Build:Team - Sabway

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This is a Hero Necromancer set-up designed to handle extreme pressure, notably in Hard Mode. It has been successfully used for Vanquishing and acquiring Protector titles with much ease and minimal hero micro-managing.

Composition

• 1 / SS Necro
• 1 / Necro Healer
• 1 / Jagged MM Necro

SS Necro

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist Curses=12+1+1 Channeling=10 SoulReaping=8+1 restoration=2][Spiteful Spirit][Reckless Haste][Enfeebling Blood][Barbs][Rip Enchantment][Splinter Weapon][Signet of Lost Souls][Death Pact Signet][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Armor : Survivor Insignia, Attunement Runes
• Weapons : Any Curses weapon will do, 20/20 is a good set-up

Counters

• Massive Hex Removal
• Anti-Caster Backfire or Blackout for example

Variants

• Replace Rip Enchantment with Defile Flesh in areas with very heavy healing support.
• Replace Mark of Pain with Insidious Parasite for areas with multi-hitters (i.e. Triple Chop)

Necro Healer

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist SoulReaping=12+1+1 RestorationMagic=12][Optional][Weapon of Warding][Mend Body and Soul][Spirit Light][Protective was Kaolai][Life][Foul Feast][Flesh of My Flesh][/build] </pvxbig>

• Xinrae's Weapon
• Weapon of Remedy

Equipment

• Armor : Survivor Insignia, Vigor/Vitae runes
• Weapons : Doesn't matter much as this hero will be carrying Kaolai the vast majority of the time.

Counters

• Anti-Caster
• Spirit removal will hinder Mend Body and Soul and Spirit Light.

Variants

• Vengeful Weapon instead of Splinter Weapon. Increase Soul Reaping to 12+1+1, taking the attribute points out of Channeling Magic.
• If conditions become a problem or in condition heavy areas consider bringing Weapon of Remedy instead of Xinrae's Weapon.

Jagged MM Necro

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Necromancer/Monk SoulReaping=9+1 DeathMagic=12+1+1 ProtectionPrayers=8 Healing=5][Jagged Bones][Animate Bone Minions][Death Nova][Dwayna's Sorrow][Protective Spirit][Aegis][Cure hex][Signet of Lost Souls][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Bloodstained Insignia on the head, hands, or boots, Survivor Insignia on the remaining slots, Vitae runes.
• A 40/40 death magic set.

Counters

• Corpse consumption, see Variants for help

Variants

• If there aren't any corpses available, trade this hero for one carrying Spiteful Spirit or Spoil Victor.
• Rising Bile instead of Aegis in areas that are low on physical attackers.
• Hex removal instead of Foul Feast in hex-heavy areas with little to no conditions. Convert Hexes, Remove Hex, and Reverse Hex are good choices.

Usage

• Call a target so all necros lock onto it.
• The SS necro will start putting hexes on, while the MM will accumulate minions to do damage through Barbs and Death Nova
• Vanquish the mission/area while repeating the previous steps.

Notes

• The flaws in this build are its susceptibility to interrupt and its lack of hex removal. Having hex removal, interrupt(s), and Pain Inverter is suggested for the other players/heroes.

Trivia

• This team build is often called Sabway by the community, after the first person to make it popular on GWGuru.

See also

• Video guide to vanquishing and this build
• The discussion of the build on Guru
• N/Rt Signet of Lost Souls Healer