Damage engine and purpose
The old Trag’Oul six-piece bonus scales Life-spending Corpse Lance. Simulacrum/Reservoir and Reilena connect the damage window to maximum Essence; Corpsewhisper builds the Lance bonus.
Item, skill and rune names use their English game spelling for unambiguous lookup. Explanations, rotation and limitations are fully translated.
Six skills and runes
| Skill · rune | Function |
|---|---|
| Decrepify · Borrowed Time | Curse condition and cooldown support. |
| Corpse Lance · Blood Lance | Primary attack during the corpse or Land of the Dead window. |
| Blood Rush · Potency | Move and leave dangerous ground effects. |
| Land of the Dead · Frozen Lands | Limited corpse window with crowd control. |
| Simulacrum · Reservoir | Prepare the Essence or set multiplier. |
| Devour · Cannibalize | Consume corpses and support Life or Essence. |
Four passive skills
Blood is Power / Overwhelming Essence / Stand Alone / Spreading Malediction
Complete equipment slots
| Slot | Equipped items |
|---|---|
| Head | Trag'Oul's Guise |
| Shoulders | Trag'Oul's Heart |
| Amulet | The Traveler's Pledge |
| Torso | Trag'Oul's Scales |
| Wrists | Nemesis Bracers |
| Hands | Trag'Oul's Claws |
| Waist | Dayntee's Binding |
| Legs | Trag'Oul's Hide |
| Feet | Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves |
| Rings | The Compass Rose + Convention of Elements |
| Weapon | Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang |
| Offhand | Iron Rose |
Kanai’s Cube: separate powers
| Category | Extracted effect |
|---|---|
| Weapon Power | Reilena's Shadowhook |
| Armor Power | Corpsewhisper Pauldrons |
| Jewelry Power | Krysbin's Sentence |
Legendary and normal gems
Legendary gems: Bane of the Trapped / Esoteric Alteration / Zei's Stone of Vengeance.
Normally use an Emerald in weapon sockets; choose the helm socket for cooldown or Life needs. Match armour sockets to missing main stat or toughness. Seasonal Soul Shards replace helm or weapon gems only in the explicitly identified seasons.
Stats, cooldowns and optimisation
Intelligence, Physical damage, Corpse Lance damage and high cooldown reduction. Maximum Essence strengthens Shadowhook; recovery must cover Blood Lance’s Life cost.
Complete the required legendary powers, correct runes and full set bonuses first. Cooldown reduction combines multiplicatively; do not simply add percentage rolls. Weigh a boss gem against a farming gem according to actual boss-fight length.
Rotation: preparation, damage, refresh
Step 1
Apply Decrepify, check protection and Life, then gather suitable elites for the next window.
Step 2
Activate Simulacrum and Land of the Dead together; focus Corpse Lance on one target and use Devour for sustain.
Step 3
Move and gather enemies during long cooldowns rather than committing without the corpse window.
Patch boundaries and verifiable context
The source dates to the 2017 Necromancer launch. Potency is an explicit defensive Blood Rush choice. Iron Rose is merely a usable offhand here; it triggers no Nova without Siphon Blood.
This is old Blood Lance Trag’Oul, not the Blood Nova set reworked for Season 27. Shared item names must not hide that distinction.
Check before the next equipment change
Count set pieces before replacing a free armour slot. Equipping and cubing an identical legendary power does not double it. Solo Unity requires a follower wearing the other ring with immortality equipped.
This archive describes the period configuration. A current item database may show new numbers under the same name; those live tooltips do not prove historical multipliers. Old seasonal powers cannot be replayed on current non-seasonal characters.
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Sources & editorial reference date
Independently written guidance. Linked sources support verification of game systems, versions and described changes. Editorial reference date: 2026-10-23.
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