The best Necromancer build in Diablo 4 has the ability to delete all nearby enemies while remaining Healthy. As one of the best solo classes, there are a lot of different types of Necromancer builds to make. That said, here is one of the best Necromancer builds you can make in Diablo 4.
Best Diablo 4 Necromancer Build
One of the best Necromancer builds so far in Diablo 4 is the Bone Necromancer Build. This build focuses on dealing very high damage, spending and receiving a lot of Essense, and trapping your enemies.
Related: Best Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Skills, Stats, and Items
If there’s any part of this build you want to mimic or change, you can respec your character at any point to try something new. Currently, respecing in Diablo 4 is easy to do which makes for a lot of creativity.
Best Necromancer Skill Distribution in Diablo 4
Necromancers can make Blood builds and builds centered around hordes of undead, but this Bone build has the best potential for dealing with large amounts of enemies and high-health bosses.
Here are the best Bone Necromancer skills and abilities:
Basic Tree
- Bone Splinters 1/5
- Enhanced Bone Splinters
- Initiate’s Bone Splinters
Core Tree
- Bone Spear 5/5
- Enhanced Bone Spear
- Supernatural Bone Spear
- Unliving Energy 1/3
- Imperfectly Balanced 3/3
Macabre Tree
- Bone Prison 1/5
- Enhanced Bone Prison
- Ghastly Bone Prison
Corruption Tree
- Nothing
Summoning Tree
- Bone Spirit 5/5
- Enhanced Bone Spirit
- Ghastly Bone Spirit
- Serration 1/3
- Compound Fracture 1/3
- Evulsion 1/3
Ultimate Tree
- Bone Storm
Capstone Tree
- Ossified Essense
The Bone Necromancer playstyle focuses on using Bone Spear often to deal Critical Strike damage. When you can, use Bone Prison to trap enemies while casting Bone Splinters and Bone Spear for consistently high damage.
Bone Spirit and Bone Storm are essential to turn an average bone Necromancer build into an extremely powerful build that deals crushing AoE damage as well as high single-target damage. Be sure to pair these skills with the best Skeletal Warriors, best Skeletal Mages, and best Golem.
Best Necromancer Codex of Power Aspects in Diablo 4
To maximize your Necromancer Bone build, you need to find and equip the best Codex of Power Aspects. These are found by completing Necromancer-specific dungeons and can drastically improve your build in specific ways.
Defensive
- Aspect of Shielding Storm
Offensive
- Splintering Offense
- Aspect of Swelling Curse
- Aspect of Bursting Bones
Resource
- Aspect of Torment
- Aspect of Exposed Flesh
Splintering Offense is the most necessary Aspect to get as it makes enemies hit with your Bone Spear Vulnerable and deal 50-100% more damage to Vulnerable enemies. Aspect of Bursting Bones is also good since it deals massive AoE when the Bone Prison is destroyed.
I recommend going to the Diablo 4 Build Calculator, selecting Necromancer, and typing “Bone” into the search to find the best Aspects for the Bone Necromancer build and how to find them.
Best Necromancer Stat Distribution in Diablo 4
The core stats are different for every class in Diablo 4. For instance, the Sorceress build uses Intelligence as their main damage stat while Rogues use Intelligence as their critical strike chance stat.
Necromancers use Intelligence as their main damage stat, so look for armor and weapons that increase that. Willpower will also be an important stat for Necromancers as it will likely be their Critical Strike stat.
Best Necromancer Armor and Weapons in Diablo 4
A required piece of armor for the best Bone Necromancer is the Deathless Visage. This is a Unique Helmet that drops based on RNG, but it allows your Bone Spears to explode and leave behind echoes which is great for chaining together kills.
