Focus any Damage Resistance Aura monsters, Elites or enemies that apply annoying Crowd Control effects like Cold Enchanted. Make sure to target a monster that is within the same range as high-value or high-threat targets.This requires standing fairly close to the pack and casting slightly beyond them, so all four damage events hit the majority of monsters. Spam Sever into the mass of CC'ed monsters, trying to get as many instances of damage to overlap as possible.Begin popping any corpses formed with Corpse Explosion while the pull happens to regain Essence you need and get your passive proc ball rolling. Cast Corpse Tendrils on the available Corpses and use Evade to make space between you and any threats while the Tendrils pull mobs into range.Then Blood Mist through the enemies to clump them up, apply some Shadow Damage and form Corpses.This also greatly reduces incoming damage and makes kiting monsters easier. Initiate with Decrepify to maximize the CD reduction procs.You spam Corpse Explosion to stack Blighted Offensive Aspect then dump your entire Essence globe with Sever. Sever Spirit Necromancer oscillates between two main gameplay loops. Requires you to manually cast Decrepify, which you should already do in higher Nightmare Dungeons. Caged Heart of Revenge - Fanstastic option to swap in over the Decrepit, when you need more survivability.Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact - Great early game option that helps with Essence maintenance as well as survivability and overall damage output.Caged Heart of the Decrepit Aura - Maintains a permanent Decrepify aura that applies to monsters within a Close range, without needing to use the Skill yourself.

In the early game it also casts Corpse Explosion for extra damage and Essence generation. Caged Heart of the Sacrilegious - Procs Corpse Tendrils once every 6 seconds on Close Corpses, without using your Cooldown.Caged Heart of The Barber - Allows all of your Damage to more effectively 'Critically Strike' by transforming it into a new damage source that then applies in an AoE, drastically increasing our clear speed.With this in mind, let's look at the top 3 best Caged Hearts (and alternatives) for this build: Best-in-Slot Caged Hearts

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