Diablo 4 Summoner Build

The Diablo 4 Summoner Build is ranked as a B-Tier Build and uses the Bone Splinters, Blight, Corpse Explosion, Blood Mist, Decrepify, Corpse Tendrils Skills and Ring of Mendeln, Howl from Below Unique Equipment. We also included the Aspects, Paragons, Glyphs and Book of the Dead you should use for the Necromancer Summoner Build in Season 1.

Malignant Hearts

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

Season 1 Build

Sacrilegious

Amulet

The Great Feast

Ring 1

Revenge

Ring 2

Skills

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

Basic (1)

Core (2)

Macabre (3)

Corruption (4)

Summoning (5)

Ultimate (6)

Key Passive (7)

Paragons

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

Start

Control

Glyph

Flesh-eater

Exploit

Glyph

Glyph

Glyph

Glyph

Book of the Dead

For the Summoner Build we suggest you use the Reapers (Upgrade 2), Cold (Upgrade 1), 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.

Ring of Mendeln

Ring

Howl from Below

Gloves

Blood Getter's Aspect

Helm

Viscous Aspect

Chest

Aspect of Hardened Bones

Pants

Coldbringer's Aspect

Boots

Aspect of Disobedience

Amulet

Aspect of Decay

Ring

Blighted Aspect

Offhand

Aspect of Grasping Veins

Weapon

Gems

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

Amethyst

Weapon

Ruby

Armor

Skull

Jewelry

Stat Priority

You should first prioritize Max Minion Life, and Secondly Max Life, after that the next best option is the Damage to Distant Enemies stat.

Max Minion Life

Max Life

Damage to Distant Enemies

Damage to Close Enemies

Paragon Board

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

Start

Cult Leader

Flesh-eater

Scent of Death

Wither

Fullscreen

Reset

Flesh-eater

Necromancer • Legendary Board

Consuming 5 Corpses grants 40% increased damage for 6 seconds.

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Exploit (Necromancer)

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

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

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Wither

Necromancer • 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.

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Darkness

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

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

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Scent of Death

Necromancer • Legendary Board

With at least 2 Corpses Nearby, you gain 15% Damage Reduction. With no Corpses Nearby, you deal 15% increased damage.

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Amplify

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

Description:
Grants +30 - 150% (6% Per Level) bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Radius Bonus:
Enemies affected by Curse Skills take x10% increased damage from you and your Minions.
Radius Requirement:

40 Intelligence

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Control (Necromancer)

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

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

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Cult Leader

Necromancer • 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.

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Deadraiser

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

Description:
Paragon nodes within range gain +20 - 100% (4% Per Level) bonus to their Minion damage and Damage Reduction modifiers.
Radius Bonus:
Whenever your Minions deal damage to an enemy, that enemy takes x1% increased damage from you and your Minions, up to x12%, for 10 seconds.
Radius Requirement:

40 Intelligence