Used when pushing into groups especially as it also grants barrier to the scourge. Desert Shroud activates Spiteful Spirit which will corrupt a boon on up to five targets in a 600 radius around the necromancer.Nefarious Favor corrupts a boon on all enemy targets affected thanks to Path of Corruption, this is a key component of ranged boon removal.This build’s boon removal is spread into four main areas: Good usage of abilities such as Sand Flare and Sand Cascade can give you and your allies an edge in surviving enemy spike damage during pushes. Scourge also has some powerful defensive utility, barrier in particular. An example of a single target spike rotation can be seen above top right. It’s important to understand how you can achieve this through skill usage. Removing/corrupting boons from single targets and groups of players is your key role. You will also rely on your party to assist you with this, be it receiving stability, superspeed, heals and cleanses. This can be achieved by dodging, removing boons which will sustain you thanks to Feed from Corruption and careful positioning. Staying alive is the most important priority. Scourge also happens to have excellent self sustain from Feed from Corruption and Blood as Sand while also providing powerful group support in the form of barrier from Sand Flare and condition cleanse from Abrasive Grit and Nefarious Favor.Ĭorrect rotation and timing of skills is very important (read your skills tooltips!). Predicting the enemy movement and positioning your abilities accordingly is very important for your effectiveness as this build utilizes a lot of stationary area attacks. Your elite skill Ghastly Breach will more than likely also be used in coordination with all other scourges or maybe in combination with key skills from other professions such as Winds of Disenchantment. Most organized groups will be trying to coordinate your shades, Ghastly Breach and wells, so make sure not to use them until the commander calls for them. Placing Manifest Sand Shade is not instant cast but shade skills (f2-f5) are, this means so you can use them during when you dodge. Each shade skill has a purpose and its important to use them wisely at the appropriate time. These shades strike enemies near you and the shades position, so for example you can hit twice if placed on top of you in melee range. Shade skills are fuelled by your life force except for Manifest Sand Shade. You do have though access to sand shades with shade skills and a life force bar. Unlike other necromancer specializations you do not gain an additional health bar or gain access to a shroud form/skills. In large scale fights you provide pressure and break up the enemy squad through area damage, boon removal/corruption, single target bursts and finally support allies by giving barrier and condition removal. Scourge plays a very important role in any World vs World battle.