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[2.6.0] (TXIII) Trag'Oul Blood Mage @ Low Paragon

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Skills

  • Blood Rush
  • Siphon Blood Blood Sucker
  • Devour Cannibalize
  • Skeletal Mage Life Support
  • Command Skeletons Freezing Grasp
  • Bone Armor Dislocation
  • Extended Servitude
  • Blood for Blood
  • Life from Death
  • Fueled by Death

Items

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  • Legendary Gems

    • Bane of the Powerful
    • Enforcer
    • Boon of the Hoarder

Kanai's Cube

  • Scythe of the Cycle
  • Tasker and Theo
  • Circle of Nailuj's Evol

Priorities:

  • Attack speed until hit breakpoint of 1.6 character sheet AS.
  • EDIT (7/26/2017): After testing with others, we've confirmed that Skeletal mage attacks at a base rate of 2 APS regardless of character AS, with Tasker and Theo increasing mage APS to 3. Additional character / sheet AS only increases the damage the mages do, so please, ignore the priority of AS breakpoints in the guide, but having around 1.60 AS is a good place to be in terms of AS/damage balance.
  • AS testing: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/topic/20757706310?page=6#post-119
  • Cooldown (CDR), get as much as you can slot. 50% CDR or more is preferred. 40% CDR is adequate.
  • Skeleton Mage % damage on Boots / Helm.
  • Physical % damage on bracer / amulet
  • CHC and CHD in balance.
  • INT
  • +Pickup Radius as secondary is highly recommended.

Note: Diamond in helm, Emerald in weapon, Topaz or Diamond or Amethyst in armor sockets.

For defensive affixes:

  • Life % on shield, belt, and shoulders (if possible).
  • +Armor on Belt, Boots
  • Chest piece defensive affix is optional. Could go Life%, +armor, or Elite% reduction. Your choice.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Life on Hit
Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

As mentioned above, you only need as much attack speed to hit the breakpoint, so only assign as much in paragon as is needed.

Build Guide

Trag'oul Blood Mage TXIII build. I've tuned it for solo, but if you're running with others who are clearing at the same speed, it should hold it's own.

As seen from the video, all this build really requires aside from the items listed, are 1.6 AS on sheet (EDIT: no BP required for AS, see reasoning in affixes section above), and a minimum of 40% CDR.

50% CDR is recommended though - makes life easier. =)

I tested at equivalent of 300 paragons. Only 7k INT, 360k sheet damage. Still managed clears as quick as 4 minutes, and as slow as 6 minutes (on bad maps). I estimate you'll be able to do the same in seasons!

Spawn Mages with extended duration from skills / items / passive. Generate and pickup globes via our primary rune, which give free life cost skill stacks. Devour corpses for passive essence generation. Active essence generation provided via Siphon Blood.

Stun enemies with bone armor. Single out dangerous enemies to freeze and focus fire with command skeleton. Keep bone armor and command skeleton active for multiplied damage from items.

Try to stand still to get higher damage bonus via endless walk. Blood Rush + high CDR helps maintain this bonus, since it allows movement without running as often. When you do have to run, you'll have Fueled by Death, and Boon of the Hoarder to boost Movement speed.

Defense is provided from Goldwrap + Boon of the Hoarder combo. Remember to pick up Gold to gain armor, or you will die. Take great care at the beginning of the rift and on the RG, as gold may not be available at those times.

Forgot to mention in the video: use your vanity pet. It will help pick up gold for you.

Also: Non-set rings are interchangeable with the cube.

4th Passive:

Alternate Jewelry setup (performs similar):

Alternate Rings for higher paragon setup:

  • Ring of Royal Grandeur + Gloves of Worship: Great for shrine effects - Fleeting (Movespeed + Pickup), Frenzied (Pet AS increase), Empowered (CDR).
  • Avarice Band - Great for pickup of gold, globes, progress orbs. Can swap out the rune on Siphon Blood or change primary skill if using this ring.