Necromancer

Necromancer

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	Embrace the serene power that is undeath.

This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the monster type, see Necromancer (monster type). For the Ascendant passive skill, see Necromancer (Ascendant passive).

The Necromancer is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

Overview

The Necromancer is an Ascendancy class themed around the dead and the undead. They are an excellent choice for minion-based builds, having access to minion-enhancing skills, as well as bonuses related to auras and Offering skills. They also have skills based around corpses, gaining powerful bonuses from spawning and consuming corpses, which makes them pair well with corpse-based skills like UnearthUnearthSpell, Projectile, AoE, Physical
Mana Cost: (7-20)
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 125%Requires Level 10Fires a projectile that will pierce through enemies to impact the ground at the targeted location, creating a Bone Archer corpse where it lands.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Cast Speed1% increased Physical DamageMaximum of 0.1 corpses allowedCorpses Spawned have 2% increased Maximum LifeDeals (25-682) to (37-1023) Physical Damage
Spawns corpses with Level (12-80)
Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
Projectiles Pierce all TargetsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Detonate DeadDetonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
Radius: 22
Mana Cost: (5-20)
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:1230.5% increased Cast Speed3% of Fire Damage Converted to Chaos DamageExplosion deals 4% increased Damage if the Corpse is IgnitedExplosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage
+(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Passive skills

Minor skills

The Necromancer has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Minion Damage and Life	Minions deal 15% increased Damage Minions have 10% increased maximum Life [1] [2] [3]
Minion Damage, Aura Effect	Minions deal 15% increased Damage 5% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills [1]
Minion Damage, Cast Speed	Minions deal 15% increased Damage 4% increased Cast Speed [1] [2]
Minion Damage, Mana	Minions deal 15% increased Damage 8% increased maximum Mana [1]
Minion Damage, Skill Duration	Minions deal 15% increased Damage 10% increased Skill Effect Duration [1]

Notable skills

The Necromancer has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Mistress of Sacrifice	30% increased Skill Effect Duration Your Offering Skills also affect you Your Offerings have 50% reduced Effect on you 30% increased Minion Duration		Minion Damage, Skill Duration
Plaguebringer	With at least one nearby corpse, nearby Enemies deal 10% reduced Damage With at least one nearby corpse, you and nearby Allies deal 10% more Damage If you've Consumed a corpse Recently, you and your Minions have 30% increased Area of Effect		Minion Damage, Cast Speed
Corpse Pact	Corpses you Spawn have 50% increased Maximum Life Enemies near corpses you Spawned Recently are Chilled and Shocked 30% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently 2% increased Attack and Cast Speed for each corpse Consumed Recently, up to a maximum of 200%	Plaguebringer	Minion Damage, Cast Speed
Mindless Aggression	Minions deal 30% increased Damage Minions have 10% increased Attack Speed Minions have 10% increased Cast Speed Minions have 10% increased Movement Speed		Minion Damage and Life
Bone Barrier	Grants Level 20 Bone Armour Skill 1% additional Physical Damage Reduction per Minion, up to 10% 2% increased Recovery Rate of Life and Energy Shield per Minion, up to 20% Minions have 20% more Maximum Life	Mindless Aggression	Minion Damage and Life
Unnatural Strength	+2 to Level of all Minion Skill Gems	Mindless Aggression	Minion Damage and Life
Essence Glutton	20% increased maximum Mana Regenerate 8% of Mana over 2 seconds when you Consume a corpse Regenerate 8% of Energy Shield over 2 seconds when you Consume a corpse For each nearby corpse, you and nearby Allies Regenerate 5 Mana per second, up to 50 per second For each nearby corpse, you and nearby Allies Regenerate 0.2% of Energy Shield per second, up to 2.0% per second		Minion Damage, Mana
Commander of Darkness	Auras from your Skills grant 3% increased Attack and Cast Speed to you and Allies You and nearby Allies have +30% to Elemental Resistances You and nearby Allies deal 30% increased Damage		Minion Damage, Aura Effect

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Corpse Pact now has an upper limit on increases to cast speed per corpse consumed recently of 200%.
3.10.0	Bone Barrier no longer grants Elemental Resistances per minion. Increased Life and Energy Shield Recovery per minion is now 2% (from 3%), capping out at 20% (from 30%). Commander of Darkness now grants You and nearby allies +30% to all Elemental Resistances (from 20%).
3.8.0	Removed Invoker, Flesh Binder, Bone Sculptor, Soul Weaver, and Puppet Master. Added Plaguebringer, Corpse Pact, Mindless Aggression, Unnatural Strength, Bone Barrier, and Essence Glutton.
3.2.0	Removed Beacon of Corruption and Spirit Eater. Added Invoker and Puppet Master. Soul Weaver now requires Invoker instead of Flesh Binder. Flesh Binder now requires Invoker.
2.2.0	Introduced to the game.