Necromancer Skills and Skill Trees in Diablo 4 refer to potent and exclusive Skills for the Necromancer Class. Diablo 4 Necromancer Skills offer players an extensive range of combat choices and and playstyles. Necromancer Skill Tree is divided into 6 categories or 'clusters': Basic, Core, Defensive, Death Magic, Corpse Mastery and Ultimate. By allocating Skill Points acquired through character progression, players can unlock and boost specific categories in accordance with their favored playstyle and tactical preferences. The Necromancer Skill Tree in Diablo 4 provides a breadth of customization and progression to shape a formidable wielder of the dark arts in the world of Sanctuary.

NOTE: Stats updated as of Patch 1.0.3, released June 27th.

 

 

D4 Necromancer Skills & Builds

The D4 Necromancer Class features an extensive array of Skills and abilities. This offers the potential for a multitude of different Builds, each possessing its own unique strengths and limitations:

  1. Updated Corpse Explosion Build (Beginner Build)
  2. Updated Blight Summoner Build (Beginner Build)
  3. Blood Burst Build (Beginner Build)
  4. Blight Commander Build (Summoner Build)
  5. Corpse Explosion Build (AoE Burst DPS)

 

Visit our Builds page now and embark on your journey to become the ultimate Necromancer in Sanctuary.

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Diablo 4 Necromancer Skills

 

Necromancer Skills Comparison Table
Necromancer Skills List
Necromancer Skills Cards

 

Diablo 4 Necromancer Basic Skills

Diablo 4 Necromancer Core Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diablo 4 Necromancer Corpse and Macabre (1st Cluster) Skills

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Diablo 4 Necromancer Curse Skills

Diablo 4 Necromancer Corpse & Macabre (2nd Cluster) Skills

 

Diablo 4 Necromancer Ultimate Skills

Diablo 4 Necromancer Key Passives

All Diablo 4 Necromancer Skills Comparison Table

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Name Effect
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Bone Splinters
Generate Essence: 7
Lucky Hit Chance: 17%
Fire 3 Bone Splinters, dealing X [9%] damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence.
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Enhanced Bone Splinters
Bone Splinters has a 25% chance to fire 2 additional projectiles if cast while you have 50 or more essence.
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Acolyte's Bone Splinters
Hitting the same enemy at least 3 times with the same cast of Bone Splinters grants 8% [+] Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.
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Initiate's Bone Splinters
Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
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Decompose
Generate Essence8 per second.
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing X [33%] damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every seconds.
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Enhanced Decompose
If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 essence.
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Acolyte's Decompose
Every 1.5 seconds, Decompose makes enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
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Initiate's Decompose
Decompose slows enemies by 50%, and if you channel Decompose for at least 1.5 seconds., you gain 30% [+] Movement Speed for 5 seconds after ending the channel.
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Hemorrhage

Generate Essence: 9
Lucky Hit Chance: 35%
Burst an enemy's blood, dealing X [27%] damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb.
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Enhanced Hemorrhage
After picking up a Blood Orb, your next Hemorrhage also deals damage to enemies around your target and grants 2 additional Essence per enemy hit.
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Acolyte's Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage gains an additional 20% Attack Speed while Healthy
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Initiate's Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage grants 1.6% Base Life as Fortify each time it hits an enemy, and has a 1.5% chance per enemy hit to Fortify you for 100% Base Life.
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Reap
Generate Essence4 per enemy hit.
Lucky Hit Chance: 17%
Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing X [13%] damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds.
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Enhanced Reap
If an enemy hit by Reap dies within 2 seconds, you gain 30% [+] Attack Speed for 3 seconds.
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Acolyte's Reap
Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 4 seconds.
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Initiate's Reap
Reap instantly kills targets below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or players.
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Blight
Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Unleash concentrated blight that deals X [30%] damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing X [95%] damage over 6 seconds.
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Enhanced Blight
Blight Slows enemies by 25%
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Paranormal Blight
Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize enemies for 1.5 seconds on impact.
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Supernatural Blight
You and your Minions deal 15% [x] increased damage to enemies within Blight.
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Blood Lance
Essence Cost: 15
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds, dealing X [80%] damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies.
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Enhanced Blood Lance
Blood Lance pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 15% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.
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Paranormal Blood Lance
While at least 2 enemies or a Boss are affected by Blood Lance, you gain 15% [+] Attack Speed and Blood Lance's Essence cost is reduced by 3.
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Supernatural Blood Lance
After casting Blood Lance 6 times, your next cast of Blood Lance is guaranteed to Overpower and spawns a Blood Orb under the first enemy hit.
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Blood Surge
Essence Cost: 30
Lucky Hit Chance: 12%
Draw blood from enemies, dealing X [20%] damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing X [50%] damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by 10% [x] per enemy drained, up to 50% [x].
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Enhanced Blood Surge
Blood Surge Heals you for 3% of your Maximum Life when drawing blood from enemies. If 4 or more enemies are drawn from, then Heal for an additional 3% of your Maximum Life.
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Paranormal Blood Surge
If an enemy is damaged by Blood Surge's nova while you are Healthy, then gain 1 stack of Overwhelming Blood. When you have 5 stacks of Overwhelming Blood, your next Blood Surge Overpowers.
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Supernatural Blood Surge
Each time an enemy is hit by Blood Surge's nova, you are Fortified for 1% Base Life. While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, Blood Surge deals 20% [x] increased damage.
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Bone Spear

Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing X [85%] damage and piercing through enemies.
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Enhanced Bone Spear
Bone Spear breaks into 3 shards when it is destroyed, dealing X [25%] damage each.
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Paranormal Bone Spear
Bone Spear has a 5% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance. If Bone Spear's primary projectile Critically Strikes, it fires 2 additional bone shards upon being destroyed.
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Supernatural Bone Spear
Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
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Sever
Essence Cost: 20
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
A specter of you charged forward and attacks with its scythe for X [75%] damage then returns to you and attacks again for X [25%] damage.
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Enhanced Sever
Sever damages enemies along its path for 25% of its initial damage.
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Paranormal Sever
Every 3rd cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
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Supernatural Sever
Sever deals 2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.
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Unliving Energy

Your maximum Essence is increased by 3

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Imperfectly Balanced
Your Core Skills cost 3% [x] more Essence, but deal 5% [x] increased damage.
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Hewed Flesh
Lucky Hit: Your damage has up to a 4% chance to create a Corpse at the target's location. This chance is doubled against Bosses.
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Blood Mist
Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Lucky Hit Chance: 9%
Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 20% and you periodically deal X [2%] damage to enemies and Healing for 0.5% of your Maximum Life.
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Enhanced Blood Mist
Casting a Skill that Overpowers reduces the cooldown of Blood Mist by 2 seconds.
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Dreadful Blood Mist
Blood Mist You gain 10% Critical Strike Chance for 4 Seconds after Blood Mist ends
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Ghastly Blood Mist
Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 1 second.
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Bone Prison
Cooldown: 18 seconds
Unearth a prison of bone with 186 Life that surrounds the target area for seconds.
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Enhanced Bone Prison
Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.
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Dreadful Bone Prison
Reduce your active cooldowns by 0.5 seconds for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison, up to 3 seconds.
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Ghastly Bone Prison
If an enemy is trapped by Bone Prison, gain 25 Essence, plus an additional 5 per enemy trapped.
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Corpse Explosion
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Detonate a Corpse, dealing X [70%] damage to surrounding enemies
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Enhanced Corpse Explosion
Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by 15%.
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Blighted Corpse Explosion
Corpse Explosion becomes a Darkness skill and, instead of exploding, releases a vile miasma dealing X [95%] Shadow Damage over seconds.
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Plagued Corpse Explosion
Corpse Explosion deals 8% [x] increased damage to enemies that are Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable. These damage bonuses can stack.
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Grim Harvest

Consuming a corpse generates 3 Essence.

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Fueled by Death

You deal 3% [x] increased damage for 6 seconds after consuming a Corpse.

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Spiked Armor
Gain 0.1Thorns
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Skeletal Warrior Mastery
Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by 15% [x].
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Decrepify
Essence Cost: 10
Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed by 40.0% and deal 20.0% less damage for 10 seconds.
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Enhanced Decrepify
Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds.
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Abhorrent Decrepify
Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 15% chance to reduce your active Cooldowns by 1 second.
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Horrid Decrepify
When you or your Minions hit an enemy afflicted with Decripìfy below 10% Life, they are instantly killed. Does not work on Bosses.
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Iron Maiden
Essence Cost: 10
Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take X [30%] damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds
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Enhanced Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden no longer costs Essence. Instead, gain 5 Essence for each enemy cursed. Does not work with enemies who are already cursed with Iron Maiden.
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Abhorrent Iron Maiden
Heal for 7% of your Maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.
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Horrid Iron Maiden
When at least 3 enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden, its damage is increased by 30% [x]
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Death's Embrace

Close enemies take 2% [x] more damage from you and deal 3% less damage to you.

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Death's Reach
You deal 4% [x] increased damage to Distant enemies.
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Amplify Damage
You deal 4% [x] increased damage to Cursed enemies.
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Skeletal Mage Mastery
Increase the damage and life of your Skeletal Mages by 20%
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Bone Spirit
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Essence Cost: All Remaining Essence
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Consume all of your Essence to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies. Upon reaching an enemy, the spirit explodes, dealing X [80%] damage to the target and all surrounding enemies. Damage is increased by 4% [x] for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit.
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Enhanced Bone Spirit
If Bone Spirit critically strikes, its cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds. This effect can only happen once per cast.
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Dreadful Bone Spirit
After Bone Spirit hits an enemy, you generate 30% of your Maximum Essence over the next 4 seconds.
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Ghastly Bone Spirit
Bone Spirit has an additional 10% [+] Critical Strike Chance.
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Corpse Tendrils
Cooldown: 11 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Veins burst out of a Corpse, Pulling in enemies, Stunning them for 3 seconds, and dealing X [20%] damage to them. Does not consume the corpse.
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Enhanced Corpse Tendrils
Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed by 50% before being Pulled.
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Blighted Corpse Tendrils
Corpse Tendrils has a 35% chance when damaging enemies to drop a Blood Orb.
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Plagued Corpse Tendrils
Enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds. 
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Gruesome Mending
While below 50% Life, you receive 10% [+] more Healing from all sources.
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Transfusion
Blood Orbs also Heal your Minions for 20% of the amount.
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Coalesced Blood
While Healthy your Blood Skills deal 6% [x] increased damage.
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Tides of Blood
Your Blood Skills deal 5% [x] increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy.
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Drain Vitality
Lucky Hit: Hitting enemies with Blood Skills has up to a 30% chance to Fortify you for 2% Base Life.
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Necrotic Carapace
When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions, Fortify for 2% Base Life.
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Serration
Your Bone skills have a 0.5% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance for each 10 Essence you have upon cast.
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Compound Fracture
After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal 5% increased damage per 5[x] seconds
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Rapid Ossification
Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone skills by 0.5 seconds
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Evulsion
Your Bone Skills deal 5% [x] increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies.
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Crippling Darkness
Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for 1 seconds.
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Gloom
When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take 2% [x] increased Shadow Damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
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Terror
Darkness Skills deal 3% [x] bonus damage to enemies who are slowed, and 3% [x] bonus damage to enemies who are stunned or immobilized. These bonuses stack and apply to shadow damage dealt by your Minions.
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Reaper's Pursuit
Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your Movement Speed by 5% [+] for 3 Seconds
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Blood Wave
Cooldown: 50 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals X [120%] damage and Knocks Back enemies.
Cooldown: 50 seconds.
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Prime Blood Wave
Blood Wave Slow enemies by 50% for 4 seconds.
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Supreme Blood Wave
Blood Wave leaves behind 3 Blood Orbs earlier in its path.
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Army of the Dead
Cooldown: 70 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 54%
Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing X [45%] damage.
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Prime Army of the Dead
When Army of the Dead's Volatile Skeletons explode, they have a 15% chance to leave behind a Corpse
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Supreme Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead also raises your Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages
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Bone Storm
Cooldown: 60 Seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing X [180%] to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds.
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Prime Bone Storm
Your damage reduction is increased by 15% while Bone Storm is active
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Supreme Bone Storm
Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20% [+] while Bone Storm is active
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Golem Mastery
Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by 25% [x]
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Inspiring Leader
After you have been Healthy for at least 4 second, you and your Minions gain 4% [+] Attack Speed.
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Hellbent Commander
Your Minions deal 10% [x] increased damage while you are Close to them.
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Bonded in Essence
Every 5 seconds, your Skeletal Priest's Healing will Heal your Skeletons for 20% of their Maximum Life
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Death's Defense
Your Minions cannot lose more than 75% of their Maximum Life from a single damage instance.
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Stand Alone
Increases Damage Reduction by 6% reduced by 2% for each active Minion
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Memento Mori
Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%
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Kalan's Edict
After you have not taken damage in the last 2 seconds, your Minions gain 15% [+] Attack Speed. While you have at least 7 Minions, this bonus is doubled.
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Ossified Essence
Your Bone Skills deal 0.5% [x] increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast.
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Shadowblight
Shadow Damage infects enemies with Shadowblight for 2 seconds. You and your minions deal 10% [x] bonus damage to enemies with Shadowblight.
Every 10th time an enemy receives Shadow damage from you or your Minions while they are affected by Shadowblight, they take additional X [20%] Shadow Damage.
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Rathma's Vigor
Increase your Maximum Life by 10% [x]. After being Healthy for 12 seconds, your next Blood skill Overpowers.

 

Diablo IV Necromancer Skills Cards

Basic Cluster

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Bone Splinters

Tags: Basic Bone

Generate Essence: 7
Lucky Hit Chance: 17%
Fire 3 Bone Splinters, dealing X [9%] damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence.
Enhancement

Enhanced Bone Splinters: Bone Splinters has a 25% chance to fire 2 additional projectiles if cast while you have 50 or more essence.

Upgrade 1

Acolyte's Bone Splinters: Hitting the same enemy at least 3 times with the same cast of Bone Splinters grants 8% [+] Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.

Upgrade 2

Initiate's Bone Splinters: Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

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Decompose

Tags: Basic Darkness Channeled

Generate Essence: 8 per second.
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing X [33%] damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every seconds.
Enhancement

Enhanced Decompose: If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 essence.

Upgrade 1

Acolyte's Decompose: You and your Minions deal 10% [x] increased damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.

Upgrade 2

Initiate's Decompose: Decompose slows enemies by 30%.

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Hemorrhage

Tags: Basic Blood

Generate Essence: 9
Lucky Hit Chance: 35%
Burst an enemy's blood, dealing X [27%] damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb.
Enhancement

Enhanced Hemorrhage: After picking up a Blood Orb, your next Hemorrhage also deals damage to enemies around your target and grants 2 additional Essence per enemy hit.

Upgrade 1

Acolyte's Hemorrhage: Hemorrhage gains an additional 20% Attack Speed while Healthy.

Upgrade 2

Initiate's Hemorrhage: Hemorrhage grants 1.6% Base Life as Fortify each time it hits an enemy, and has a 1.5% chance per enemy hit to Fortify you for 100% Base Life.

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Reap

Tags: Basic Darkness

Generate Essence: 4 per enemy hit.
Lucky Hit Chance: 17%
Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing X [13%] damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds.
Enhancement

Enhanced Reap: If an enemy hit by Reap dies within 2 seconds, you gain 30% [+] Attack Speed for 3 seconds.

Upgrade 1

Acolyte's Reap: Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 4 seconds.

Upgrade 2

Initiate's Reap: Reap instantly kills targets below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core Cluster

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Blight

Tags: Core Darkness

Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Unleash concentrated blight that deals X [30%] damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing X [80%] damage over 6 seconds.
Enhancement

Enhanced Blight: Blight Slows enemies by 25%

Upgrade 1

Paranormal Blight: Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize enemies for 1.5 seconds on impact.

Upgrade 2

Supernatural Blight: You and your Minions deal 15% [x] increased damage to enemies within Blight.

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Blood Lance

Tags: Core Blood

Essence Cost: 15
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds, dealing X [80%] damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies.
Enhancement

Enhanced Blood Lance: Blood Lance pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 15% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.

Upgrade 1

Paranormal Blood Lance: While at least 2 enemies or a Boss are affected by Blood Lance, you gain 15% [+] Attack Speed and Blood Lance's Essence cost is reduced by 3.

Upgrade 2

Supernatural Blood Lance: After casting Blood Lance 6 times, your next cast of Blood Lance is guaranteed to Overpower and spawns a Blood Orb under the first enemy hit.

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Blood Surge

Tags: Core Blood

Essence Cost: 30
Lucky Hit Chance: 12%
Draw blood from enemies, dealing X [20%] damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing X [50%] damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by 10% [x] per enemy drained, up to 50% [x].
Enhancement

Enhanced Blood Surge: Blood Surge Heals you for 2.5% of your Maximum Life when drawing blood from enemies. If 4 or more enemies are drawn from, then Heal for an additional 2.5% of your Maximum Life.

Upgrade 1

Paranormal Blood Surge: If an enemy is damaged by Blood Surge's nova while you are Healthy, then gain 1 stack of Overwhelming Blood. When you have 5 stacks of Overwhelming Blood, your next Blood Surge Overpowers.

Upgrade 2

Supernatural Blood Surge: Each time an enemy is hit by Blood Surge's nova, you are Fortified for 1% Base Life. While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, Blood Surge deals 20% [x] increased damage.

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Bone Spear

Tags: Core Bone

Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing X [85%] damage and piercing through enemies.
Enhancement

Enhanced Bone Spear: Bone Spear breaks into 3 shards when it is destroyed, dealing X [10%] damage each.

Upgrade 1

Paranormal Bone Spear: Bone Spear has a 5% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance. If Bone Spear's primary projectile Critically Strikes, it fires 2 additional bone shards upon being destroyed.

Upgrade 2

Supernatural Bone Spear: Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

 

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Sever

Tags: Core Darkness

Essence Cost: 20
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
A specter of you charged forward and attacks with its scythe for X [66%] damage then returns to you and attacks again for X [21%] damage.
Enhancement

Enhanced Sever: Sever damages enemies along its path for 40% of its initial damage.

Upgrade 1

Paranormal Sever: Every 4th cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Upgrade 2

Supernatural Sever: Sever deals 2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast

 

 

 

 

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Unliving Energy

Your maximum Essence is increased by 3
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Imperfectly Balanced

Your Core Skills cost 3% [x] more Essence, but deal 5% [x] increased damage.
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Hewed Flesh

Lucky Hit: Your damage has up to a 4% chance to create a Corpse at the target's location. This chance is doubled against Bosses.

 

 

Corpse and Macabre (1st Cluster) Cluster

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Blood Mist

Tags: Macabre Blood

Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Lucky Hit Chance: 9%
Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for 3 seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 20% and you periodically deal X [2%] damage to enemies and Healing for 0.5% of your Maximum Life.
Enhancement

Enhanced Blood Mist: Casting a Skill that Overpowers reduces the cooldown of Blood Mist by 2 seconds.

Upgrade 1

Dreadful Blood Mist: Blood Mist Fortifies you for 0.5% Base Life each time it hits an enemy.

Upgrade 2

Ghastly Blood Mist: Bood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 1 second.

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Bone Prison

Tags: Macabre Bone

Cooldown: 18 seconds
Unearth a prison of bone with 186 Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds.
Enhancement

Enhanced Bone Prison: If an enemy is trapped by Bone Prison, gain 15 Essence, plus an additional 5 per enemy trapped.

Upgrade 1

Dreadful Bone Prison: Fortify for 8% Base Life for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.

Upgrade 2

Ghastly Bone Prison: Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.

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Corpse Explosion

Tags: Corpse Corruption

Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Detonate a Corpse, dealing X [50%] damage to surrounding enemies
Enhancement

Enhanced Corpse Explosion: Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by 15%.

Upgrade 1

Blighted Corpse Explosion: Corpse Explosion becomes a Darkness skill and, instead of exploding, releases a vile miasma dealing X [110%] Shadow Damage over 6 seconds.

Upgrade 2

Plagued Corpse Explosion: Corpse Explosion deals 8% [x] increased damage to enemies that are Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable. These damage bonuses can stack.

 

 

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Grim Harvest

Consuming a corpse generates 2 Essence.
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Fueled by Death

You deal 3% [x] increased damage for 6 seconds after consuming a Corpse.
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Spiked Armor

Gain 0.1 Thorns
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Skeletal Warrior Mastery

Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by 15% [x].

 

Curse Cluster

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Decrepify

Tags: Curse Corruption

Essence Cost: 10
Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed by 40.0% and deal 20.0% less damage for 10 seconds.
Enhancement

Enhanced Decrepify: Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds.

Upgrade 1

Abhorrent Decrepify: Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 15% chance to reduce your active Cooldowns by 1 second.

Upgrade 2

Horrid Decrepify: When you or your Minions hit an enemy afflicted with Decripìfy below 10% Life, they are instantly killed. Does not work on Bosses.

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Iron Maiden

Tags: Curse Corruption

Essence Cost: 10
Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take X [20%] damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds
Enhancement

Enhanced Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden no longer costs Essence. Instead, gain 5 Essence for each enemy cursed. Does not work with enemies who are already cursed with Iron Maiden.

Upgrade 1

Abhorrent Iron Maiden: Heal for 5% of your Maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.

Upgrade 2

Horrid Iron Maiden: When at least 3 enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden, its damage is increased by 20% [x]

 

 

 

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Death's Embrace

Close enemies take 2% [x] more damage from you and deal 3% less damage to you.
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Death's Reach

You deal 4% [x] increased damage to Distant enemies.
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Amplify Damage

You deal 4% [x] increased damage to Cursed enemies.
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Skeletal Mage Mastery

Increase the damage and life of your Skeletal Mages by 20% [x]

 

Corpse & Macabre (2nd Cluster) Cluster

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Bone Spirit

Tags: Corpse Macabre Bone

Cooldown: 12 seconds
Essence Cost: All Remaining Essence
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Consume all of your Essence to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies. Upon reaching an enemy, the spirit explodes, dealing X [80%] damage to the target and all surrounding enemies. Damage is increased by 3% [x] for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit.
Enhancement

Enhanced Bone Spirit: If Bone Spirit critically strikes, its cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds. This effect can only happen once per cast.

Upgrade 1

Dreadful Bone Spirit: After Bone Spirit hits an enemy, you generate 30 Essence over the next 4 seconds.

Upgrade 2

Ghastly Bone Spirit: Bone Spirit has an additional 10% [+] Critical Strike Chance.

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Corpse Tendrils

Tags: Corpse Corruption

Cooldown: 11 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Veins burst out of a Corpse, Pulling in enemies, Stunning them for 3 seconds, and dealing X [20%] damage to them. Does not consume the corpse.
Enhancement

Enhanced Corpse Tendrils: Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed by 50% before being Pulled.

Upgrade 1

Blighted Corpse Tendrils: Corpse Tendrils has a 35% chance when damaging enemies to drop a Blood Orb.

Upgrade 2

Plagued Corpse Tendrils: Enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

 

 

 

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Gruesome Mending

While below 50% Life, you receive 10% [+] more Healing from all sources.
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Transfusion

Blood Orbs also Heal your Minions for 20% of the amount.
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Coalesced Blood

While Healthy your Blood Skills deal 6% [x] increased damage.
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Tides of Blood

Your Blood Skills deal 5% [x] increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy.

 

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Drain Vitality

Lucky Hit: Hitting enemies with Blood Skills has up to a 30% chance to Fortify you for 2% Base Life.
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Necrotic Carapace

When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions, Fortify for 2% Base Life.
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Serration

Your Bone skills have a 0.3% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance for each 10 Essence you have upon cast.
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Compound Fracture

After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal 5% increased damage per 5 seconds

 

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Rapid Ossification

Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone skills by 0.5 seconds
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Evulsion

Your Bone Skills deal 5 % [x] increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies.
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Crippling Darkness

Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for 1 seconds.
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Gloom

When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take 2% [x] increased Shadow Damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

 

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Terror

Darkness Skills deal 3% [x] bonus damage to enemies who are slowed, and 3% [x] bonus damage to enemies who are stunned or immobilized. These bonuses stack and apply to shadow damage dealt by your Minions.
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Reaper's Pursuit

Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your movement speed by 5% [+] for 3 Seconds

 

 

 

Ultimate Cluster

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Army of the Dead

Tags: Ultimate  

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 64%
Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing X [45%] damage.
Enhancement

Prime Army of the Dead: When Army of the Dead's Volatile Skeletons explode, they have a 15% chance to leave behind a Corpse.

Upgrade 1

Supreme Army of the Dead: Army of the Dead also raises your Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages.

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Blood Wave

Tags: Ultimate Blood

Cooldown: 50 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals  X [120%] damage and Knocks Back enemies.
Enhancement

Prime Blood WaveBlood Wave Slow enemies by 50% for 4 seconds.

Upgrade 1

Supreme Blood Wave: Blood Wave leaves behind 3 Blood Orbs as it travels.

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Bone Storm

Tags: Ultimate Bone

Cooldown: 60 Seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing  X [180%] to surrounding enemies over  10 seconds.
Enhancement

Prime Bone Storm: Your damage reduction is increased by 15% while Bone Storm is active.

Upgrade 1

Supreme Bone Storm: Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20% [+] while Bone Storm is active.

 

 

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Golem Mastery

Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by 25% [x]
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Inspiring Leader

After you have been Healthy for at least 4 second, you and your Minions gain 4% [+] Attack Speed.
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Hellbent Commander

Your Minions deal 10% [x] increased damage while you are Close to them.
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Bonded in Essence

Every 5 seconds, your Skeletal Priest's Healing will Heal your Skeletons for 20% of their Maximum Life

 

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Death's Defense

Your Minions cannot lose more than 60% of their Maximum Life from a single damage instance.
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Stand Alone

Increases Damage Reduction by 6% reduced by 2% for each active Minion
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Memento Mori

Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%

 

 

Key Passive Cluster

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Kalan's Edict

After you have not taken damage in the last 2 seconds, your Minions gain 15% [+] Attack Speed. While you have at least 7 Minions, this bonus is doubled.
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Ossified Essence

Your Bone Skills deal 1% [x] increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast.
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Shadowblight

Shadow Damage infects enemies with Shadowblight for 2 seconds. You and your minions deal 10% [x] bonus damage to enemies with Shadowblight.
Every 10th time an enemy receives Shadow damage from you or your Minions while they are affected by Shadowblight, they take additional X [22%] Shadow Damage.
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Rathma's Vigor

Increase your Maximum Life by 10% [x]. After being Healthy for 12 seconds, your next Blood skill Overpowers.

 

 




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