GhazzyTV's Mage Skeleton Necromancer Ascendancy, Bandits & Pantheon Powers
ASCENDANCY
The most optimal way to play this build doesn’t offer a lot of free choices when it comes to the ascendancy nodes. In this section, I will go through the nodes you’ll want and why.
MY PREFERRED SET-UP
The ascendancy nodes are listed in order of importance and tied to the way you need to travel to access them.
- Commander of Darkness
- Mindless Aggression
- Mistress of Sacrifice
- Plaguebringer
Commander of Darkness
Commander of Darkness provides you & your army with increased resistances as well as damage & cast/attack speed increasing modifiers. This helps you with gearing a LOT as you are required to reach the cap of elemental resistances.
Mindless Aggression
Mindless Aggression is the second node for this build due to the sheer power of not just damage output but also speed.
Mistress of Sacrifice
Mistress of Sacrifice is mainly used for the sake of granting us the buff from Bone Offering which helps us reach higher block chance and, ideally, survive even the hardest content in the game.
Plaguebringer
Plaguebringer allows us to make extra use of corpses near enemy bosses to both make them deal less damage and receive more damage.
BANDITS
You will kill all of the bandits, as they provide no significant gains worthy of sacrificing the skill points.
PANTHEON
Most builds go by personal preference, however, for this build, the Pantheons should not be anything but what is presented in this guide. You’ll want the upgraded Brine King Major God to avoid being frozen once you’ve upgraded this pantheon.
You should also pick the Shakari Minor God pantheon to mitigate Chaos Damage, as it is a resistance very few builds bother to consider and it usually also increases the cost of your gear.
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