Damage engine and purpose
LoD, Singularity and Cycle convert full Essence into companion damage. Period Haunted Visions extends temporary Simulacrums; this is not yet the permanent Masquerade version.
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 |
|---|---|
| Land of the Dead · Frozen Lands | Limited corpse window with crowd control. |
| Simulacrum · Reservoir | Prepare the Essence or set multiplier. |
| Blood Rush · Metabolism | Move and leave dangerous ground effects. |
| Skeletal Mage · Singularity | Spend Essence on Singularity companion damage. |
| Bone Armor · Harvest of Anguish | Armour stacks and a controlled Krysbin trigger. |
| Devour · Satiated | Consume corpses and support Life or Essence. |
Four passive skills
Life from Death / Overwhelming Essence / Final Service / Blood is Power
Complete equipment slots
| Slot | Equipped items |
|---|---|
| Head | Andariel's Visage |
| Shoulders | Pauldrons of the Skeleton King |
| Amulet | Haunted Visions |
| Torso | Requiem Cereplate |
| Wrists | Reaper's Wraps |
| Hands | Tasker and Theo |
| Waist | The Witching Hour |
| Legs | Swamp Land Waders |
| Feet | Steuart's Greaves |
| Rings | Convention of Elements + Krysbin's Sentence |
| Weapon | Scythe of the Cycle |
| Offhand | Lost Time |
Kanai’s Cube: separate powers
| Category | Extracted effect |
|---|---|
| Weapon Power | Reilena's Shadowhook |
| Armor Power | Leoric's Crown |
| Jewelry Power | Circle of Nailuj's Evol |
Legendary and normal gems
Legendary gems: Bane of the Trapped / Enforcer / Legacy of Dreams.
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
Maximum Essence, Physical, Mage damage, companion attack rate and CDR. Maintain Bone Armor because Cycle spends its duration when casting Mages.
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
Prepare Land of the Dead/Simulacrum with group support and fill Essence.
Step 2
Cast Singularity at high Essence; Nailuj supplies additional Mages.
Step 3
Use Devour, globes and Reaper’s Wraps for sustain and refresh Bone Armor before expiry.
Patch boundaries and verifiable context
The source informally calls this “LoD Rathma” but equips no Rathma set. It documents group GR farming, not a self-sufficient solo leaderboard build.
From 2.6.9/Season 21 Haunted Visions no longer duplicates Skeletal Mages. This specific Simulacrum Mage version therefore ends with Season 20.
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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