Best Necromancer Build in Diablo 4

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The necromancer in Diablo 4 is the king of the corpses. This class is able to summon minions to do their bidding. Necromancers are wrapped in the essence of shadow and use it to their advantage.

With the right build, you can excel at crowd-controlling enemies. Thanks to the Skeletal Mages and Skeletal Warriors the Necromancer can summon, you will never be without allies to aid you in battle. Take out your book of the dead and raise a few skeletons. Here is the best necromancer build in Diablo 4.

Bone Spirit Necromancer Build in Diablo 4

The Bone Spirit Necromancer build does not rely on summoning an army of the dead to aid you in battle but it does allow you to take the aid of nearby corpses. With great passive abilities, strong attacks, and masterful efficiency, the Bone Spirit Necromancer is great for crown control.

With this build, you will rely on the Bone Spears ability to damage foes and make them vulnerable. While you won’t be dealing the massive amounts of damage that the barbarian and sorcerer can, you will still be able to handle every golem, reaper, demon that blocks your path.

Every class can excel with the right build including the Rogue, Druid, Sorcerer, and Barbarian. Make sure to use a build that works best for you.

Bone Spirit Necromancer Skills

The Bone Spirit Necromancer build requires the following skills:

• Basic Skills
  • Reap, Enhanced Reap, Acolyte’s Reap
• Core Skills
  • Bone Spear, Enhanced Bone Spear, Paranormal Bone Spear
  • Hewed Flesh
• Corpse & Macabre Skills
  • Corpse Explosion, Enhanced Corpse Explosion, Blighted Corpse Explosion
  • Grim Harvest
  • Fueled by Death
• Curse Skill
  • Death’s Embrace
• Summoning Skills
  • Bone Spirit, Enhanced Bone Spirit, Ghastly Bone Spirit
  • Reaper’s Pursuit
  • Crippling Darkness
  • Corpse Tendrils, Enhanced Corpse Tendrils, Plagued Corpse Tendrils
  • Serration
  • Compound Fracture
  • Evulsion
• Ultimate Skills
  • Bone Storm, Prime Bone Storm, Supreme Bone Storm
  • Stand Alone
• Capstone Skill
  • Ossified Essence

Book of the Dead

The Bone Spirit Necromancer doesn’t have much need for an undead army to strike terror in everyone. Instead, you will be sacrificing your minions for some upgrades to your abilities.

• Skeletons – Skirmishers
  • Provide extra Critical Strike Chance
• Mage Skeletons
  • Provide bonus damage to enemies that are vulnerable
• Iron Golem
  • Provides a large bonus to Critical Strike Damage

Mechanics and Playstyle

The main ability you will be using for this build is Bone Spear. This ability will help you crowd control enemies but it should be used in tandem with Corpse Tendrils. Combine these with the Aspect of the Umbrel to help you generate essence.

Your Lucky Hit will help your Corpse Explosion and Hewed Flesh combo hit twice as hard, especially against bosses. Combine all of this with the Blood Artisan’s Cuirass to spawn blood orbs and cast Bone Spirit with a zero cost.

Your prime army of skeletons and golems will be sacrificed to help you deal more skill damage and get better crit chances.

Best Legendary Aspects

Keep an eye out for the following Legendary Aspects that can help this build:

• Aspect of the Embalmer
• Aspect of Grasping Veins
• Aspect of Shielding Storm
• Wind Striker Aspect
• Splintering Aspect
• Aspect of Serration
• Osseous Gale Aspect
• Aspect of the Umbral

Necessary Unique Gear

For the Bone Spirit Necromancer Build, you will want to find and collect the Blood Artisan’s Cuirass. This is a necessary item for the build that will make it more worthwhile.

Gear Choice

For this build, you will want to prioritize the following gear bonuses:

• Physical Damage
• Lucky Hit Chance
• Critical Strike Chance
• Critical Strike Damage
• Damage bonus to vulnerable foes