Malignant Hearts

Socket your jewelry with a Sacrilegious, The Great Feast, Revenge.

Season 1 Build

Skills

This D4 Corpse Explosion Build guide focuses on the Blood Mist, Corpse Explosion, Corpse Tendrils skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from Renown for total of 58 Skill Points.

Basic (1)
1
1
1
Core (2)
3
Macabre (3)
5
1
1
5
1
1
1
3
Corruption (4)
1
1
1
3
Summoning (5)
5
1
1
1
3
1
3
3
Ultimate (6)
1
1
1
3
3
Key Passive (7)
1

Paragons

These are the Legendary Boards, Glyphs, and Rare Node Paragons used in the Corpse Explosion Build.

Book of the Dead

For the Corpse Explosion Build we suggest you use the Reapers (Sacrifice), Cold (Sacrifice), Blood Golem (Sacrifice) Book of the Dead.

Skeletal Warrior (1)
Skeletal Mage (2)
Golem (3)

Gear Build

Unique Weapons, Armor Gear and Aspects you should use based on equipment slot.

Gems

You will socket your gear with a Amethyst in the Weapon, Ruby in the Armor, Skull in the Jewelry.

Weapon
Armor
Jewelry

Stat Priority

You should first prioritize Damage Reduction, and Secondly Cooldown Reduction, after that the next best option is the Shadow Damage stat.

Paragon Board

You will use the Legendary Scent of Death, Flesh-eater, Wither Paragon Boards and within those boards, you will use the Darkness, Exploit (Necromancer), Control (Necromancer), Scourge Glyphs.

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Flesh-eater
Scent of Death
Wither
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Scent of Death
NecromancerLegendary Board
S
  • With at least 2 Corpses Nearby, you gain 15% Damage Reduction. With no Corpses Nearby, you deal 15% increased damage.
Darkness
NecromancerRare Glyph
C
  • Description:
    For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased Shadow damage.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Whenever you or your Minions deal Shadow damage to an enemy, that enemy deals 2% reduced damage, up to 10%, for 5 seconds.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Willpower
Exploit (Necromancer)
NecromancerRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +1 - 4% (0.15% Per Level) increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Dealing damage to a Vulnerable enemy increases your damage by x1% for 6 seconds, up to x10%.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Dexterity
Flesh-eater
NecromancerLegendary Board
A
  • Consuming 5 Corpses grants 40% increased damage for 6 seconds.
Control (Necromancer)
NecromancerRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +3 - 15% (0.6% Per Level) increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies.
  • Radius Requirement:
    40 Intelligence
Wither
NecromancerLegendary Board
B
  • Your Shadow damage over time effects have a 5% chance to deal 50% bonus damage each time they deal damage. This chance is increased by 1% and bonus damage is increased by 2.5% for each 50 Willpower you have.
Scourge
NecromancerRare Glyph
B
  • Description:
    For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased Shadow damage over time.
  • Radius Bonus:
    You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies affected by Shadow damage over time effects.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Willpower

Aspects

This map will help you find all dungeon Codex Aspects used in the Corpse Explosion Build.

Corpse Explosion Map contents
Location Type Subtype Description Show on map

This build uses 3 Dungeon Codex Aspects, and 5 Regular Aspects which can be found on items at random and then can be extracted.

Aspect of Decay
NecromancerOffensive
A
Each time the Shadowblight Key Passive deals damage to enemies, it increases the next Shadowblight's damage within 10 seconds by [25-45%] , stacking up to 5 times.
Offhand Slot
Blighted Aspect
NecromancerOffensive
Codex
C
You deal [50-120%] increased damage for 6 seconds after the Shadowblight Key Passive damages enemies 10 times.
Amulet Slot
Blood-Soaked Aspect
NecromancerOffensive
D
Blood Mist leaves a trail that lasts for 4 seconds and deals [.24-.31] Shadow damage per second to enemies who stand in it. Your Movement Speed is no longer reduced while Blood Mist is active.
Ring Slot
Aspect of Ultimate Shadow
NecromancerOffensive
C
Bone Storm and Blood Wave are also Darkness Skills, deal Shadow damage, and gain additional effects: Enemies damaged by Bone Storm take [X] Shadow Damage over 2 seconds. Blood Wave desecrates the ground it travels over, dealing [.43-.48] Shadow damage over 4 ...
Ring Slot
Aspect of Explosive Mist
NecromancerOffensive
B
Blood Mist triggers Corpse Explosion on surrounding Corpses. When Blood Mist detonates a Corpse, its Cooldown is reduced by [0.2-0.5] seconds.
Helm Slot
Aspect of Disobedience
AllDefensive
Codex
S
You gain [0.25-0.50%] increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [25.00-50.00%] .
Chest Slot
Aspect of Shielding Storm
NecromancerDefensive
A
Each time that Bone Storm damages an enemy, gain a Barrier equal to [2-5%] of your Base Life for 10 seconds.
Pants Slot
Ghostwalker Aspect
AllMobility
Codex
A
While Unstoppable and for 4 seconds after, you gain [10-25%] increased Movement Speed and can move freely through enemies.
Boots Slot

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