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The Blacklight is an anti-warrior, and sometimes anti-ranger, Arena shutdown build.

Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Curses	12 + 1 + 3
Soul Reaping	8 + 1
Inspiration Magic	10

Desecrate Enchantments

Enfeeble

Faintheartedness

Parasitic Bond

Spiteful Spirit

Drain Enchantment

Inspired Hex

Resurrection Signet

Usage

This build is designed to shut down up to two warriors (or rangers). The first target is shut down by casting:

• Enfeeble
• Spiteful Spirit
• Parasitic Bond

While Spiteful Spirit is recharging, a second target is shut down with

• Enfeeble
• Faintheartedness
• Parasitic Bond

In each case, Enfeeble takes the bite out of the foes' attacks, and Parasitic Bond covers the important hexes. Note that you should never cast both Spiteful Spirit and Faintheartedness on the same target, as the two skills counter each other to a considerable degree.

Drain Enchantment and Inspired Hex are general utility skills that are also important for energy management.

Desecrate Enchantments is a direct damage skill that is useful for spellcasters who rely on enchantments — mostly monks and elementalists.

Counters

• Spiteful Spirit has a long cast time, so interruptions work well.
• This is a spamming build, so any standard anti-spammer strategy works. Diversion, Blackout and Backfire are good choices.
• While it is a good counter to attack-based pressure builds, it has very poor direct damage dealing ability. A spike team has little to fear, as they deal damage in bursts and can afford to wait out the dangerous hexes.

Variants

• Replace Desecrate Enchantments or Inspired Hex with Mantra of Resolve to protect against interruptions.
• Replace Drain Enchantment or Inspired Hex with Power Drain for better energy management.
• Replace Faintheartedness with Shadow of Fear for an AoE debuff.
• Replace Inspired Hex with Arcane Echo and echo Spiteful Spirit.
• Replace Parasitic Bond with Malaise if you can take the health degeneration.

Template

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