Erasing Strike Crit King Void Knight Build Guide

8,000,000+ crits

Massive burst damage

High movement speed

Satisfying combo/rotation

Interesting node interactions

Not ward abusing (You actually have to think)

All Uniques / High gear requirement (MG recommended)

Can't face tank bosses

Can die if you're not avoiding high damage abilities

Main Rotation

The focus of the build is enabling your Erasing Strike to hit as hard as possible. The simplest combo to achieve this is via Void Cleave, we can use then use the Obliterator 1/1 node to ensure our next Erasing Strike is a critical. This combo is your main loop for clearing monoliths.

I have detailed each important interaction in the 'Boss Rotation' below. The majority of nodes don't come into play in the general rotation as the critical damage of Erasing Strike will one shot everything outside of bosses.

Boss Rotation

1. Void Cleave the target. This will apply 5 stacks of Time Rot via Warped Decay 5/5 and 5 stacks of Shred Void Resistance via Fraying Strikes 5/5. It will auto cast Abyssal Echoes via the Resonating Cleave 1/1 node. Abyssal Echoes will Shred Armour via Rippling Corrosion 5/5 and Tides of Rust 4/5. It will also be pulsing multiple times on the spot because of Screaming Rifts 1/1 and Shrieking Echoes 2/2. On top of all of this Shred Armour it will be applying Slow which enables Void Supremacy 4/4.
2. Anomaly the target. This will lock the target in place with Time Lock 1/1 (this makes it much easier to combo the other steps). It will also apply 1 stack of Time Rot with increased duration and 2 stacks of Shred Void Resistance per second via Time Bubble 1/1. Then finally we take Immediacy 1/1 to apply Mark of Rot 5/5 without any delay.
3. Void Cleave the target, repeating step 1. (This may seem counter intuitive as we're essentially wasting a free crit on our Erasing Strike but we need the stacks of Time Rot to enable a more powerful node later. As well as all the interaction in Step 1 being reapplied)
4. Volatile Reversal the target, this should hit the target twice due to Terminal Void Rift 1/1 + Incipient Void Rift 1/1 which will apply, +30% increased damage taken x2 and enable the following node to add 2 stacks of Time Rot which enables Food for Wyrms 4/4 to come into play. The target should now have 12 stacks of Time Rot.
5. Erasing Strike, this should be a massive critical hit due to the setup above and Final Hour 1/1, Certain Erasure 2/2, Obliteration 4/5, Merciful 3/4, Erasure of the Living 5/5 and finally Mark of the End 3/4.
6. Void Cleave then Erasing Strike
7. Void Cleave then Erasing Strike
8. Wait for cooldowns / mana regen then repeat steps.

Higher Corruption

• Avoid face tanking at all costs, as a health based build you should be avoiding damage where possible as you don't have a massive buffer like with ward.
• Ensure you're setting up and doing the full combo on bosses, this build requires you to complete the full combo to be able to kill bosses quickly.
• Focus on getting your defensives in a good place before getting more offensive affixes, this build does amazing damage with just PrefixCritical Strike Multiplier so I would recommend getting armour/health/endurance over more offensive affixes.
• Due to high movement speed you should be able to easily avoid most trash monsters and focus on rushing the objectives. You can also use Volatile Reversal to get a boost of movement speed via Catching Up 3/3.

Struggling to clear?

Currently around 300 corruption you're able to easily clear monoliths with the Time Rot focused Erasing Strike but you may wish you take points out of Final Hour 1/1 and Rifts of Decay 2/4 and put them into Essence of the End 3/3; doing so will give you a consistent damage increase allowing you to have an easier time one shotting normal/rare monsters.

If you're still struggling you can also make some tweaks to Void Cleave by removing points from both Warped Decay 5/5 and Fraying Strikes 5/5 and putting them into some more damage focused nodes like Crushing Echo 5/5 and Abyssal Walker 4/4.

Doing the above will mean your boss rotation will be much less effective BUT if you're saving more time on getting to those boss it may be more efficient/fun for you.