Necromancer
Command the dead. Raise skeletal minions, wield bone and blood magic, and harvest corpses for power.
Overview
The Necromancer commands the forces of death in Diablo 4, raising undead minions, wielding bone and shadow magic, and exploiting corpses to devastating effect. As a master of life and death, the Necromancer offers both summoner and direct-damage playstyles.
Resource: Essence & Corpses
Essence serves as the primary resource for casting skills, while Corpses — left behind by slain enemies — fuel powerful secondary abilities like Corpse Explosion and Corpse Tendrils. Managing both resources simultaneously is key to mastering the class.
Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead allows Necromancers to customize their undead army. Choose between three types of Skeletal Warriors (Skirmishers, Defenders, Reapers), three types of Skeletal Mages (Shadow, Cold, Bone), and three Golem variants (Bone, Blood, Iron). Each type has upgrade paths, or can be sacrificed entirely for personal power bonuses.
Playstyle
Necromancers can build around massive minion armies, Bone Spear burst damage, Shadow DOT builds, Blood sustain builds, or Corpse Explosion chain reactions. The class excels at both solo and group content with strong survivability through Blood skills.
Unique Mechanic — Book of the Dead
Configure your minions or sacrifice them for personal bonuses
Skeletal Warriors
Skirmishers
Skirmishers variant
Defenders
Defenders variant
Reapers
Reapers variant
Skeletal Mages
Shadow
Shadow variant
Cold
Cold variant
Bone
Bone variant
Golems
Bone
Bone variant
Blood
Blood variant
Iron
Iron variant
Skill Overview
View all ›Basic 4
Bone Splinters
Generate Essence: 10 Fire 3 splinters of bone, dealing 30% damage each.
Reap
Generate Essence: 15 Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing 50% damage.
Decompose
Generate Essence: [12 - 16] per second Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing 150% Corrupting damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the fl...
Hemorrhage
Generate Essence: 13 Burst an enemy's blood, dealing 80% damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb.
Core 6
Bone Spear
Conjure a bone spear from the ground that pierces enemies, dealing 130% damage.
Blight
Unleash concentrated blight that deals 40% damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing 210% Corrupting damage over 6 seconds.
Sever
A specter of you charges forward, dealing 60% damage, then attacks with its scythe, dealing 100% damage.
Blood Surge
Draw blood from enemies, dealing 20% damage, then expel a blood nova, dealing 100% damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by 5%[x] for each en...
Blood Lance
Throw a blood lance, dealing 130% to an enemy that ricochets to another enemy. Enemies hit are lanced for 3 seconds. When Blood Lance hits an enemy, i...
Skeleton Mage
Raise a skeletal mage, up to a maximum of 3 mages. Skeletal mages deal 80% damage with each attack.
Corpse 3
Corpse Explosion
Detonate a Corpse, dealing 110% damage to enemies.
Corpse Tendrils
Burst veins out of a Corpse, Slowing enemies by 50% for 1.5 seconds before Pulling them in and dealing 20% damage.
Skeleton Warrior
Passive: Raise a skeletal warrior from a nearby Corpse every 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 warriors. Skeletal warriors deal 65% with each attack. Ac...
Macabre 4
Blood Mist
Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for 3 seconds. You deal 420% damage to enemies and Heal for 6.0% of your Maximum Life (52) over the durat...
Bone Spirit
Charge Cooldown: 12 seconds Conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies and explodes, dealing 150% damage.
Bone Prison
Unearth a prison of bone with 258 Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds.
Golem
Passive: Raise a Golem that attacks for 125% damage. When your Golem dies, it respawns after 10 seconds. Active: Command your Golem to leap to the tar...
Curse 2
Ultimate 4
Army of the Dead
Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing 120% damage and Stunning ...
Bone Storm
400% damage to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds.A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing 400% damage to surrounding ene...
Blood Wave
Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 500% damage and Knocks Back enemies.
Soulrift
Consume surrounding enemies, dealing 300% Corrupting damage over 8 seconds. Every 0.25 seconds you absorb the souls of 3 enemies, gaining 2 Essence pe...
Top Builds
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Unique Items
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Black River
Unique Main HandCorpse Explosion consumes up to 4 additional Corpses around the initial Corpse, gaining [120 - 160]%...
Blood Artisan's Cuirass
Unique Chest ArmorWhen you pick up [10 - 3] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on y...
Blood Moon Breeches
Unique PantsYour Summons have a [7.0 - 10.0]% chance to randomly inflict Decrepify or Iron Maiden when they deal...
Blood Wake
Unique BootsBlood Mist casts Corpse Explosion on surrounding Corpses. When Blood Mist detonates a Corpse, its Co...
Bloodless Scream
Unique Two-Handed SlashingYour Darkness Skills Chill enemies for up to 100% and deal [100 - 125]%[x] increased damage to Froze...
Boots Unique Necro 98
Unique BootsWhen you pick up [10 - 3] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on y...
Chest Unique Necro 98
Unique Chest ArmorWhen you pick up [10 - 3] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on y...
Cruor's Embrace
Unique GlovesCasting Blood Surge picks up 4 Blood Orbs around you to expel smaller blood novas, dealing [50 - 60]...
Deathgrip
Unique GlovesYour maximum number of Skeleton Warriors is increased by 1. Skeleton Warriors cleave with their atta...
Deathless Visage
Unique HelmCritical Strikes with Bone Spear form an echo that bursts, dealing [30 - 40]%[x] of its normal damag...
Deathspeaker's Pendant
Unique AmuletBlood Surge casts a mini nova on your Minions, dealing [41 - 85] damage. Damage is increased by 10% ...
Ebonpiercer
Unique AmuletBlight also shoots 4 smaller piercing projectiles, each dealing [27 - 33]% of Blight's defiled area ...
Eggcecutioner
Unique Two-Handed SlashingSlain enemies have a chance to lay an egg.
Gospel of the Devotee
Unique Off-HandYour Basic Skills gain the effect of every Upgrade. Damaging an enemy with a Basic Skill causes them...
Gravewalker's Hand
Unique GlovesYour Essence Generation is increased by [30 - 40]%. Your Bone Skills deal 0.5%[x] increased damage f...
Greaves of the Empty Tomb
Unique BootsSever leaves behind Desecrated Ground that deals [300 - 1,200] Corrupting damage over 2 seconds.
Hangman's Hand
Unique GlovesSever deals [10 - 15]%[x] increased damage and sends out 1 additional specter to attack a nearby ene...
Howl from Below
Unique GlovesInstead of detonating immediately, Corpse Explosion now Summons a Volatile Skeleton that charges at ...
Indira's Memory
Unique PantsBlood Wave is additionally a Bone Skill. It spawns a Bone Prison at its end point and increases your...
Kessime's Legacy
Unique PantsBlood Wave now forms a wave on each side of you. Both waves converge at your feet, Pulling In all su...
Lidless Wall
Unique ShieldLucky Hit: While you have an active Bone Storm, hitting an enemy has up to a [35 - 45]% chance to sp...
Mace of King Leoric
Unique Main HandYour Golem will consume one of your Skeleton Mages or Skeleton Warriors every 8 seconds, healing to ...
Mutilator Plate
Unique Chest ArmorYou are Blood Lanced, and when Blood Lance would deal damage to you, it instead Fortifies you for 5%...
Omen of Pain
Unique Ring 1A dark aura surrounds you, inflicting Decrepify and Iron Maiden on enemies who touch it. Curses infl...
Pact of Bone
Unique Ring 1Your Minions gain [30 - 35]%[+] Attack Speed and Critical Strike Chance.When one of your Minions die...
Pants Unique Necro 98
Unique PantsWhen you pick up [10 - 3] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on y...
Path of Trag'Oul
Unique BootsBone Prison traps a larger area and fires [30 - 35] Bone Splinters at enemies trapped within. Your M...
Red Blessing
Unique AmuletWhile Healthy, gain 4 Maximum Overpower. Blood Orbs grant 2 stacks of Overpower.You deal [5.33 - 6.6...
Ring of Mendeln
Unique Ring 1Every 6th attack from each Minion is empowered, exploding for [975 - 1,650] Physical damage.
Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul
Unique Ring 1Corpse Tendrils gains the effect of every Upgrade and is automatically cast every [8.0 - 6.0] second...
Sanguivor, Blade of Zir
Unique Two-Handed SlashingYour Summons' damage afflict enemies with Vampiric Curse. Consuming a Corpse also contributes 3 soul...
The Gloom Ward
Unique ShieldShadow damage infects enemies with Shadowblight for 2 seconds. Every 8th time an enemy receives Shad...
The Hand of Naz
Unique GlovesYour maximum number of Skeleton Mages is increased by 1 and they are upgraded to Arch-Mages.Arch-Mag...
The Mortacrux
Unique Main HandWhen consuming a Corpse, there is a [40 - 50]% chance to also create a decaying Skeletal Simulacrum ...
The Undercrown
Unique HelmYour maximum number of Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Mages is increased by [2 - 4]. Commanding Skel...
The Unmaker
Unique HelmSoulrift's duration is increased by 0.5 seconds for every 30 Essence you spend while it's active, up...
Vengeful Sinew
Unique Chest ArmorBone Spirit explodes an additional time, dealing [35 - 45]% of normal damage. Bone Spirit deals [30 ...
Will of Rathma
Unique AmuletVulnerable, Weakened, Crowd Controlled, or Corrupted enemies are Afflicted, taking 40% increased dam...
Aspects
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Aspect of Amplified Damage
You deal 60%[x] increased damage to Cursed enemies.
Aspect of Bursting Bones
Bone Skills gain 0.40%[x] increased damage for every 1 Maximum Essence you have, up to 200.
Aspect of Coalesced Blood
Blood Skills deal 70.0%[x] increased damage while you are Healthy.
Aspect of Decay
You deal 85%[x] increased Corrupting and Frostbite damage.
Aspect of Decaying Humerus
Your Bone Skills now deal Shadow damage instead of Physical. Enemies take [15 - 25]%[x] increased Sh...
Aspect of Gloom
When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take 15%[x] increased damage from your Darkness S...
Aspect of Gore Quills
NEEDS REDESIGNCasting Blood Lance will consume Blood Orbs to also conjure lances from them. Each add...
Aspect of Natural Selection
While you have only 1 active Minion type, that Minion type deals 70%[x] increased damage and gains 6...
Aspect of Plunging Darkness
Bone Prison is now a Darkness Skill and spawns Blight for 6 seconds. Your Blights deal [40 - 60]%[x]...
Aspect of Rathma's Chosen
Blood Skills have 60%[+] increased Attack Speed while you are Fortified.
Aspect of Serration
Your Corpse and Bone Skills gain 5%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance and 60%[x] increased Critica...
Aspect of Service and Sacrifice
Skeleton Warriors explode on death, dealing [100 - 200]% Physical damage to surrounding enemies. The...
Aspect of Terror
Your Darkness Skills deal 35.0%[x] increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies and 35.0%[x] increas...
Aspect of the Great Feast
While you have active Minions, your Summons deal 55%[x] increased damage, but each Minion Drains 2 E...
Aspect of the Great Feast
While you have active Minions, your Summons deal [30 - 45]%[x] increased damage, but each Minion Dra...
Aspect of Thickened Blood
Blood Skills deal up to 90%[x] increased damage based on how Fortified you are.
Aspect of Ultimate Shadow
Your Desecrated Ground deals 120%[x] increased damage and Slows enemies by 50%.
Aspect of Untimely Death
Every 10% of your Maximum Life Healed grants you grants you 90%[x] increased Blood Skill damage for ...
Blighted Aspect
Consecutive hits with the Shadowblight Key Passive deal [15.0 - 25.0]%[x] increased damage for each ...
Bone Breaker's Aspect
Bone Skills deal 100%[x] increased damage. This bonus is reduced by 10% per subsequent enemy hit.
Bone Duster's Aspect
Bone Spear is guaranteed to Critically Strike enemies within Bone Prison and deals [20 - 40]% increa...
Cadaverous Aspect
Consuming a Corpse increases your damage by 13%[x] for 5 seconds, up to 65%[x].
of Compound Fracture Aspect
After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal 70%[x] increased damage f...
Osseous Gale Aspect
Bone Storm consumes up to 8 Corpses to increase its duration by up to 15.0 seconds.
Rotting Aspect
Decompose can chain and burst up to 4 additional targets. Explosions from Decompose deal 35%[x] incr...
Sacrificial Aspect
Your Sacrifice bonuses are increased by 80%.
Splintering Aspect
Bone Skills deal 70%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
Tides of Blood Aspect
Blood Skills deal 35%[x] increased damage while you have a stack of Overpower. This bonus is doubled...
Unyielding Commander's Aspect
While Army of the Dead is active, your Minions take 90% reduced damage and you deal 110%[x] increase...
Defensive 2
Utility 12
Aspect of Debilitating Darkness
Your Desecrated Ground deals 25%[x] increased damage and makes enemies Vulnerable.
Aspect of Hewed Flesh
Lucky Hit: Up to a 25% chance to form a Corpse at the target's location. Your Corpse Skills deal 20....
Aspect of Shielding Bones
Casting a Bone Skill grants 2 stacks of Resolve. Gain 30%[+] increased All Resistances while you hav...
Aspect of the Cursed Aura
A dark aura surrounds you, inflicting Decrepify and Iron Maiden on enemies who touch it. Curses infl...
Aspect of the Embalmer
Consuming a Corpse has a 25% chance to spawn a Blood Orb. Blood Orb Healing is increased by 45%.
Aspect of the Void
Darkness Skills Weaken enemies for 4 seconds. Darkness Skills deal 15%[x] increased damage to Weaken...
Aspect of Transfusion
Lucky Hit: Blood Skills have up to a 50% chance to create a Blood Orb at the target's location.
Blood Getter's Aspect
Your Skeletal Priests now also empower you at 75% effectiveness.
Coldbringer's Aspect
Every 4 seconds, your Skeletal Mages cast a blizzard that deals 180 Cold damage and continuously Chi...
Coldbringer's Aspect
Every 4 seconds, your Skeletal Mages cast a blizzard that deals [135 - 180] Cold damage and continuo...
Hulking Aspect
Your Golem has a 18% chance to reduce its active Cooldown by 2 seconds and a 9.0% chance to spawn a ...
Necrotic Carapace Aspect
When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions, Fortify for 7% of your Maximum Life.
Resource 6
Aspect of Potent Blood
Blood Orbs grant 30 Essence.
Aspect of Rapid Ossification
Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone Skills by 4 seconds.
Aspect of the Long Shadow
Lucky Hit: Your Corrupting effects have a 80.0% chance to generate 3 Essence.
Aspect of Torment
Critical Strikes with Bone Skills increase your Essence Regeneration by 500.0%[x] for 4 seconds.
Fastblood Aspect
Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by 3.00 seconds.
Requiem Aspect
You gain 10.0 Maximum Essence per active Minion.
Mobility 4
Aspect of Creeping Cadaver
Every 20 meters traveled triggers a random equipped Corpse Skill. Consuming a Corpse increases your ...
Aspect of Creeping Cadaver
Consuming a Corpse increases your Movement Speed by [20.0 - 40.0]% for 8 seconds.
Blood-soaked Aspect
Blood Mist leaves a trail of Desecrated Ground that lasts for 8 seconds and deals [53 - 83] Corrupti...
Shadow-Soaked Aspect
While standing in Desecrated Ground and for 6 seconds after leaving it you gain 40%[+] Movement Spee...
Paragon Boards & Glyphs
Paragon Boards
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Blood Begets Blood
Blood Orbs grant 15%[x] increased damage, up to 60%[x], for 10 seconds.
Bloodbath
You deal 20%[x] increased damage while you have a stack of Overpower. After gaining or losing a stack of Overpower, you ...
Bone Graft
Your Bone Skills deal 40%[x] increased damage and your Maximum Essence is increased by 10.
Cult Leader
Your Minions deal 40%[x] increased damage for each 20% of Attack Speed Bonus they have, up to a maximum of 100% Attack S...
Flesh-eater
Consuming a Corpse grants 60%[x] increased damage for 8 seconds.
Frailty
Deal 60%[x] increased damage to Cursed enemies.
Hulking Monstrosity
Your Golem has 40%[x] increased Maximum Life and deals 100%[x] increased damage. Skeletal Mages and Warriors Sacrifice B...
Scent of Death
You gain 15% Damage Reduction and deal 45%[x] increased damage.
Wither
Your Shadow damage has a 20% chance to deal 300%[x] increased damage.
Glyphs
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Abyssal
Grants +25.0% bonus to all Rare nodes within range.
Dexterity 25
Amplify
Grants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Intelligence 40
Blood-drinker
Grants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Intelligence 40
Control
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +1.0% increased damage to Crowd Controlled...
Intelligence 40
Corporeal
Grants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Intelligence 40
Darkness
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +0.66% increased Shadow damage.
Intelligence 40
Deadraiser
Paragon nodes within range gain +20.0% bonus to their Minion damage and damage reduction modifiers.
Intelligence 40
Desecration
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, your Desecrated Ground deals 9.9%[+] increased damage.
Willpower 25
Dominate
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +1.5% increased damage per Overpower charge.
Willpower 25
Eliminator
Grants +20.0% bonus to all Normal nodes within range.
Intelligence 40
Essence
For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal 2.0%[+] increased Critical Strike Damage.
Dexterity 25
Exhumation
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, your Corpse Skills deal 1.7%[+] increased damage.
Intelligence 40
Exploit
For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +1.0% increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
Dexterity 25
Golem
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, Golems gain +2.0% increased damage.
Willpower 25
Gravekeeper
Grants +25.0% bonus to all Rare nodes within range.
Dexterity 25
Imbiber
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +1.3% increased damage while Healthy.
Willpower 25
Mage
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, Skeleton Mages deal +1.3% increased damage.
Intelligence 40
Revenge
Grants +25.0% bonus to all Rare nodes within range.
Willpower 25
Sacrificial
Grants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Intelligence 40
Scourge
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +0.7% increased Corrupting damage.
Intelligence 40
Territorial
For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +1.0% increased damage to Close targets.
Dexterity 25
Undaunted
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +1.0% increased damage while Fortified.
Willpower 25
Warrior
For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, Skeletal Warriors deal +2.0% increased damage.
Dexterity 25