Diablo 4 Necromancer Builds

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Rank 1
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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 1

Necromancer Leveling Full Build

Necromancer mainly uses Bone Spear as the Core Skill in this Build.

Book of the Dead – Summons

Skeletal Warriors
Skeletal Mages
Golems

Core Skills

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Rank 1
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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 1

Skill Progression

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    Level 2 Bone Splinters
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    Level 3 Enhanced Bone Splinters
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    Level 4 Bone Spear
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    Level 5 Enchanced Bone Spear
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    Level 6 Supernatural Bone Spear
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    Level 7 Initiate's Bone Splinters
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    Level 8 Corpse Explosion
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    Level 9 Enhanced Corpse Explosion
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    Level 10 Bone Spear
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    Level 11 Bone Spear
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    Level 12 Bone Spear
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    Level 13 Bone Spear
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    Level 14 Grim Harvest
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    Level 15 Grim Harvest
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    Level 16 Grim Harvest
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    Level 17 Blood Mist
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    Level 18 Corpse Tendrils
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    Level 19 Enhanced Corpse Tendrils
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    Level 20 Plagued Corpse Tendrils
    Change Supernatural Bone Spear ➜ Paranormal Bone Spear
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    Level 21 Skeletal Warrior Mastery
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    Level 22 Skeletal Warrior Mastery
  • skeletal_warrior_mastery.png
    Level 23 Skeletal Warrior Mastery
  • skeletal_mage_mastery.png
    Level 24 Skeletal Mage Mastery
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    Level 25 Skeletal Mage Mastery
    Change Enhanced Corpse Explosion ➜ Skeletal Mage Mastery
    Change Corpse Explosion ➜ Army of the Dead
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    Level 26 Prime Army of the Dead
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    Level 27 Supreme Army of the Dead
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    Level 28 Bonded in Essence
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    Level 29 Death's Defense
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    Level 30 Golem Mastery
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    Level 31 Golem Mastery
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    Level 32 Golem Mastery
  • inspiring_leader.png
    Level 33 Inspiring Leader
  • hellbent_commander.png
    Level 34 Hellbent Commander
  • ossified_essence.png
    Level 35 Ossified Essence
  • hellbent_commander.png
    Level 36 Hellbent Commander
  • hellbent_commander.png
    Level 37 Hellbent Commander
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    Level 38 Inspiring Leader
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    Level 39 Inspiring Leader
  • bonded_in_essence.png
    Level 40 Bonded in Essence
  • hewed_flesh.png
    Level 41 Hewed Flesh
  • hewed_flesh.png
    Level 42 Hewed Flesh
  • hewed_flesh.png
    Level 43 Hewed Flesh
  • fueled_by_death.png
    Level 44 Fueled by Death
  • fueled_by_death.png
    Level 45 Fueled by Death
  • fueled_by_death.png
    Level 46 Fueled by Death
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    Level 47 Unliving Energy
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    Level 48 Imperfectly Balanced
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    Level 49 Imperfectly Balanced
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    R1 Imperfectly Balanced
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    R2 Death's Embrace
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    R3 Death's Embrace
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    R4 Death's Embrace
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    R5 Serration
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    R6 Serration
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    R7 Serration
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    R8 Compound Fracture
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    R9 Evulsion
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    R10 Evulsion

Core Legendaries

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Splintering Aspect
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Unyielding Commander's Aspect
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Requiem Aspect
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Aspect of Torment

Guides

  1. Compare items in your inventory to what you’re wearing to determine upgrades, and enable advanced tooltips for more information.
  2. Gather Renown while exploring to gain long-term benefits for your account, including more Skill/Paragon points and Potion charges. Renown can be gained by activating Waypoints, finding Altars of Lilith, completing Side Quests/Dungeons, and rescuing Strongholds.
  3. Avoid imprinting your weapon with a Legendary Aspect, as weapons get replaced frequently while leveling up. Instead, put your best offensive Aspect on your Amulet, which can be used for a long time.
  4. Farm materials to upgrade your character’s potion, and collect all materials as you explore Sanctuary, especially Gallowvine, which is used in many recipes.

Necromancer Blood Build (Bloodmancer)

Necromancer mainly uses Blood Surge as the Core Skill in this Build.

Book of the Dead – Summons

Skeletal Warriors
Skeletal Mages
Golems

Uniques

Ring of Mendeln

Core Skills

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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 5
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Rank 1

Skills Tree

Basic Skills

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Hemorrhage
Rank 5
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Enhanced Hemorrhage
Rank 1
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Acolyte's Hemorrhage
Rank 1

Core Skills

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Blood Surge
Rank 5
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Enhanced Blood Surge
Rank 1
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Paranormal Blood Surge
Rank 1
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Blood Lance
Rank 5
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Enhanced Blood Lance
Rank 1
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Paranormal Blood Lance
Rank 1

Corpse & Macabre Skills

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Blood Mist
Rank 1
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Enhanced Blood Mist
Rank 1

Curse Skills

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Decrepify
Rank 5
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Enhanced Decrepify
Rank 1
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Abhorrent Decrepify
Rank 1
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Death’s Embrace
Rank 3

Summoning Skills

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Gruesome Mending
Rank 3
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Coalesced Blood
Rank 3
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Tides of Blood
Rank 3
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Drain Vitality
Rank 3

Ultimate Skills

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Blood Wave
Rank 1
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Prime Blood Wave
Rank 1
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Supreme Blood Wave
Rank 1
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Prime Shadow Clone
Rank 1
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Supreme Shadow Clone
Rank 1
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Adrenaline Rush
Rank 3

Key Passive Skills

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Precision
Rank 1

Core Legendaries

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Accelerating Aspect
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Aspect of the Expectant
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Rapid Aspect
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Aspect of Repeating

Guides

  • The Blood Necromancer build is also known as the “Bloodmancer”
  • It provides a sturdy, resilient, and high damage dealing character for Diablo 4
  • The build relies on the massive amount of life and Fortify for damage dealt by Overpower on our skills to skyrocket
  • The bonus damage provided by Overpower is based on the sum of the current life and Fortify
  • The build is centered around Blood Surge to clear packs of enemies and Blood Lance for single-target damage
  • Defensive layers come in the form of Fortifying the massive life pool, stealing health from enemies, and having access to Blood Orbs
  • Blood Mist can help with harder endgame bosses, and Blood Wave can help with dicey situations
  • Enemies should be cursed by Decrepify to lower their damage dealt

Necromancer Sever Build

Necromancer mainly uses Sever as the Core Skill in this Build.

Book of the Dead – Summons

Skeletal Warriors
Skeletal Mages
Golems

Uniques

Ring of Mendeln

Core Skills

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Rank 5
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Rank 5
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 1
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Rank 1

Skills Tree

Basic Skills

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Reap
Rank 5
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Enhanced Reap
Rank 1
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Acolyte's Reap
Rank 1

Core Skills

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Sever
Rank 5
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Enhanced Sever
Rank 1
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Paranormal Sever
Rank 1
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Hewed Flesh
Rank 3
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Blight
Rank 1
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Enhanced Blight
Rank 1
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Supernatural Blight
Rank 1

Corpse & Macabre Skills

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Corpse Explosion
Rank 5
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Enhanced Corpse Explosion
Rank 1
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Blighted Corpse Explosion
Rank 1
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Grim Harvest
Rank 3
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Fueled by Death
Rank 3
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Blood Mist
Rank 1

Curse Skills

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Decrepify
Rank 4
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Enhanced Decrepify
Rank 1
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Death’s Embrace
Rank 3

Summoning Skills

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Reaper’s Pursuit
Rank 1
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Crippling Darkness
Rank 3
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Terror
Rank 3
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Gloom
Rank 3
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Drain Vitality
Rank 3

Ultimate Skills

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Stand Alone
Rank 3
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Memento Mori
Rank 3

Key Passive Skills

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Shadowblight
Rank 1

Core Legendaries

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Blighted Aspect
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Aspect of Empowering Reaper
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Aspect of Disobedience
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Aspect of Ultimate Shadow

Guides

  • The Shadowmancer build is designed around Shadowblight
  • It uses Sever, Blight, and Blighted Corpse Explosion to deal consistent Shadow damage to enemies
  • The build ramps up big layers of defense and crowd control, resulting in an effective, high-damage dealing, and safe Necromancer build
  • The build is capable of dealing with the Capstone dungeon with ease
  • Shadowblight can ramp up in longer single-target boss fights, resulting in crazy damage output against world bosses or harder boss encounters
  • Endgame Legendary Aspects will further scale this mechanic
  • The build makes enemies Vulnerable and provides effective crowd control in the form of slowed and stunned enemies
  • The build is effective in both solo play and party play with friends