Improve that Nec/Ran

: If you cast life syphon on 2 targets, do you get double life regen?

This is a very economic on energy Nec/Ran build.

11-->12 Marksmanship (hoping to find a bow +1 marksmanship, +longer poison duration. It does exist)
10 Wilderness survival
10-->12 Bloodmagic (+1 helm, +1 armor)

Hunter Shot
Poison Arrow [E]
Life Syphon
Pin Down
Troll Unguent
Dryder's Defenses /or/ Frozen Soil
Well of Power
Charm Animal

- 3 DoT each lasting at least 15 sec for -10 life arrows. (+370 damages). Conditions and hexes can be purged. But the timer and the energy cost is so low I'll just cast them again.

- Poison arrow instead of apply poison: Hate preparations. I waste a bow shot which is 30-40 damage. Apply poison cost 15 energy. The poison duration on apply poison is more short.

- Pin down to run away from warriors and shot the dots while they chase me.

- Troll Unguent, with life syphon: +10 life arrows healing 20 hp/sec

- Frozen Soil, for PvP; Dryder's for PvE

- Charm Animal, I know several beastmasters in my friends who can improve/use my pet. (Snow Wolf or Bear if they finally appear to be tamable)



Hunter's Shot (126 bleeding damage over 21 seconds)
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If Hunter's Shot hits, you strike for +5-17 damage. If this attack hits a moving foe, that foe begins bleeding for 3-21 seconds.
Energy Cost 5
Casting Time 0 seconds
Recharge Time 5 seconds
Skill Type Bow Attack
Linked Attribute Marksmanship

Poison Arrow {Elite} (120 poison damage over 15 seconds), more when I find the bow.)
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If Poison Arrow hits, your target becomes Poisoned for 5-17 seconds.
Energy Cost 5
Casting Time 0 seconds
Recharge Time 1 seconds
Skill Type Bow Attack
Linked Attribute Wilderness Survival

Life Siphon (132 damage over 22 seconds, I heal for 132 over 22 seconds)
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For 12-22 seconds, target suffers health degeneration of 1-3, and you gain health regeneration of 1-3.
Energy Cost 10
Casting Time 2 seconds
Recharge Time 2 seconds
Skill Type Hex
Linked Attribute Blood Magic

Pin Down
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If Pin Down hits, your target is "Crippled" for 3-13 seconds.
Energy Cost 15 (ouch)
Casting Time 0 seconds
Recharge Time 15 seconds
Skill Type Bow Attack
Linked Attribute Marksmanship

Troll Unguent (with life syphon, this is quite a heal)
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Description For 10 seconds, you gain health regeneration +3-9.
Energy Cost 5
Casting Time 3 seconds
Recharge Time 10 seconds
Skill Type Skill
Linked Attribute Wilderness Survival

Dryder's Defenses (PvE)
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For 5-10 seconds, you gain 50% chance to evade attacks and 34-55 armor against Elemental damage.
Energy Cost 5
Casting Time 0 seconds
Recharge Time 60 seconds
Skill Type Stance
Linked Attribute Wilderness Survival

Frozen Soil (PvP, nobody gets a ressurect for 60 seconds)
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Description Suffer 5% death penalty. For 30-78 seconds, dead creatures cannot be resurrected. (Affects both allies and foes)
Energy Cost 5
Casting Time 5 seconds
Recharge Time 0 seconds
Skill Type Nature Ritual
Linked Attribute Wilderness Survival

Well of Power (cost a lot, but this spell is incredible once a corpse is available)
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Description Exploit target corpse to create a well of power at that location. For 8-18 seconds, allies within 39' of the Well of Power gain health regeneration of 1-3 and energy regeneration of 2.
Energy Cost 15
Casting Time 3 seconds
Recharge Time 20 seconds
Skill Type Spell
Linked Attribute Blood Magic

Charm Animal
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Description Charm target animal. Once charmed, your animal companion will travel with you whenever you have Charm Animal equipped.

Yes.

Since you didn't put any points into soul reaping, there is no need to be primary necro, the ranger has better armor.

Agreed. Remember Expertise now affects all attack skills, preparations, traps, shouts, and stances. So, with decent Expertise, that Apply Poison doesn't cost 15 energy. It costs 7 or less. Of course, Poison Arrow costs less, too...

And Well of Power is elite as well. You can't use it and poison arrow at the same time.

In order for it to cost 7 energy, you need 13 in expertise.
In order for it to cost 10 energy, you need 9 in expertise.
In order for it to cost 12 energy, you need 5 in expertise.

But, I considered it. Instead of having 11/10/10 in my stats, I could have 9/9/10/8

I saw something interesting last beta on ready for pvp caracters. The torso had +1 all skills. So with a +1 markmanship bow, +1 marks mask, +1all torso:

For the Nec/Ran with other items, I previously had:
The 11 Mark/10 Wild/10 Blood Nec/Ran becomes: 12/10/12

For the Ran/Nec with those items:
The 9 Mark/ 9 Wild/ 10 Blood/ 8 Exp Ran/Nec becomes: 12/10/10/9

For better armor and 9 in expertise, I can sacrifice 2 seconds of life syphon.
And since I have 9 in expertise, if well of power really is an elite skill, I'll replace it with whirling defense.