Veil’s Forfeit

Extends the Major Vulnerability you apply by 50%, making Glacial Colossus more effective at supporting group damage. It also creates additional corpse-consumption opportunities: directly healing yourself or an ally below 66% Health in combat allows you to use a corpse-consuming ability on that target within ten seconds. Hungry Scythe’s burst heal can activate this on yourself, helping you use Necrotic Potency even when no enemies have died.

Pound of Flesh

Provides reactive healing and Stamina sustain when you take damage. Each hit has a chance to heal you based on Max Health and restore 5% of your missing Stamina, once per second, with the chance increasing as your Health falls. It activates naturally while tanking and provides resource returns during blocking, but its chance-based effect supports your sustain rather than replacing other resource-management tools.

• Elemental Susceptibility – Your primary single-target source of Major Breach. While active, it repeatedly applies Burning, Chilled, and Concussed, helping maintain Minor Maim and Minor Vulnerability. Chilled can also provide Minor Brittle when applied under the right Frost Staff conditions, while Frost Blockade applies Minor Breach to Chilled enemies. It now has a Magicka cost, so let its duration run before refreshing it.
• Elemental Blockade – Place this under the boss or your add stack to keep your back-bar Infused Crusher enchant working. With a Frost Staff, it snares enemies, applies Minor Breach to Chilled targets, and provides damage shields against projectiles. Refresh it as the wall expires; casting it repeatedly adds unnecessary Magicka pressure.
• Power Slam – Used during add pulls to activate the Void Bash weapon set. Damage a central enemy with Power Slam and Void Bash pulls nearby enemies towards you, making it easier to immobilise and debuff the pack. The pull does not replace taunting dangerous enemies individually.
• Inner Rage – A Magicka-based ranged taunt for picking up priority enemies before they reach the group. It also gives up to three allies a Radiate synergy that deals Flame damage to the target and nearby enemies, adding damage during large pulls.
• Razor Caltrops – Covers a large ground area and applies Major Breach to enemies damaged by it. Place it where you intend to stack the pull so enemies arrive already debuffed and slowed. It is most valuable against packs; Elemental Susceptibility provides the longer-lasting single-target application for bosses.
• Pulsar – An add-pull skill that applies Minor Mangle to non-boss enemies, reducing their Max Health. Frost Pulsar also grants Minor Protection and, especially with a Charged Frost Staff, is a strong way to apply Chilled across a pack. Those Chilled targets can then receive Minor Breach from Frost Blockade. Pulsar increases the chance of applying a status effect; it does not guarantee Chilled on every enemy.
• Revealing Flare – Slotted mainly for Major Protection, reducing the damage you take without requiring another skill cast. As a Support ability, it also increases your Magicka Recovery on that bar through Magicka Aid. You do not cast it in dungeon fights. This is a personal defensive choice, so it can be replaced when an encounter needs a different skill.
• Defensive Stance – While slotted on your one hand and shield bar, increases block mitigation and reduces Block Cost. Useful when your role involves sustained blocking or several hard-hitting enemies. Casting it also provides a Max Health-scaling shield and reflects an eligible direct-damage projectile, but the passive bonuses are the main reason to slot it.
• Crushing Shock – Interrupts enemy casts from range, letting you handle an assigned interrupt without leaving your position to Bash. Slot it when a trial mechanic requires reliable ranged interrupts. Its damage and potential status effects are secondary benefits.
• Resolving Vigor – Provides a self-heal over time and grants Minor Resolve, increasing your resistances. Useful when you lack Minor Resolve.
• Race Against Time – Provides a short Major Expedition speed boost, removes snares and immobilisations, and briefly grants immunity to them. Useful for reaching add spawns, moving between positions or handling movement mechanics when your class lacks a suitable speed skill. Its Minor Force is a secondary benefit for a tank.

Ultimates

• Aggressive Horn – Increases the group’s Max Magicka and Stamina and grants Major Force for a short damage window. It remains useful when the group has no reliable Major Force source. An Arcanist using Ink-Scribe’s Verve can cover Major Force through healing and overhealing, but check its actual uptime before removing Horn from a setup.
• Replenishing Barrier – A defensive Ultimate that shields you and nearby allies during dangerous mechanics or recovery moments. This morph restores Magicka as its wards expire. It can also be slotted without intending to cast it: the Support passive Magicka Aid increases Magicka Recovery while a Support ability is on that bar.
• Temporal Guard – Primarily a passive defensive slot. While it is slotted, you gain Minor Protection on that bar. You normally preserve your Ultimate for a stronger group or defensive effect rather than cast Temporal Guard.

Necrotic Potency – Consumes nearby corpses to generate Ultimate and give you a Max Health-scaling heal over time. It also reduces your damage taken while slotted on the active bar. In add pulls, use it after enemies die to turn the pack into Ultimate for the next fight. On bosses, Summoner’s Armor and the eventual corpse from Spirit Guardian give you opportunities to use it without waiting for an add. Consuming a corpse can also trigger Corpse Consumption for extra Ultimate.

Hungry Scythe – Your reliable self-heal when an enemy is within reach. It heals on hit, gains additional healing from other enemies struck, and then provides a heal over time. Both parts of the healing scale with Max Health, making it particularly comfortable during large pulls. Face the enemies you want to hit before casting it; unlike a conventional burst heal, it cannot help when there is no target in front of you. With Veil’s Forfeit selected, directly healing yourself while below its Health threshold can also make you a valid target for a corpse-consuming ability.

Agony Totem – Place it at your feet where the boss or dangerous adds will remain. It grants nearby allies Minor Protection and applies Major Cowardice to enemies in its area, reducing their damage output. After a short delay it repeatedly fears susceptible enemies, and its synergy gives an ally another way to damage the pack. It is useful for holding an area under pressure, but its fear will not control a boss and the group must be close enough to benefit from its protection.

Summoner’s Armor – Maintains both Major Resolve and Minor Resolve, giving the Necromancer a substantial amount of Armor from one skill. While active, it also reduces the cost of Spirit Guardian and other Necromancer summons. More importantly for this setup, casting it in combat periodically allows you to use a corpse-consuming ability on yourself. This helps feed Necrotic Potency during boss fights where actual enemy corpses may be scarce. Keeping a Bone Tyrant ability active also enables Disdain Harm’s damage-over-time reduction.

Spirit Guardian – Summons a spirit that heals you or a low-Health ally and takes a portion of the damage you would otherwise receive. While it is active, Undead Confederate improves your Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery. When the spirit expires in combat, it leaves a corpse that can feed Necrotic Potency. Keep it active for the healing, mitigation, and recovery.

Glacial Colossus – Your group damage Ultimate. Its hits apply Major Vulnerability, increasing the damage enemies take, and its final hit stuns enemies that can be controlled. With Veil’s Forfeit selected, the Major Vulnerability you apply lasts longer, making each cast more valuable. Check whether your monster set, gear, or another player already supplies Major Vulnerability before committing Ultimate solely for that debuff.

Key passive and Class Mastery interactions: Necrotic Potency consumes corpses for healing and Ultimate, making it especially effective as add pulls die; Summoner’s Armor and Spirit Guardian help make corpses available during longer fights. Veil’s Forfeit gives you another opportunity to use a corpse-consuming ability after directly healing a target below 66% Health, and it extends the Major Vulnerability you apply with Glacial Colossus. Pound of Flesh adds a chance to heal and restore a portion of your missing Stamina when you take damage, with a higher chance as your Health falls. It provides useful support under pressure, though its chance-based return is not something to rely on as your main sustain tool.

Necrotic Potency – Converts nearby corpses into Ultimate and a Max Health–scaling heal over time, while reducing damage taken by 3% when slotted. Use it after enemies die, when Spirit Guardian leaves a corpse, or when your armor skill or Mastery enables another consumption opportunity. This helps rebuild Glacial Colossus between group damage windows. Consuming a corpse also activates Corpse Consumption for additional Ultimate, subject to that passive’s cooldown.

Hungry Scythe – Your main burst heal, with additional healing for each extra enemy hit and a heal over time afterwards. All of its healing scales with Max Health, making it particularly effective when holding several adds. You must damage an enemy to receive the healing, so keep a target within reach. With Veil’s Forfeit, its direct self-heal can also enable corpse consumption when you heal yourself below the Mastery’s Health threshold.

Agony Totem – Provides nearby allies with Minor Protection, applies Major Cowardice to enemies inside its area and periodically fears susceptible enemies in place. Place it within your established add stack to reduce incoming damage and help keep enemies controlled. Against bosses, its defensive effects remain useful even when the fear cannot affect them. The Pure Agony synergy adds group damage and gives allies another synergy to activate.

Summoner’s Armor – Maintains Major and Minor Resolve, helping you reach the resistance cap without depending on another player’s buffs. Keep it active while holding bosses or priority enemies; it also maintains Disdain Harm’s damage-over-time reduction and reduces Spirit Guardian’s cost. Casting it in combat enables corpse consumption on yourself, once every ten seconds, providing another opportunity to use Necrotic Potency even when no enemies have died.

Spirit Guardian – Transfers 10% of your incoming damage to the spirit and regularly heals you or a nearby low-Health ally. Keep it active during sustained boss pressure rather than waiting until your Health drops. While active, it also enables Undead Confederate for additional recovery and leaves a consumable corpse when it expires in combat, which you can consume with Necrotic Potency.

Glacial Colossus – Your main group damage Ultimate, applying Major Vulnerability to enemies hit and stunning susceptible enemies with its final smash. This morph provides a longer debuff than Pestilent Colossus, making it better suited to maintaining coverage. Veil’s Forfeit extends its seventeen-second Major Vulnerability to 25.5 seconds, with subsequent smashes refreshing the application. Coordinate casts around group damage windows and other sources of Major Vulnerability; high uptime depends on rebuilding Ultimate quickly enough between casts.

Key passive and Class Mastery interactions:

• Veil’s Forfeit – Extends the Major Vulnerability you apply by 50%. Directly healing a target below 66% Health in combat also allows you to use a corpse-consuming ability against them within ten seconds. This creates consumption opportunities without requiring an enemy to die, helping support Necrotic Potency and your Ultimate generation.
• Pound of Flesh – Taking damage has a chance to heal you and restore a percentage of your missing Stamina, with the chance increasing as your Health falls. Its healing scales with Max Health. This is useful under sustained pressure, but treat it as supporting sustain rather than a guaranteed resource return.
• Corpse Consumption – Consuming a corpse grants ten additional Ultimate on a sixteen-second cooldown. This works alongside Necrotic Potency’s own Ultimate return, making regular consumption valuable even during encounters with few enemy deaths.
• Disdain Harm & Last Gasp – Keeping a Bone Tyrant ability active reduces damage taken from damage-over-time abilities by 15%. Maintaining Summoner’s Armor provides reliable coverage while tanking bosses or adds. Last Gasp increases Max Health, improving your survival buffer and the strength of your Health-scaling heals.
• Death Gleaning & Health Avarice – With a Bone Tyrant skill slotted, nearby enemy deaths restore Magicka and Stamina. Each Bone Tyrant skill on your active bar also increases healing received, making your front bar particularly comfortable when managing damage.
• Undead Confederate & Near-Death Experience – An active Spirit Guardian increases Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery, although Stamina Recovery remains paused while blocking. Slotting it also enables Near-Death Experience on that bar, increasing healing Critical Chance against wounded targets.

Necrotic Potency – Converts nearby corpses into Ultimate and a Max Health–scaling heal over time, while reducing damage taken by 3% when slotted. Use it after enemies die, when Spirit Guardian leaves a corpse, or when your armor skill or Mastery enables another consumption opportunity. This helps rebuild Glacial Colossus between group damage windows. Consuming a corpse also activates Corpse Consumption for additional Ultimate, subject to that passive’s cooldown.

Hungry Scythe – Your main burst heal, with additional healing for each extra enemy hit and a heal over time afterwards. All of its healing scales with Max Health, making it particularly effective when holding several adds. You must damage an enemy to receive the healing, so keep a target within reach. With Veil’s Forfeit, its direct self-heal can also enable corpse consumption when you heal yourself below the Mastery’s Health threshold.

Agony Totem – Provides nearby allies with Minor Protection, applies Major Cowardice to enemies inside its area and periodically fears susceptible enemies in place. Place it within your established add stack to reduce incoming damage and help keep enemies controlled. Against bosses, its defensive effects remain useful even when the fear cannot affect them. The Pure Agony synergy adds group damage and gives allies another synergy to activate.

Summoner’s Armor – Maintains both Major and Minor Resolve, giving you reliable resistance buffs when your role takes you away from the group. It also reduces Spirit Guardian’s cost. Casting it in combat enables you to use a corpse-consuming ability on yourself, with a ten-second cooldown on that effect, providing another opportunity for Necrotic Potency.

Spirit Guardian – Provides regular healing and transfers 10% of your incoming damage to the spirit, making it valuable when holding a secondary boss or dangerous adds. While active, it also enables Undead Confederate for additional recovery. It leaves a corpse when it expires in combat, which you can consume with Necrotic Potency.

Glacial Colossus – Your main group damage Ultimate, applying Major Vulnerability to enemies hit and stunning susceptible enemies with its final smash. This morph provides a longer debuff than Pestilent Colossus, making it better suited to maintaining coverage. Veil’s Forfeit extends its seventeen-second Major Vulnerability to 25.5 seconds, with subsequent smashes refreshing the application. Coordinate casts around group damage windows and other sources of Major Vulnerability; high uptime depends on rebuilding Ultimate quickly enough between casts.

Key passive and Class Mastery interactions:

• Veil’s Forfeit – Extends the Major Vulnerability you apply by 50%. Directly healing a target below 66% Health in combat also allows you to use a corpse-consuming ability against them within ten seconds. This creates consumption opportunities without requiring an enemy to die, helping support Necrotic Potency and your Ultimate generation.
• Pound of Flesh – Taking damage has a chance to heal you and restore a percentage of your missing Stamina, with the chance increasing as your Health falls. Its healing scales with Max Health. This is useful under sustained pressure, but treat it as supporting sustain rather than a guaranteed resource return.
• Corpse Consumption – Consuming a corpse grants ten additional Ultimate on a sixteen-second cooldown. This works alongside Necrotic Potency’s own Ultimate return, making regular consumption valuable even during encounters with few enemy deaths.
• Disdain Harm & Last Gasp – Keeping a Bone Tyrant ability active reduces damage taken from damage-over-time abilities by 15%, while Last Gasp increases Max Health. These benefits are particularly useful for Off Tanking persistent damage and also support your Health-scaling heals.
• Death Gleaning & Health Avarice – With a Bone Tyrant skill slotted, nearby enemy deaths restore Magicka and Stamina. Each Bone Tyrant skill on your active bar also increases healing received, making your front bar particularly comfortable when managing damage.
• Undead Confederate & Near-Death Experience – An active Spirit Guardian increases Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery. Having it slotted also enables increased healing Critical Chance against wounded targets through Near-Death Experience.

Souleater is a high–Ultimate generation Necromancer Tank variant built for fun, aggressive Warhorn uptime, and dungeon-focused gameplay. This is not a meta progression build and is not recommended for Veteran Trial optimisation.

Instead, Souleater shines in: veteran dungeons, arenas, normal trials and coordinated casual groups.

It trades some defensive consistency for extremely high Ultimate cycling and group damage windows.

Souleater is an Ultimate engine built from stacked sources that all feed into each other:

Gear sources

• Baron Zaudrus generates Ultimate through frequent status effect application or by simply spamming Elemental Susceptibility.
• Arkasis’s Genius adds a large Ultimate spike whenever you drink a potion, and potion cooldown enchants help you line potion usage up cleanly with Arkasis’ internal cooldown.
• Hide of the Werewolf adds steady Ultimate simply from taking damage during real fights.

Subclass passive sources

• Nightblade – Siphoning (Catalyst) adds additional Ultimate every time you drink a potion, stacking perfectly with Arkasis. Make this a Heroism Potion to also gain Minor Heroism.
• Nightblade – Siphoning (Transfer) adds further Ultimate gain just from casting Siphoning abilities during combat, which fits naturally into your rotation via skills like Siphoning Attacks.
• Dragonknight – Earthen Heart (Mountain’s Blessing) adds extra Ultimate generation when you cast Earthen Heart abilities, meaning Igneous Shield becomes part of your Ultimate engine rather than “just a shield”.
• Dragonknight – Earthen Heart (Battle Roar) refunds resources when you cast an Ultimate, which helps stabilise sustain because this build is designed to Ultimate constantly.

Skill sources

• Chilling Trample (Major Heroism) adds consistent passive Ultimate generation while also doubling as mobility/control value.
• Warding Burst converts Soul Gems into additional Ultimate, which is why it becomes especially spicy in organised “Ultimate spam” compositions.
• Necrotic Potency converts corpses into Ultimate and remains one of your biggest “burst” levers when bodies are available.

Put simply: you’re generating Ultimate from status effects + potions + damage taken + passive triggers + heroism, then converting it into nonstop Warhorn/defensive Ultimate uptime.

Taunt with Goading Throw, pull with Leashing Soul, maintain Elemental Blockade and Beckoning Armor, and keep your buffs/debuffs rolling. Cast your Siphoning and Earthen Heart tools on cooldown to trigger passive Ultimate gain, drink potions on cooldown to double-dip Arkasis + Catalyst, and use your Ultimate as often as possible.

Healing is sufficient for dungeon and arena content even without a classic burst heal. Goading Throw provides Max Health-scaling healing, Necrotic Potency offers additional healing through corpse usage, and Siphoning Attacks helps you recover health through dealing damage. Survivability is reinforced through large Max Health-scaling shields from Igneous Shield and Warding Burst, which is usually enough to comfortably cover dungeon pressure.