Summon armies of the dead to do your bidding
Much like the wizard, the necromancer is one of the most formidable classes in diablo 4. Not only is it capable of hurling spells or inflicting debilitating debuffs on opponents, it can also summon a small army of skeletons armed to the teeth. This is perhaps one of the easiest classes to play, as you’ll mostly be relying on your skeletons to do your bidding for you.
However, if you’re looking for a more active playstyle, you can forgo using these minions and instead use the blood and corpses of your enemies against them in devastating ways. The Necromancer can deal serious single-target and area-of-effect damage and is extremely versatile. The only thing it lacks is a clear way out, which you should consider when making your own builds.
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The diablo 4 Beta caps characters at level 25, which caps the number of skill points you can get initially. You can earn skill points by increasing your standing, including by tracking down dozens of Lilith Altars in the Fractured Peaks region. Here are the best Necromancer skills to get into diablo 4.
Best Diablo 4 Necromancer Build – Skeleton Army:
- Bone Shards → Improved Bone Shards → Initiate Bone Shards
- Blood Lance → Improved Blood Lance → Paranormal Blood Lance
- Skeleton Warrior Championship 3/3
- Skeleton Warriors – Reaper: Reapers have a 15% chance to sever the flesh of enemies and create a corpse
- Iron Maiden → Improved Iron Maiden → Horrid Iron Maiden
- Amplify damage 3/3
- Skeleton Mage Mastery 3/3
- Skeleton Mage – Bone: Reduces the life cost of your Bone Mage’s attack from 15% to 10%. After 5 seconds alive, Bone Mages deal 40% more damage.
- Jags → Compound Fracture → Evulsion
- Army of the Dead
Best Diablo 4 Necromancer Build – Solo:
- Bone Shards → Improved Bone Shards → Initiate Bone Shards
- Blood Lance → Improved Blood Lance → Paranormal Blood Lance
- Blood Tide → Improved Blood Tide → Paranormal Blood Tide
- Skeleton Warriors – Skirmishers: Your Critical Strike is increased by 5%, but you can no longer raise Skeleton Warriors
- Corpse Blast → Improved Corpse Blast → Infested Corpse Blast
- Iron Maiden → Improved Iron Maiden → Vile Iron Maiden
- Cripple → Improved Cripple
- Amplify damage 3/3
- Skeleton Mage – Bone Mage: Your overpower damage is increased by 30%, but you can no longer awaken skeletal mages.
- Reaper’s Pursuit → Darkness
- Army of the Dead
How to use the Necromancer in Diablo 4
Skeletons are the be-all and end-all of any Necromancer build. You should prioritize investments skeleton warrior And Skeleton Mage Mastery . As for basic skills bone splinters is great for inflicting Vulnerable on enemies. This causes said enemies to take 20% more damage from you and your skeletons, a benefit that speaks for itself.
Skeletons also give you a buffer against bosses, and depending on how you specialize your skeletons, they can also tank against bosses if you decide to go the route alone. There are a total of three different specialized trees to choose from for your skeleton warriors and mages, each with their own advantages. Playing around with this will be a major factor in how you tackle world events – like world boss Ashava the Pestilent – in Sanctuary.
Debuffs are also extremely important for the Necromancer. With skills like Iron Maiden increasing the damage they deal to you and your undead army is extremely helpful. Take this skill with you amplify damage will make a big difference when it comes to your overall damage.
As previously mentioned, necromancers can do without trusted skeletons. In this case, you want to build something akin to a wizard, using debuffs like deteriorate and Iron Maiden along with corpse explosion. Besides, always Improved blood surge helps improve your survivability. While the necromancer can take more beatings than a sorcerer, they aren’t nearly as durable as a barbarian and have fewer escape options than a rogue.
You can further increase the power of your abilities by using Aspects, passive abilities found on gear that you can remove and reapply on better gear. This is how this process works.
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