On the second beta weekend of Diablo 4, the Necromancer is in the game. Here you will find a powerful build that basically just needs one button to turn everything around you into bloody remains.
After my colleague Benedict Grothaus and I leveled all classes together last week, the Druid and Necromancer are up for the second beta weekend. With our gathered experiences, we will find or create strong builds for the beta:
For me, the Necromancer is on the agenda now, which I also want to play at release. And so far, the choice seems to be a good one – the Harbinger is super strong in the beta.
In addition, I have found a powerful “Blood Mist” build from the YouTuber “Mattjestic MultiGaming”, which reduces Diablo 4 to practically one button. However, this one button boils your blood and that of the enemies against a nearby wall.
If you want to see gameplay from the build, you can find the English video from Mattjestic MultiGaming here (Minute 10:12):
Necromancer Build for Diablo 4 – Skills and Legendaries
The most important skills (at level 25):
- Decaying 1/5
- Initiate’s Decay
- Bone Spear 4/5
- Supernatural Bone Spear
- Blood Mist 1/5
- Gruesome Blood Mist
- Corpse Explosion 5/5
- Contaminated Corpse Explosion
- Blood Harvest (Passive)
- Powerful Death
- Army of the Dead +2
- Book of the Dead
- Skeleton Warrior (Harbinger) – Right Circle
- Skeleton Mage (Bone) – Left Circle
- Golem (Bone) – Left Circle
The build only unfolds when you have found the right Legendary Aspect. This aspect modifies the “Blood Mist” skill and allows you to raise corpses.
You then use “Blood Mist” and simultaneously cast “Corpse Explosion” – that’s why there are 5 skill points in here, but you don’t need the skill in your skill bar.
At the beta difficulty, the build works even without “Blood Mist” when you use “Corpse Explosion”.
Required Legendary Aspect:
- Aspect for the skill “Blood Mist”
- Blood Mist causes corpses to explode, and for each exploded corpse, the cooldown of Blood Mist is reduced
Strong Legendary Aspect:
- Aspect for the skill “Bone Spear”
- Bone Spear hits injure enemies, Bone Spear shrapnel causes extra damage to injured enemies
Enhance the build with additional Legendary Aspects that create more corpses, extend your “Crowd Control” effects, increase your overall damage, and improve the skills “Corpse Explosion” or “Bone Spear”. Here are the best farm spots for Legendaries in the beta.
During the beta, the drop rates for Legendaries are significantly increased.
Gameplay and Playstyle
It’s all about the interplay of corpses and the skill “Blood Mist”.
Your servants rush at enemy groups and you activate “Blood Mist”. While the skill is active, you are invulnerable and receive healing. Additionally, you create more corpses out of thin air.
Through the Legendary “Blood Mist” effect, all corpses that you move over in “Blood Mist” form explode, triggering the effect of “Corpse Explosion”, even though you do not even have the skill in your skill bar.
Each corpse explosion further reduces the cooldown of “Blood Mist”. You can therefore often activate the skill again instantly. You deal massive (area) damage, are constantly invulnerable, and healing is also provided.
If you encounter tough enemies or fight against bosses, fire a few “Bone Spears” in between. They inflict injuries on enemies that take 20% more damage. There are also strong Legendary Aspects for “Bone Spear”, making the skill a strong complement to “Blood Mist”.
If you’re looking for more builds to test in the beta, check this out: Diablo 4 – 5 popular builds from the first beta weekend to try out
