NecromancerThis is only a rough framework, as all systems changed in D4's Lord of Hatred expansion and many parts of the build are subject to change this week.
We make all minions do Shadow damage and turn them into Darkness skills. This homogony allows us to stack +Darkness skills on gear to buff all minions, and also allows the Darkness charm bonus to fully activate (the minion set sucks). On top of this, Bloodless Scream makes all Darkness damage chill and freeze (perma freeze everything), while providing a x3.5 multiplier to all damage. This item is one of the most broken items this season.
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Strengths and Weaknesses
- Play from level 1
- Strong continuous progress through Torment tiers
- Must deal with minion AI
Assigned Skills
Primary
10
1
Secondary
15
15
15
1
Book of the Dead
Skeletal Warriors
Skeletal Mages
Skeletal Golems
Your goal is to turn all minions into Shadow damage Darkness skills:
- Reapers with +50% damage
- Shadow Mages with either DoT or Barrier (depends if you want more damage or defense)
(to make Shadow mages Darkness, click Bone Mages, then back to Shadow, then summon -- it's bugged otherwise)
- *Sacrificed* Iron golem no longer removes the golem, it just does 50% reduced damage
Equipment
1
HelmThe Undercrown
8
Chest armorAspect of Disobedience
3
GlovesDeathgrip
2
PantsBlood Moon Breeches
9
BootsAspect of the Unholy Confederate
5
AmuletAspect of Reanimation
6
Ring 1Hellbent Commander Aspect
7
Ring 2Pact of Bone
4
WeaponBloodless Scream
OffhandEmpty
Equipment Priority
+9
Chest aspect - this does not work from the Shadow Mage damage over time option, but it DOES work from the Darkness 2 set. Do not use this until you have at least Darkness 2 set charm bonus.
Talismans
Talisman Priority
+7
You must have a 6 slot Talisman
Aim for all charms to have +3 minion OR +3 darkness skills (they are functionally equivalent for this build)
For the Unique slot, Godslayer Crown is great for clearspeed. Many options are good for damage, but I believe Heir of Perdition is best. If you want to use Heir of Perdition on your character, I believe Grandfather is second best. The other option is to actually USE Grandfather and use Bloodless Scream in this slot, but the Bloodless Scream bonus is halved if you do this.
Skill Tree
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Skeleton Warrior and Mage should get the first points.
Points in the Golem are relevant because they improve the strength of the aura upgrade node.
Do not spec into curses if you are not using Bloodmoon Breaches.
Blood Mist over Corpse Tendrils is a good choice as well as Tendrils was nerfed in regards to its pull effect.
Points in Army of the Dead are not very useful. These points do NOT scale the minion buff node like they do for other skills -- but there's nothing else useful to take at the end.
Paragon Board
Mercenary
Varyana's Bleed is paramount to surviving. Besides Fortify, it is your primary way to recover health. It is actually pretty good when using 25 minions!
How it Plays
Spam Sever to dash around quickly.
Initiate monsters with Skeleton Warrior command or Golem command.
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