This is my new Necromancer build on Diablo 4 (IV) open/closed beta. As of today, March 27, 2023, this is a highly effective and fun nec build to play. It scales nicely as you level up and progress through the game. There is also some room for skill swaps so you can tailor the experience to your own personal playstyle and/or whatever the situation calls for. Play around with it and experiment to find what works best for you.
All in all, I am enjoying this build a lot! I think part of the reason for that is it's so close to the Diablo 2 necromancer army build that I used to run back in the day. That's probably it. It's the nostalgic feels! But I have to give it to Blizzard on this one: they somehow found a way to balance what we loved from the older games while keeping things fresh and exciting. Hats off to them for that.
Here's the build in more detail along with the equipment you will need:
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Carnyx's "ARMY OF 14" Necromancer Build
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ABILITIES
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TIER 1 - BASIC SKILLS
5 x Bone Splinters
Enhanced:
1 x Acolyte's
1 x Initiate's
TIER 2 - CORE SKILLS
None.
TIER 3 - CORPSE/MACABRE SKILLS
3 x Blood Mist
3 x Skeletal Warrior Mastery
TIER 4 - CURSE SKILLS
3 x Skeletal Mage Mastery
TIER 5 - CORPSE/MACABRE SKILLS
5 x Bone Spirit
Enhanced:
1 x Dreadful
1 x Ghastly
TIER 6 - ULTIMATE SKILLS
1 x Army of the Dead
Enhanced:
1 x Prime
1 x Supreme
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BOOK OF THE DEAD
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SKELETAL WARRIORS
Skirmishers 1 - You can raise one additional Skirmisher Warrior.
SKELETAL MAGES
Cold 2 - Enemies who are Frozen by or damaged while Frozen by your Cold Mages' primary attack are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
GOLEMS
Bone 2 - Your Bone Golem gains 10% Maximum Life and the amount of Thorns they inherit from you is increased from 30% to 50%.
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EQUIPMENT
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(Upgrade ALL Equipment to Item Level: 3/4)
REQUIRED:
Any Legendary with "* Your maximum number of Skeletal Warriors is increased by 2. (Necromancer Only)"
Any Legendary with "* Your maximum number of Skeletal Mages is increased by 2. (Necromancer Only)"
OPTIONAL:
Any Legendary with "* Your Skeletons gain increased damage while alive, up to 26% after 10 seconds. (Necromancer Only)"
Any Legendary with "* Basic Skills gain 31% Attack Speed."
Any Legendary with "* Blood Mist triggers Corpse Explosion on surrounding Corpses. When Blood Mist detonates a Corpse, it's Cooldown is reduced toby 0.7 seconds (Necromancer Only)"
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Have fun and let me know what you think of the build! ???
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkwulV8fQD0