Necromancer

Necromancer Fundamentals

• Resource: Essence - Refills automatically
• Weapon Slots: -
• Dismount Skill: Bone Spikes
• Necromancer Skill Trees:
  • Basic
  • Core
  • Corpse and Macabre
  • Curse
  • Corpse and Macabre
  • Ultimate
  • Key Passives

Necromancer Resources

The Necromancer has two resources. Essence and Corpses.

Essence

Essence is the primary resource that recharges slowly over time. Essence can also be obtained using basic skills allowing players to cast their skills more often.

Corpses

Corpses are literally the left over remains of fallen enemy. These remains can be used to summon minions or power other skill such as Corpse Explosion.

Diablo 4 Class
The Necromancer
Skills:	Necromancer Skills
Resources:	Essence / Corpses
Background
Origin:	Hawezar
Affiliation:	Cult of Rathma.

Items and Weapons

The Necromancer can equip the following weapons:

• Dagger
• Focuses
• Shields
• 1-Handed Sword
• Wands

• Scythe
• 2-Handed Sword

Necromancer Skills and Talents

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Skills in Action

Darkness Skills

These skills use Shadow magic and tend to be damage over time (DOT). These skill can also have debuffs and crowd control elements.

Blood Skills

Blood skill are used to siphon life from the enemy.

The Army

The Necromancers summoning skills which includes skeletons and golem. Blizzard explains their approach to summoning in Diablo 4:

We went through a lot of iteration on how we want the experience of summoning the undead to feel for the player, and how much of their skill bar should be dedicated to this part of the class. To that end, we’ve come up with what we feel is the best possible version to ensure that players have as much customization as possible over not only their army itself, but also in which other skills they want to use to support their own unique playstyle.

If a player wants to have the maximum number of summoned units possible then they will only have to dedicate two buttons to their skill bar: one to raising Skeletons and the other for their Golem. The Raise Skeleton button is a one-stop shop to raise all the different Skeletons a player can summon, and the Golem button is used to command the Golem to use a unique effect that is dependent on the type of Golem that is currently active. With this setup, we’ve found a great balance between having the necessary tools for raising and commanding a Necromancer army while also leaving room for player expression in what additional skills they want to put on their bar.

Book of the Dead - Class Mechanic

The Book of the Dead is the Necromancer's unique class mechanic.

The book allows players to customise how their summoned Skeletal Warriors, Skeletal Mages, and Golems will react while playing. There are three specialisations:

• Skirmishers - Increased damage but reduced health.
• Defenders - Bonus health
• Reapers - Slow attacks but AOE damage and increase damage with a "wind-up" attack.

Each specialized unit in the army has unique upgrades available to them, giving you even more customization over how each unit in their army functions in their overall playstyle. These units and upgrades will have synergies with the various playstyles mentioned above, as well as add other potential ways to play.

A player can use the Book of the Dead to "sacrifice the ability to summon that unit" in exchange for a personal permanent buff.

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Item Affixes

Each item type can come with certain item affixes. These are all detailed below including affixes that improve the Necromancer's skills and appear on weapons that he is able to use.

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* An implicit stat, meaning that the item will always come with this attribute (affix) listed at the top of the item details up to a maximum of the figure shown. Necromancer item properties by slot - Click the column headings to sort by slot. Attribute Amulet Ring Helm Chest Legs Gloves Boots Weapons Off-Hand Shield All Stats Strength Dexterity Intelligence Willpower Cold Resist Fire Resist Lightning Resist Poison Resist Shadow Resist * 18.5% Resistance to All Elements * 25% Cold/Fire Resistance * 25% Cold/Lightning Resistance * 25% Cold/Poison Resistance * 25% Cold/Shadow Resistance * 25% Fire/Lightning Resistance * 25% Fire/Poison Resistance * 25% Fire/Shadow Resistance * 25% Lightning/Poison Resistance * 25% Lightning/Shadow Resistance * 25% Shadow/Poison Resistance Life on Kill * 206 Life on Kill (1h scythe) * 411 Life on Kill (2h scythe) Life Regen while not damaged recently Healing Received Blood Orb Healing Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Heal Maximum Life Maximum Minion Life Potion Capacity Potion Drop Rate Maximum Essence Essence Cost Reduction Resource Generation Lucky Hit: Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource * While Injured, Your Potion Also Restores 20% Resource Affix Amulet Ring Helm Chest Legs Gloves Boots Weapon Off-Hand Shield Total Armor * While Injured, Your Potion Also Grants 20% Maximum Life as Barrier Thorns * 627 Thorns Skeletal Mages inherit x% of your Thorns Skeletal Warriors inherit x% of your Thorns Golems inherit x% of your Thorns Damage Reduction Damage Reduction while Fortified Fortify Generation Damage Reduction while Injured Damage Reduction from Close Enemies Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies * 20% Block Chance * 60% Block Damage Reduction Dodge Chance Dodge Chance Against Close Enemies Dodge Chance Against Distant Enemies * +2 Max Evade Charges * Attacks Reduce Evade's Cooldown by 0.8 Second Movement Speed Movement Speed for 4 seconds After Killing an Elite * While Injured, Your Potion Also Grants 30% Movement Speed for 2 Seconds * Evade Grants +50% Movement Speed for 1 Second Control Impaired Duration Slow Duraction Reduction Shrine Buff Duration Attribute Amulet Ring Helm Chest Legs Gloves Boots Weapon Off-Hand Shield Damage * 80% Main Hand Weapon Damage Physical Damage Damage Over Time Critical Strike Damage * 17.5% Critical Strike Damage (1h sword) * 35% Critical Strike Damage (2h sword) Critical Strike Chance Attack Speed Minion Attack Speed Basic Skills Attack Speed Lucky Hit Chance Damage to Injured Enemies Lucky Hit: Up to [X] Chance to Execute Injured Non-Elites Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies Damage to Close Enemies * 20% Damage to Close Enemies Damage to Distant Enemies Damage to Slowed Enemies Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Slow Damage to Stunned Enemies Damage for 4 seconds after killing an Elite Damage for 4 seconds after picking up a Blood Orb Overpower Damage Vulnerable Damage Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies Crowd Control Duration Attribute Amulet Ring Helm Chest Legs Gloves Boots Weapon Off-Hand Shield Basic Skills Damage Core Skills Damage Ranks in Imperfectly Balanced Passive Ranks in Blight Ranks in Sever Ranks in Terror Passive Ranks in Blood Lance Ranks in Blood Surge Ranks in Blood Mist Ranks in Bone Spear Ranks in Bone Prison Ranks in Corpse Skills Ranks in Macabre Skills Ranks in Corpse Explosion Ranks in Fueled by Death Passive Ranks in Curse Skills Ranks in Iron Maiden Ranks in Decrepify Ranks in Amplify Damage Passive Ranks in Death's Reach Passive Summoning Skills Damage Ranks in Corpse Tendrils Ultimate Skills Damage Ranks in Hellbent Commander Passive Shadow Damage Shadow Damage Over Time Damage to those affected by Shadow Damage Over Time Damage Reduction from those affected by Shadow Damage Over Time Bone Skills Damage Critical Strike Damage with Bone Skills Ranks in Compound Fracture Passive Ranks in Evulsion Passive Blood Skills Damage Ranks in Coalesced Blood Passive Ranks in Tides of Blood Passive Darkness Skills Damage Ranks in Gloom Passive Cooldown Reduction * 7% Cooldown Reduction Sockets 1 1 1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 1 Attribute Amulet Ring Helm Chest Legs Gloves Boots Weapons Off-Hand Shield

Necromancer Legendary Aspects

The Necromancer has a whole heap of Legendary Aspects that are tailored to his particular set of skills. As well as those Legendaries he can also make use of the more general Legendary Aspects useful to all classes. Use the drop-down below to see the full details of the Necromancer Aspects.

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Name Category Description Dungeon Zone Class Aspect of Bursting Bones Offensive When a segment of Bone Prison is destroyed or expires, it deals 0.045 - 0.06 damage in an area around itself. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Path of the Blind (Map) Dry Steppes Necromancer Aspect of Decay Offensive Each time the Shadowblight Key Passive deals damage to enemies, it increases the next Shadowblight's damage within 10 seconds by x 25 - 45%, stacking up to 5 times. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Empowering Reaper Offensive Critical Strikes from Sever have a 10 - 20% chance to spawn a pool of Blight under the target that deals 40 - 80% bonus damage. This effect can only happen once every 3 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Flooded Depths (Map) Scosglen Necromancer Aspect of Explosive Mist Utility Blood Mist triggers Corpse Explosion on surrounding Corpses. When Blood Mist detonates a Corpse, its Cooldown is reduced by 0.2 - 0.5 seconds. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Exposed Flesh Resource Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to generate 30 - 50 Essence when hitting a Vulnerable. Ring N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Frenzied Dead Offensive Each time one of your Summoning Minions damages an enemy, they gain 10 - 14% Attack Speed for 3 seconds, up to 30 - 42%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Grasping Veins Offensive Gain 10 - 20% increased Critical Strike Chance for 6 seconds when you cast Corpse Tendrils. You deal 20 - 40% bonus Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Corrupted Grotto (Map) Kehjistan Necromancer Aspect of Hardened Bones Defensive Your Minions gain 15 - 20% increased Damage Reduction. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Hungry Blood Offensive When Blood Lance hits an enemy that is already lanced, it has a 13 - 23% chance to fire a Blood Lance at a Nearby enemy. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Plunging Darkness Offensive Bone Prison spawns a pool of Blight that deals 75 - 125% bonus damage over 6 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Rimescar Cavern (Map) Fractured Peaks Necromancer Aspect of Potent Blood Resource While Healthy, Blood Orbs grant 10 - 20 Essence. Ring Betrayer's Row (Map) Dry Steppes Necromancer Aspect of Rathma's Chosen Offensive Whenever your Blood skills Overpower you gain 20 - 50% Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Reanimation Offensive Your Minions gain increased damage while alive, up to x 30 - 40% after 10 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Aldurwood (Map) Scosglen Necromancer Aspect of Serration Offensive The Ossified Essence Key Passive also increases the Critical Strike Damage of your Bone skills by 1% per Essence above 50, up to 30 - 40%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Shielding Storm Defensive Each time that Bone Storm damages an enemy, gain a Barrier equal to 2 - 5% of your Base Life for 10 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Swelling Curse Offensive Bone Spirit deals increased damage based on distance traveled, up to 15 - 25%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Hive (Map) Scosglen Necromancer Aspect of the Damned Offensive You deal x 40 - 50% increased Shadow Damage to enemies afflicted by both Decrepify and Iron Maiden. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Uldur's Cave (Map) Kehjistan Necromancer Aspect of the Embalmer Defensive Consuming a Corpse has a 20 - 30% chance to spawn a Blood Orb. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of the Long Shadow Offensive Lucky Hit: Your Shadow Damage Over Time effects have a 10 - 30% chance to generate 3 Essence. Damage from your Shadowblight Key Passive will always generate 2 Essence. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of the Void Utility Blight's defiled area, when spawned, Pulls (CC) in enemies around the affected area. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Torment Resource Critical Strikes with Bone skills increase your Essence Regeneration by 90 - 170% for 4 seconds. Ring Black Asylum (Map) Fractured Peaks Necromancer Aspect of Ultimate Shadow Offensive Bone Storm and Blood Wave are also Darkness skills, deal Shadow damage, and gain additional effects: Enemies damaged by Bone Storm take [# - #] Shadow damage over 2 seconds. Blood Wave desecrates the ground it travels over, dealing [# - #] Shadow damage over 4 seconds Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Aspect of Untimely Death Offensive Each percent of your Maximum Life you Heal beyond 100% grants you 0.5% bonus Overpower damage on your next Overpowering attack, up to a 20 - 60% bonus. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Blighted Aspect Offensive You deal 50 - 120% increased damage for 6 seconds after the Shadowblight Key Passive damages enemies 10 times. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Akkhan's Grasp (Map) Hawezar Necromancer Blood Getter's Aspect Utility Your maximum number of Skeletal Warriors is increased by 2. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Blood Seeker's Aspect Offensive Blood Lance deals 15 - 25% increased damage to its primary target per lanced enemy. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Mercy's Reach (Map) Fractured Peaks Necromancer Blood-bathed Aspect Offensive Blood Surge’s nova echoes again after a short delay, dealing x 60 - 50% less damage. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Hoarfrost Demise (Map) Fractured Peaks Necromancer Blood-soaked Aspect Offensive Blood Mist leaves a trail of Desecrated Ground that lasts for 4 seconds and deals 0.24 - 0.31 Shadow damage per second to enemies who stand in it. Your Movement Speed is no longer reduced while Blood Mist is active. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Cadaverous Aspect Offensive Consuming a Corpse increases the damage of your next Core skill by 5 - 10%, up to 25 - 50%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Coldbringer's Aspect Utility Every 8 seconds, your Skeletal Mages cast a blizzard that deals [# - #] Cold damage and continuously Chills enemies for 8% over 6 seconds. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Fastblood Aspect Resource Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by 1 - 1.5 seconds. Ring Iron Hold (Map) Hawezar Necromancer Flesh-Rending Aspect Resource After Decompose spawns a Corpse, gain 20 - 40 Essence. Ring Nostrava Deepwood (Map) Fractured Peaks Necromancer Gore Quills Aspect Offensive Blood Lance will consume Blood Orbs to also conjure lances from them. Each additional Blood Lance deals 20 - 50% of normal damage and prioritizes targeting un-lanced enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Hulking Aspect Utility Your Golem has a 2 - 5% chance to reduce its active Cooldown by 2 seconds and a 1 - 2.5% chance to spawn a Corpse each time it damages an enemy with its normal attack. Helmets, Chest Armor, Boots, Gloves, Amulets, and Shields Sepulcher of the Forsworn (Map) Kehjistan Necromancer Osseous Gale Aspect Offensive Bone Storm consumes up to 8 Corpses to increase its duration by up to 5 - 10 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Requiem Aspect Resource You gain 3 - 5 Maximum Essence per active Minion. Ring Vault of the Forsaken (Map) Scosglen Necromancer Rotting Aspect Offensive Decompose can chain up to 2 additional targets. When Decompose spawns a Corpse, it has a 30 - 60% chance to spawn a Corpse under all afflicted targets. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Sacrificial Aspect Offensive Your Sacrifice bonuses are increased by 15 - 25%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Ruins of Eridu (Map) Hawezar Necromancer Splintering Aspect Offensive Bone Spear's primary attack makes enemies hit beyond the first Vulnerable for 1.5 - 2.5 seconds. Bone Shards from Bone Spear deal 30 - 60% bonus damage to Vulnerable enemies and pierce them. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Guulrahn Slums(Map) Dry Steppes Necromancer Tidal Aspect Offensive Blood Wave fires two additional waves, each dealing 50 - 40% less damage than the previous. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer Torturous Aspect Utility Enemies afflicted by your Iron Maiden have a 15 - 25% chance to be Stunned (CC) for 1 second when they deal direct damage. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%) Deserted Underpass (Map) Kehjistan Necromancer Unyielding Commander's Aspect Offensive While Army of the Dead is active, your Minions gain 70 - 100% Attack Speed and take 90% reduced damage. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Faceless Shrine (Map) Hawezar Necromancer Viscous Aspect Utility Your maximum number of Skeletal Mages is increased by 2. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%) N/A Extraction Necromancer

Necromancer Unique Items

The Necromancer has a collection of Unique Items that are specifically beneficial to him. The table below details those.

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Black River "The scrolls describe a river of tar that separated the living from the land of the dead. Any unfortunate soul who tried to cross would be dragged down into oblivion." - Notes of Scholar Kamien Type: Scythe Description: Corpse Explosion consumes up to 4 additional Corpses around the initial Corpse, dealing % increased damage and with a % larger radius per additional Corpse. +# Life On Kill Affixes: + # Intelligence + Bonus Ranks of the Hewed Flesh Passive. + Bonus Ranks of All Corpse Skills at up to 1 Rank above normal value + 1 Rank to Fueled by Death Passive skill Blood Artisan's Cuirass "The infamous Necromancer Gaza-Thul's mastery over blood magic was indisputable. Many suspect that upon his death, his skin was used to fashion this eldritch armor." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Chest Armor Description: When you pick up 5 - 10 Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current Life percent. Affixes: + % Blood Orb Healing + % Damage for 4 secs after picking up a Blood Orb + # Maximum Life + # Ranks of Bone Spirit Bloodless Scream "My companion swung her odd weapon in a wide arc, and our pursuer stopped short. The look of horror on his face as his body fell to pieces will haunt me forever." - The Ebon Pages, Canto II, Verse XI Type: Two-Handed Scythe Description: Your Darkness Skills Chill enemies for up to 100.0% and deal [20 - 50]%[x] increased damage to Frozen enemies. Lucky Hit: Your Darkness Skills have up to a 100.0% chance to generate 7 - 10 additional Essence against Frozen targets. # Damage per Hit # Attacks per Second (Slow) + Life On Kill Affixes: + # Life On Kill + % Darkness Skill Damage + % Damage to Chilled enemies + # Intelligence # Cold Resistance Deathless Visage "Rathma is endless. He was the first Ancient, and will remain at the end. He is the master of the Great Cycle of Being. When Death comes for him, why should he fear it?" - Vauntus, Acolyte of Rathma Type: Helm Description: Bone Spear leaves behind echoes as it travels that explode, dealing # damage. Affixes: + % Damage Reduction + % Physical Damage + % Critical Strike Damage on Bone Skills + # Maximum Essence Deathspeaker's Pendant Once a sanctum for Rathma's studies, the Temple of the Deathspeaker became a proving grounds for potential leaders of his priesthood. Its halls are filled with the corpses of those who failed. Type: Amulet Description: Blood Surge casts a mini nova on your Minions, dealing # damage. Damage is increased by 10.0% per target drained by the initial cast, up to 50.0%. % Resistance to All Elements Affixes: % Resistance to All Elements + % Blood Skill Damage + % Summoning Skill Damage + # Ranks to Coalesced Blood Passive Skill % Essence Cost Reduction Greaves of the Empty Tomb "The massive door to my family's crypt, which had taken a dozen men to close, was thrown open. Had I known the horrors to come I never would have set foot inside!" -The Ebon Pages, Canto I, Verse VII Type: Boots Description: Create desecrated ground beneath your Sever spectres as they travel, damaging enemies for 944 - 1,322 Shadow damage over 2.0 seconds. Affixes: + 2 Max Evade + % Movement Speed + % Damage Reduction from Shadow Damage Over Time-Affected Enemies % Essence Cost Reduction + % Lucky Hit chance with Shadow Damage Howl from Below "Can you not hear it? That endless scream from the cold earth beneath your feet!? They are down there, trapped, blind with rage! Waiting to drag us down into the sod!" - Ravings of Madman Gustav Type: Gloves Description: Instead of detonating immediately, Corpse Explosion summons a Volatile Skeleton that charges at a random enemy and explodes. Corpse Explosion's damage is increased by x 30% - 40%. Affixes: - Item Power 725 + Lucky Hit: 9.5 - 16.5 Chance to Fear + Lucky Hit: Up to a 7 - 14% chance to Stun + 10.5 - 17.5% Corpse Skill Attack Speed + 5.4 - 11% Lucky Hit Chance Lidless Wall Initially an unpopular choice to replace Mendeln as Deathspeaker, Daros quickly proved his worth with the creation of this masterpiece. Type: Shield Description: Lucky Hit - While you have an active Bone Storm, hitting an enemy outside of a Bone Storm has up to a 5-25% chance to spawn an additional Bone Storm at their location. Each of your active Sacrifice bonuses increases the chance by 25% and the total number of additional Bone Storms you can have by +1. Affixes: + # Thorns 20% Block Chance 60% Blocked Damage Reduction + 80% Main Hand Weapon Damage + % Primary Resource + [# - #] Maximum Essence + % Attack Speed Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to restore + 5 - 10% Primary Resource Ring of Mendeln The signet of Mendeln ul-Diomed, the founder of the Priests of Rathma and the first Necromancer, was lost for over 3,000 years. The immense power over death held within, however, has not diminished. Type: Ring Description: While you have 7 or more Minions you gain Lucky Hit: Up to a 10.0% chance to empower all of your Minions, causing the next attack from each to explode for # Physical damage. % Cold Resistance % Shadow Resistance Affixes: + % Lucky Hit Chance + % Minion Maximum Life + # Minion Attack Speed + # Thorns

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
Ideal class if you love summoning minions	Positioning is key while minions do their work in battle.

Necromancer History

As might be expected, the devotees of magic are a segregated lot. They are as leery of students of rival disciplines as a layperson is of all arcane practitioners. None, however, are so widely maligned and misunderstood as the Priests of Rathma.

As with most users of magic, the priests of the cult of Rathma hail from the far Eastern Jungles. They reside in a vast underground city located deep within those jungles. Their specific geographical locale is particularly secluded, however, preventing their assimilation into a formal mage clan. But it is this same isolation that has allowed them to pursue their distinct kind of arcane science.

For it is through the teachings of Rathma, as well as through years of research and physical experimentation, that these men have come to understand and hold sacred the delicate balance of life and death and are able to twist the line that borders the two. For although the minions of Hell have long possessed this power, among mortals the knowledge to reanimate and control the dead belongs to these priests alone. It is this practice that has led outsiders to refer to them as Necromancers. They truly comprehend the balance of all things,and understand and accept their place in what they refer to as the Great Cycle of Being.

Their culture has subsisted in the shadow of the great mage clans from the earliest days, and in most ways their practice reaches back to a time before magic was formalized into strict disciplines. Although their art is considered “dark”, and the people of the outside world shun the priests who practice these arts, these mysterious cultists never suffered the epidemic of corruption that plagued the ancient mage clans.

Pragmatists in the truest sense, they are above temptation. They see death merely as a natural part of life and do not seek to deny its arrival. Their singular knowledge of the unknown allows them to face death without fear. These ideals, coupled with an understanding of the natural balance between Order and Chaos, explain why they have not fallen prey to the influences of evil.

Their desire to uphold this balance has brought the Necromancers forth from the isolation of their remote, dank homeland to destroy Diablo and his brethren. The mere presence of these Prime Evils on the mortal realm upsets the natural symmetry of not only the mortal realm, but also the Great Cycle of Being itself. The followers of Rathma seek to right the balance by ridding the mortal realms of nonmortal intervention altogether. They resent any force that would treat humans as pawns in a cosmic game, though they apparently are willing to ally with the forces of Order, but only until such time as the balance is restored.

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