Rogue Build
Diablo 4features some of the most influential classes from theDiabloseries.Diablo 4brings them back with new features, skills, and mechanics. Possibly the most popular class from Diablo’s history is the Necromancer, a bone-throwing, corpse-raising, poison-spewing spellcaster known for its high versatility and impressive skills. With all thenew options available to Necromancers, players might be wondering how to get the most out of this powerhouse class. This guide outlines a build for the Necromancer that can carve through the beta efficiently while having a lot of fun along the way.
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Best Necromancer Build for the Diablo 4 Beta
Necromancers excel at just about anything they put their points into.There are many potential buildsthat are all incredibly powerful. All in all, the Necromancer is the perfect class for players that like to agonize over every detail in their build.
Afterthe player has reached level 25and earned the extra Skill Points awarded by Renown Rewards, they’ll have a total of 26 Skill Points to use. The following build, titled “Death & Corpses,” uses those 26 points to craft a versatile Necromancer that deals monstrous amounts of damage. It’s based on a level 25 character. The exact numbers will vary based on gear.
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The Best Attack Pattern for Death & Corpses Necromancers
The Death & Corpses build focuses on inflicting status effects, forming Corpses, and blowing them up.Hewed Fleshis the star of the show. With it, every hit has a 12% chance to form a Corpse; that chance increases to 24% against bosses. To take advantage of that, this build focuses on scoring many hits quickly. The minions also create corpses, butthe Bone Magesdo require some to keep up. Even during one-on-one boss fights though, the Death & Corpses build forms more than enough Corpses to go around.
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The Best Gear for Death & Corpses Necromancers
The bonuses given by gear inDiablo 4are calledaffixes. They have names, and they appear randomly on gear. Finding just the right gear can be a hassle, butenchanting can help tie up any loose ends. A Necromancer using the Death & Corpses build should look out for these stats:
The best weapon for the Necromancer appears to be theTwo-Handed Scythe. It generally offers the best stats for the Necromancer’s skills. Players should also keep an eye out forAspect of Reanimation, which increases Skeletons’ damage significantly.Aspect of the Embalmergives a 25% chance to create Blood Orbs when consuming a corpse.There are other helpful aspectsas well, and many stats that give smaller boosts too.
Necromancer players have a lot of fine-tuning available to them, so this is by no means the end of the journey. Players should spend time finding just the right balance of stats for their play style. Players can get a lot out of the Necromancer with as little or as much effort as they want to invest.
Diablo 4launches June 6 on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5.
