Diablo 2 Necromancer Best Skills Tier List, ranking the strongest Skills. We detail each Necromancer Skill Synergy, Lvl Requirement and what they do in game for Curses, Necromancer Summoning Spells, Poison and Bone Spells.
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Diablo 2 Necromancer Skills Tier List

Best Necromancer Skills Tier List
- S TIERThe Best Necromancer Skills you should always max (Level 20) depending on your class build in our Diablo 2 Tier List.
- A TIERVery Strong Skills, but not the primary skill, usually used as a Secondary or for Synergy Bonus Damage in most builds.
- B TIERGood choice and can be viable when used with the right Necromancer Build.
- C TIERAn Average choice, middle of the pack neither good nor bad. In most cases, only 1 Level is needed for these skills.
- D TIERBelow Average, slightly on the weaker side of an average pick. Typically only required to reach further within the skill tree of a class.
- E TIERWeak choice and wouldn’t recommend unless you enjoy the playstyle.
- F TIERWorst the lowest ranking options in this Diablo 2 Skills Tier List.
E TIER

Attract
F TIER
Unranked
These Skills rankings are still to be determined within this Tier List.
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Best Necromancer Skills in Diablo 2
List of Best Skills To use with Necromancer Class in Diablo 2. We explain Skills such as Teeth, Raise Skeleton, Amplify Damage and what synergy they share when leveling them up.
List of Curses for Necromancer
Skills | Description |
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A Tier
![]() Amplify Damage
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Curses a group of enemies, increasing the non-magic damage they receive.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 1 |
A Tier
![]() Dim Vision
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Curses a group of monsters. Reducing their vision radius.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 6 |
B Tier
![]() Decrepify
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Curses a group of enemies to make them slow, weak and take amplified damage.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 24 |
B Tier
![]() Iron Maiden
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Curses a group of enemies, causing them to damage themselves when damaging others.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 12 |
B Tier
![]() Lower Resist
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Curses an enemy to take more damage from all magical attack lowers resistances of monsters lowers maximum resistances of hostile players.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 30 |
B Tier
![]() Weaken
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Curses a group of enemies. Reducing the amount of damage they inflict.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 6 |
C Tier
![]() Life Tap
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Curses a group of monsters so that damaging them gives the attacker life.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 18 |
C Tier
![]() Terror
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Curses a group of monsters, causing them to flee in terror.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 12 |
D Tier
![]() Confuse
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Curses a monster to force it to attack random targets.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 18 |
E Tier
![]() Attract
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Curses a monster to become the target of all nearby monsters this curse may not be overridden by another curse.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 24 |
List of Necromancer Summoning Spells for Necromancer
Skills | Description |
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S Tier
![]() Raise Skeletal Mage
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Cast on the corpse of a slain monster. This raises a skeleton mage that fights for you.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 12 |
S Tier
![]() Raise Skeleton
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Cast on the corpse of a slain monster. This raises a skeleton warrior that fights for you.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 1 |
S Tier
![]() Skeleton Mastery
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Increases Life and Damage of Raised Skeletons and revived creatures.
Passive ![]() Requires Lv. 1 |
B Tier
![]() Blood Golem
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Creates a Golem that shares with you the Life it steals and damage it receives.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 18 |
C Tier
![]() Clay Golem
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Creates a Golem from the earth to fight by your side.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 6 |
C Tier
![]() Iron Golem
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Transforms a metallic item into a Golem that gains the properties of the item.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 24 |
C Tier
![]() Revive
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Returns a monster to life to fight by your side.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 30 |
C Tier
![]() Summon Resist
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Increases the resistances of all summoned creatures.
Passive ![]() Requires Lv. 24 |
D Tier
![]() Fire Golem
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Creates a golem that converts the damage it receives from fire into Life.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 30 |
D Tier
![]() Golem Mastery
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Enhances Speed and Life of all your Golems.
Passive ![]() Requires Lv. 12 |
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List of Poison and Bone Spells for Necromancer
Skills | Description |
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S Tier
![]() Bone Armor
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Creates an orbiting shield of bone that absorbs melee damage.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 1 |
S Tier
![]() Bone Spear
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Summons a deadly spike of bone to impale your enemies.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 18 |
S Tier
![]() Bone Spirit
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Releases a spirit of the restless undead that tracks its target or finds one of its own.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 30 |
A Tier
![]() Bone Prison
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Creates a barrier of fossilized bone around your target.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 24 |
A Tier
![]() Bone Wall
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Creates an impassable barrier of bone and debris.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 12 |
A Tier
![]() Corpse Explosion
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Cast on the corpse of a slain monster, it explodes, damaging nerby enemies.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 6 |
A Tier
![]() Poison Explosion
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Cast on the corpse of a slain monster, toxic gas is released that poisons nearby monsters.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 18 |
A Tier
![]() Poison Nova
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Emits an expanding ring of concentrated poison.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 30 |
B Tier
![]() Poison Dagger
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Adds poison to your dagger attacks.
Active / Passive ![]() Requires Lv. 6 |
B Tier
![]() Teeth
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Fires a barrage of summoned barbed teeth.
Active ![]() Requires Lv. 1 |
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Fire Arrow

Magic Arrow

Cold Arrow

Multiple Shot

Exploding Arrow

Ice Arrow

Guided Arrow

Strafe

Immolation Arrow

Freezing Arrow

Inner Sight

Critical Strike

Dodge

Slow Missiles

Avoid

Penetrate

Decoy

Evade

Valkyrie

Pierce

Jab

Power Strike

Poison Javelin

Impale

Lightning Bolt

Charged Strike

Plague Javelin

Fend

Lightning Strike

Lightning Fury


Tiger Strike

Dragon Talon

Fists Of Fire

Dragon Claw

Cobra Strike

Claws Of Thunder

Dragon Tail

Dragon Flight

Phoenix Strike

Fire Blast

Shock Web

Blade Sentinel

Charged Bolt Sentry

Wake Of Fire

Blade Fury

Lightning Sentry

Wake Of Inferno

Death Sentry

Blade Shield

Claw Mastery

Psychic Hammer

Burst Of Speed

Cloak Of Shadows

Weapon Block

Fade

Mind Blast

Venom

Shadow Master


Sword Mastery

Axe Mastery

Mace Mastery

Polearm Mastery

Throwing Mastery

Spear Mastery

Increased Stamina

Iron Skin

Increased Speed

Natural Resistance

Bash

Double Swing

Leap

Double Throw

Stun

Leap Attack

Concentrate

Frenzy

Whirlwind

Berserk

Howl

Find Potion

Shout

Taunt

Find Item

Battle Cry

Battle Orders

Grim Ward

War Cry

Battle Command
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Firestorm

Molten Boulder

Arctic Blast

Cyclone Armor

Fissure

Twister

Volcano

Tornado

Armageddon

Hurricane

Werewolf

Lycanthropy

Werebear

Maul

Feral Rage

Fire Claws

Rabies

Shock Wave

Hunger

Fury

Raven

Poison Creeper

Oak Sage

Summon Spirit Wolf

Carrion Vine

Heart Of Wolverine

Summon Dire Wolf

Solar Creeper

Spirit Of Barbs

Summon Grizzly


Amplify Damage

Dim Vision

Weaken

Iron Maiden

Terror

Confuse

Life Tap

Attract

Decrepify

Lower Resist

Teeth

Bone Armor

Poison Dagger

Corpse Explosion

Bone Wall

Poison Explosion

Bone Spear

Bone Prison

Poison Nova

Bone Spirit

Raise Skeleton

Skeleton Mastery

Clay Golem

Golem Mastery

Raise Skeletal Mage

Blood Golem

Summon Resist

Iron Golem

Fire Golem

Revive


Sacrifice

Holy Bolt

Zeal

Charge

Vengeance

Blessed Hammer

Conversion

Holy Shield

Fist Of The Heavens

Prayer

Resist Fire

Defiance

Resist Cold

Cleansing

Resist Lightning

Vigor

Meditation

Redemption

Salvation

Might

Holy Fire

Thorns

Blessed Aim

Holy Freeze

Concentration

Holy Shock

Sanctuary

Fanaticism

Conviction

Smite
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Ice Bolt

Frozen Armor

Ice Blast

Frost Nova

Shiver Armor

Glacial Spike

Blizzard

Chilling Armor

Cold Mastery

Frozen Orb

Fire Bolt

Warmth

Inferno

Fire Ball

Blaze

Fire Wall

Enchant

Meteor

Fire Mastery

Hydra

Charged Bolt

Telekinesis

Static Field

Lightning

Nova

Chain Lightning

Teleport

Thunder Storm

Energy Shield

Lightning Mastery