Diablo 4 Necromancer Builds List

The Best Builds for the Necromancer Class in Diablo 4 include the Blood Surge Build and among the Weakest, but can be fun to play are the Summoner Build.

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Best Necromancer Builds in D4

In Diablo 4 we rank the Blood Surge, and Bone Spear Builds as among the best Necromancer builds in diablo 4 current meta.

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Blight Necromancer Build

The Blight Necromancer Build is ranked as a A-Tier Build and uses Bone Splinters, Blight, Corpse Explosion, Blood Mist, Bone Storm Skills.

Blight Build that uses Necromancer Guide
Build Ranking	Stat Priority	Gems	Book of the Dead
A Tier	1. Intelligence 2. Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies 3. Damage to Slowed Enemies 4. Vulnerable Damage	Weapon Amethyst Armor Sapphire Jewelry Diamond	Reapers You deal 10% increased Shadow Damage, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors Cold Your deal 15% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages. Bone Golem You gain 10% increased Attack Speed, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

This build focuses on the Blight skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from completing Renown Challenges for total of 58 Skill Points.

Necromancer Build Skills
Category	Skills
Basic	1 Bone Splinters 1 Enhanced Bone Splinters 1 Initiate's Bone Splinters
Core	5 Blight 1 Enhanced Blight 1 Supernatural Blight 1 Unliving Energy 3 Imperfectly Balanced 3 Hewed Flesh
Macabre	1 Corpse Explosion 1 Enhanced Corpse Explosion 1 Blighted Corpse Explosion 1 Blood Mist 3 Grim Harvest 3 Fueled by Death
Curse	2 Death's Embrace 3 Amplify Damage
Summoning	3 Necrotic Carapace 1 Reaper's Pursuit 3 Crippling Darkness 3 Gloom 3 Terror
Ultimate	3 Stand Alone 3 Memento Mori 1 Bone Storm 1 Prime Bone Storm 1 Supreme Bone Storm
Key Passive	1 Shadowblight

Necromancer Build Uniques
Unique	Stats & Effects
Greaves of the Empty Tomb Unique Boots	Max Evade Charges Intelligence Essence Cost Reduction Lucky Hit: Apply Shadow DoT Damage Reduction From Enemies That Are Shadow DoT Create desecrated ground beneath your Sever spectres as the travel, damaging enemies for [X] Shadow damage over 2 seconds.

Necromancer Build Paragons
Paragon	Effect
Control Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [14.4%] increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets. Extra Bonus: You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Darkness Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased Shadow damage. Extra 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 Requirements: 25 Willpower
Scourge Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased Shadow damage over time. Extra Bonus: You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies affected by Shadow damage over time effects. Radius Requirements: 25 Willpower
Scent of Death Legendary Board	With at least 2 Corpses Nearby, you gain 15% Damage Reduction. With no Corpses Nearby, you deal 15% increased damage.
Wither Legendary Board	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.
Territorial Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased damage to Close targets. Extra Bonus: You gain 10% Damage Reduction against Close Enemies. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Imbiber Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [8.82%] increased damage while Healthy. Extra Bonus: You gain +30% increased Potion Healing. Radius Requirements: 25 Willpower
Bloodbath Legendary Board	Attacks that are guaranteed to Overpower deal 50% increased Overpower damage.
Flesh-eater Legendary Board	Consuming 5 Corpses grants 40% increased damage for 6 seconds.

Necromancer Build Aspects
Aspect	Slots To Use	Effect
Aspect of Disobedience Defensive Codex	Helm	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%] .
Aspect of Shielding Storm Defensive	Chest	Each time that Bone Storm damages an enemy, gain a Barrier equal to [2-5%] of your Base Life for 10 seconds.
Aspect of Ultimate Shadow Offensive	Gloves	Bone Storm and Blood Wave are also Darkness Skills, deal Shadow damage, and gain additional effects: \nEnemies damaged by Bone Storm take [X] Shadow Damage over 2 seconds.\nBlood Wave desecrates the ground it travels over, dealing [X] Shadow damage over 4 seconds.
Aspect of Might Defensive Codex	Pants	Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for [2.0-6.0] seconds.
Aspect of the Void Utility	Boots	Blight's defiled area, when spawned, Pulls in enemies around the affected area.
Aspect of Decay Offensive	1H Weapon 2H Weapon (+100%)	Each time the Shadowblight Key Passive deals damage to enemies, it increases the next Shadowblight's damage within 10 seconds by [20-40%] , stacking up to 5 times.
Blighted Aspect Offensive Codex	Amulet (+50%)	You deal [50-120%] increased damage for 6 seconds after the Shadowblight Key Passive damages enemies 10 times.
Aspect of the Umbral Resource Codex	Ring	Restore [1-4] of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy.
Osseous Gale Aspect Offensive	Ring	Bone Storm consumes up to 8 Corpses to increase its duration by up to [X] seconds.

Summoner Necromancer Build

The Summoner Necromancer Build is ranked as a A-Tier Build and uses Decompose, Blight, Corpse Explosion, Decrepify, Army of the Dead Skills.

Summoner Build that uses Necromancer Guide
Build Ranking	Stat Priority	Gems	Book of the Dead
A Tier	1. Intelligence 2. Attack Speed 3. Minion Life 4. Damage to Distant Enemies or Close Enemies	Weapon Diamond Armor Sapphire Jewelry Skull	Reapers Reapers have a 15% chance to carve the flesh off enemies, forming a Corpse. Bone Reduce the Life cost of your Bone Mages' attacks from 15% to 10%. After being alive for 5 seconds, Bone Mages deal 40% increases damage. Blood Golem You Blood Golem absorbs 15% of damage you would take.

This build focuses on the Decompose skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from completing Renown Challenges for total of 58 Skill Points.

Necromancer Build Skills
Category	Skills
Basic	5 Decompose 1 Enhanced Decompose
Core	1 Blight 1 Enhanced Blight 1 Supernatural Blight 3 Hewed Flesh
Macabre	1 Corpse Explosion 1 Enhanced Corpse Explosion 1 Blighted Corpse Explosion 3 Skeletal Warrior Mastery 3 Grim Harvest
Curse	2 Decrepify 1 Enhanced Decrepify 1 Abhorrent Decrepify 1 Skeletal Mage Mastery
Summoning	3 Crippling Darkness 1 Necrotic Carapace 3 Gloom
Ultimate	1 Army of the Dead 1 Prime Army of the Dead 1 Supreme Army of the Dead 3 Bonded in Essence 3 Inspiring Leader 3 Death's Defense 3 Hellbent Commander 3 Golem Mastery
Key Passive	1 Kalan's Edict

Necromancer Build Uniques
Unique	Stats & Effects
Ring of Mendeln Unique Ring	Cold Resistance Shadow Resistance Lucky Hit Chance Minion Attack Speed Minion Health Thorns While you have 7 or more Minions you gain: Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to empower all of your Minions, causing the next attack from each to explode [X] Physical damage.

Necromancer Build Paragons
Paragon	Effect
Scent of Death Legendary Board	With at least 2 Corpses Nearby, you gain 15% Damage Reduction. With no Corpses Nearby, you deal 15% increased damage.
Hulking Monstrosity Legendary Board	Your Golem has 30% increased Maximum Life and deals 40% increased damage.
Cult Leader Legendary Board	Your Minions deal 15% increased damage for each Minion type you have active. This only applies to the Minion types: Skeletal Warrior, Skeletal Mage, and Golem.
Corporeal Rare Glyph	Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + [192%] bonus to their Physical damage and Damage Reduction modifiers. Extra Bonus: You and your Minions deal x10% increased Physical damage. Radius Requirements: 40 Intelligence
Deadraiser Rare Glyph	Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + [192%] bonus to their Minion damage and Damage Reduction modifiers. Extra Bonus: Whenever your Minions deal damage to an enemy, that enemy takes 1% increased damage from you and your Minions, up to 12%, for 10 seconds. Radius Requirements: 40 Intelligence
Golem Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, Golems gain + [19.2%] increased damage. Extra Bonus: Golems gain x25% increased Maximum Life. Radius Requirements: 25 Willpower

Necromancer Build Aspects
Aspect	Slots To Use	Effect
Viscous Aspect Utility	Helm Chest Gloves Boots Shield Amulet (+50%)	Your maximum number of Skeletal Mages is increased by 2.
Aspect of the Void Utility	Helm Chest Gloves Boots Shield Amulet (+50%)	Blight's defiled area, when spawned, Pulls in enemies around the affected area.
Protecting Aspect Defensive	Helm Chest Pants Shield Amulet (+50%)	When hit while not Healthy, a magical bubble is summoned around you for [3-5] seconds. While standing in the bubble players are Immune. Can only occur once every 90 seconds.
Aspect of Disobedience Defensive Codex	Helm Chest Pants Shield Amulet (+50%)	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%] .
Blood Getter's Aspect Utility	Helm Chest Gloves Boots Shield Amulet (+50%)	Your maximum number of Skeletal Warriors is increased by 2.
Aspect of Frenzied Dead Offensive	Gloves Offhand 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (+100%) Ring Amulet (+50%)	Each time one of your Summoning Minions damages an enemy, they gain [10-14%] Attack Speed for 3 seconds, up to [30-42%] .
Aspect of Hardened Bones Defensive	Helm Chest Pants Shield Amulet (+50%)	While your have 7 or more Minions, your Minions gain [15-20%] increased Damage Reduction.
Aspect of Reanimation Offensive Codex	Gloves Offhand 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (+100%) Ring Amulet (+50%)	Your Skeletons gain increased damage while alive, up to [20-30%] after 10 seconds.
Unyielding Commander's Aspect Offensive Codex	Gloves Offhand 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (+100%) Ring Amulet (+50%)	While Army of the Dead is active, your Minions gain [70-100%] Attack Speed and take 90% reduced damage.

Bone Spear Necromancer Build

The Bone Spear Necromancer Build is ranked as a S-Tier Build and uses Bone Splinters, Bone Spear, Blood Mist, Corpse Explosion, Corpse Tendrils, Bone Storm Skills.

Bone Spear Build that uses Necromancer Guide
Build Ranking	Stat Priority	Gems	Book of the Dead
S Tier	1. Intelligence 2. Physical Damage 3. Critical Strike Chance 4. Essence cost reduction 5. Lucky Hit Chance	Weapon Emerald Armor Ruby Jewelry Diamond	Skirmishers Your Critical Strike Chance increased by 5%, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors Cold Your deal 15% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages. Iron Golem You deal 30% increased Critical Strike Damage, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

This build focuses on the Bone Spear, Corpse Explosion skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from completing Renown Challenges for total of 58 Skill Points.

Necromancer Build Skills
Category	Skills
Basic	1 Bone Splinters 1 Enhanced Bone Splinters 1 Initiate's Bone Splinters
Core	3 Unliving Energy 3 Imperfectly Balanced 3 Hewed Flesh 5 Bone Spear 1 Enhanced Bone Spear 1 Paranormal Bone Spear
Macabre	1 Blood Mist 3 Grim Harvest 3 Fueled by Death 5 Corpse Explosion 1 Enhanced Corpse Explosion 1 Plagued Corpse Explosion
Curse	3 Death's Embrace
Summoning	3 Necrotic Carapace 1 Corpse Tendrils 1 Enhanced Corpse Tendrils 1 Plagued Corpse Tendrils 3 Serration 3 Compound Fracture 3 Evulsion
Ultimate	3 Stand Alone 1 Bone Storm 1 Prime Bone Storm 1 Supreme Bone Storm
Key Passive	1 Ossified Essence

Necromancer Build Uniques
Unique	Stats & Effects
Deathless Visage Unique Helm	Armor Physical Damage Critical Strike Damage for Bone Skills Maximum Essence Bone Spear leaves behind echoes as it travels that explode, dealing [X] damage.

Necromancer Build Paragons
Paragon	Effect
Bloodbath Legendary Board	Attacks that are guaranteed to Overpower deal 50% increased Overpower damage.
Bone Graft Legendary Board	Hitting enemies with Bone Skills increases your damage by 1% and your Maximum Essence by 3 for 8 seconds, stacks up to 7.5% increased damage and 22.5 Maximum Essence.
Control Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [14.4%] increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets. Extra Bonus: You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Essence Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, Core Skills deal + [19.2%] increased Critical Strike Damage. Extra Bonus: Critical Strikes deal x22% increased damage to enemies that are not Healthy. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Territorial Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased damage to Close targets. Extra Bonus: You gain 10% Damage Reduction against Close Enemies. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Flesh-eater Legendary Board	Consuming 5 Corpses grants 40% increased damage for 6 seconds.
Scent of Death Legendary Board	With at least 2 Corpses Nearby, you gain 15% Damage Reduction. With no Corpses Nearby, you deal 15% increased damage.
Exploit Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [7.2%] increased damage to Vulnerable targets. Extra Bonus: Dealing damage to a Vulnerable enemy increases your damage by x1% for 6 seconds, up to x10%. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Undaunted Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [7.2%] increased damage while Fortified. Extra Bonus: You gain up to 10% Damage Reduction the more Fortify you have. Radius Requirements: 25 Willpower

Necromancer Build Aspects
Aspect	Slots To Use	Effect
Aspect of Disobedience Defensive Codex	Chest	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%] .
Edgemaster's Aspect Offensive Codex	Gloves	Skills deal up to [10-20%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Aspect of Shielding Storm Defensive	Pants	Each time that Bone Storm damages an enemy, gain a Barrier equal to [2-5%] of your Base Life for 10 seconds.
Wind Striker Aspect Mobility Codex	Boots	Critical Strikes grant [8.0-16.0%] Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds.
Aspect of Serration Offensive	1H Weapon 2H Weapon (+100%)	The Ossified Essence Key Passive also increases the Critical Strike Damage of your Bone Skills by 1% per Essence, up to [30-40%] .
Splintering Aspect Offensive Codex	Amulet (+50%)	Bone Spear's primary attack makes enemies hit beyond the first Vulnerable for [1.5-2.5] seconds. Bone Shards from Bone Spear deal [50-100%] bonus damage to Vulnerable enemies and pierce them.
Aspect of Exposed Flesh Resource	Ring	Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to generate [30-50] Essence when hitting a Vulnerable enemy with your Bone Skills.
Aspect of Torment Resource Codex	Ring	Critical Strikes with Bone Skills increase your Essence Regeneration by [20-30%] for 4 seconds.
Aspect of Grasping Veins Offensive Codex	Offhand	Gain [10-20%] increased Critical Strike Chance for 6 seconds when you cast Corpse Tendrils. You deal [30-60%] bonus Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils.

Blood Surge Necromancer Build

The Blood Surge Necromancer Build is ranked as a S-Tier Build and uses Hemorrhage, Blood Surge, Blood Mist, Corpse Explosion, Corpse Tendrils, Army of the Dead Skills.

Blood Surge Build that uses Necromancer Guide
Build Ranking	Stat Priority	Gems	Book of the Dead
S Tier	1.	Weapon Ruby Armor Sapphire Jewelry Diamond	Skirmishers You can raise one additional Skirmisher warrior Bone Your overpower damage is increased by 30%, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages. Blood Golem Your Maximum Life is increased by 10%, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

This build focuses on the Hemorrhage, Blood Surge skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from completing Renown Challenges for total of 58 Skill Points.

Necromancer Build Skills
Category	Skills
Basic	5 Hemorrhage 1 Enhanced Hemorrhage 1 Acolyte's Hemorrhage
Core	1 Unliving Energy 3 Imperfectly Balanced 5 Blood Surge 1 Enhanced Blood Surge 1 Paranormal Blood Surge
Macabre	1 Blood Mist 1 Enhanced Blood Mist 1 Dreadful Blood Mist 3 Skeletal Warrior Mastery 3 Grim Harvest 3 Fueled by Death 1 Corpse Explosion 1 Enhanced Corpse Explosion 1 Blighted Corpse Explosion
Curse	3 Death's Embrace
Summoning	1 Gruesome Mending 3 Transfusion 3 Tides of Blood 3 Coalesced Blood 3 Drain Vitality 1 Corpse Tendrils 1 Enhanced Corpse Tendrils 1 Plagued Corpse Tendrils
Ultimate	1 Bonded in Essence 3 Death's Defense 1 Army of the Dead 1 Prime Army of the Dead 1 Supreme Army of the Dead
Key Passive	1 Rathma's Vigor

Necromancer Build Uniques
Unique	Stats & Effects
Deathspeaker's Pendant Unique Amulet	Resistance to All Elements Blood Skill Damage Minion Damage Ranks to Coalesced Blood Healing Blood Surge casts a mini nova on your Minions, dealing [X] damage. Damage is increased by 10% per target drained by the initial cast, up to 50%.

Necromancer Build Paragons
Paragon	Effect
Bloodbath Legendary Board	Attacks that are guaranteed to Overpower deal 50% increased Overpower damage.
Blood Begets Blood Legendary Board	Blood Orbs grant 5% increased damage, up to 15%, for 5 seconds.
Scent of Death Legendary Board	With at least 2 Corpses Nearby, you gain 15% Damage Reduction. With no Corpses Nearby, you deal 15% increased damage.
Blood-drinker Rare Glyph	Bonus: Grants + [240%] bonus to all Magic nodes within range. Extra Bonus: Blood Orbs Fortify you for 6.7% of your Maximum Life. Radius Requirements: 40 Intelligence
Territorial Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased damage to Close targets. Extra Bonus: You gain 10% Damage Reduction against Close Enemies. Radius Requirements: 25 Dexterity
Dominate Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [28.8%] increased Overpower damage. Extra Bonus: When you Overpower an enemy, all damage they take from you and your Minions is increased by x12% for 5 seconds. Radius Requirements: 25 Willpower
Undaunted Rare Glyph	Bonus: For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + [7.2%] increased damage while Fortified. Extra Bonus: You gain up to 10% Damage Reduction the more Fortify you have. Radius Requirements: 25 Willpower

Necromancer Build Aspects
Aspect	Slots To Use	Effect
Aspect of Disobedience Defensive Codex	Helm	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%] .
Blood Getter's Aspect Utility	Chest	Your maximum number of Skeletal Warriors is increased by 2.
Aspect of Untimely Death Offensive	Gloves	Each percent of your Maximum Life you Heal beyond 100% grants you 0.5% bonus Overpower damage on your next Overpowering attack, up to a [20.0-60.0%] bonus.
Aspect of the Embalmer Defensive	Pants	Consuming a Corpse has a [20-30%] chance to spawn a Blood Orb.
Aspect of Explosive Mist Offensive	Boots	Blood Mist triggers Corpse Explosion on surrounding Corpses. When Blood Mist detonates a Corpse, its Cooldown is reduced by [0.2-0.5] seconds.
Blood-Bathed Aspect Offensive Codex	1H Weapon 2H Weapon (+100%)	Blood Surge's nova echoes again after a short delay, dealing [70-60%] less damage.
Fastblood Aspect Resource Codex	Ring	Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by [0.5-1.0] seconds.
Starlight Aspect Resource	Ring	Gain [10-20] of your Primary Resource for every 25% of your Life that you Heal.
Aspect of Rathma's Chosen Offensive	Offhand	Whenever your Blood Skills Overpower you gain [20-50%] Attack Speed for 4 seconds.