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The video provides an in-depth guide on optimizing a Shadow Mage Necromancer build for high-level gameplay. The creator details the essential skills and gear required to maximize damage and survivability, including specific recommendations for armor, weaponry, aspects, and key stats like Critical Strike chance, attack speed, and resistances. Key skills such as Blood Mist, Corpse Tendrils, Decrepify, Army of the Dead, and Raise Skeletons are highlighted for their strategic advantages. Special attention is given to minion optimization, emphasizing the use of Reaper skeletal warriors, shadow skeletal mages, and the strategic sacrifices for critical strike damage. Gearing strategies involve items like "Terial's Might" armor and focuses on aspects like Frenzied Dead, Blood Getter, and the Unyielding Commander's Aspect. The importance of adapting gear for specific encounters and tier levels is also discussed, including the use of the Paragon Board and special boards like Sea of Death and Blood Bath to further enhance damage and crowd control capabilities.
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In this segment of the video, the creator introduces an updated build for The Shadow Mage Necromancer, which they claim can handle all current game content. They highlight successfully reaching tier 116 in the pit, with potential to exceed tier 120 with optimized gear. Key skills discussed include Blood Mist for immunity, Corpse Tendrils for grouping and crowd control, Decrepify for slowing enemies and reducing damage, Army of the Dead for boosting minion damage and immunity, and Raise Skeleton to heal and enhance minion damage. For summons, they recommend Reaper skeletal warriors for corpse generation, shadow skeletal mages for main damage, and sacrificing the golem for a critical strike damage multiplier. Gear advice emphasizes maximizing resistances, with specific details on desirable attributes for the helmet and other gear pieces.
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In this segment of the video, the focus is on enhancing survivability and damage reduction for both the player and their minions through specific gear choices and strategic upgrades. The video highlights the importance of the “Terial’s Might” armor, which significantly boosts maximum resistance and survivability. Key actions include maximizing ranks in Skeletal Mage Mastery on gloves and pants to ensure substantial damage increases for Mages. The advice includes rerolling gear to maximize these stats, aiming for high critical strike chances (90-95%) for minions, and optimizing attack speed. Additionally, it’s crucial to have summoning damage boosts, and to use aspects like Frenzied Dead for attack speed and Blood Getter for enhancing minion empowerment.
00:06:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the optimization of gear for enhancing damage output in a game. Key points include the importance of movement speed on boots, achieving an increased size of corpse tendrils, and using the Aspect of a Cult Dominion for added damage from additional mages. A two-handed scythe is preferred for its high base damage and critical strike potential. A highlighted stat is the chance for skeletal mage attacks to cast twice, significantly boosting damage. Gear setup includes specific enhancements like rubies for life, critical strike damage boosts, and maximizing resistances. The amulet should feature the Unyielding Commander’s Aspect, enhancing both damage and survivability of minions when the Army of the Dead is active.
00:09:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the optimal gear and stats for higher tier pits, focusing on movement speed, attack speed, Critical Strike chance, and ultimate cooldown reduction. The importance of movement speed is emphasized to avoid quick deaths. For amulets, preferred stats include attack speed, Critical Strike chance, and hellbent Commander. For rings, the speaker recommends maximum life, attack speed, and Critical Strike chance. Special aspects mentioned are grasping veins for a crit chance boost to minions, and the ring of sacrilegious for flexibility with the skill tree, particularly replacing blighted with corpse explosion. Additionally, the aspect of reanimation on the second ring provides a significant multiplier to minion damage. Skills are briefly touched upon, such as allocating points to enhance minion performance and maintain essence.
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In this part of the video, the speaker details a character build focused on maximizing damage and survivability. Key actions include consuming corpses for damage boosts, allocating points to various skills for cooldown reduction, damage amplification, movement speed, and fortification. Specific skills like Mage Mastery, Corpse Tendrils, and Necrotic Carapace are highlighted. The speaker also discusses the importance of staying close to minions for additional bonuses, using the Army of the Dead for significant damage increases, and choosing the Shadow Blight as the key passive. Additionally, they outline the Paragon Board strategy, emphasizing the importance of glyphs and the Colossus Leaderboard for increasing attack speed and damage multipliers.
00:15:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various strategic elements related to a game. They highlight the importance of controlling and damaging crowd-controlled enemies, and explain the benefits and buffs achieved through different boards, such as the Sea of Death, Blood Bath, Bone Graph, and Hul Monstrosity boards. The speaker mentions specific skill upgrades and emphasizes the increased critical strike damage, non-physical damage boosts, and the flexibility of changing certain glyphs for overall damage optimization. There’s a particular focus on maximizing damage outputs against staggered bosses and below 80% health enemies. They conclude with an invitation to view the gameplay of Uber Lilith and encourage viewer engagement.
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In this part of the video, the speaker expresses that they need more time. Music plays in the background, and there is applause as well.