Build:N/any SV Curses

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.5 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP RA PvP TA

The SV Curses build is a revamp of the original SV Necro, but instead focuses on Curses as well as Spoil Victor. This takes out bad life-stealing skills in place of anti-melee hexes.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / No profession 11 + 1 + 1 Blood Magic 11 + 1 Curses 8 + 1 Soul Reaping Spoil Victor Factions Necromancer. Blood Magic 13 Spoil Victor Elite Hex Spell For 18 seconds, whenever target foe attacks or casts a Spell on a creature with less Health, that foe loses 90 Health. 10 1 10 Faintheartedness Core Necromancer. Curses 12 Faintheartedness Hex Spell For the next 20 seconds, target foe attacks 50% slower, and that foe suffers -3 Health degeneration. 8 1 10 Defile Defenses EotN Necromancer. Curses 12 Defile Defenses Hex Spell For 10 seconds, the next time target foe blocks, that foe takes 102 damage. 5 1 5 Foul Feast EotN Necromancer. Soul Reaping 9 Foul Feast Spell All conditions are transferred from target other ally to yourself. For each condition acquired in this way, you gain 27 Health and 2 Energy. 2 ¼ 5 Plague Sending Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 12 Plague Sending Spell Transfer 3 negative Conditions and their remaining durations from yourself to target foe and all adjacent foes. 5 1 1 Rip Enchantment Nightfall Necromancer. Curses 12 Rip Enchantment Spell Remove 1 enchantment from target foe. If an enchantment was removed, that foe suffers from Bleeding for 21 seconds. 10 1 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. 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

• A Defensive Skill such as Shield Bash, Return or Grasping Earth.
• Pious Concentration can be used for anti-interrupt.

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor Insignias, with Runes of Vitae and a Rune of Superior Vigor
• A +5 energy Spear of Fortitude
• A set of Shields, each with AL +10 vs. X and -20% Crippling.
• A 20/20 Blood Magic offhand, for when you're not under attack

[edit] Usage

• Use Faintheartedness on enemy melee/rangers.
• Spoil Victor can be thrown on almost anything. Monks who heal allies with lower health take damage, as will most pressurers
• Use Defile Defenses as a cover hex.
• Use Foul Feast for condition removal, send conditions back with Plague Sending.
• Rip Enchantments with, Rip Enchantment.

[edit] Counters

• Standard anti-caster counters
• Heavy Hex removal, such as Expel Hexes or Convert Hexes

[edit] Variants

• Drop Rip Enchantment for Rend Enchantments.

[edit] See also

• Build: N/E Spiteful Spirit Necromancer