Death’s Grasp – Magicka Necromancer PvE Build

Build Written By: Wayward – XB1 NA – Twitch

Role: Damage Dealer

Patch: Elsweyr

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Setup
   1. Gear
   2. Attributes
   3. Skills
   4. Champion Points
   5. Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal
   6. Other Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives)
3. Rotation
4. Veteran Maelstrom Arena
5. Contact Info
6. Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s PvE Magicka Necromancer DPS build; Death’s Grasp! This build has a beginner, intermediate, and endgame setup, with an alternate gear set for those mobile fights, as well as a vMA setup! With practice, this setup can complete any content in the game.

Setup

Gear

Attributes

All points into Magicka.

Skills

Main Bar – Inferno Staff: Mystic Siphon, Inner Light, Channeled Acceleration, Stalking Blastbones, Ricochet Skull, and Shooting Star

Back Bar – Inferno Staff: Skeletal Arcanist, Inner Light, Avid Boneyard, Elemental Blockade, Dampen/Harness Magicka, and Glacial Colossus

Champion Points

CHAMPION POINT 810 SETUP

THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Elfborn – 51
• Spell Erosion – 24
• Elemental Expert – 56
• Master-at-Arms – 56
• Staff Expert – 8
• Thaumaturge – 75

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Warlord – 34
• Bashing Focus – 44
• Arcanist – 75
• Tenacity – 49
• Tumbling – 34
• Shadow Ward – 34

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 75
• Hardy – 49
• Elemental Defender – 49
• Thick Skinned – 56
• Light Armor Focus – 22
• Quick Recovery – 19

CHAMPION POINT 300 SETUP

THE MAGE (BLUE)

• Elfborn – 23
• Spell Erosion – 24
• Elemental Expert – 19
• Master-at-Arms – 16
• Thaumaturge – 18

THE THIEF (GREEN)

• Warlord – 13
• Bashing Focus – 11
• Arcanist – 39
• Tenacity – 11
• Tumbling – 13
• Shadow Ward – 13

THE WARRIOR (RED)

• Ironclad – 23
• Hardy – 23
• Elemental Defender – 23
• Thick Skinned – 23
• Light Armor Focus – 8

Vampire vs. Werewolf vs. Mortal

I personally play mortal without many sustain issues, but if you have a hard time with that, definitely vampire

Other Important Info

Buff Food

Mistral Banana-Bunny Hash or Witchmother’s Potent Brew/Clockwork Citrus Filet for easier sustain

Mundus

Shadow – Increased Critical Damage

Race

1. Dunmer
2. Breton
3. High Elf

Potions/Poisons

Increase Spell Damage, Restore Magicka (Cornflower and Lady’s Smock)

Passives

All class passives, light armor passives, destruction staff passives, undaunted passives, first 3 heavy armor passives, Mages Guild passives except persuasive will, Banish the Wicked from Fighter’s Guild, 2nd, 3rd, and last medium armor, Psijic Order passives except Spell Orb, Medicinal Use from Alchemy, and race passives.

Rotation

Buff with your potion and Channeled Acceleration, then Summon Skeletal Arcanist-LA-Avid Boneyard-LA-Blockade of Elements-LA-Bar Swap-Stalking Blastbones-LA-2 Skulls and LA’s- Mystic Siphon-LA-Ricochet Skull-Bar Swap-Avid Boneyard-LA, Blockade of Elements-LA-Bar Swap- Stalking Blastbones-LA-2 Skulls and LA’s-Mystic Siphon-LA-Ricochet Skull-LA-repeat.

Drink potions and activate your Synergy on cooldown (preferably on your front bar where it will hit harder). Rebuff Channeled Acceleration whenever it has about 2 seconds left, usually about every 1.5 rotations. When you refresh it, use 1 less Skull that time. Drop your Colossus Ult whenever it’s available, starting with it when possible. Only use Shooting Star if the boss is almost dead and you need a quick burst to finish it, and Colossus isn’t available yet.

Veteran Maelstrom Arena

Skills

Main Bar – Inferno Staff: Mystic Siphon, Inner Light, Spirit Guardian, Summoner’s Armor, Ricochet Skull, and Shooting Star

Back Bar – Inferno Staff: Skeletal Arcanist, Inner Light, Avid Boneyard, Elemental Blockade, Dampen/Harness Magicka, and Glacial Colossus

Rotation

Pretty much the same as your normal rotation, minus the blastbones and CA. In place of those, try and keep your Summoner’s Armor and Spirit Guardian up at all times. The Guardian is infinitely useful, and SUmmoner’s Armor helps sustain by reducing summon costs, and helps survivability by granting us Major Resolve and Ward.

Contact

If you have any questions about the build, join our discord server and ask @RealWaywardGaming about the build!

Update Log

5/22/2019 – Build Created