Pact Sig with Epidemic to spread the bad stuff around and give it a little more bang for the buck. I also changed out Insidious Parasite with with Mark of Pain to try and save some energy for Epidemic spamming.

However I did change out the res sig for Rebirth on the N/Mo just in case and carry a resuable res on my skill bar just in case.

I also used this team build to go get Razah, those mobs a hard but once I made some initial kills and got it rolling it was all down hill. I have run it in hard mode in NF in some areas again with out any problems. The only time I seem to have any trouble at all is at the start getting those first few kills to get it going other than that it rocks! You do need some interrupters like Zho and I am a Rit so I spam Disonance and Waderlust often as I can.

Just did a Rotscale run with this and the pissy henchies fom ToA. Owned him. No freakin bow tho.

KANE

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Sab, just continuing praise from me. Changing out the MM's Rez for Recovery (Restoration Binding Ritual) can be useful. One more spirit, plus makes conditions go away even faster.

Just beat HM Bogroot's. Ran D-Slash, Save Yourselves! spammer...we wiped 3 times because of lousy aggro, but other than that it was a nice challenge and lots of fun

Also I read somewhere that Hero AI for Ritualist Weapon spells have improved due to a hidden update on the OCT 20th( when everything crashed) Did anyone notice a difference?.Sadly I am stuck away from the computer that holds my GW client

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She likes to use weapon of remedy more if your actually suffering from a condition. I think they like to use it like a condition remover instead of a damage prevention skill.

Did the Char-Ascalon part of the Titan Quest (yeah, a team of 4 only) in regular mode with this build and it rocked. 20k xp..in just 20 minutes.

Then tried the hard-mode of Defending North Kryta (because the henchies at LA sucked in NM). I was wiping enemies like crazy from face of the earth when a tiny group attacked the NPC without any warning and killed him.

So, I got to repeat it...

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I just want to add my voice to the many who praise this build. I gave it a try with the original skill setups on my 3 necros and my axe warrior with the Ursan Blessing skill.

Finally I can do the Hard Mode Ascalon areas that I've been wanting to do for ages but could never find a group due to my odd playing times and most of my guild studying for colledge.

I'll also add that , yes, it's not "god mode" and you do have to watch where you are going and what you are doing but now I feel I can finally play a portion of the gmae that was mostly off limits to me.

Thank you again!

From what I've seen and heard, this build is amazing. I don't have all the heros yet on my Necromancer, but I recently got my first Necro hero (Livia), so I tried out the Jagged MM build. All I can say is...WOW.

Once I get the other heroes, I'll try this out.

To my real problem...

I play a Necromancer, so would I just take the place of one of the heroes? if so, which hero? Maybe just run a BiP build to help support the heroes?

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Does the Resto necro use Protective Was Kaolai at all?

For me he just casts it and leaves it on, never bothers to drop it when the party is suffering from AoE pressure, in essence it's just a +24 armor to him and a 70hp party heal every minute.... I'd rather take Recuperation or Recovery.

From my experience, the Rest Necro does use PwK very wisely, dropping it when all/most of the party has taken at least 25/30% dmg.

Unless this has changed on this last hidden Oct 20th patch.

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