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Mike's Necromancer leveling build focuses on a Reaper-centric strategy to maximize damage and survivability through vulnerability and crowd control. The build incorporates key abilities like Reap, Sever, Decrepify, and Corpse Tendrils, culminating in the "Army of the Dead" ultimate skill for powerful offenses. Essential passive skills include "Collins Edict" for enhanced minion attack speed and Shadow traits like Gloom and Crippling Darkness. At level 33, the build employs skeletal warriors and mages optimized for Reaper and Shadow themes, with a strategic focus on cooldown reductions and attribute enhancements through intelligence and willpower. Gear selection prioritizes overall benefits over perfection, and the video concludes with advice to choose gear that suits current needs and encourages community interaction.
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In this part of the video, Mike showcases his Necromancer leveling build focusing on a Reaper-centric strategy. The build emphasizes applying vulnerability and slowing enemies to maximize damage while maintaining high survivability, resulting in a mix of tank and DPS characteristics. Key abilities include:
1. **Reap (maxed to rank five)**: A powerful base attack that increases damage reduction with each hit.
2. **Sever (rank three)**: Charges forward to deal damage and attacks a second time.
3. **Decrepify (rank one)**: Slows enemies in the target area, with plans for future upgrades.
4. **Corpse Tendrils**: Pulls in enemies to enhance crowd control and vulnerability application.
5. **Ultimate Ability – Army of the Dead**: Summons an army with a cooldown reduced to 70 seconds from a recent patch, previously 90 seconds.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses a level 33 build that is ideal for beginners who want to experience a variety of core abilities, including an ultimate skill and a key passive called “Collins Edict”. This passive increases minion attack speed when no damage is taken for three seconds, doubling the effect with seven or more minions. The recommended ability rotation involves starting with decrepify to slow enemies, followed by sever to apply vulnerability, then using basic attacks, and finally deploying corpse skills when available. The speaker emphasizes using the ultimate ability, “Army of the Dead”, against elite enemies or bosses. The segment also includes a detailed overview of the skill tree levels, enhancements, and points distribution, such as reap, skeletal warrior mastery, and corpse skills. This build strategy aims for efficient enemy takedowns while highlighting key abilities and upgrades.
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In this part of the video, the speaker details their Shadow trait build with one point each in Gloom, Reaper’s Pursuit, Crippling Darkness, and Terror, culminating in the Army of the Dead ultimate skill with enhancements. Key skills added include Prime Army of the Dead, Supreme Army of the Dead, and supporting traits like Inspiring Leader and Bonnet and S. The build focuses on minion support with Helmet Commander and passive skill counts eating. At level 33, they discuss setting up skeletal warriors and mages, choosing Reapers and the Shadow version for mages to match their Reaper-themed build and optimizing for cooldown reductions and increased damage. For gear, the emphasis is on intelligence and willpower, suggesting legendary or rare gear to enhance these attributes.
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In this part of the video, the speaker emphasizes the importance of selecting gear that works best for you, even if it has basic stats or less than ideal rankings. The key is to utilize gear that provides overall benefits. The speaker advises against trying to optimize your gear excessively and suggests focusing on what is best for your current situation. Attention should also be given to gym slots relevant to your build. The segment concludes with the speaker encouraging viewers to like, subscribe, and share their thoughts and builds, particularly for necromancers.