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Grim Reaper Necromancer Build (Level 70+ Build)

The Grim Reaper Necromancer Endgame Build is a burst and DoT Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that focuses on destroying enemies with Shadow Damage and Critical Strike Damage. This is an evolution of the Reaper Build from World Tier 3.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Reap, Sever, Corpse Explosion, Blood Mist, Corpse Tendrils, Bone Storm
• Passive Skills: Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Fueled by Death, Death’s Reach, Death’s Embrace, Reaper’s Pursuit, Gloom, Terror, Crippling Darkness, Stand Alone, Memento Mori, Shadowblight
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (3rd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (3rd Upgrade), Golem - Iron (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS One-Handed Scythe with the Best Bonuses like Black River
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like Greaves of the Empty Tomb
• Bonuses Wanted: Maximum Essence, All Stats, Maximum Life, Total Armor, Cooldown Reduction, Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Affected By Shadow Damage Over Time, Damage, Darkness Skill Damage, Critical Strike Chance, Dexterity, Attack Speed, Intelligence, Ranks of Sever and Corpse Tendrils; Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Damage for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite, Dodge Chance, Essence Cost Reduction, Cold Resistance, Damage to Distant Enemies, Damage to Healthy Enemies, Ranks of the Fueled by Death Passive, Resource Generation, Strength, Ranks of All Macabre and Corpse Skills, Damage Reduction, Vulnerable Damage, Damage to Stunned Enemies, Critical Strike Damage, Shadow Damage, Damage to Slowed Enemies
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of the Protector, Viscous Aspect, Aspect of Disobedience, Aspect of Decay, Aspect of Shielding Storm, Aspect of Explosive Mist, Cadaverous Aspect, Blood-Soaked Aspect or Aspect of Ultimate Shadow, Blighted Aspect, Aspect of Grasping Veins, Assimilation Aspect
• Paragon Boards: Wither, Scent of Death, Bone Graft

So the general strategy with this Diablo IV Build is to continue to use the Blighted Corpse Explosion upgrade to put Shadow Damage Over Time (DoT) on enemies. This will then be stacked to trigger the Shadowblight Key Passive to deal a ton of damage that will hit like a truck. For your Core Skill, you’ll make use of Sever to deal damage to a target as well as the others who get caught in the path of your Scythe as you throw it out. And for every 4th cast, this applies Vulnerable on them.

There are a few reasons why Sever is the better Core Skill over Blight. Blight does Shadow Damage and Shadow DoT, and you can even get the Aspect of the Void to pull enemies in. However, there are some things that Sever does for you that Blight doesn’t. First, you get burst damage. Blight is pretty much DoT or alternating with Corpse Explosion. And when you’re talking about clear speed, you want things to die quickly so getting burst in there is really nice. Second, it has an exceptional range and attacks faster. As such, you can clip through multiple targets, especially those who are buffing the other enemies to make them damage resistant. What’s more, is the Vulnerable Damage that Sever does. Ideally, you would have this Stat on both of your Rings and Weapon if you’re not using Black River for this D4 Necro Build to make the most of the applied Vulnerability. And at some point, you’ll be using the Exploit Glyph to further boost your Vulnerable Damage. 

The general strategy for most fights is to walk in and use Reap, particularly taking advantage of the Acolyte’s Reap modifier, in order to drop a Corpse. And then this Necromancer Diablo 4 Build will hit Corpse Tendrils to pull enemies, Stun them, and apply the Vulnerable effect. When they’re all grouped up, you’re going to attack them with Sever until they start dying. Once Corpses are on the ground, you’ll use Corpse Explosion to put more DoTs on those who are still alive while reapplying Vulnerable while they’re standing in those AoE puddles.  

Finally, I’m using Blood Mist for this Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build. Not only does it give you a way to get out of bad situations by making the Grim Reaper Immune, but you can also use it to kite enemies. 

White Walker Necromancer Build (Level 70+ Build)

The White Walker Necromancer Endgame Build is a burst AoE and CC Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that focuses on using Minions and the Frost element to in order to not only boost your damage but also Freeze enemies.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Bone Splinters, Bone Spear, undefined, Corpse Explosion, Corpse Tendrils, Army of the Dead
• Passive Skills: Hewed Flesh, Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Grim Harvest, Death’s Reach, Death’s Embrace, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Necrotic Carapace, Serration, undefined, Evulsion, Inspiring Leader, Bonded in Essence, Ossified Essence
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (2nd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (1st Upgrade), Golem - Iron (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS One-Handed Weapon with the Best Bonuses like Black River
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like Deathless Visage, Frostburn, Ring of Mendeln
• Bonuses Wanted: Total Armor, Physical Damage, Critical Strike Damage with Bone Skills, Maximum Essence, Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies, Damage, Intelligence, Critical Strike Chance, Cold Damage, Freeze Duration, Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore X Primary Resource, Maximum Minion Life, Damage Reduction, Damage for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite, Dodge Chance, All Stats, Ranks of Corpse Tendrils, Fueled by Death Passive, and Compound Fracture Passive; Movement Speed, Damage to Distant Enemies, Damage to Healthy Enemies, Resource Generation, Cooldown Reduction, Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies, Willpower, Essence Cost Reduction, Lucky Hit Chance, Minion Attack Speed, Vulnerable Damage, Maximum Life, Damage to Stunned Enemies
• Legendary Aspects: Blood Getter’s Aspect or Aspect of the Protector, Viscous Aspect, Aspect of Disobedience, Coldbringer’s Aspect, Aspect of Reanimation or Aspect of Frenzied Dead, Splintering Aspect, Aspect of Grasping Veins or Requiem Aspect
• Paragon Boards: Cult Leader, Bone Graft

A lot of people have been asking me to make an endgame Minion Build that can keep Minions alive where they can actually do something in combat. So my primary objective with this Diablo IV Build is to incorporate them but it’s worth noting that they don’t deal a ton of damage in this game even after acquiring all of the summon nodes. However, these Minions are able to provide Corpses and Freeze enemies, making it easier for you to kill them while providing decent Essence. What’s more, is that they act as meat shields, and once you get the Ring of Mendeln Unique Ring, they’ll be able to deal a lot more damage upon exploding on enemies, making them viable than before.

So the first thing to consider with this Diablo 4 White Walker Necromancer Build is how you get your Minions to survive. It took a while to balance survivability with damage but you can tweak this around a little as you see fit depending on the Equipment you have. So in terms of the Paragon Boards, which I’ll discuss in detail later on, I’ve taken the Cult Leader to focus on boosting Minion Damage and protection. 

This Diablo 4 Build has Maximum Minion Life on a lot of gear to give them Health to avoid dying quickly. There’s still the maxed-out Bonded in Essence, which makes it so that your Skeletal Priest heals for 60% more of your Maximum Minion Life. You’ll also notice that there’s no more Death’s Defense, and that’s simply because your summons usually doesn’t take up to 30% of the Health in one hit anymore. As such, I’ve opted to put my points into Inspiring Leader, which makes it so that after you’ve been Healthy for 4 seconds, your Minions gain 12% Attack Speed. Attack Speed is beneficial because when Cold Mages deal damage, they give back Essence on top of Chilling and Freezing enemies. So the faster they attack, the more often that’s going to happen. In effect, there will be more opportunities to create Corpses to activate Corpse Explosion or to heal your Minions.

Bloodshadow Necromancer Build (Level 70+ Build)

The Bloodshadow Necromancer Endgame Build is a burst AoE Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that is a continuation of the previous Vampire Build. Here, you still focus on using Overpower with the Blood Surge Ability to deal massive damage while remaining incredibly tanky.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Bone Splinters, Blood Surge, Corpse Explosion, Blood Mist, Corpse Tendrils, Bone Storm
• Passive Skills: Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Death’s Reach, Death’s Embrace, Gruesome Mending, Coalesced Blood, Tides of Blood, Drain Vitality, Necrotic Carapace, Stand Alone, Memento Mori, Rathma’s Vigor
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Skirmisher (3rd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Bone (3rd Upgrade), Golem - Iron (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Scythe or One-Handed Wand with Best Bonuses like Black River
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like Temerity and Penitent Greaves
• Bonuses Wanted: Healing Received, Cooldown Reduction, Total Armor, Cold Damage, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Critical Strike Chance, Dexterity, Shadow Damage Over Time, Willpower, All Stats, Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Heal X Life, Potion Charges, Potion Drop Rate, Movement Speed, Crowd Control Duration, Slow Duration Reduction, Critical Strike Damage, Intelligence, Damage to Slowed Enemies, Resource Generation, Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore X Primary Resource, Damage Reduction while Fortified, Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite, Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies, Vulnerable Damage, Maximum Essence, Damage for 4 Seconds After Picking Up a Blood Orb, Damage to Injured Enemies, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of Explosive Mist, Aspect of Shielding Storm, Aspect of the Embalmer, Blood-Soaked Aspect, Blood-Bathed Aspect, Aspect of Untimely Death, Aspect of Grasping Veins, Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen, Aspect of the Umbral
• Paragon Boards: Bloodbath, Bone Graft, Blood Begets Blood

So this Diablo IV Build still has a huge focus on Overpowering, and there are 2 ways we get Overpower. The first is from casting Blood Surge a 6th time, and the second is for every 15 seconds you remain Healthy thanks to the Rathma’s Vigor Key Passive. Your next blood attack can either be Blood Surge or Blood Mist depending on what’s happening on the screen. Don’t count out Blood Mist because this actually hits like a truck when you Overpower with it, allowing you to move through enemies and wipe out entire packs without having to use Blood Surge even once. 

The general way this Bloodshadow Necromancer Diablo 4 Build works is that you’re going to activate Blood Mist into a group of enemies, and if you’re Overpowering, it’s going to hit them like a truck. If they’re weak, they’ll probably all die, or at least almost all of them. Blood Surge can then clean them up. But if it’s a strong pack, this going to drop Corpses on the ground that will explode and deal Shadow Damage as it’s left on the floor. And you’ll also deal damage as you move through them. 

Doing so should get you into the center of a pack where you want to be, and then you’re going to trigger Corpse Tendrils. Since there will be Corpses on the ground, Corpse Tendrils will grab targets, pull them together, apply the Vulnerable effect, and Stun them, which is perfect for you. And then you’ll spam Blood Surge to decimate these enemies before they can even come out of being Stunned.

One of the great things about this D4 Bloodshadow Necromancer Build is it has incredible survivability because you’re going to heal yourself and apply overhealing, which provides you with Fortify. You’ll also constantly conjure Barriers, letting you go into these big crowds of enemies and survive where other Diablo IV Builds can’t. And remember that every time you Overpower, Blood Mist’s cooldown will get reduced. You’ll go in with Blood Mist, attack with Corpse Tendrils, and spam Blood Surge before moving out. If they’re not yet dead, repeat this cycle over and over until you clean up everything on the battlefield.

Blood Lancer Necromancer Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Blood Lancer Necromancer Midgame Build is burst Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that focuses on using Overpower and the Blood Lance Ability to deal devastating damage!

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Bone Splinters, Blood Lance, Corpse Explosion, Corpse Tendrils, Blood Wave, Raise Skeleton
• Passive Skills: Hewed Flesh, Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Grim Harvest, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Death's Reach, Gruesome Mending, Coalesced Blood, Tides of Blood, Transfusion, Drain Vitality, Necrotic Carapace, Bonded in Essence, Death's Defense, Rathma's Vigor
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (2nd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (1st Upgrade), Golem - Blood (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Scythe or One-Handed Wand with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Core Skill Damage, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Damage to Injured Enemies, Critical Strike Damage, Critical Strike Chance, Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies, Damage for 4 Seconds After Picking Up a Blood Orb, Maximum Life, Basic Skill Attack Speed, Attack Speed, Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies, Damage, Maximum Minion Life, Ranks of Blood Lance, Total Armor, Thorns, Dodge Chance, Essence Cost Reduction, Movement Speed, Damage to Injured Enemies, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, Maximum Essence
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Hungry Blood, Viscous Aspect, Coldbringer's Aspect, Aspect of Rathma's Chosen, Accelerating Aspect, Blood Seeker's Aspect, Aspect of the Umbral, Aspect of Potent Blood (Optional), Aspect of Untimely Death
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Control with the Bone Graft or Blood Begets Blood Necromancer Paragon Board

This Diablo IV Build is different from the rest in that it uses Blood Lance, which lets you fling a lance in a straight line that sticks into an enemy to deal damage. And for 3 seconds, when you hit another target with this, the previous one you've attacked will continue to receive damage so you want to spread your blood lances around if possible. When you've gained access to Enhanced Blood Lance, it'll also pierce through the enemy that's been lanced or any enemy that's already been lanced, dealing 15% reduced damage. If you can line them up and fling blood lances through the original target, you'll easily stack damage on them at the same time.

Another upgrade you'd like to take is the Supernatural Blood Lance, which makes it so that every 8x you cast it, you have a guaranteed Overpower as well as a Blood Orb spawned from the first enemy hit. This is a lot of huge damage if you can get your Overpower Damage high in the first place. The biggest issue though is you only have 3 seconds from the time you attack them to hit as many other targets as you can. This means that you want a fast Attack Speed in order to be able to use numerous lances at the same time to spread them around efficiently. So if groups are spread out all over the screen, it's going to be a challenge to use Blood Lance as compared to if they're all bunched up together.

To improve this Blood Lancer Diablo 4 Necromancer Build, you'll need the Aspect of Hungry Blood. When Blood Lance hits an already affected enemy, it has up to a 20% chance to fire a second lance at a nearby target, and this is 30% on an Amulet or up to 40% on a Two-Handed Weapon. The Aspect of Hungry Blood is a great way to increase the number of blood lances to really enhance your damage. Because remember that for each enemy you stick with Blood Lance, all the others that have already been subjected to the same fate will take damage.

Reaper Necromancer Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Reaper Necromancer Midgame Build plays without any Minions and uses Shadow Damage to destroy enemies effectively. Here, you'll execute strategic moves all on your own like the Vampire Necromancer!

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Reap, Sever, Corpse Explosion, Iron Maiden, Bone Storm
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Fueled by Death, Death's Embrace, Amplify Damage, Reaper's Pursuit, Gloom, Terror, Crippling Darkness, Stand Alone, Memento Mori, Shadowblight
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (3rd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (3rd Upgrade), Golem - Bone (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS One-Handed Wand with a Shield
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like the Howl from Below Sacred Unique Glove
• Bonuses Wanted: Critical Strike Damage, Damage to Close Enemies, Intelligence for better Skill Damage, Damage to Injured Enemies, All Stats, Life on Kill, Cooldown Reduction, Healing Received, Strength, Various Elemental Resistances, Control Impaired Duration Reduction, Total Armor, Lucky Hit Chance, Lucky Hit, Ranks of Corpse Explosion, Movement Speed, Shadow Damage, Damage to Distant Enemies, Critical Strike Chance, Damage to Affected By Shadow Damage Over Time Enemies, Damage Over Time, Ultimate Skill Damage, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
• Legendary Aspects: Fastblood Aspect, Aspect of Ultimate Shadow, Aspect of Shielding Storm, Cadaverous Aspect, Eluding Aspect, Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of the Embalmer, Wind Striker Aspect, Blighted Aspect
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Territorial with the Wither Necromancer Paragon Board

The way this Diablo IV Endgame Build works is you'll first run into a pack of enemies and use Reap, and because of the Acolyte's Reap upgrade, casting the Skill will automatically drop Corpses. This happens once every 5 seconds. Afterward, we're going to activate Corpse Tendrils in order to grab all nearby enemies. Doing so will round them up and place them on top of these Corpses. What you'll then do is to simultaneously press Corpse Explosion to set your first Shadow AoE and then you're going to start attacking with the Sever Skill.

I like to use Sever here until I'm out of Essence or after applying the Vulnerability effect on all enemies, which happens on the 4th attack. And then I'll continue to press Corpse Explosion to detonate Corpses to finish off those who have survived my first wave of attacks. 

One really great addition to this Reaper Diablo 4 Necromancer Build is the Howl from Below Sacred Unique Gloves for your Corpse Explosion to deal more damage. So you're able to cast this Skill faster and it makes Skeletons run out toward enemies to then explode into pools of Shadow Damage. Additionally, this will make them hit targets far away.

If there are a couple of stragglers that didn't get grouped up for Corpse Explosion, the Skeletons from the Gloves will seek those out as well as hit and kill them for you. As such, you don't have to try and run up to them and drop more Corpses. Instead, you can make better use of the Corpses that are already on the battlefield.

Spirit Bomber Necromancer Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Spirit Bomber Midgame Build is a hybrid DPS Build that deals devastating burst and AoE damage with Bone Spirit and Bone Storm.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Reap, Sever, Corpse Explosion, Iron Maiden, Bone Storm
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Fueled by Death, Death's Embrace, Amplify Damage, Reaper's Pursuit, Gloom, Terror, Crippling Darkness, Stand Alone, Memento Mori, Shadowblight
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (3rd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (3rd Upgrade), Golem - Bone (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS One-Handed Wand with a Shield
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like the Howl from Below Sacred Unique Glove
• Bonuses Wanted: Critical Strike Damage, Damage to Close Enemies, Intelligence for better Skill Damage, Damage to Injured Enemies, All Stats, Life on Kill, Cooldown Reduction, Healing Received, Strength, Various Elemental Resistances, Control Impaired Duration Reduction, Total Armor, Lucky Hit Chance, Lucky Hit, Ranks of Corpse Explosion, Movement Speed, Shadow Damage, Damage to Distant Enemies, Critical Strike Chance, Damage to Affected By Shadow Damage Over Time Enemies, Damage Over Time, Ultimate Skill Damage, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
• Legendary Aspects: Fastblood Aspect, Aspect of Ultimate Shadow, Aspect of Shielding Storm, Cadaverous Aspect, Eluding Aspect, Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of the Embalmer, Wind Striker Aspect, Blighted Aspect
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Territorial with the Wither Necromancer Paragon Board

The way this Diablo IV Endgame Build works is you'll first run into a pack of enemies and use Reap, and because of the Acolyte's Reap upgrade, casting the Skill will automatically drop Corpses. This happens once every 5 seconds. Afterward, we're going to activate Corpse Tendrils in order to grab all nearby enemies. Doing so will round them up and place them on top of these Corpses. What you'll then do is to simultaneously press Corpse Explosion to set your first Shadow AoE and then you're going to start attacking with the Sever Skill.

I like to use Sever here until I'm out of Essence or after applying the Vulnerability effect on all enemies, which happens on the 4th attack. And then I'll continue to press Corpse Explosion to detonate Corpses to finish off those who have survived my first wave of attacks. 

One really great addition to this Reaper Diablo 4 Necromancer Build is the Howl from Below Sacred Unique Gloves for your Corpse Explosion to deal more damage. So you're able to cast this Skill faster and it makes Skeletons run out toward enemies to then explode into pools of Shadow Damage. Additionally, this will make them hit targets far away.

If there are a couple of stragglers that didn't get grouped up for Corpse Explosion, the Skeletons from the Gloves will seek those out as well as hit and kill them for you. As such, you don't have to try and run up to them and drop more Corpses. Instead, you can make better use of the Corpses that are already on the battlefield.

Blood Burst Necromancer Build (Beginner Build)

The Blood Burst Necromancer Beginner Build is another burst DPS Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that focuses on stealing the HP of enemies in addition to making them explode left and right with Blood Skills.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Active Skills: Hemorrhage, Blood Surge, Bone Spear, Blood Mist, Blood Wave, Raise Skeleton
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Imperfectly Balanced, Coalesced Blood, Tides of Blood, Transfusion, Skeletal Warrior Mastery
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (2nd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (1st Upgrade), Golem - Blood (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Weapon with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Intelligence, Core Skill Damage, Ranks of Bone Spear and Blood Surge, Damage to Close Enemies, Damage to Distant Enemies, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Essence Cost Reduction, Critical Strike Chance, Critical Strike Damage
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Torment, Blood-bathed Aspect, Splintering Aspect, Blood Getter's Aspect, Viscous Aspect (Optional), Blood-Soaked Aspect (Optional)

The general strategy for this Diablo 4 Blood Burst Necromancer Build is to start off by attacking enemies with Bone Spear and then alternating with Blood Surge. This may seem counterintuitive, especially since both of these are Core Skills that make use of Essence. However, this is the best combination when it comes to dealing massive single-target and AoE burst damage. 

With Blood Surge, this Diablo IV Build will be able to deal huge explosive damage and drain the target's blood to increase your Health. Doing so will consistently keep you alive in combat regardless of the type of target you face. Next, you'll be activating Hemorrhage to reduce the damage you take. But more importantly, it'll let you generate a decent amount of Essence and form Blood Orbs to restore HP. 

For Elites and Bosses, this Blood Burst D4 Necromancer Build will be triggering Blood Wave to deal some decent burst damage while relying on Skeletons. Again, you're not going to take the standard route where the Golem taunts enemies on your behalf. Instead, these Skeletons will generate enough Essence and help deal considerable damage.

Vampire Necromancer Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Vampire Necromancer Midgame Build is the evolved version of the Blood Burst Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that maintains a high level of HP by sucking the life of its enemies and utilizes Blood Skills to deal massive Overpower Damage in quick succession!

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Reap, Blood Surge, Corpse Explosion, Bone Prison, Iron Maiden, Bone Storm
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Imperfectly Balanced, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Amplify Damage, Death's Embrace, Gruesome Mending, Coalesced Blood, Tides of Blood, Stand Alone, Memento Mori, Rathma's Vigor
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Defender (3rd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Bone (3rd Upgrade), Golem - Blood (3rd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Weapon with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like the Mother's Embrace Unique Ring
• Bonuses Wanted: Overpower Damage, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Critical Strike Damage Bonus, Damage to Close Enemies, Intelligence, Willpower, Dexterity, Maximum Life, Ranks of Blood Surge, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Essence Cost Reduction, Movement Speed, Total Armor, All Stats
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Untimely Death, Blood-bathed Aspect, Aspect of Rathma's Chosen, Sacrificial Aspect, Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of the Embalmer, Torturous Aspect, Eluding Aspect
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Corporeal with the Bloodbath Necromancer Paragon Board

The way this Diablo 4 Vampire Necromancer Build works is you're going make use of Overpower Damage from two major sources – you still have Blood Surge and now, Rathma's Vigor. What Blood Surge continues to do is obliterate everything on the screen due to the Paranormal Blood Surge upgrade. The idea is to keep using this Core Skill to stack 5 Overwhelming Blood. On the 6th Blood Surge, this D4 Necromancer Endgame Build will end up dealing considerable Overpower Damage. So you'll be able to kill every enemy quickly. Meanwhile, Rathma's Vigor also triggers Overpower as long as you remain Healthy, a staple of this Vampire Diablo IV Build.

When you reach Level 50, you'll notice that applying the same set of Skills from the Blood Burst Build will no longer be possible since you'll remain too Essence-starved, most of the time. To remedy this problem, you need to let go of Bone Spear and substitute it for Corpse Explosion and Bone Prison. In fact, both of them will let this Diablo IV Necro Build generate Essence and deal greater damage to enemies due to the applied Vulnerable effect. 

For Elites and Bosses, you're going to trigger Bone Prison with the Bone Storm Ultimate Skill. Bone Storm lets you conjure a huge storm of bones to deal Damage over Time while reducing the damage you take and improving your Critical Strike Chance.

Blightmaster Necromancer Build (Beginner Build)

The Blightmaster Necromancer Beginner Build is a Damage Over Time and Summoner Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that focuses on attacking multiple enemies with Blight while your deadly Minions swarm them down.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Active Skills: Decompose, Blight, Corpse Explosion, Army of the Dead, Raise Skeleton, Golem
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Imperfectly Balanced, Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Grim Harvest, Necrotic Carapace, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Bonded in Essence, Death's Defense
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Skirmisher (1st Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (1st Upgrade), Golem - Bone (1st Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Weapon with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Intelligence, Shadow Damage, Damage Over Time, Core Skill Damage, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, Ranks of Blight and Corpse Explosion
• Legendary Aspects: Flesh-Rending Aspect, Aspect of Reanimation, Blood Getter's Aspect, Viscous Aspect (Optional), Aspect of the Void, Aspect of the Protector, Rotting Aspect (Optional)

The general strategy for this Diablo 4 Blightmaster Necromancer Build is to start by deploying Blight into a pack of enemies. Doing so will deal massive Damage Over Time (DoT) in a decent-sized AoE puddle. This major Skill will also Slow them down and further boost your and your Minions' overall damage by 15%. Since Blight requires Essence, you're going to want to drain this resource and then switch over to using Corpse Explosion. By this time, the Diablo IV Necromancer Build will have enough Corpses on the ground to detonate them into more AoE DoT puddles. 

Going back to restoring Essence, you'll be casting Decompose all throughout. It also amplifies this D4 Build's damage, making it another decent way to destroy multiple enemies on the floor as they're getting demolished by Blight and Corpse Explosion. A great aspect that goes well with this Skill is the Flesh-Rending Aspect. When you spawn a Corpse with Decompose, you gain additional Essence, which will then factor into using Blight more frequently. 

For Elites and Bosses, you'll bombard them with your powerful Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Mages, and Golem. With passives that improve the damage and Life of Skeleton Warriors and the Golem's inherent tankiness, you're certain to destroy strong opponents in a matter of seconds. Of course, this works well on top of consistently casting Blight, Decompose, and Corpse Explosion for the Diablo 4 Necromancer Build.

Blightlord Necromancer Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Blightlord Necromancer Midgame Build is the evolved version of the Blightmaster Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that specializes in dealing and stacking massive Shadow Damage over Time (DoT) while commanding an army of powerful Minions.

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Reap, Corpse Explosion, Iron Maiden, Decrepify, Bone Storm, Raise Skeleton, Golem
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Grim Harvest, Amplify Damage, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Gruesome Mending, Transfusion, Necrotic Carapace, Reaper's Pursuit, Gloom, Terror, Bonded in Essence, Death's Defense, Shadowblight
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (2nd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Shadow or Cold (2nd Upgrade), Golem - Iron (2nd Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS One-Handed Wand with a Shield
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Critical Strike Damage, Critical Strike Chance, Damage to Close Enemies, Intelligence, Damage to Injured Enemies, Damage Reduction from Distance Enemies, Minion Attack Speed, Maximum Minion Life, Healing Received, Ranks of Iron Maiden and Corpse Explosion, Various Elemental Resistance, All Stats, Dexterity, Total Armor, Lucky Hit Chance, Movement Speed
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Hardened Bones, Aspect of the Embalmer, Aspect of Decay, Blighted Aspect, Aspect of the Damned, Aspect of Ultimate Shadow, Aspect of Shielding Storm, Fastblood Aspect, Blood Getter's Aspect, Viscous Aspect, Aspect of Frenzied Dead
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Mage

The way this Diablo 4 Blightlord Necromancer Build works is going to be different from the previous iteration, the Blightmaster Necromancer D4 Necro Build in terms of the Skills you'll use. The strategy here can be divided into two parts - how to keep your summons alive and how to deal as much Shadow Damage as possible. 

Here, you'll be maximizing several passives such as Bonded in Essence and Death's Defense while triggering Raise Skeleton often to make sure that your Minions remain resilient in combat. On the other hand, this Diablo IV Endgame Build will continue to build a ton of Shadow Damage while dealing Shadow DoT, just like before, with Corpse Explosion. But instead of using Blight as your main Skill, you'll be depending on Iron Maiden, Decrepify, and Bone Storm. However, you can get back Blight to replace Iron Maiden if you want, especially if you don't own the Aspect of the Damned.

Even against Elites and Bosses, the idea is to stack Shadow passives that further amplify this Blightlord Diablo IV Necro Build's damage and make your Minions dominate the battlefield to make sure that enemies are taking Shadow Damage.

Detonator Necromancer Build (Beginner Build)

The Detonator Necromancer Beginner Build is a burst DPS Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that wipes out multiple enemies by detonating them with Corpse Explosion in a matter of seconds!

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Active Skills: Decompose, Bone Spear, Corpse Explosion, Blood Mist, Raise Skeleton, Golem
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Imperfectly Balanced, Grim Harvest, Fueled by Death, Necrotic Carapace
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Reaper (2nd Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (2nd Upgrade), Golem - Bone (1st Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Weapon with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Intelligence, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Core Skill Damage, Ranks of Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion, Critical Strike Chance, Critical Strike Damage
• Legendary Aspects: Flesh-Rending Aspect, Aspect of Torment, Splintering Aspect, Aspect of Explosive Mist (Optional), Blood-Soaked Aspect (Optional)

The general strategy for this Diablo 4 Detonator Necromancer Build is to first kill enemies from any distance using Bone Spear and then follow through by detonating their Corpses with Corpse Explosion. Alternating back and forth between these two Skills will wipe them out quickly. Despite the damage nerf for Corpse Explosion, it continues to be lethal and therefore, highly reliable, regardless of the type of enemy you face. It's for this reason, that you'll continue to trigger this Skill often to deal devastating damage. 

There are two ways to consistently gain Essence for this Diablo IV Necromancer Build, specifically through Decompose and the Grim Harvest passive. Decompose replenishes Essence when affected enemies die. What you'll also want to obtain in relation to this Skill is the Flesh-Rending Aspect. Every time you generate a Corpse with Decompose, you end up gaining extra Essence, allowing you to activate Bone Spear more often. On the other hand, Grim Harvest allows you to gain 9 Essence at Rank 3 every time you activate Corpse Explosion. So you can replenish this resource and then fire off more Bone Spears without having to use other Skills.

For Elites and Bosses, the best way to handle them in addition to spamming Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion is by summoning this D4 Build's Minions, particularly the Golem. The Golem not only taunts enemies and tanks damage but also spawns a Corpse when its HP goes down. So you'll still be able to continue using Corpse Explosion even if you don't initially have as many Corpses.

Defiler Necromancer Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Defiler Necromancer Midgame Build is the evolved version of the Corpse Explosion Diablo 4 Necromancer Build that focuses on dealing high damage and landing one crit after the next. Here, you heavily make use of Corpses and bones to obliterate enemies efficiently!

Overview

• Class: Necromancer
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Willpower
• Active Skills: Bone Splinters, Bone Spear, Corpse Explosion, Bone Storm, Raise Skeleton, Golem
• Passive Skills: Unliving Energy, Imperfectly Balanced, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Fueled by Death, Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Death's Reach, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Serration, Compound Fracture, Evulsion, Golem Mastery, Ossified Essence, Bonded in Essence
• Book of the Dead: Skeletal Warriors - Skirmisher (1st Upgrade), Skeletal Mages - Cold (1st Upgrade), Golem - Bone (1st Upgrade)
• Weapons: Highest DPS Two-Handed Weapon with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like the Deathless Visage Sacred Unique Helm
• Bonuses Wanted: Intelligence, Critical Strike Damage with Bone Skills, Core Skill Damage, Life On Kill, Ranks of Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion, Critical Strike Chance, Total Armor, Maximum Essence, Willpower, Dexterity, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Damage to Distant Enemies, Damage Reduction, Cooldown Reduction
• Legendary Aspects: Splintering Aspect, Cadaverous Aspect, Blood Getter's Aspect, Requiem Aspect, Protecting Aspect, Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of Inner Calm or Edgemaster's Aspect, Coldbringer's Aspect
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Corporeal with the Flesh-Eater or Bone Graft Necromancer Paragon Board

The way this Diablo 4 Defiler Necromancer Build works is you're going to initiate combat using Bone Spear, especially against Elites. Doing so will make them Vulnerable right from the very start so it'll be easier to slaughter them. Next, you'll be blasting Corpses with Corpse Explosion to deal insane damage. Alternating between Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion will still make you destroy enemies quickly even in World Tier 3.

Not only will you restore Essence regularly upon detonating Corpses, but you'll also be able to heal your Minions with the Raise Skeleton Skill. The cycle will then be repeated where this Diablo IV Necromancer Endgame Build will consume Corpses to maintain high resources at all times, followed by hitting hard due to the Critical Strike Damage you deal. Furthermore, because of the Ossified Essence Key Passive, you gain 1% bonus damage when using your Bone Skills for every Essence you have above 50, making you lethal on the battlefield. Because of your 180+ Essence, the increased damage you inflict will be more than 100%!

For Elites and Bosses, this Diablo 4 Necro Build will also be making use of Bone Storm for the amplified Damage over Time you and your Golem deal, together with the improved Critical Strike Chance.