Scourge - Condi DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage and Utility

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds

Difficulty: Easy

This build was last updated on May 20, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A condition DPS and utility build for Scourge. This build provides strong sustained DPS and bonus AoE cleave with 恶疾肆虐. It also provides incidental support for its subgroup by generating 威能, cleansing conditions, and overhealing allies with barrier.

Scourge excels in encounters where it can play to its strengths, namely 恶疾肆虐 and defensive support. It also deals all its damage from range and isn't too reliant on 威能 or healing, which makes it good for roles such as flak kiting at Sabetha.

Skill Bar

Mechanic

显形沙影

邪恶恩惠炫耀之柱沙漠之幕

Scepter/Torch

鲜血诅咒腐化盛宴痛苦浪潮重压崩溃

Utility

吸血纹章召唤影魔不死纹章瘟疫化身

Non-SotO Weapons

Players without Secrets of the Obscure cannot run Pistol, therefore they should just leave the second mainhand slot empty, and can take a utility offhand weapon such as Warhorn.

Skill Variants

Healing

• 吸血纹章 is lower healing, but higher DPS than 召唤血魔. Be aware that it will hit the closest enemy rather than your target, so in some encounters it might end up being unreliable.
• 鲜血法池 is the largest personal heal if you'd rather have safety than damage, and can heal allies without needing a target.

Utility If using Pistol then swap out 不死纹章, otherwise swap out 召唤影魔

• In fights with shorter phases, or with extra sources of life force, you will do more damage with 怨恨纹章 (use off cooldown).
• 恶疾肆虐 if you need cleave. Even post-nerf it is a strong skill.
• 痛苦路径 If you need 稳固.
• 腐蚀毒云 if projectile absorb is needed.
• 黄沙膨胀 - 900 range portal, useful for mobility on certain fights.
• 鬼灵缚爪 is a 1200 range 5-target pull.

Never swap out 鲜血力量.

Elite

• 召唤血肉魔像 for more CC. It's a fairly large DPS loss to bring, but can be helpful in particular on encounters where the boss is unlikely to stand still long enough for all your pulses of 瘟疫化身 to hit.

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Specializations

诅咒 / Curses · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：倒刺精准

蓄意扰乱传播瘟疫寒冰暗幕

固定特性：狂怒渡化

腐化大师腐化之道寄生蔓延

固定特性：弱点追击

衰弱帷幕恐怖追击诅咒萦绕

摄魂 / Soul Reaping · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：血肉暴食

破势爆弹灵魂印记暗影疾速

固定特性：凶恶帷幕

灵魂倒钩现世妄执死亡恐惧

固定特性：灵魂电池

无尽生命致命洞察德姆火焰

灾厄师 / Scourge · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：黄沙斗篷

沙砾碾磨崩塌信标丰饶灰烬

固定特性：黄沙贤者

腐化喂养酷虐灼热悲伤预告

固定特性：如沙之血

黄沙仆从恶魔学识沙漠强化

Specialization Variants

Taking Blood Magic instead of Soul Reaping is a major DPS loss, but provides more support through minor healing and 鲜血输送. Should only be considered in training runs or struggling groups where you're desperate for the sustain.

鲜血 / Blood Magic · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：闪避印记

生命仪式饥渴难忍鲜血新生

固定特性：吸血出击

起死回生女妖之嚎吸血光环

固定特性：临终仪式

血库不洁殉难鲜血输送

• 空槽 is higher DPS and offers a tiny bit of group sustain, but if you need Blood Magic you probably need 生命仪式.
• If taking 生命仪式, consider using 鲜血法池 as your healing skill.

Equipment

亚西斯假面

Head

Viper

亚西斯肩章

Shoulders

Viper

亚西斯紧身衣

Chest

Viper

亚西斯绑臂

Hands

Viper

亚西斯马裤

Legs

Viper

亚西斯护足

Feet

Viper

冰巢号角背部物品

Backpiece

Viper

闪烁石化之木

Accessory

Viper

黑冰耳环

Accessory

Viper

翠玉吊坠

Amulet

Viper

血色红宝石指环

Ring

Viper

黑冰指环

Ring

Viper

亚西斯魔杖

Scepter

Viper

亚西斯火器

Torch

Viper

超级大地法印

Sigil

超级渴求法印

Sigil

亚西斯左轮手枪

Pistol

Viper

Empty slot

超级折磨法印

Sigil

Empty slot

超级陷阱师符文

Rune

x6

+9恶意痛苦灌注

Infusion

x17

+9险恶痛苦灌注

Infusion

x1

碎层古物

Relic

Relic Variants

• 阿奇姆古物 is nearly identical damage and is AoE. It can outperform 碎层古物 where the boss is stationary and attacks frequently, but you need to be sure that there is another source of 困惑, as you don't apply any yourself.
• On long fights where you constantly take damage from the boss, 荆棘古物 can be higher damage. It is also a core relic, but doesn't work everywhere.
• 望族古物 is the best option for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure.
  • In this case, you should use 盘装牛肉仁当 (or ascended alternatives) as your food.

Consumables

Food

• 芦笋肉串
• 盘装牛肉仁当 (or ascended alternatives) if using 望族古物.

Utility

• 大师调谐水晶 or 协调冰柱

Usage

Rotation Fundamentals

Unlike other Necromancer specialisations, its shroud skills are always available. This means you will be using your skills off cooldown according to a priority list. The rotation becomes more structured for players that own Secrets of the Obscure, as pistol becomes a strong choice due to its ability to trigger 阿奇姆古物 practically off cooldown, introducing a weapon swap into the rotation.

Shades Your first shroud ability is 显形沙影. This drops a short-duration Sand Shade at the target location. For as long as a shade is active, your other shroud abilities will happen around your shade as well as you (an enemy can only be hit once if both you and your shade are in range). You want to maintain a shade on top of your target at all times, both to activate 黄沙贤者 and to maintain damage if you have to move out of melee range.

All your shroud skills deal damage when activated, but 沙漠之幕 and 邪恶恩惠 deal more (the latter via 酷虐灼热). Your other two shades can be used for utility: 黄沙瀑布 provides AoE Barrier to nearby allies, and 炫耀之柱 inflicts 恐惧 on nearby enemies.

All shroud skills consume life force to use. In general you will only have enough to use 沙漠之幕 and 邪恶恩惠 off cooldown, but some encounters will have extra sources of life force that allow you to spam the other abilities for more damage.

Life Force Life force is a resource based upon your max health. Each shroud skill consumes a fixed amount to use, while certain skills generate an amount based on a percentage of max life force. A huge amount of your damage comes from your shroud abilities, so using such skills frequently is essential.

There are four skills that generate life force:

• 吞噬黑暗, 哀嚎射击, 恶毒爆冲 痛苦浪潮 - weapon skills that are also used for damage.
• 鬼影降临 - the active ability of your Shadow Fiend (if using). The skill has no cast time, but your Shadow Fiend will take a moment to respond.
• 不死纹章 - kept passive, this skill generates life force every three seconds.

Simplified Rotations

While scourge is conceptually simple, its damage isn't really concentrated on a small number of abilities, so it remains quite fast-paced even when simplified. Fortunately, dropping one or other of the mainhand weapons isn't a huge DPS loss. The higher damage option will be to camp Pistol/Torch.

Opener

1. 显形沙影 Have 1 down before the fight starts
2. 鲜血力量 and 沙漠之幕
3. 瘟疫化身 and 邪恶恩惠 to cleanse one of the conditions
4. 哀嚎射击
5. 恶毒爆冲
6. 痛苦浪潮
7. 重压崩溃

Rest of the Rotation Building to the full rotation is just a matter of adding in more skills according to the priority list below. The first six items in the list are particularly important.

1. Maintain a single shade
2. 沙漠之幕 and combine with 鲜血力量
3. 哀嚎射击 (and 恶毒爆冲 if using 阿奇姆古物)
4. 邪恶恩惠
5. 瘟疫化身
6. All other weapon skills
7. 鬼影降临 or 怨恨纹章 (whichever you're using)

• You could bring 召唤血肉魔像 and leave 召唤影魔 passive for a simpler rotation, but this would be a fairly large DPS loss

Video guide (by Masel)

Scepter-only Rotation

Players without Secrets of the Obscure are not able to use Pistol, so the rotation is inherently simplified.

Opener

1. 显形沙影 Have 1 down before the fight starts
2. 瘟疫化身 and 邪恶恩惠 to cleanse one of the conditions
3. 鲜血力量 and 沙漠之幕

• There is a 1/2 chance that you will not cleanse the self- 中毒 from Plaguelands, which in turn means that there is a 2/3 chance that you will not transfer either the powerful 流血 or 折磨 from Blood Is Power. This is annoying, but there's a good chance your support will cleanse the conditions for you, and if you can pre-cast the skill before the phase starts the expected DPS will be higher regardless.

DPS Priority

After the opener, just use skills as they become available, with the following priority:

1. 沙漠之幕 off cooldown with 鲜血力量 after
2. 邪恶恩惠 off cooldown
3. 吞噬黑暗
4. 显形沙影 making sure to keep 1 shade up
5. 痛苦浪潮
6. 鬼影降临 and 瘟疫化身 off cooldown
7. 重压崩溃
8. 死亡束缚
9. Scepter autoattack chain, making sure to get the 3rd attack

Video example

Rotation

With weapon swapping, it becomes more of a standard rotation than a priority list:

Opener

Start on Pistol

1. 显形沙影 Have 1 down before the fight starts
2. 瘟疫化身 and 邪恶恩惠 to cleanse one of the conditions
3. 鲜血力量 and 沙漠之幕
4. 哀嚎射击
5. 恶毒爆冲 - Weeping Shots means that there will be enough 折磨 on your target to trigger 阿奇姆古物
6. Weapon swap Weapon swap

• There is a 1/2 chance that you will not cleanse the self- 中毒 from Plaguelands, which in turn means that there is a 2/3 chance that you will not transfer either the powerful 流血 or 折磨 from Blood Is Power. This is annoying, but there's a good chance your support will cleanse the conditions for you, and if you can pre-cast the skill before the phase starts the expected DPS will be higher regardless.

Sceptre Loop

1. 吞噬黑暗 and 死亡束缚
2. Autoattack and use Torch skills off cooldown
3. 吞噬黑暗 and 死亡束缚
4. Weapon swap Weapon swap

Pistol Loop

Open and close this loop with 哀嚎射击, and use 恶毒爆冲 twice to trigger 阿奇姆古物

1. 哀嚎射击
2. 恶毒爆冲
3. Autoattack and use 哀嚎射击 and Torch skills off cooldown
4. 恶毒爆冲
5. 哀嚎射击
6. Weapon swap Weapon swap

• Use 邪恶恩惠 and 沙漠之幕 off cooldown - make sure to combine 沙漠之幕 with 鲜血力量 to transfer the self-conditions.
• Use Torch skills and utility skills off cooldown, though they are lower priority than weapon skills 2 and 3 (both weapons).

Video example

General Tips

• Use 沙漠之幕 ⇒ 鲜血力量 wherever possible to transfer the self-condis to your target via 传播瘟疫.
• Don't let 鲜血力量 reach maximum charges.
• Try to finish your autoattack chains.
• If using 恶疾肆虐, use it whenever there are enemies near the main target.
• Feel free to use 邪恶恩惠, 黄沙瀑布, or 炫耀之柱 if life force is over capping, or to support your teammates with cleanses, barriers, and CC.
  • Be aware that in very low-pressure encounters, too much barrier can actually end up robbing druids of CA generation.
• The cast time on 瘟疫化身 is pretty long, so it is efficient to "precast" the skill just before the boss becomes vulnerable.
• On encounters where the boss becomes Exposed Exposed, you can do a huge amount of damage by lining this up with 瘟疫化身.
  • Ideally you want 瘟疫化身 to be finishing its 10th pulse as the boss becomes broken, which usually means casting it at the start of the phase, or as soon as you see the defiance bar appears.
• Changes in attributes such as condi damage can change which condis are transferred first via 传播瘟疫.

Breakbar

• 重压崩溃
• Your best option without losing DPS are soft CCs such as cripple, blindness, and fear from 炫耀之柱.
• 召唤血肉魔像 is one of the strongest crowd control skills the necromancer has, but you give up 瘟疫化身 by taking it.
• In emergencies, you can swap to warhorn for 末日哀嚎.

Pylon Kiting

Scourge is one of the classes best suited to Pylon Kiting at the Qadim the Peerless encounter. You should make the following modifications to the build:

Skills

• You probably want to change the healing skill to something such as 沙尘闪耀 as Qadim will be out of range of the passive lifesteal of 吸血纹章.
• Replace 召唤影魔 with 黄沙膨胀 so that you can reach orbs quickly.
• 召唤血肉魔像 is nice to have as you will rarely be in range to use 瘟疫化身. This allows you to help CC your pylon, as well as any distortions that aren't taken care of.

Traits Trait options will depend on the amount of sustain you feel you need to keep yourself alive:

• The most aggressive option is to run the Blood Magic specialization as described above. Using 炫耀之柱 off cooldown should be enough to keep you alive if no orbs are dropped.
• Alternatively (or perhaps in addition to, if you really need the healing), taking 寄生蔓延 in Curses provides a good amount of sustain provided you are able to maintain damage on Qadim.

Gear

• Due to a quirk of how the pylon's boons work, it won't provide 威能 if you already have it - which you will, thanks to 鲜血力量 and 重压崩溃. This will actually leave your 威能 lower than on other classes, so replacing the 超级渴求法印 with a 超级力量法印 can make up for it.
• If you are running Blood Magic, you may find that you struggle with life force. In this case it might be advisable to have a Focus as well as a Torch so that you can hit the boss with 灵魂抓攫.

Encounter-specific Tips

Spirit Vale

Salvation Pass

Stronghold of the Faithful

Bastion of the Peninent

Hall of Chains

Mythwright Gambit

The Key of Ahdashim