The Masquerade of the Burning Carnival was first introduced in Season 21. Despite its initial outrageous (6) Bonus, it didn't see a lot of play back then due to being overshadowed by other Necromancer builds.
Season 22 buffed the build by adding Gelmindor's Marrow Guards. This was enough to make it the strongest Necromancer build in Diablo III, able to clear all the way up to GR150 in solo while being the Trash Killer of choice and having a spot in Greater Rift Speeds.
After overperforming heavily for two seasons in a row, it has been brought back in line in Season 24 with a heavy nerf to the (6) Bonus removing the triple damage bonus for Simulacrum and reduced the overall damage multiplier. In Season 28, that same bonus has been added again and the original multiplier almost restored, bringing the build back to its former glory!
Unlike many other Necromancer builds, Bone Spear doesn't hide any nasty surprises like having to wait a minute for a crucial cooldown. It is a fairly simple but fun and powerful build with a very active, fast-paced playstyle.
For solo pushing, there are several variations, each with their own pros and cons. Most high-end clears are done with Aughild's Authority which is described in the main sections of the guide. This is especially recommended after Paragon 2,500 as Elites and Rift Guardians die much more easily. Before that, Guardian's Jeopardy is a better choice for more damage and toughness. A more mobile version is the Captain Crimson's Trimmings setup, which is overall more consistent at lower tiers. You can also play around Briggs' Wrath to pixelpull enemies, creating a unique and challenging playstyle.
Easy to gear ✔ Active playstyle ✔ Great AoE damage ✔ No cooldown dependency ✔
❌ Relies on Sims ❌ Hard to master ❌ Positioning is critical ❌ Low single target damage
Core Setup
Core Item Build
Items
Masquerade of the Burning Carnival is the centerpiece of this build. It effectively provides you with 83% damage reduction while Simulacrum is active and 5,500% increased Bone Spear damage for you and triple that for your Simulacrums.
Haunted Visions makes Simulacrum last forever.
Maltorius' Petrified Spike doubles Bone Spear cost to give it 700% increased damage.
Scythe of the Cycle for 400% increased damage to Bone Spear as long as Bone Armor is active.
Krysbin's Sentence gives 300% damage to enemies affected by hard Crowd Control (e.g. stun from Bone Armor Dislocation) and 100% bonus against slowed enemies.
Gelmindor's Marrow Guards gives 400% increased damage to Bone Spears fired by your Simulacrums.
Typically all of this will be combined with either Captain Crimson's Trimmings or Aughild's Authority to gain more damage and defense. The former also improves mobility and damage against trash monsters while the latter has a greater emphasis on fighting elites and makes pulling easier. During the Forbidden Archives season however, these sets are replaced with Nayr's Black Death and Reilena's Shadowhook.
Season 31 Forbidden Archives
For the duration of Season 31, the slots in Kanai’s Cube that allow you to equip three additional Legendary Powers will not be restricted to their usual categories. While normally a player can equip one power each from the Weapon, Armor, and Jewelry categories, Season 31 players can mix and match between all three! This might allow you to run two Weapon powers with one Armor power. Or perhaps you might choose to run three Amulet powers instead.
This build benefits greatly from this Season Theme because because Necromancers have access to multiple powerful weapon options such as Scythe of the Cycle, Reilena's Shadowhook and Nayr's Black Death. Depending on the variant we replace sets such as Guardian's Jeopardy or Aughild's Authority with the above for the ultimate damage combo.
Global Stat Priorities
Our offensive priorities are: Poison Damage > Critical Hit Chance/Critical Hit Damage > Area Damage > Attack Speed, along with as much Bone Spear damage as possible (on Boots, Helm and Off-Hand). Generally, no Cooldown Reduction is needed for this build as you only cast Simulacrum at the beginning of a rift, but especially in Nephalem Rifts or for the Captain Crimson's Trimmings variation that stat becomes more valuable to spam Blood Rush and Bone Armor and gain extra damage.
Assembling the Build
1. Do the Challenge Rift for the materials to cubeLegendary Powers. You can complete this once a week for additional resources and we always update the guide for you!
2. Gather the full Masquerade of the Burning Carnival set. Each piece can be gambled from Kadala for Bloodshards. Do not salvage any duplicate pieces you find! Instead convert them to another part of the set with Recipe 4 in Kanai's Cube. If you have extra materials you can use Recipe 3 to craft the remaining pieces, but this is expensive and not recommended for new players.
2-Handed Scythes to get Maltorius' Petrified Spike, Nayr's Black Death and Reilena's Shadowhook
1-Handed Scythes to get Scythe of the Cycle
Rings to get Convention of Elements and Krysbin's Sentence
Amulets to get Haunted Visions and Squirt's Necklace
5. Do Bounties to acquire several important items for this build:
Act 1: Ring of Royal Grandeur
Act 2: Gloves of Worship
Act 3: Avarice Band
Act 4: Can drop any bounty item from any act
Bounty Turn In: Recipes for Sage's Journey and Cain's Destiny
6. There is one final required piece that is difficult to acquire, Haunted Visions. With amulets being so expensive to gamble and craft, we'll have to search for it to drop in Nephalem and Greater Rifts. While you can craft it via Upgrade Rare in the Cube, the best way to acquire one is to party up with other Necromancers and kindly ask them to drop any duplicates they find.
7. Use Primordial Ashes in Kanai's Cube with the new Curiosity of Lorath Nahr recipe to obtain a free Crafted Primal Ancient. Since you can only equip one of them, choosing the right item to focus matters! Great candidates are Weapons, Offhands, Jewelry or any item with an important multiplier. With that in mind, we recommend getting one of the following items:
Scythe of the Cycle
Krysbin's Sentence
Convention of Elements
Item Stat Priorities
SLOT
ITEM
STAT PRIORITY
Main-Hand
Scythe of the Cycle In-geom Maltorius' Petrified Spike (Cubed) Nayr's Black Death (Cubed) Reilena's Shadowhook (Cubed)
1. Damage Range 2. Socket Ramaladni's Gift 3. Area Damage 4. Attack Speed 5. Damage % 6. Maximum Essence (Secondary)
Off-Hand
Lost Time Any Legendary Phylactery
1. Critical Hit Chance 2. Bone Spear Damage 3. Area Damage 4. Intelligence 5. Maximum Essence (Secondary)
Helm
Luxurious Bauta
1. Bone Spear Damage 2. Critical Hit Chance 3. Socket Flawless Royal Diamond 4. Intelligence
Gloves
Lavishing Gloves
1. Critical Hit Chance 2. Critical Hit Damage 3. Area Damage 4. Attack Speed 5. Intelligence
Shoulders
Glamorous Gigot
1. Area Damage 2. Intelligence 3. Vitality 4. Life % 5. Cooldown Reduction
1. Socket 2. Poison Damage 3. Critical Hit Damage 4. Critical Hit Chance
Belt
Dayntee's Binding
1. Intelligence 2. Vitality 3. Life % 4. Armor
Potion
Bottomless Potion of Kulle-Aid
For breaking walls to pull enemies and increase DPS
Gems
Zei's Stone of Vengeance provides up to 80% increased damage when we are 40 yards away from enemies (which is about half a screen away).
Bane of the Trapped gives 60% increased damage to slowed enemies.
Bane of the Stricken increases each attack made on the same enemy. This is used for killing Rift Guardians in solo pushes.
Esoteric Alteration provides 60% non-physical damage reduction if you're taking too much damage.
Bane of the Powerful is useful for 15% bonus against elites and 20% overall damage increase along with some damage reduction when either Bane of the Stricken or Esoteric Alteration are unnecessary.
Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard is used in Squirt's Necklace setups in combination with Draw Life for a massive shield.
Skills
Bone Spear is our main source of damage in this build and gains massive buffs from our Masquerade of the Burning Carnival (6) Bonus, Simulacrum, Maltorius' Petrified Spike and Gelmindor's Marrow Guards.
Simulacrum can use any rune since we have all of them from ourMasquerade of the Burning Carnival (2) Bonus. From this we gain Cursed Form, Blood Debt, Blood and Bone, Reservoir and Self Sacrifice.
Grim Scythe Cursed Scythe is our essence generator and increases our Attack Speed, which greatly helps out with Bane of the Stricken on the Rift Guardian and allows us to cast more Bone Spears in our PoisonConvention of Elements cycle.
Bone Armor Dislocation provides 30% damage reduction and activates our Scythe of the Cycle and Krysbin's Sentence on our PoisonConvention of Elements cycle.
Blood Rush Metabolism is used for mobility as well as its defensive buff.
Your last skill is usually a curse. Since Simulacrum Cursed Form always gives you the base effect of all of them, you can choose which one to give a special effect to. The best option here is typically Decrepify with the Wither rune. In groups, you generally have a second Necromancer (Rathma RGK) that can bring a curse and instead go with Bone Spikes Bone Pillars for an extra Nayr's Black Death stack. If there's no one else with the curse in the party, you can go with Frailty Early Grave + Spreading Malediction.
Passives
Bone Prison gives you extra stuns to proc Krysbin's Sentence.
Serration synergizes with Zei's Stone of Vengeance to give us even more ranged damage.
Stand Alone doubles our Armor, which is very beneficial for Intelligence classes.
Spreading Malediction is another great DPS passive that can be used especially in groups when we apply curses to big groups of enemies. Final Service allows us to cheat death and is a good substitution for Serration when playing solo.
During the Forbidden Archives season with Reilena's Shadowhook, we use Overwhelming Essence for more damage output.
Paragon Points
Core
Offensive
Defensive
Utility
1. Movement Speed
1. Attack Speed
1. Armor
1. Area Damage
2. Maximum Essence
2. Critical Hit Damage
2. Life %
2. Resource Cost Reduction
3. Intelligence
3. Critical Hit Chance
3. All Resistance
3. Life per Hit
4. Vitality1
4. Cooldown Reduction
4. Life Regeneration
4. Pickup Radius
1 Add a bit of Vitality if you feel too squishy (a total of 750,000 Life is recommended).
Altar of Rites
The Altar of Rites is a tree that grants tremendous powers to your entire account in exchange for sacrifices. It requires you to farm Bounties, kill the Ubers, craft the Staff of Herding, and more. Completing all 26 of these tasks, along with sacrificing 6 Primal Ancients grants you extra Damage, Defense, Quality of Life, Increased Drops and 3 Potion Super Powers. Read the full guides on Unlocking the Altar and the Altar Mechanics by Raxxanterax and Chewingnom to learn everything about this fantastic mechanic!
Note: The suggested path assumes you are playing Solo and used the Challenge Rift Cache to help you level up.
Optimal Path
Node 2: Choose Anointed to gain a full set of 70 yellows from level 18-70!
Node 6: Rush to gain double Bounties to help unlock other Nodes in the Altar.
Node 7: Take Vigor to help your build sustain its resources.
Nodes 8-14: These are the last Nodes you can gain until the Challenge Rift resets. Take at least 1 Node at the bottom of each path to unlock all 3 Potion Super Powers. Pick up the Mirror Node at the top for a colossal 41% extra XP all season. Remember to unlock Father once you clear GR70 solo and have your first Primal!
Nodes 15-26: Pick up the final Quality of Life, Damage, and Defense Nodes (in that order) to finish the Altar.
Potion Super Powers: Take Father first, then Mother, and finally Mortal.
Disclaimer: The Mortal and Mother Potions require you to salvage 2 and 3 Primals respectively. Unlock them as soon as you have those materials as they don't cost a point!
Recommended Altar Path Use the Scroll Bar to see Altar Progression
Follower
Patch 2.7.0 revamped the follower system giving all 3 hirelings new powers and the emanate system. The first thing you should do is read our complete follower guide and remember the key takeaways:
The emanation system allows followers to share certain legendary and set powers with you. The most important ones are: The Flavor of Time, Nemesis Bracers, Avarice Band, Sage’s Journey and Cain’s Destiny. Click the guide above for the full list.
Follower’s powers are based on their mainstat (maxed at 25,000, but they have a 2.5x multiplier so you only need 10,000). This means we stack Intelligence on the Enchantress, Dexterity on the Scoundrel and Strength on the Templar.
Followers share 20% of their Experience, Magic and Gold Find stats with you.
Legendary gems do not work on followers, except Esoteric Alteration and Mutilation Guard.
With Enforcer equipped on the player it's much easier to keep followers alive even without an immortality relic. The 90% damage reduction counts for them, too.
Cooldown Reduction does not work for any follower skill except the Templar’s Heal.
Followers never deal significant damage; you’re on your own to clear the content.
Our Follower also benefits from our War Cry that is further increased by Horde of the Ninety Savages(2) Bonus for decent survivability even without damage immunity follower items
Select Follower
Speed GR Enchantress
T16 Enchantress
For T16 we recommend this Enchantress setup because she is the only follower that gives Cooldown Reduction, allowing you to spam your abilities more. Since this is T16 content, she’ll stay alive with Esoteric Alteration and Mutilation Guard and use Hand of the Prophet to gain all skills. This will give us Cooldown Reduction, Elemental Damage, Reduced Damage from Ranged Attacks, Armor, Attack Speed, and a Cheat Death. Stat Priorities:Since we do not have the immortality focus, we need to stack survivability on our Enchantress.
Intelligence > Vitality > Life % > Armor > All Resistance > Life Per Hit > Attack Speed.
Key Items:
The Flavor of Time: For double duration on Pylons.
Nemesis Bracers: For extra Elites, Death’s Breaths and In-geom procs.
Avarice Band: For the insane pickup radius.
Ring of Royal Grandeur: To complete our sets.
Gloves of Worship: For 10 Minute Shrine Buffs.
Sage’s Journey: For double Death’s Breaths.
Cain’s Destiny: For 25% more Greater Rift Keystones.
Speed GR Enchantress
For speed Greater Rifts we recommend this Enchantress setup because she is the only follower that gives Cooldown Reduction, allowing you to spam your abilities more. Since this is speed content, she’ll stay alive with Esoteric Alteration and Mutilation Guard and use Hand of the Prophet to gain all skills. This will give us Cooldown Reduction, Elemental Damage, Reduced Damage from Ranged Attacks, Armor, Attack Speed, and a Cheat Death. Stat Priorities:Since we do not have the immortality focus, we need to stack survivability on our Enchantress. Intelligence > Vitality > Life % > Armor > All Resistance > Life Per Hit > Attack Speed. Key Items:
The Flavor of Time: For double duration on Pylons.
Nemesis Bracers: For more progression from Elites.
Oculus Ring: For 85% increased damage.
Ice Climbers: To make your follower immune to Freeze and Immobilize effects.
Hellfire Ring, Leoric's Crown and Cain's Destiny: For more Experience and Attack Speed.
GR Pushing Scoundrel
For Greater Rift Pushing we recommend this Scoundrel setup for the Critical Hit Chance from Anatomy, 10% increased damage from Piercing Shot, and the insane Critical Hit Chance cloud from Night’s Veil. Don't choose either of the first skill options as they apply crowd controls that we want to avoid. If you accidentally select one, you'll either have to live with it or make a new character to fix it as there is no way to de-select a follower skill :(. Stat Priorities:Since we have the immortality token, we do not need to stack survivability on our Scoundrel. Dexterity > Attack Speed. Key Items:
The Flavor of Time: For double duration on Pylons.
Gloves of Worship: For 10 Minute Shrine Buffs.
Nemesis Bracers: For more progression from Elites.
Oculus Ring: For 85% increased damage.
Unity: For 50% damage reduction if you're also wearing one.
Ice Climbers: To make your follower immune to Freeze and Immobilize effects.
Leoric's Crown and Cain's Destiny: For more Experience and Attack Speed.
Gameplay
The first thing to do is cast your Simulacrum. They will last forever (unless you die) and cannot take damage. The entire concept of this build revolves around three things:
Stay mobile and try to group up as many enemies as possible before your Poison cycle on your Convention of Elements is ready. Try to gather them up in a thing line so you can maximize the amount of targets hit.
Position yourself and your Simulacrum to damage as many enemies as possible in a straight line. Keep in mind that when you cast Bone Spear or Grim Scythe your Simulacrums will mimic that attack, and unlike yourself they must always complete the entire animation. Due to this your Simulacrums can sometimes fail to follow you after you teleport with Blood Rush and start attacking immediately. To fix that you just need to spend half a second doing nothing and then your Simulacrums will catch up or teleport to you.
Cast Bone Armor right at the start of your Poison cycle to maximize your damage bonus from Krysbin's Sentence. Then unleash a barrage of Bone Spears to tear down your enemies! To maximize your DPS, you can run/stutter-step/teleport away right as you cast your stun to increase the damage bonuses from Zei's Stone of Vengeance and Serration.
When you are not dealing damage, use Bone Spear Blighted Marrow to attract enemies from far away, and use Blood Rush for mobility.
Hardcore
This build already holds up well defensively. Flawless Royal Topaz are often used in softcore, changing these out to Flawless Royal Amethyst will provide a noticeable toughness boost. Another great way to get more defensive without changing the core build is to put more Paragon points into Vitality. Despite being relatively tanky we can find other ways to increase our defenses. Using the legendary gem Esoteric Alteration would be highly recommended for hardcore play.
Important: When fighting Dune Dervishes (spinners) or Sand Dwellers you can easily oneshot and kill yourself from your own projectiles. There is absolutely no way to survive an incoming reflected hit from your own attacks when these monster types use their abilities, so always keep an eye out for them. The first type can spawn as minions from Nemesis Bracers, so you will encounter them very frequently.
Check out our dedicated Hardcore Survival Guide to learn more about how to succeed in this game mode!
Variants
Nephalem Rifts
GR Solo Speeds
GR Solo Push
GR Group Speeds
Group TK
T16 Nephalem Rifts
Concept For speed content we want to go as fast as possible and can sacrifice a lot of damage to do it. You can play around with your favorite rune for Bone Spear as many of them can work and have different playstyles. Here we're showcasing Bone Spear Teeth to bring back memories of the good ol' Diablo 2 days. Just make sure the rune you take aligns with the elemental damage rolls on your character and set up your follower with the right items for Nephalem Rifts: Avarice Band, Nemesis Bracers, Sage's Journey and Cain's Destiny.
Gameplay In speeds this build is easy to play as we don't have to time anything and just blast. Summon your Simulacrums at the start, keep Bone Armor active, use Blood Rush Metabolism to move and cast Bone Spear Teeth everywhere.
Setups When playing in groups, you should have Nemesis Bracers ready to swap in your inventory or cube them over Steuart's Greaves. Also replace Krysbin's Sentence with Avarice Band. If you feel like your damage is way higher than it has to be, In-geom is great for for faster cooldowns on Bloodrush to keep us flying.
Solo XP
Concept This is similar to the Solo Push setup, except we're trying to clear everything quickly and ignore cursing monsters. Instead, we do it automatically with Frailty Aura of Frailty. Aim for a GR tier where runs take around 2.5-3min on average for maximum efficiency.
Gameplay Make sure to activate all of your Poison skills at least once per 15sec for Nayr's Black Death.
Focus on pressing forward and destroying dense monster packs. Whenever you find elites, hop onto them to curse them with your aura and make quick work of them. Make sure to stun with Bone Armor Dislocation to activate Krysbin's Sentence.
Setups For extra toughness, you can slot in Esoteric Alteration instead of Zei's Stone of Vengeance or add more Vitality either through Paragons or by stacking Flawless Royal Amethyst in your armor sockets. If you want to have a cheat death passive, remove Serration.
For an even speedier variant with a lower GR ceiling, you can also play Teeth and replace Grim Scythe with Devour Devouring Aura and Nayr's Black Death with Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang.
Aughild's Authority Solo Push
Concept This is the version described in the main section of the guide. This is the most powerful version of the build with massive damage output.
Gameplay Make sure to activate all of your Poison skills at least once per CoE cycle for Nayr's Black Death.
Instead of surrounding elites with trash and trying to kill them with Area Damage, we let them sit outside the pull and shoot them from the opposite side of it. This way we maximize Blighted Marrow and Zei's Stone of Vengeance damage bonuses on the elites and the trash will die fairly fast anyway even without pixels and big Area Damage procs. Make sure to stun with Bone Armor Dislocation on your Poison Convention of Elements cycle to activate Krysbin's Sentence. Try to be as mobile as possible between your Convention of Elements cycles and use your Bone Spear to aggro enemies from a distance.
During the Rift Guardian fight, stay in melee and attack the boss with your Grim Scythe to replenish your Essence and to stack Bane of the Stricken. One second before Convention of Elements Poison cycle, activate Bone Armor and Blood Rush far away to maximize Zei's Stone of Vengeance (and possibly Serration) bonuses. Hold down Bone Spear until your Poison cycle is over, then return back to the boss.
Setups For extra toughness, you can slot in Esoteric Alteration instead of Zei's Stone of Vengeance or add more Vitality either through Paragons or by stacking Flawless Royal Amethyst in your armor sockets. If you want to have a cheat death passive, remove Serration.
Instead of Decrepify you can also run Leech Blood Flask. This makes survival a bit easier and gives you some more consistent damage output because monsters are slowed at all times for Krysbin's Sentence but makes it much harder to pull enemies long distances throughout the map for high end pushing. Additionally, the more frequent potion uses help to activate shrine buffs and Triune rings from the Altar of Rites.
4man Speed GRs
Concept This variant is very similar to the solo push version but more optimized for speedfarming in parties.
Gameplay The gameplay is quite similar regardless of your group composition. You rush forward through the rift and shoot Bone Spears at everything, preferably staying at a distance to maximize the bonuses from Serration and Zei's Stone of Vengeance.
Pay extra attention to your Bone Armor: make sure to only use it when there's at least 1 monster in range. Missing it will completely stop your damage for a few seconds, which is a big loss in a run that lasts only 2 or 3 minutes. This is especially important in "Bat Runs", because LoD Rat Necro'sSkeletal Mages have a tendency to snatch your Bone Armor targets from right under your nose.
Setups To speed up the runs a lot, you can replace Convention of Elements with Ring of Royal Grandeur and equip Steuart's Greaves.
4man Trash Killer
Concept Trash Killer's (TK) job is to kill all the small monsters and sometimes also elites to bring the progress bar to 100%. In groups the Support Barbarian will pixel and stun the monsters for us, so our job is to just perform the DPS rotation correctly for maximum damage.
Gameplay Make sure to activate all of your Poison skills at least once per CoE cycle for Nayr's Black Death.
The gameplay here is slightly different than the other set ups. We will run around swinging Grim Scythe and cursing mobs until just before our Poison Convention of Elements cycle comes up. Couple of seconds before it hits we'll throw a few Bone Spears to try and spawn an Oculus Ring. One second before Poison, refresh Bone Armor, then Blood Rush to the furthest Oculus Ring to take advantage of Serration and Zei's Stone of Vengeance. Finally throw as many spears as possible at the center of the mobs and watch them fall to pieces!
Setups If you're having trouble staying alive, you can run with Esoteric Alteration instead of Bane of the Powerful.
If you're the only Necromancer in the team, you can replace Bone Spikes with Frailty Early Grave and Final Service with Spreading Malediction.
If you're running without a boss killer in the team, use Bane of the Stricken instead of Bane of the Powerful so you can kill the boss.
Video Guide
Mechanics
Simulacrum
Haunted Visions will make this skill drain 1% of your maximum life every second. If you are unable to pay this cost, the Simulacrums will despawn. If that happens, you will die immediately after, because you have less than 1% health and also lose 83% damage reduction. This can sometimes make it seem like your Self Sacrifice doesn't work.
Simulacrums will move with you after you've traveled a short distance.
If you're using Blood Rush the sims will follow you to your location.
Simulacrum cast their Bone Spear in the direction of your mouse cursor, so positioning is critical!
When Simulacrums mimic one of your attacks, they must always complete the entire animation before they can run after you or teleport on you. If you keep constantly casting Bone Spear while stutter stepping and teleporting forward, your Simulacrums may stay far behind!
Brigg's Wrath
This pixelpull completely ignores monster hitboxes and can also pulls Elites.
Will pixel the monsters together where we cast Frailty. It's critical we choose the right place and time to cast this so we're ready to deal maximum damage.
Pixelpulling allows for crazy Area Damage scaling.
Enemies will lose all curses if they leave combat (even with Eternal Torment equipped). This will always happen if you go to town, and depending on monster type and rarity can also happen if you go to a different floor or just move far enough away (2-3 screens for most enemies). This can be used to repixel the mobs without waiting 30 seconds for the curse to time out.
Lost Time
Gives you up to 50% Movement Speed above the 25% Movement Speed cap from Paragon and Gear.
Some Necromancer builds do not require a specific Off-Hand and can use this one instead of a random one.
If your build has no source of Cold damage, you can give a Weapon with a Cold damage roll to your follower which will then proc it for you.
Bone Spear Blighted Marrow
This rune increases Bone Spear damage by 15% for each target hit. The bonus is additive with itself and multiplicative with all other damage bonuses.
The increased damage is calculated for each enemy separately, meaning that the furthest away from you enemies take the most damage.
Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard + Draw Life
Draw Life increases your Life Per Second (LPS) by 10% for each enemy within 20 yards.
This bonus is capped to 50 enemies for a total of 500% increased LPS.
This bonus stacks additively with Bone Armor Thy Flesh Sustained which can provide another 100% LPS.
Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard gives you a shield equal to double your LPS.
The LPS is snapshotted at the moment your shield is refreshed.
The shield is only refreshed if you haven't taken any hits in the last 4 second. Absorbing hits with a shield (even a different shield, say from Mantra of Healing) still counts as taking a hit. This makes it quite tricky to maximize the shielding with Draw Life passive, because you need to dodge all attacks while still staying close to enemies.
Summary
Put together the core items and acquire the full Masquerade of the Burning Carnival set.
Position your Simulacrum and control where they are to maximize your damage.
Stun monsters with Bone Armor Dislocation on your Poison Convention of Elements cycle to activate Krysbin's Sentence.
Stay mobile, survive, and burn down large packs of enemies with Area Damage.
Credits
Written by Northwar & wudijo Contributions by Raxxanterax, Rob & sVr Updated by wudijo