Bone Fiends go brrrrrr

Run with Ebon Battle Standard of Honor on the player :)

An Insightful Death Magic staff with an Aptitude Not Attitude inscription is ideal, for the chances to halve the cast time on Animate Bone Fiends - The Nightbringer is a unique staff that has both! :) I’ve had it suggested that you might want to try to find one with an of the Ritualist suffix if you want to tryhard, though - it’ll give your Bone Fiends 20% extra health each :D

The +damage from both Order of Undeath and the Battle Standard is armour-ignoring :D

In low-man areas, I like to switch to /Rt and use the typical setup of Spirit Light, Mend Body and Soul and Flesh of My Flesh.

In my experience, it does about as much damage as a typical ESurge mesmer, maybe a little more, but obviously doesn’t come with all the other shutdown and support benefits the meta comp relies on - but it’s good fun if you want to do something different, for a change :)