Diablo 4 Necromancer BuildGigachad Mages

Season 4

End Game

Build Summary

This build utilizes extremely powerful minions to easily crush content throughout the game. We are able to get almost 100% uptime on Army of the Dead and Blighted Aspect giving our minions a gigantic damage buff. This setup is great for early game as its very easy to assemble. While late game it falls behind Bone Spirit, its a great starting build.

AOD Annihilator (End Game)

BS MEGA Tank (Mid Game)

Sever (1-50)

Thorns

Variant Summary

This final version of the build gains survivability from Tyrael's Might and having many Max HP rolls on gear. Because of this we are able to drop Bone Storm in favor of Army of the Dead as well as gaining extra damage aspects.

You can play this version before Tyrael's Might if you want to deal massive amounts of damage. However, be warned that if you get hit you will die.

Assigned Skills

Skill Tree

Paragon Board

Aspects & Uniques

Gear Stats

Gems

EmeraldWeapon

RubyArmor

DiamondAmulet

Ring 1Empty

Ring 2Empty

Strengths and Weaknesses

strengths

Easy to Assemble
Good for Leveling
Great for Early Bossing

weaknesses

Not Bone Spirit (Way less damage)

Build Notes

Gameplay Loop

Always keep up Skeletal Priest
Use Corpse Tendrils on CD
Keep up Decrepify on all enemies
Cast Blight into the Corpse Tendrils pull
Use Army of the Dead if there's an elite
Make sure to stand next to your mages
Use Blood Mist to dodge any big hits and to stay on your mages

How It Works

In Season 4 there were 2 primary buffs that pushed Minions to this level; the first was the change where Minions now inherit 100% of your stats, and the second were the buffs to the Book of the Dead.

The 100% stat inheritance has allowed your minions to easily achieve both armor cap and resistance cap, meaning they are wildly tanky. Because they are resistance and armor capped just from your stats, you no longer need to spend paragon or skill points increasing your minion's armor or resistances. They are also now receiving 100% of both your attack speed and crit chance, giving them access to two massive damage stats.

The buffs to the Book of the Dead were massive. Your Shadow Mages attacks now pierce enemies and deal loads of damage. The piercing attacks from Mages allow you to quickly blast through high density areas, especially when paired with Corpse Tendrils. The Skeletal Warriors also received a massive buff and are now able to massively reduce all of your cooldowns, giving you much better uptime on both Corpse Tendrils and Army of the Dead.