Necromancer 2.0

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@LeBaron-21505

Trag’Oul’s Avatar is a blood themed

Yes. This is why, instead of having 2 new sets buffing Nova (which is already a top-notch build), you shall be more generic and only buff blood spending.

Alternative proposal :

S25 Idea - Better Trag'oul's Avatar - Bleeding Heart

Trag’Oul’s Avatar is expected to be Necromancer’s Haedrig’s Gift for Season 25. Let’s improve it. Trag’Oul’s Avatar 2p : Now drains 1% Max Life / sec. Foreach % Max Life missing, you get 10% increased defense 4p : Now drains 2% Max Life / sec. Foreach % Max Life missing, you do 75% increased damage 6p : Now drains 3% Max Life / sec. Foreach % Max Life missing, you cooldown 1-7 of your skills by 1s 7th piece : New Set Phylactery : Trag’Oul’s Bleeding Hea…

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@LeBaron-21505

6-piece: Reanimation skills deal X% increased damage for X seconds whenever the Army of the Dead is summoned

That was the original idea but it was then abused with perma-Army of the Dead leading to nearly infinite stacks. The stacks must be capped.

Alternative proposal, with damage based on number of skeletons :

2.7.0 v2 Rathma Pure Pet Set

Bones of Rathma 2p : Skeletons hits reduce CDR of Army of the Dead by 1s. 3% damage reduction per active minion 4p : Command Golem No Rune grants the 5 Golems. Skeletal army count as Skeletons / Massacre 6p : Each Skeleton, Golem, Revived Creature gives them 1000% increased damage. Immortal minions Immortal minions : until unskill/unequip, they don’t take damage, do not expire, stay alive after your death Items : Jesseth, Bone Ringer, Nayr, Jairo, Obsid., CoE, Fate’s Vow, Scarlet Death, Blood…

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@LeBaron-21505

FUNERARY PICK
Corpse generation is doubled while outside Land of the Dead. Revive now consumes all available corpses to raise an Ancient Shadow that deals X% increased damage per corpse. Revive runes no longer grant a bonus but instead determine the class of the Ancient Shadow. (Note: Unruned = Barbarian, Personal Army = Crusader, Horrific Return = Demon Hunter, Purgatory = Monk, Recklessness = Witch Doctor, Oblation = Wizard. The Ancient Shadows are identical to Shadow Clones, but since they are not clones of the Necromancer a name-change seemed in place.)

Interesting.
But stacking 10 shadows as they are powerful now would be overpowered. Like 10 Necro with Corpse Lance activated… :S

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@LeBaron-21505

BONE RINGER
Enemies targeted by your Command Skeletons take X% increased damage from all your minions for every second they are the target of the Necromancer’s command.

Bone Ringer would then be the old Jesseth Arms.
Why not.

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@LeBaron-21505

FATE’S VOW
Casting Army of the Dead while wearing the Convention of Elements grants the effect of the rune associated with each respective element cycle, on top of any other. (Note: Physical = Dead Storm, Poison = Blighted Grasp, Cold = Frozen Army)

Nope. There is No mechanic where a skill looks back at an item. The direction is always : item X boost skill Y. Loopbacks are not allowed to avoid recursive effects.

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@LeBaron-21505

6-piece: Land of the Dead gets permanent uptime and gains the effect of the Plaguelands rune on top of any other. Plagues enemies take X% increased damage from Corpse Lance, Corpse Explosion and Bone Spirit.

Buffing those 3 skills at the same level while they have different damage output is risky.

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@LeBaron-21505

Bone spirit

Alternative suggestion, Bone Spirit as buffing skill :

Bone Spirit Rework - Buff Bone, Skeletons skills - Physical Ice Poison Thorns Armor

No one needs a slow missile when you have Corpse Lance and Bone Spear. Let’s rework it : Bone Spirit Launch a Bone Spirit that will seek enemies. Deals 4000% weapon damage as Physical on impact. You gain a charge every 15 seconds and can store up to 3 charges. Recharge time is reduced by 1 second for each corpse you consume. Cooldown: 15 seconds Bone Spikes, Bone Armor, Command Skeletons, Skeleton Archer, Revive, Army of the Dead deal 50% increased damage for 10 seconds. Not stackable. Blood…

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@LeBaron-21505

Problem 10: There is no viable way to use Command Skeletons as an essence spender that deals poison damage
Change the damage type of Command Skeletons - Frenzy or Dark Mending to poison.

Agree. See my Bone Spirit suggestion, it handles this problem.