Necromancer

Necromancer

Int

	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
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-10) Mana
Cast Time: 0.30 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%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.Deals (15-607) to (22-911) Physical Damage
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Spawns corpses with Level (12-80)
Maximum of 10 corpses allowed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Corpses Spawned have (1-20)% increased Maximum LifePlace 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
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
AoE Radius: 22Requires 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.Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6-7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life
Base radius is (2.2-2.6) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.75-15)% chance to detonate an additional corpsePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

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

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Mindless Aggression	Minions have 20% more Maximum Life Minions deal 10% more Damage		Minion Damage and Life
Bone Barrier	1% additional Physical Damage Reduction per Minion, up to 10% 1% of Damage Dealt by your Minions is Leeched to you as Life Minions gain 40% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield	Invoker	Minion Damage and Life
Essence Glutton	Regenerate 4% 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	Invoker	Minion Damage, Cast Speed
Unnatural Strength	Minions have Unholy Might	Invoker	Minion Damage and Life
Mistress of Sacrifice	40% increased Skill Effect Duration Your Offering Skills also affect you Your Offerings have 50% reduced Effect on you		Minion Damage, Cast Speed
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, Skill Duration
	Minion Damage, Skill Duration

Version history

Version	Changes
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.

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