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· After the Torment 7 Blood-Soaked Seal nerf, the Bone Shard Necromancer build has emerged as the top build, dealing nearly a trillion damage to bosses.
· The core of this build is the 'Shattered Soul Aspect,' which fires 18 Bone Shards in all directions when Bone Spirit is cast. With Tempering, you can fire up to 31 shards.
· Utilizing the 'Shotgunning' technique allows all these Bone Shards to hit a single target, dealing immense damage.
· Using the 'Gospel of the Devoted' Unique Focus makes Bone Shards pierce enemies, effectively turning 'Shattered Soul' into an automatic machine gun for AFK farming and Helltide farming.
· While a regular Focus is used for boss-killing setups, the 'Gospel of the Devoted' is powerful in most content.
· When used with the 'Gauntlets of the Consuming Pain' Unique Gloves, it can deal tremendous area-of-effect damage.

· Essence management is crucial for this build, directly impacting damage output and the ability to rapidly spam Bone Spirit.
· The core is the 'Rapid Ossification' passive, which reduces Bone Spirit's cooldown every time 100 Essence is spent. When Tempered on an Amulet, it reduces the cooldown by 4 seconds per 10 Essence.
· Since the build's maximum Essence is 200, each cast reduces the cooldown by 8 seconds, allowing for infinite Bone Spirit spam.
· You need to secure additional Cooldown Reduction from gear like helmets and gloves.
· Essence generation can be easily secured through 'Macabre Grace' Tempering on rings. Recovering 47 Essence with 'Greater Affix' is especially important.
· By securing Essence generation with 'Shroud of the False Death,' you can fully replenish 200 Essence with each cast, maximizing the 'Rapid Ossification' effect.
· This Essence, through the 'Aspect of Adaptation,' grants Bone Shards a damage multiplier proportional to Essence, providing a massive 120x damage increase with each cast.

· 'Shotgunning' is a technique that hits a single target with all 18-31 Bone Shards, essential for maximizing the build's damage output.
· It can increase DPS by up to 4x, especially in Torment 7 Blood-Soaked Seal boss fights.
· After gaining the 'Unstoppable' status using the 'Distilled Aspect,' walk under the boss to overlap hitboxes.
· Since Bone Shards are fired from the character's hitbox, overlapping hitboxes will cause all Bone Shards to instantly hit the enemy.

· The core gear for this build is as follows:

Category	Details
Helmet	Crown of the Ruined: Provides the best damage increase this season with a massive buff (105% damage multiplier). Bone Spirit always consumes all Essence, so there's no penalty for increased Essence cost.
Chest Armor	Shroud of the False Death (Mythic Unique): Essential for the build, providing crucial skill points for 'Rapid Ossification' and Bone/Shadow damage multiplier passives.
Gloves	Gauntlets of the Consuming Pain: Deals massive area damage and provides Basic Skill ranks, further amplifying damage.
Pants	Option 1 (Torment 7 Blood-Soaked Seal): Regular Pants with 'Aspect of the Empowered Bones' (increased survivability). Option 2 (The Pit): 'Blood Moon Pants' (50x damage multiplier to cursed targets).
Boots	Distilled Aspect: Grants 'Unstoppable' status, allowing you to set up the Shotgunning effect.
Amulet	Shattered Soul Aspect: Provides the largest damage multiplier among Aspects and must be equipped in this slot. Use one with Max Resource option for the 200 Essence breakpoint.
Rings (2)	Aspect of Adaptation & Aspect of Corrupted Humors: Both provide massive damage multipliers, making them essential.
Focus	Option 1 (Boss Killing Specialization): Regular Focus with 'Chance for Bone Shards to fire twice' Tempering + 'Aspect of the Moonrise' (increased damage, attack speed). Option 2 (Farming/The Pit): 'Gospel of the Devoted' (Bone Shards pierce enemies, suitable for farming and pushing content).