Necromancer - Core Condition

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 15, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A good open world starter Necromancer build for those who do not have access to expansions. This is a simple minion master build that features moderate damage and high defense.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Warhorn

Axe/Dagger

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Focus - defense and life force

Specializations

Blood Magic Variant

Replace Soul Reaping with Blood Magic for extra defense.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required

This build uses gear similar to Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS, making it ideal for general PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Warhorn
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Axe
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Rune of Superior Rune of Infiltration - budget DPS
• Knight - defensive trinkets

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• , - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

Usage

Damage

• Open with Ghastly Claws on Axe, then swap to Dagger and autoattack.
• Use Locust Swarm whenever available.
• Against groups of 3 or more enemies, you can go into Death Shroud and use Tainted Shackles and Life Blast. This deals less damage than Dagger but is able to hit up to 5 targets at once.
  • Before and after using Death Shroud, you can throw in Ghastly Claws for more damage.
• If you don't need crowd control, you can use Haunt and Rigor Mortis for more damage.

Defense

• Against the majority of enemies, your minions should be able to draw enemy aggro and tank for you.
• Remember that you can always sidestep and walk or dodge out of enemy attacks. Not taking damage is always the better option because it lets you conserve life force (and maintain your Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar bonus if applicable).
• Haunt can be used to blind enemies.
• If you're taking a lot of damage you can use Death Shroud as a second health bar.
• If you have trouble surviving, you can trait Corrupter's Fervor.

Sustain

• Your sustained healing comes from Summon Blood Fiend, Vampiric, Vampiric Presence, and Transfusion.
• Spam Life Siphon if you need healing.
• You can shrug off most conditions with Necromantic Corruption, and you have a condition cleanse in Deathly Swarm. If you need more condition cleanse trait Shrouded Removal.
• If you somehow go down with this build just use Life Leech to get back up.

Crowd Control

• Wail of Doom
• Charge (necromancer)
• Doom
• Dark Pact
• Haunt
• Rigor Mortis