The build Jagged Echo is made off the similar nerfed Jagged Bones build. This time, so it can counter the nerf a little, uses Arcane Echo to echo Jagged Bones and therefore able to create 2 jagged bones at a time. Since these changes had to be made, this build is now for AB and CM.
Attributes and Skills
| Necromancer / Mesmer | Attribute Rank |
| Soul Reaping | 12 + 1 |
| Death Magic | 12 + 1 + 3 |
| Blood Magic | 3 (+ 1) |
| Jagged Bones | Arcane Echo | Death Nova | Animate Bone Minions | Taste of Death | Putrid Flesh | Blood of the Master | Dark Bond |
Equipment
Armor: One Bloodstained Insignia and a couple of radiant, or you can go 1 bloodstaned and rest Minion Master's insignia.
Weapons: Insightful Death Staff of Devotion with a "Hale of Hearty" inscription
Usage
If you have played Jagged Bones charactor before, then the usage is similar. Whenever a corpses is spotted, use Animate Bone Minions to exploit it. Make sure you have Dark Bond on you so the damage you recieve is reverted to your minions. Use Blood of the Master to heal your minions, but be careful not to kill yourself. When your minion starts attacking foe or is near one, use Death Nova on it. Cast Arcane Echo, then Jagged Bones on the minion with Death Nova. Make sure you don't cast any spells in between Arcane Echo and Jagged Bones. Then kill the minion with either Taste of Death if you need the health or Putrid Flesh if you need the damage. The result is a bomb and the minion will turn into a Jagged Horror. Before Arcane Echo expires, do the same steps on a different Bone Minion, but to get full benefit of Soul Reaping, kill the Bone Minion 5 seconds after you killed the first one.
Counters
Massive inturruption can stop you from making a minion army
Energy Denial, but this problem is rare since you kill your minions and gain energy from Soul Reaping
Anti-spam skills such as Diversion
Anti-cast skills such as Backfire
Facing another MM or have another MM can really be a hard time since they take all the corpses.
Variants
If you don't feel the need of constantly healing your minions with Blood of the Master, remove it and add Deathly Swarm, Vile Miasma, or Feast for the Dead.
If you want your minions to last longer and willingly able to take more damage, remove Dark Bond and replace it with Deathly Swarm or Vile Miasma
If you don't like conditions on you, consider bringing Infuse Condition