Inarius Bone Storm Necromancer

[Guest DedBayBee]

9 hours ago, Guest Fairlight said:

Hei guys, quick question: While working on getting my last piece of this set, I ran Corpsewhisper Pauldrons instead as it was the only Necromancer shoulder I had. Why is this not included in the build?

This would buff your damage pretty significant, as with good groups or while using Land of the dead, you are at 20 stacks the whole time, giving your Corpse Lance Brittle Touch 30%*20 = 600% more damage. 

I get that in the proper build it would be competing with Aquila Cuirass, but am wondering if that is the only reason it is not included, or if there is something else I'm not seing?

The main reason of not using those shoulders is because you will need a full 6PC Inarius set. Needing to use a RoRG means you will lose out on either Krysbin's damage buff, the Endless Walk set for damage and survivability, or Kalan/Unity's survivability.

Considering the only time you'll have a guaranteed, sustained blast from Corpse Lance is during Land of the Dead, which is usually what you use at the start for bone armor stacks or on very big elite packs or the Rift Guardian. And right now, at GR 76, Rift Guardians die well before you'd get much use out of the 20 stacks and you aren't spamming Corpse Lance every few seconds higher up, only to unload a bunch of extra damage into beefier mobs/elites.

In short, Krysbin, Endless Walk, and Unity/Kalaan are way stronger than flat Corpse Lance buffs because a majority of your damage comes from the legendary gems, Corpse Lance existing more as our single-target "I win" button against tanky mobs and Rift Guardians.

[Unwyrden 0]

4 hours ago, Guest Hecklezz said:

For solo Unity>Kalan (as seen by basically everyone on solo leaderboards using Unity lol), but in groups obviously Kalan>Unity.

Actually, thanks to the 4-pc set buff, Kalan is equal to Unity + Bone Armor. Since multiple damage reductions are multiplicative rather than additive, Kalan gets Bone Armor to 75% damage reduction in 15 stacks, and Unity (50%) * Bone Armor (10 stacks for 50%) = 75%.

Edited June 30, 2017 by Unwyrden

[Guest jsj]

To me this set is the only viable for the necromancer at the moment.
It offers good durability (much more than any of the other sets) isn't reliant on corpses which can make the Bonespear set a little unreliable in my eyes.

Had no problem with survivabilty so far  (grift 80) but because my gems were just lvl30-50 dmg and time was a problem in the end. Fastfarming Grifts70-75 is a peace of cake with all gems around lvl50-60.
Have Unity and a Hellfire wich gives me the Swift Harvest passive and use Rigor Mortis instead for some more dmg reduction. 

[Aragorne 1]

Im playing this build and I must admit is a quite good. I noticed that with full set, this build in soo vulnerable from ranged attacks (archers, etc...). For example, on GR72 i died several times from white trash mobs (archers and quill's mostly). Any suggestion about how to enhance survaivability?

[Guest Moonreaver]

Just FYI I run this build with a thorns variant, and it is full of Lulz.  Trangs for weapon.  Hack in cube.  Thorns Chip, Teardrop, and the gem that procs the conduit lighting  thing that hits everyone.  The set buffs them all lol.   I run necro ring, and COE and nice hellfire with draw blood  (great to have insane high LPS).  My other ring is the necro ring.

All skills I use the slow/stun variant, and with so much damage reduction and LPS , I switch out the teleport with corpse explosion (freezing rune) for super fast clears, and corpse lance for bosses. 

You can also run a Nova build instead of teleport with Focus/Restraint (the nova with slow buff) if you do not have the necro ring yet.  Just Nova every 5 seconds or so and you will still keep full uptime of the cubed armour dmg reduction.

[TimeWorne 0]

@Deadset, can you see if there is viability in this build I've been using versus the leaderboard build?   

I'm not high level in gear and paragon enough to test it out in high GRs yet... 

http://www.diablofans.com/builds/91453-inarius-black-death-variant

[Twinkielock 15]

Why does it say to take maximum essence?  There is only one skill that even spends it (the curse)

[Guest 0xzz]

3 hours ago, Twinkielock said:

Why does it say to take maximum essence?  There is only one skill that even spends it (the curse)

because in combination with reilenas shadowhook, you will gain 20% damage increase

[Guest Hecklezz]

On 6/30/2017 at 11:49 PM, Unwyrden said:

Actually, thanks to the 4-pc set buff, Kalan is equal to Unity + Bone Armor. Since multiple damage reductions are multiplicative rather than additive, Kalan gets Bone Armor to 75% damage reduction in 15 stacks, and Unity (50%) * Bone Armor (10 stacks for 50%) = 75%.

But with a follower like the Templar, he has 3 heals and also a stun which is quite useful over Kalans same toughness increase ;)

[Guest Hecklezz]

11 hours ago, Twinkielock said:

Why does it say to take maximum essence?  There is only one skill that even spends it (the curse)

Because the primary weapon you use increases your DPS per maximum essence you have. You can have 40 on the weapon, 40 from the passive, 50 from Paragons, and then the rest is default. Right now my max essence is 330, and the DPS increase is 0.50% per point, so that is 115% right there. 

[Guest Skinny]

Can someone indulge me on snapshotting, specifically with the Pain Enhancer? Has it been patched or does the APS change just not show up on the character sheet?

[Guest smoochy]

15 hours ago, Twinkielock said:

Why does it say to take maximum essence?  There is only one skill that even spends it (the curse)

Because of http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/reilenas-shadowhook

[Guest Bone Armor Visual?]

Does anyone know if they completely removed the visual for the bone armor skill?  I remember the bones sticking to the toon and getting "additional" armor.  Was this removed all together or does it depend what set or transmog you use?  Thanks in advance.

[spolz123 0]

Does anyone know if they completely removed the visual for the bone armor skill?  I remember the bones sticking to the toon and getting "additional" armor.  Was this removed all together or does it depend what set or transmog you use?  Thanks in advance

[Defman 0]

On 7/1/2017 at 0:24 PM, Aragorne said:

Im playing this build and I must admit is a quite good. I noticed that with full set, this build in soo vulnerable from ranged attacks (archers, etc...). For example, on GR72 i died several times from white trash mobs (archers and quill's mostly). Any suggestion about how to enhance survaivability?

I have the same problem. I died several (~5-10) times on GR70 from white ranged mobs (archers mostly). My toughness is ~130kk when the Bone Armor skill is activated (w/out it it's ~30kk).

[Cerbrus 0]

On 2017-7-2 at 9:17 PM, spolz123 said:

Does anyone know if they completely removed the visual for the bone armor skill?  I remember the bones sticking to the toon and getting "additional" armor.  Was this removed all together or does it depend what set or transmog you use?  Thanks in advance

When you have the full Inarius set, the "Armor" visual gets replaced with the bonestorm.

(One that grows in density, the more stacks you have)

 

I'm curious if Wreath of Lightning would be a viable alternative for Mirinae, Teardrop of the Starweaver?
From limited testing, the Wreath seems to have near-permanent uptime. Lower damage per tick, but from my experience so far, Mirinae can take a moment to hit the mob you want dead most.

So, for raw damage, Wreath seems preferable. But you'd lose the healing from Mirinae.

Edited July 3, 2017 by Cerbrus

[Guest Lamest Hoax]

On 6/29/2017 at 9:17 PM, Guest Fairlight said:

Hei guys, quick question: While working on getting my last piece of this set, I ran Corpsewhisper Pauldrons instead as it was the only Necromancer shoulder I had. Why is this not included in the build?

This would buff your damage pretty significant, as with good groups or while using Land of the dead, you are at 20 stacks the whole time, giving your Corpse Lance Brittle Touch 30%*20 = 600% more damage. 

I get that in the proper build it would be competing with Aquila Cuirass, but am wondering if that is the only reason it is not included, or if there is something else I'm not seing?

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Corpsewhisper Pauldrons isn't included in the base build because of the need for 6 piece Inarius. However, it does quite well in the cube. Lekas is using it instead of Aquila Cuirass and has held #1 on the solo necromancer leaderboards for a few days. 3Currently, he's got a 104 GR clear. I recommend trying it out if survivability isn't a problem in solo and definitely using if you've got a zDPS to help you out. With hundreds of millions of bonus toughness rolling in from allies, it makes a great addition. Wearing Corpsewhisper Pauldrons normally would require cubing or wearing  Ring of Royal Grandeur to replace Unity. Aquila Cuirass is objectively worse than Unity in Solo and too much toughness IMO for group play so Corpsewhisper Pauldrons  is cube only.  

[Guest Throrkel]

Hey little question, isn't it better to switch the partha defenders for spirit guard for example? Stunned mobs doesn't hit me normally =), the spirit guard gives you through essence generator 40% reduction for 3 seconds. 

[Guest baeda]

Did a 76gr yesterday without any problems in ~10min. gear is like in the guide but not very well rolled, 800k dps/37k def. I even forgot to bring a follower.

Tried a 70gr before with nemesis and without compas rose/travelers neck and got crushed like hell, just got it done in time, so these are pretty essential imo

[Guest shout]

How do you use bone armor and blood rush at the same time? They're on the same skill path for me. Am I missing something? Completely new to the game btw.

[Guest FooFighter2217]

If I haven't gotten Dayntee's Binding yet, what would be a good waist option in the meantime? I'm currently using an Ancient version of Thundergod's Vigor. 

Also - If I don't yet have sockets for all 3 of the legendary gems for this build, which are the two preferred gems to use? I'm currently using Bane of the Trapped and Mirinae, Teardrop of the Starweaver. I'm waiting to add in Pain Enhancer when I have another socket open up....but should I switch things up in the meantime? 

 

Thanks for anyone who replies with any help!!! :) 

[Guest baeda]

17 hours ago, Guest shout said:

How do you use bone armor and blood rush at the same time? They're on the same skill path for me. Am I missing something? Completely new to the game btw.

You need to enable Elective Mode in options under Gameplay.

[Unwyrden 0]

21 hours ago, Guest shout said:

How do you use bone armor and blood rush at the same time? They're on the same skill path for me. Am I missing something? Completely new to the game btw.

There's an option to unlock the skills in the game settings.

[Defman 0]

It should be enabled automatically once you reach level 24.
 

 

[Guest Chris]

I noticed the latest hotfix nerfs the gem proc rate. Has this changed the gem choices?