The Necromancer makes their long awaited Diablo 4 return to raise armies of the dead against the forces of Lilith and her demonic minions. As one of the five starting classes, the Necro offers deeply customization magic and minion mastery playstyles.
This definitive Necromancer build guide explores powerful skill loadouts to spec your PC or console character around whether you prefer facing enemies directly or indirectly via summoned proxies.
Summoner Necromancer Build
This beginner friendly setup revolves around sustaining a legion of skeleton warriors and mages to overwhelm targets through sheer numbers.
Recommended Skills
Primary Attack: Bone Spear – Greater Bone Spear rune
Secondary Attack: Command Skeletons
R1 Skill: Skeletal Mage – Singularity mages rune
L1 Skill: Revive
R2 Skill: Dark Curse
Passives
- Essence Absorption – Gain essence from summoned minions
- Extended Servitude – Increase minion durations
- Loathsome Feast – More health globes restore essence
Load reviving auras and damage buffs to augment your rotting forces marching accross Sanctuary!
Mage Hunter Necromancer Build
Take out enemies directly with devastating dark magic supplemented by sporadic summoning support. Great for veteran hero killing dominance.
Recommended Skills
Primary Attack: Death Seal
Secondary Attack: Bone Spear
R1 Skill: Skeletal Mage + Poison rune
L1 Skill: Command Golem
R2 Skill: Frozen Army
Passives
- Rathma’s Shield – Damage reduction
- Swift Harvesting – Faster corpse consumption stacking damage
- Stalwart Bones – Increase bone spear damage
Freeze hordes in their tracks for grouped shattering anniversary!
Army Commander Necromancer Build
Orchestrate the ultimate undead battalion protecting you from the front lines while racking up boss DPS.
Recommended Skills
Primary Attack: Corpse Explosion – Poison Nova rune
Secondary Attack: Command Skeletons – Archer rune
R1 Skill: Revive
L1 Skill: Golem
R2 Skill: Land of the Dead
Passives
- Extended Servitude
- Legacy of Nightmares
- Swift Harvesting
Issue marching orders as Lilith’s army crumbles before true lord of the damned!
Experiment to push the dark arts ever further once Diablo IV launches. And may your essence nightmares come true!
