Necromancer

Necromancer

The Necromancer is a cloth wearing priest class of Arawn, lord of the underworld. Due to their allegiance to their dark master, they are granted spellcasting and combat prowess that is welcomed by Albion.

Unlike other casters, a Necromancer is powerless until it calls upon the dark magic of Arawn to transform itself into a fearsome servant controlled by an ethereal "shade". All their spells are cast through their servant (or pet). They may heal the pet, command it to cast spells on enemies, command it to attack enemies, etc.

In order to kill a Necromancer, you must first kill his pet, which forces the Necromancer to become visible, where it can then be targeted and killed. While a shade, the Necro is displayed as a translucent shadowy, floating ghost that cannot be targeted or damaged by melee or spells.

When the pet is killed or released in combat, the Necromancer returns to mortal form, alive, but with a a very small amount of health. If the pet is not injured or in combat when released, the Necromancer comes back from shade mode with no loss of health. The intent of this is to make it so as long as the pet is alive, the Necro is at full health, but when his pet dies, the Necro is extremely damaged, weak and vulnerable.

Necromancers have the ability to do damage, and the pain it inflicts brings them a surge of power or restores life to their servant. They don't drain power or life directly from their target, but they receive a portion of damage back as power or servant life.

Due to their dual shade/servant nature the casting cycle of the necromancer is unique. All spells are cast through the servant with two delays: one for the shade command and a second for the actual pet casting. Up to two spells may be in the queue at one time. Some melee oriented spells are uninterruptible and are cast instantly by the servant after the command delay. Most ranged spells have long casting delays and are interruptible unless commanded during the effect of the Facilitate Painworking spell. This spell gives the necromancer a six second window in which to cast without normal interruption.

Attributes

Available Races	Intelligence Primary	Dexterity Secondary	Quickness Tertiary	Str	Con	Emp	Pie	Cha	Resistance 1	Resistance 2	Resistance 3	Resistance 4
Briton	60 + 45	60 + 23	60 + 15	60	60	60	60	60	2% Crush	3% Slash	5% Spirit
Avalonian	80 + 45	60 + 23	70 + 15	45	45	60	60	60	2% Crush	3% Slash	5% Spirit
Saracen	60 + 45	80 + 23	60 + 15	50	50	60	60	60	2% Slash	3% Thrust	5% Heat
Inconnu	70 + 45	70 + 23	50 + 15	50	60	60	60	60	2% Crush	3% Thrust	5% Heat	5% Spirit

The following attributes increase with every first, second or third level up starting at level 6:

• Primary Attribute: Intelligence (45 points at level 50)
• Secondary Attribute: Dexterity (23 points at level 50)
• Tertiary Attribute: Quickness (15 points at level 50)

Due to the nature of the Necromancer, base Intelligence and Dexterity (to some extent) are the only Attributes that matter (Quickness is useless) when creating your character. Also Racial Resists do transfer so do worry about them. Because of this Choosing the Inconnu class will be your best choice due to their high Intellegence and Dexterity.

When creating your Necromancer you have 30 Starting Attributes you can spend. The following distributions are often used:

Option 1: Balanced
15 Intelligence
10 Dexterity

Option 2: Highest Direct Damage
18 Intelligence
1 Dexterity

Buffs

		No Pet	With Pet
Buff		Human	Shade	Pet
/29.png	Base Con	hit points	nothing	defense
/19.png	Base Str	encumbrance	encumbrance	defense
/69.png	Spec Con	hit points, encumbrance	encumbrance	defense
/24.png	Base Dex	cast speed	cast speed	defense, cast speed
/74.png	Spec Dex	cast speed	cast speed	defense, cast speed
/79.png	Int	spell damage	spell damage	nothing
/14.png	Base AF	defense	nothing	defense
/344.png	Spec AF	defense	nothing	nothing

Abilities & Specialization

Abilities	Specializations 1.0x	Equipment	Advanced	Tradeskills
Sprint	Magic Deathsight Painworking Death Servant	Armor Cloth Weapon Staves	Master Levels Convoker Stormlord Sub Classes Acolyte Elementalist Fighter Mage Rogue	Alchemy Armorcraft Basic Crafting Fletching Spellcrafting Tailoring Weaponcraft Siegecraft

Realm Abilities

PvE

Primary Realm Abilities	Secondary Realm Abilities	Useless Realm Abilities
Augmented Acuity Mastery of Focus Mastery of Magery Wild Power	Augmented Dexterity Ethereal Bond Long Wind Serenity Toughness	Augmented Strength Lifter Mastery of Pain Veil Recovery
	Mystic Crystal Lore Negative Maelstrom Purge Raging Power	First Aid Ichor of the Deep Mastery of Concentration Second Wind The Empty Mind

PvP

Primary Realm Abilities	Secondary Realm Abilities	Useless Realm Abilities
Augmented Acuity Long Wind Mastery of Focus Mastery of Magery Wild Power	Augmented Dexterity Serenity Toughness	Augmented Strength Ethereal Bond Lifter Mastery of Pain Veil Recovery
Ichor of the Deep Purge The Empty Mind	Negative Maelstrom	First Aid Mastery of Concentration Mystic Crystal Lore Raging Power Second Wind

Realm Rank 5 Ability

Name	Call of Darkness
Reuse	15 minutes
Effect	When used, the Necromancer gains a buff that lasts 15 minutes. The buff will cause the Necromancer's next Pet Summon spell to have a 3 second cast time. Cast is uninteruptible and caster is immune to stun and mezz while casting.

Master Level Paths

Convoker
Stormlord

Useful Artifacts

Weapons

Staffs: Staff of the God / Tartaros Gift / Traldors Oracle

Armor

Chest: (None)

Sleeves:

Helmet:

Leggins: (None)

Gloves: Maddening Scalars

Boots: (None)

Jewelry

Necklace: (None)

Cloak: (None)

Jewel: Tablet of Atlantis / Erinys Charm / Stone of Atlantis / Egg of Youth / Eerie Stone of Darkness / Dream Sphere

Belt: Jasina's Sash

Rings: Ring of Dances

Bracer: Band of Stars / Bracer of Zo'arkat

Other Useful Items (being worked on)

Weapons

Staffs: (None)

Armor

Chest: (None)

Sleeves: (None)

Helmet: (None)

Leggins: (None)

Gloves: (None)

Boots: (None)

Jewelry

Necklace: (None)

Cloak: (None)

Jewel: (None)

Belt: (None)

Rings: (None)

Bracer: (None)

Mythirians: (None)

Tactics

RVR

Necromancer's are an extremely versitle class in RvR. In tank Heavy groups the armor debuff they recive turns emeny players into butter. In hybrid groups they can play almost any role. And in magic heavy groups they are great to take the beating while still being able to use magic, which in turn frees up other casters. The necromancer can transfer power when needed to healing, and other magic based classes. But, the necromancer is not without offense they are given a strong base lifetap spell to help them slay their foe's. The best pets to use in RVR are the lesser zombie servant or the zombie servant. Those pets can't be mezzed which gives the Necromancer a nice advantage.