-PvE:
- Single Target:
- Vampirism: Start the battle by sending your minion first, this will cause aggro towards your minion. Cast Neurotoxin then keep spamming Vampirism until the Reanimator effect gets triggered or til your blood bank gets full. Cast 2 Howl of Death in a row and watch the mob go down. If the mob has a lot of HP (i.e. boss/crown etc), re-cast your Neurotoxin and keep spamming Vampirism again until you trigger Reanimator. Cast your 2x Howl of Death again if you have the Blood Flow rubies since you would have generated enough blood within 10 seconds, otherwise just cast 1 HoD. Rinse and repeat.
- Acid: Start the battle by sending your minion first, don't forget to switch your Fiend to Acid Spit (single target). Cast Neurotoxin and Corrosive Acid then keep spamming Acid Bolt and watch the mob go down as the target receives a lot of Acid damage from you and your Fiend. You don't have Howl of Death for this build, but you can get (R3 Reanimator + R3 Call of the Grave + R1 Dark Gift + R1 Howl of Death) instead of the (R3 Endless Pain + R1 Insideous Touch + R3 Delayed Healing) rubies for extra DPS, but that will cost extra ruby and you'd be missing out on a lot of healing since your Blood Injection will lose the 100% extra critical chance.
- Mass PvE (Grinding):
- Vampirism: Start the battle by pre-casting your Volatile Infection. Do not send your minion, let it attack the first target that attacks you; this way you will have a closer gathering-point. Cast Neurotoxin on 4-6 mobs then cast Volatile Infection when you get the mobs around the gathering-point. Keep running around while keeping a close eye on Blood Aegis. Your Necropotency stacks will shoot up fast, when you get 4-5 stacks, cast 1 Vampirism and keep running again. Rinse and repeat until Volatile Infection explodes which is usually enough to kills all mobs. Cast a couple of Vampirism/HoD to finish off any remaining mobs. (You can find a video tutorial in the video section)
- Acid: Make sure that your Blood Bank is full (Dark Pact). Switch your Fiend to Acid Splash (AoE). Pre-cast your Volatile Infection. Follow the same strategy as the Vampirism build except that when you get low on health (around 50%), cast a rapid Blood Injection. Also, you should let your minion attack first in this build. If one of the mobs dealt a critical strike to you, the Catalytic Blood effect will become active, dealing damage to all mobs around you and making your Acid Bolt able to knock them down. I find this pretty decent.
When the situation looks dire and you already used your Rise from the Dead, never forget that you have a very handy spell that you get from completing world quests, which is:
Imitate Death:
Causes you to imitate the dead and trick all enemies into ignoring you, reducing threat level. This spell, along with R3 Rise from the Dead, will make you almost invincible in PvE as long as you know when and how to use it. 2 minutes cool down.
-PvP:
- 1vs1:
- Vampirism: Send your minion while casting your infections on the target. Start spamming Vampirism/HoD unless you are facing a Mage or a Paladin then don't bother with casting those since they can block them. The Mage's reflections and barriers will eventually go down so keep a close eye on that since you will get to cast your most powerful spells and they won't be able to block them. Also, don't forget to renew your DoTs when they wear off. When the target is low on health and you have the Reanimator effect active, 2 HoDs should take care of them, especially if you have Call of the Grave rubies.
Versus Paladins, find a large obstacle and keep going around it while renewing DoTs and casting healing spells when necessary. I find this to offer more protection than a normal circular kiting, and would give me enough time to deal my DoTs and finish off the Paladin. If the Paladin gets uncomfortably close, cast Fear.
Versus Psis, there is a certain type of kiting that is very effective against them. Their powerful spells have a long cast time so you can simply "go-though" their toon and emerge at the back, giving them "your target is not in front of you" message. Frightful Presence can give you a few laughs sometimes. Keep spamming Vampirism/HoD while renewing your DoTS. They usually go down within a couple of minutes.
As long as you are good with kiting, the only trouble you would have in 1vs1 PvP is against Healers. If you got R2 Decomposition instead of Life Tap (i.e. a full-PvP build), you will have troubles with Psis as well. - Acid: It's the same general concept of casting infection and kiting away while casting Acid Bolt when 4-5 Necropotency stacks build up. Don't forget to put Corrosive Acid on your target first. If they killed your Fiend, it will explode and they will be slowed down winning you time to kite away and later cast Fear when they get too close. If the enemy deals a critical strike to you, they will get affected by Catalytic Blood and your Acid Bolt spell will be able to knock them down!
- Vampirism: Send your minion while casting your infections on the target. Start spamming Vampirism/HoD unless you are facing a Mage or a Paladin then don't bother with casting those since they can block them. The Mage's reflections and barriers will eventually go down so keep a close eye on that since you will get to cast your most powerful spells and they won't be able to block them. Also, don't forget to renew your DoTs when they wear off. When the target is low on health and you have the Reanimator effect active, 2 HoDs should take care of them, especially if you have Call of the Grave rubies.
- Mass PvP:
Your role in mass PvP is confined to spreading infections and kiting away while healing yourself and your allies. Frightful Presence and Fear should keep enemies away if the situation got bad. You can also cast Debilitating Plague if you got the ruby for crowd-control in case there are many enemies and less allies. Just try to survive as long as possible in mass PvP to deal the most damage with your DoTs. I prefer having a Lurker than Hellion for mass Silence in my PvP/Vamp hybrid build. If you feel like having enough mana and want to cast Vampirism/Acid bolt, just focus on a single target, especially if you are gonna cast Corrosive Acid.
Kiting in PvP:
I'm always using one of these types of kiting:
- Go-through: Works against Psis and Mages, when you see them casting a spell, simply go through them and emerge at their back.
- Circular: Works against melee classes best. (Press D/Q then A/E)
- Jump-Cast: When you build up 5 stacks of Necropotency, and you are giving your back (or side) to the enemy, you can jump, switch camera to enemy, cast in mid-air, then switch camera to your direction the same time you land and keep running.
- Obstacle "merry-go-round": Self explanatory.
Important addon for PvP:
Dark Premonition: Absolutely important for knowing when enemy players are around. It saved my life many times already.
. Also, I had the PvP/PvE/Mass PvP/PvE tip section under each build in cached. Therefore, this idea is genuinely mine as well.
