Necromancer Leveling & Starter Build Guide - Hero Siege Season 10

Today we're going to be sharing a 1 - 45 leveling guide for the Necromancer in Season 10 of Hero Siege. While originally meant for Season 9, it should serve you just fine in the newest season throughout normal mode. We'll go over how to start, the gear loadout recommended, and also the skill spec!

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This leveling setup for Necro will rely heavily on Bone Shred, which you'll be dumping all of your points into until you can get it to a max spec.

A tip to keep in mind for this skill is that it shotguns on cast, so landing more bones on a target results in better DPS. Remember this when you're mobbing, versus when you are bossing. Very important that you are using this skill correctly.

Once you're done maxxing out your Bone Shred, you can set your focus on dumping points into either Meat Shield, or alternatively Bone Spear. That said, Bone Spear is the better synergy with Bone Shred, so it's recommended to just put one point into shield, and then fully max out Bone Spear.

As for the sub-tree picks you want for Bone Shred, you can find them below. You want to start off on the left side by picking Endochondral Ossification for an increased amount of bone shreds, which is a big DPS boost. Most notably when you hit Level 40 you want to spec into Shattering Carcass, which makes your fired bones explode into piercing shards on hit. This is great for CC, and does tons of extra damage.

It should be noted that much like every other class in the game, Necro does have a movement skill. The only issue, is that to unlock it you need to hit level 40 and pick the Augment. It's called Poison Nova, and it's highly recommended that when you can get to it and unlock it, you do so. Below is the sub-tree spec for this skill which will allow you to teleport around with it.

The below spec also focuses on dealing extra damage to poisoned targets, making sure that you're not just focusing on teleporting with the skill.

For your attribute spec you're going to be using an INT/VIT split depending on which one you need more, so pick it up as needed. A solid baseline to remember is that your Intelligence is your skill damage, so feel out the correct balance in the game for yourself. To start with though, consider running:

• Intelligence: 124
• Vitality: 60

This isn't a gear dependant setup, but overall there are some recommendations you can pick up when you reach the trader in Act IV. Here's an overview of some key items we're running when leveling. Remember that anything with All Skills, or Arcane Skill Damage will be great to have, even if not Satanic rarity or higher. You can also keep an eye out specifically for items with Faster Cast Rate. This stat serves as a direct DPS increase for your skills.

• Book Of Revelations: Boosts to your overall Cast Rate, in addition to extra Intelligence, making it a great pick for moving through the campaign.
• Blessed Defender: Great shield to buff your resistances, and also gives you more damage overall. Go with whatever you can find that gives you a boost in your damage output.
• Rapidcaster Mitts: These are great for your Cast Rate, and also gives you mana per second, which is a very important bonus to have.
• Girdle Of Resilience: Lots of boosts to your survivability, and also a small increase to your movement speed and Intelligence.
• Enigma's Riftwalkers: A big damage to your movement speed which is nice, but also helps you benefit from reduced magic damage taken. Also boosts your Magic Skill Damage.
• Colossus Circle Of Vitality: Can help a lot with survivability if you find yourself struggling, otherwise pick up rings with boosts to your damage output.
• Crow's Feather: Obtained naturally during the story, and is great for passive movement speed.

Here is the loot filter used for this build. To use this filter, you can press pause, and navigate to the loot filter tab. Clicking IMPORT should give you a prompt to enter a code, which when applied will set your loot filter to the one used for this build.

The code is too long to paste, but you can find it here if you wish to use it.

Overall, Necromancer is a powerful and dependable character for leveling through the Normal campaign in Season 10.

With strong damage, useful defensive options, and a movement skill available later in the campaign, Necromancer has everything you need to progress comfortably to Level 45.

Follow the recommended skills, attributes, and gear above, and you'll have a solid foundation for continuing your Necromancer's progression beyond the campaign.