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LoD Death Nova: Blight · Season 19

Blight Nova scales with Bloodtide Blade and Cycle. Golem and Dayntee supply control and protection; this version does not use Iron Rose autocasting.

ArchiveNecromancerSeasons 19, 20 · 2.6.7 / 2.6.8
Guide coverage

Historically optimised class blueprint · solo progression/farming · no universal rank-one claim

Applicable seasons & seasonal adjustments (2)

Open your season’s rules and apply its listed class bonuses, Cube slots or seasonal powers alongside the base profile.

Damage engine and purpose

Blight Nova scales with Bloodtide Blade and Cycle. Golem and Dayntee supply control and protection; this version does not use Iron Rose autocasting.

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 · runeFunction
Grim Scythe · Cursed ScytheGenerate Essence and maintain curses or attack rate.
Death Nova · BlightSelected Nova damage engine; Iron Rose may trigger the cast.
Bone Armor · DislocationArmour stacks and a controlled Krysbin trigger.
Blood Rush · TransfusionMove and leave dangerous ground effects.
Command Golem · Bone GolemGolem control and support.
Frailty · Early GraveCurse and execution condition.

Four passive skills

Draw Life / Final Service / Spreading Malediction / Stand Alone

Complete equipment slots

SlotEquipped items
HeadLeoric's Crown
ShouldersHoming Pads
AmuletThe Flavor of Time
TorsoAquila Cuirass
WristsNemesis Bracers
HandsStone Gauntlets
WaistDayntee's Binding
LegsGolemskin Breeches
FeetIce Climbers
RingsConvention of Elements + Unity
WeaponScythe of the Cycle
OffhandStormshield

Kanai’s Cube: separate powers

CategoryExtracted effect
Weapon PowerBloodtide Blade
Armor PowerIllusory Boots
Jewelry PowerKrysbin's Sentence

Legendary and normal gems

Legendary gems: Pain Enhancer / Bane of the Trapped / 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

Poison, Death Nova, Intelligence and Essence sustain. Cycle spends Bone Armor duration; check protection and CDR before sustained Nova casting.

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

  1. Step 1

    Use Cursed Scythe to build curses and Essence, then stack Bone Armor.

  2. Step 2

    Gather density around the Nova zone and activate Krysbin through Golem or Bone Armor.

  3. Step 3

    Use Scythe between Nova series and refresh Bone Armor before expiry.

Patch boundaries and verifiable context

The contemporary final review compared each region’s top 50. It documents this Season 19 archetype; Paragon, rift fishing and Pandemonium shaped results. Copying a build guarantees no period rift tier.

A second season assignment, where present, means a still-functional 2.6.8 core. Season 20 additionally unlocks Cube categories but supplies no Pandemonium killstreak.

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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