Necromancer Build Guide, Diablo 4Examines the Necromancer, one of the hero classes in . These followers of Rathma wield the dead and spirits, cast spells made of bone, or cast curses to weaken enemies. Here's to help you choose the best skills for the campaign Diablo 4 Our guide to creating a Necromancer level-up.
Diablo 4 Necromancer Build Guide for Beta
The Diablo 4 Necromancer leveling build focuses primarily on area of effect (AoE) and additional survivability. Likewise, characters are capped at level 25 during the beta, so we only have a few picks. Also, for a more detailed explanation of each ability, you can visit our Necromancer reviews on active skills, abilities/passives, and Book of the Dead minion summons.
Basic Skill: Bleeding (Initiates) – Basic skills can be spammed to create essence, and Blood Orb even provides extra healing through Blood Orb production. Not only that, another perk provides Fortify, which acts as an extra HP/top shield and deals bonus damage from Overpower attacks.
Basic Ability: Blood Surge (Paranormal) – Blood Surge will probably be one of the best skills for the Diablo 4 Necromancer leveling build. This is because it is an AoE ability that heals you. As for its two advantages, we think the Paranormal is more reliable when trying to activate Overpower, especially if Bleed is used to add to Fortify value.
Corpse: Corpse Explosion (Plagued) – One of the most iconic Necromancer abilities is the Corpse explosion. Assuming Blood Surge kills multiple decoy enemies, you can follow up with a few Corpse Explosion uses to deal massive AoE damage. This ability also does not cost essence, as it consumes the dead bodies that fill the battlefield.
Curse: Decrepify (Horrid) – Decrepify acts as both an AoE debuffer (lower damage dealt) and crowd control (slow and stun).
Ultimate: Army of the Dead (Prime and Supreme) – This causes an explosion, creating an army of undead for a few seconds. The Supreme perk also upgrades all fallen skeleton minions so you don't have to resummon them using corpses.
passives – You can add a few points to any of these if you have enough spares:
- Hewed Flesh – This adds a chance to your hits to spawn a corpse at the target's location and doubles against bosses. This comes into play in boss fights, where your opponent rarely summons minions you can kill to craft additional corpses.
- Skeleton Warrior Mastery – Most of the time, you will rely on your Skeleton Warriors. You can polish them a little.
- Amplify Damage – Although you also need Grim Harvest, this is a suggestion you can use later. This temporarily increases the damage you deal after consuming a corpse, which you do often anyway.
Book of the Dead – These are the specializations and undead minion types you'll want to look into for the Diablo 4 Necromancer leveling build:
- Skeletal Warriors: Reapers – Reaper attacks on slowed, stunned, immobilized, or vulnerable enemies reduce the cooldown of their prep attacks.
- Skeleton Mages – Here are a few viable options:
- Cold – Enemies frozen or attacked while frozen by your Skeleton Mages become defenseless for three seconds.
- Bone (Sacrifice/None) – Increase your Overpower damage by 30%, but you can no longer summon Skeleton Mages.
- Golem: Bone – Ideally, you'll want to choose the Iron Golem. However, you won't be able to unlock other variants until launch due to the beta's level cap. So for now, you can opt for one of the two Bone Golem upgrades.
