Over 20 years after it was initially released, Diablo II has made its return. This has, of course, led to an influx of players interested in rekindling their love for finding the best synergies and techniques to make in their quest to defeat Baal, Mephisto, and Diablo himself. In the list below, we cover some of the best builds for Necromancer, the only class to be friendly with the dead.
Best Necromancer Builds
Necromancers are the only class that uses its defeated enemies against its undefeated enemies. They are known to turn the tables around and outnumber the mobs in the games with their own minions. They rarely do the fighting themselves, although some of their more effective builds require powerful magic abilities rather than their minions. Necromancers can benefit their team, including distractions, healing, and buffs, making them perhaps the most helpful class for groups.
Equipment
One important thing to note about equipment is that choosing the right kind almost always depends on the player’s methods rather than the build itself. Since loot is randomly generated when you slay enemies, it is always best to equip gear that best suits your needs rather than searching for specific items. However, we listed the items below that best suit the Necromancer class overall. If different gear is recommended for a specific build, it will be mentioned in the Additional Notes for that build.
Bonemancer
Whereas most Necromancers put at least some of their skill points into summons, the Bonemancer is a popular build that almost ignores summons completely. Instead, they focus most of their attention on bone spells. This is not a great build in the early game but becomes one of the most powerful builds later on, especially in PvP environments.
Summonmancer
This is the most popular build for the Necromancer and is mostly what the Necromancer is known for. Players running a Summonmancer rely on the summons to do all the work, with their Necromancer acting more like a conductor than a combatant. Despite not being in the midst of combat very often, this is an action-intensive that requires you to be aware of several things at once.
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Novamancer
Novamancers are one of the more balanced Necromancers builds that effectively wipe out large groups of enemies using curses. The Novamancer’s survivability relies on their ability to distract their enemies with a Clay Golem. This is also a more passive build, operating as a solid support from the sidelines that makes mobs weaker to teammates' attacks.
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Daggermancer
Like the Novamancer, the Daggermancer uses poison skills. However, whereas Novamancer focuses almost exclusively on poison damage and synergies, this build uses physical damage as an alternative method when poison damage is not as effective.
Explosionmancer
The Explosionmancer is an extremely fun build that focuses on the Corpse Explosion skill to deal massive damage in a wide range. They boost their Corpse Explosion with Amplify Damage to get more bang for their buck when casting. This is a great build for multiplayer games but is essentially useless in PvP.
Ultimately, the best build for you depends on your play style. However, the builds above are tried and tested by many players with experience in the game. If you have any builds that you think should be mentioned, tell us in the comments below!
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