Necromancer
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:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% 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 |
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Minion Damage and Life | Minions deal 10% 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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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+2 to Level of all Minion Skill Gems | Mindless Aggression | Minion Damage and Life |
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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 | |
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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
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3.11.0 |
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3.10.0 |
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3.8.0 |
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3.2.0 |
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2.2.0 |
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