Best Diablo 4 Necromancer builds: Skills, Upgrades & Aspects

Thanks to Diablo 4 letting players access three betas before launch, the Necromancer has already become a fan-favorite class. If you’re planning to start your Diablo 4 journey as a Necromancer, make sure to check out these best Necromancer builds including the strongest skills for your character.

No two Diablo players have the same experience while playing any of the series’ games due to the flexible character-building mechanics and Diablo 4 is no exception. As you level up, you gain skill points and there are a ton of unique skills that you can spend on.

The Necromancer has always been a strong class in Diablo 4 as it relies on reviving the dead and creating their army. However, there are many ways to utilize the Necromancer’s abilities in the game and your build can often be the deciding factor during intense fights and boss battles.

On that note, let’s take a look at the best Diablo 4 Necromancer builds to help you make the most powerful skill tree.

• Hemorrhage Necromancer build in Diablo 4
• Decompose Necromancer build in Diablo 4
• Bone Necromancer build in Diablo 4

Hemorrhage Necromancer build in Diablo 4

You’ll need to invest in the following skill points for the Hemorrhage Necromancer build in Diablo 4:

Necromancer skill type	Skill name	Upgrade
Basic skill	Hemorrhage	Initiate’s Hemorrhage
Core skill	Bone Spear (Rank 5)	Paranormal Bone Spear
Macabre skill	Blood Mist/Corpse Explosion	Ghastly Bloody Mist/Blighter Corpse Explosion
Curse skill	Iron Maiden (Enhanced)	–

Book of the Dead

Take the following buffs from the Book of the Dead to make the most of the Diablo 4 Necromancer Hemorrhage build mentioned above:

• Increased Shadow Damage for Skeletal Warriors.
• Increase maximum Essence by 15 but you lose the ability to raise Skeletal Mages.

How to play

The Enhanced Iron Maiden skill for Necromancer doesn’t cost any Essence in Diablo 4 which is why your goal should be to spam it and curse enemies. Time and again, use Corpse Explosion to deal AoE DMG while Bone Spear should be your main damage skill in this build.

Having said that, this build isn’t the best for beating the world boss Ashava. If you’re wanting to take down the world boss, the builds mentioned below should perform better.

Decompose Necromancer build in Diablo 4

You’ll need to invest in the following skills for the Decompose Necromancer build in Diablo 4:

Necromancer skill type	Skill name	Upgrade
Basic skill	Decompose	Acolyte’s Decompose
Core skill	Blight	Supernatural Blight
Macabre skill	Corpse Explosion, Grim Harvest, Fueled by Death (Rank 3), and Skeletal Mastery (Rank 3)	Plagued Corpse Explosion
Curse skill	Skeletal Mage Mastery (Rank 3) and Death’s Reach	–

Book of the Dead

Take the following buffs from the Book of the Dead to make the most of the Diablo 4 Decompose Necromancer build mentioned above:

• Increased Skeletal Reapers damage.
• Reduce the life cost of Bone mages and their damage increases by 40% after staying alive for 5 seconds.

Legendary Aspect

Flesh-Rending Aspect grants additional Essence after you decompose a corpse in Diablo 4. Considering that our build above primarily requires you to decompose corpses, this Legendary Aspect is naturally a huge overall buff.

Bone Necromancer build in Diablo 4

You’ll need to invest in the following skills for the Bone Necromancer build in Diablo 4:

Necromancer skill type	Skill name	Upgrade
Basic skill	Bone Splinters	Initiate’s Bone Splinters
Core skill	Bone Spear, Imperfectly balanced (Rank 3), and Unliving Energy	Supernatural Bone Spear
Macabre skill	Blood Mist, Fueled by Death (Ranked 3), and Corpse Explosion	Plagued Corpse Explosion or Grim Harvest
Curse skill	Death’s Reach (Rank 3)	–

Book the Dead

Take the following buffs from the Book of the Dead to make the most of the Diablo 4 Bone Necromancer build mentioned above:

• Increase Critical Chance by 5% but lose the ability to raise Skeletal Warriors.
• Deal 15% more damage to vulnerable enemies.

Legendary Aspect

Eluding Aspect is the only Legendary Aspect in the game that should work well with the Bone Necromancer build.

Do note that the Diablo 4 builds mentioned above are based on the data from the previous open betas. The game will allow you to level up fully after launch with which a ton of new skill options, ultimate abilities, and gear options will also become available. We’ll make sure to update this build guide with the latest information.

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