Diablo 4 High Damage Necromancer Build Guide
Diablo 4 Necromancer Skeletal Minions build is focused on summoning Skeleton and Golem Minions to deal damage and protect you, and makes use of skills that synergise nicely with this playstyle.
Skills
Reap
This is a good Basic skill to use because it generates some Essence, allowing you to keep casting other skills. It can also give you some other useful buffs once the upgrades are unlocked.
Sever
Sever is Core skill that has no cooldown and is mostly limited by its Essence cost. It’s a great DPS skill that can damage enemies multiple times per cast, and it also synergises really well with the theme of build, receiving a damage boost for each active Minion.
Corpse Explosion
This is a great skill for dealing with large groups of enemies. Once you get a cast of Corpse Explosion going, the chances are you’ll be defeating more enemies soon after, allowing you to cast it again and deal more damage.
Corpse Tendrils
Corpse Tendrils is a very powerful source of Crowd Control, pulling and stunning enemies onto a Corpse, which you can then also use for a Corpse Explosion. This lets you deal huge AOE damage to many enemies at once.
Raise Skeleton
Once all of your Skeletons have been summoned, Raise Skeleton briefly summons a Skeletal Priest to empower your Minions for 5 seconds, increasing their Damage by 20% and healing them for 10% of their Maximum Life.
Golem
After unlocking the Golem, you can only use Bone Golems to begin with, which are great for taunting enemies and dropping some extra corpses, which can be used to fuel your other spells even if there are no adds around. However, you can switch to the Blood Golem a little later on, which can be activated to drain life from nearby enemies, dealing damage and healing itself. This is a great way of dishing out extra damage and keeping your Golem Healthy, which gives it an additional damage boost.
Paragon Boards
Starting Board
Progress up the right side of the board, taking the Prime Node, and the Damage Magic Nodes nearby.
Progress to the Glyph Socket. Slot the Blood-Drinker Glyph.
Take the Intelligence Nodes to the bottom left of the Glyph Slot.
Progress to and unlock the Knowledge Node, along with the nearby Magic Nodes.
Progress to the Preservation Node and unlock it, along with the nearby Magic Nodes.
From Preservation, continue up the right side of the Board to the Exit Node. Attach the Wither Board.
Wither Board
Make sure the board is rotated to have the Glyph Slot on the top right.
Progress to the Dragging Shadows Node and unlock it.
Next we go leftwards until we unlock the Wither Node.
Backtrack to Dragging Shadows and continue progressing upwards, then rightwards to Lingering Shadows. Unlock this and the nearby Magic Nodes.
Progress upwards and leftwards to Gnawing Darkness. Unlock this, and the nearby Magic Nodes.
Backtrack a little, then progress rightwards to the Malediction Node. Unlock this, along with nearby Magic Nodes.
Unlock the Glyph Slot. Use the Scourge Glyph.
Unlock Willpower Nodes that are within range of the Glyph.
Progress rightwards and then down to the Exit Node. Attach the Flesh-Eater Board.
Flesh-Eater Board
Rotate the board so that the Glyph is slightly right of the center.
Progress rightwards and upwards to the Stifle Node. Unlock this and the nearby Magic Nodes.
Progress to the Flesh-Eater Node and unlock it.
Backtrack to near the Stifle Node and continue rightwards, then down to the Targeted Node. Get this, and the nearby Magic Nodes.
Unlock the Glyph Slot. Use the Territorial Glyph.
Unlock Dexterity Nodes within range of the Glyph.
Progress down to the Culler Node. Unlock it, along with the nearby Attack Speed Magic Nodes.
From the Common Intelligence Node above the Glyph area, progress directly up to the Exit Node. Attach the Scent of Death Board.
Scent of Death Board
Rotate the board so that the Glyph is slightly above the center.
Progress left to the Ruin Node. Unlock this, and the nearby Magic Nodes.
Progress to the Scent of Death Node and unlock it.
Progress upwards to the Glyph Slot and slot the Darkness Glyph.
Unlock the Preservation Node and nearby Armour Magic Nodes.
Unlock the Deathmarked Node and nearby Magic Nodes.
Unlock remaining Willpower Nodes in range of the Glyph.
Progress upwards to the Exit Node. Attach the Bloodbath Board.
Bloodbath Board
Rotate the board so that the Glyph is on the bottom left.
Progress to the Glyph Slot, then slot the Control Glyph.
Unlock the Remedy and Hardened Nodes, and their nearby Magic Nodes.
Unlock remaining Intelligence Nodes that are within range of the Glyph.
Codex of Power and Legendary Aspects
Offensive Aspects:
Blighted Offensive Aspect: You deal up to 120% increased damage for 6 seconds after the Shadowblight Key Passive damages enemies 10 times.
Offensive Aspect of Grasping Veins: Gain 20% increased Critical Strike Chance for 6 seconds when you cast Corpse Tendrils. You deal 60% bonus Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils.
Offensive Aspect of Reanimation: Your Skeletons gain increased damage while alive, up to 30% after 10 seconds.
Cadaverous Offensive Aspect: Consuming a Corpse increases the damage of your next Core skill by 10%, up to 50%.
Offensive Aspect of Decay: Each time the Shadowblight passive deals damage to enemies, it increases the next Shadowblight’s damage within 10 seconds by 40%, stacking up to 5 times.
Defensive Aspects:
Defensive Aspect of Disobediance: You gain 0.5% increased armour for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 50%.
Blood Getter’s Utility Aspect: Your maximum number of Skeletal Warriors is increased by 2.
Viscous Utility Aspect: Your maximum number of Skeletal Mages is increased by 2.
Resource Aspect of the Umbral: Restore 1-4 of your Primary Resource (Essence) when you Crowd Control an enemy.
Gear and Stats
Weapon – Two-Handed Sword: Look out for Core Skill Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Critical Strike Damage, Damage to Enemies affected by Shadow DoTs, Damage to Crowd Controlled.
Helm: Look out for Intelligence, Maximum Life, and buffs to any Resistances.
Chest Armour: Look out for Maximum Life, Armour, Damage Reduction, Minion Life
Gloves: Look out for increased Sever rank, Attack Speed, Damage and Intelligence.
Pants: Look out for increased Corpse Explosion rank, Maximum Life, Intelligence, Damage Reduction and Minion Life.
Boots: Look out for Movement Speed, increased Corpse Tendrils rank and Fortify Generation.
Amulet: Look out for Damage, Movement Speed, Damage Reduction, and buffs to other stats like Intelligence.
Rings: Look out for Damage, Damage to Close Enemies, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, and Vulnerable Damage.
Use the following gems in your item sockets:
Weapon: Amethysts, for increased Damage over Time.
Armour: Rubies, for increased Maximum Life.
Jewelry: Skulls, for increased Armour.
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