Version, purpose and verified scope
Ultimate Shadow supplies Desecrated Ground as the actual damage source. Blood Wave repeatedly triggers it, while Kessime and Fastblood shorten downtime. Wither and Darkness bonuses scale this damage over time rather than an ordinary direct Blood Wave hit.
Patch family 2.3; level 60. Source variant: Mythics. Author revision: 2025-08-29T06:17:27. This page includes the complete skill allocation, bar, equipment, sockets and board/glyph list. Record and top-rank claims in the source title are not adopted as our own measurements.
Skill, item and glyph names retain unambiguous English planner labels. Numbers in the point table are allocated ranks, not final ranks increased by gear.
Action bar and gameplay
Gather with Corpse Tendrils, place Blight beneath elites and aim repeated waves so enemies remain inside the ground effects. Collect Blood Orbs for Fastblood and consume corpses with Corpse Explosion. Reap and Decompose support bar-based synergies; continuously channeling Decompose is not the main rotation.
| Slot | Skill |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Wave |
| 2 | Corpse Explosion |
| 3 | Corpse Tendrils |
| 4 | Blight |
| 5 | Decompose |
| 6 | Reap |
Complete point allocation
Total: 71 paid points; 0 free shape-choice entries. Visible free connectors are not additional paid investment.
| Node / upgrade | Rank | Paid points |
|---|---|---|
| Decompose | 1 | 1 |
| Reap | 1 | 1 |
| Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Supernatural Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Hewed Flesh | 3 | 3 |
| Necrotic Fortitude | 2 | 2 |
| Titans Fall | 3 | 3 |
| Spiked Armor | 3 | 3 |
| Corpse Explosion | 1 | 1 |
| Fueled By Death | 3 | 3 |
| Enhanced Corpse Explosion | 1 | 1 |
| Blighted Corpse Explosion | 1 | 1 |
| Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Abhorrent Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Deaths Embrace | 3 | 3 |
| Deaths Approach | 2 | 2 |
| Precision Decay | 3 | 3 |
| Amplify Damage | 3 | 3 |
| Coalesced Blood | 3 | 3 |
| Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Reapers Pursuit | 3 | 3 |
| Gloom | 3 | 3 |
| Terror | 3 | 3 |
| Crippling Darkness | 3 | 3 |
| Necrotic Carapace | 1 | 1 |
| Blood Wave | 5 | 5 |
| Prime Blood Wave | 1 | 1 |
| Supreme Blood Wave | 1 | 1 |
| Finality | 3 | 3 |
| Memento Mori | 3 | 3 |
| Stand Alone | 3 | 3 |
| Affliction | 1 | 1 |
Class mechanic
| Selection | Setting |
|---|---|
| Skeletal Warriors: Reapers | Sacrifice |
| Skeletal Mages: Cold | Sacrifice |
| Golems: Bone | Sacrifice |
Equipment by slot
Aspects and Uniques are listed as one coherent setup. A higher item-power number does not replace a missing core item.
| Slot | Item / aspect |
|---|---|
| Helm | Heir of Perdition |
| Chest | Shroud of False Death |
| Gloves | Tidal Aspect |
| Pants | Kessime's Legacy |
| Boots | Aspect of the Cursed Aura |
| Weapon | Aspect of Ultimate Shadow |
| Amulet | Aspect of the Damned |
| Ring 1 | Aspect of Creeping Death |
| Ring 2 | Fastblood Aspect |
Stats, tempering and upgrade order
Prioritize Ultimate Shadow on its intended amplified aspect slot and a working wave reset. Then optimize Mythics, Shadow damage over time, skill ranks and Lucky Hit support. Fastblood must also function against single targets with low enemy density.
The table lists attributes from the selected source, with preferred Greater/Masterwork targets first. It does not reuse present-day tooltip percentages as historical values.
| Slot | Attribute priority | Tempering |
|---|---|---|
| Helm | Primary Core Stat · Movement Speed | — |
| Chest | All Stats · Resistance To All Elements | — |
| Gloves | Intelligence · Maximum Life · Damage Over Time | Shadow Finesse Desecrated Ground Damage · Worldly Fortune Crowd Control Duration |
| Pants | Intelligence · Cooldown Reduction · Ultimate Damage · Damage Reduction While Fortified | — |
| Boots | Intelligence · Armor · Maximum Life | Natural Motion Movement Speed · Profane Innovation Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Weapon | Intelligence · Maximum Life · Lucky Hit Chance To Restore Primary Resource | Shadow Finesse Desecrated Ground Damage · Dreadful Augments Bonus To Finality |
| Amulet | Intelligence · Ranks To Gloom · Ranks To Coalesced Blood | Efficiency Ultimate Cooldown Reduction · Shadow Finesse Desecrated Ground Damage |
| Ring 1 | Intelligence · Maximum Life · Damage Over Time | Shadow Finesse Desecrated Ground Damage · Efficiency Ultimate Cooldown Reduction |
| Ring 2 | Intelligence · Maximum Life · Damage Over Time | Efficiency Ultimate Cooldown Reduction · Shadow Finesse Desecrated Ground Damage |
Runes and gems
Sockets for the selected variant. A rune pair belongs together in a suitable item; socketed runes and completed Runeword equipment are different things.
| Slot | Sockets |
|---|---|
| Helm | Igni + Thul |
| Chest | Topaz |
| Weapon | Ahu + Qax |
| Amulet | Idol From Below |
| Ring 1 | Scornful Light |
| Ring 2 | Tyrant Bane |
Paragon: boards and glyphs
This list documents the selected endgame setup. Use the linked planner for exact connected individual nodes and earlier point totals. A high target glyph rank is not an entry requirement.
| No. | Board | Glyph | Target rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starter Board | Abyssal | 100 |
| 2 | Wither | Scourge | 100 |
| 3 | Flesh Eater | Eliminator | 100 |
| 4 | Blood Begets Blood | Sacrificial | 100 |
| 5 | Frailty | Desecration | 100 |
Seasonal powers and Talisman package
Horadric Spellcraft supplements the character with a Catalyst, Infusion and three Arcana.
The supplementary spell option comes from a dated Maxroll profile of the same archetype. The old Boss Power list additionally stored by some S9 profiles is not treated as active.
| Role / slot | Selection |
|---|---|
| Catalyst | Disintegrate |
| Infusion | Nebulous Extract |
| Arcana 1 | Tranquil Stone |
| Arcana 2 | Invigorating Helix |
| Arcana 3 | Fractured Core |
Limits and safe transitions
The ground-effect setup needs a target that stays in place. Mobile bosses and long gaps between packs reduce real throughput despite large damage numbers.
Verify resource sustain, protection and core items together before increasing difficulty. An author’s test with particular gear, density or boss phases does not prove identical performance on every character.
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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.
- Perra: Poop Wave — Mythics (2025-08-29T06:17:27Z) mobalytics.gg
- Blizzard: Sins of the Horadrim news.blizzard.com
- Maxroll: S9 necromancer dated seasonal spell option, profile ha9pi006 maxroll.gg