Necromancer
The Necromancer came to Diablo III with the 2017 Rise of the Necromancer pack — a master of blood and bone who spends Essence and turns corpses into weapons, built as a tribute to the Diablo II class.
Resource: Essence
Essence regenerates and is spent on spells; corpses on the ground fuel many of the class's strongest skills.
Signature skills
- Bone Spear — piercing single-target and area damage.
- Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion — spend corpses for burst.
- The Army of the Dead ultimate, plus skeletons and golems.
How he plays
Make corpses, then spend them — the loop behind nearly every build. Sets — Rathma, Trag'Oul, Masquerade of the Burning Carnival and Pestilence — decide whether he leans on minions, self-healing blood, or direct casting.
Common approaches
- Bone Spear — Masquerade, top single-target.
- Corpse Lance — Trag'Oul or Rathma.
- Army of the Dead — cooldown burst builds.