Necromancer Skill Tree

The Necromancer has access to six groups of skills:

• Basic
• Core
• Corruption
• Summoning
• Ultimate
• Masteries

The tables below show the Necromancer 's skills and talents as they appear in the game's skill tree and in the correct order.

The tables are read from left to right with the upgrades listed to the left of the main skill. All talents are listed in yellow.

Note: As the skill and talent stats are changing as testing progresses, all stats have been removed as they will change prior to the game's final release.

Basic Required Points: N/A

Decompose Tear the flesh from the enemy, dealing 30.00% 9 damage per second and forming a usable corpse with the flesh every 2.5 seconds. Generates : 7 Essence per second.	Enhanced Decompose If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 Essence.	Initiate's Decompose Decompose Slows enemies by 30%.
		Acolyte's Decompose You and your Minions deal x10% increased non-Physical damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.

Hemorrhage Burst an enemy's blood, dealing 25.00% (6-8) damage. Hemorrhage has 20% chance to form a  Blood Orb. Blood Orbs heal you for 15% of your maximum Life when picked up. Generates: 7 Essence Damage: Physical	Enhanced Hemorrhage After picking up a Blood Orb, your next Hemorrhage also hits nearby enemies and grants 2 additional essence per enemy hit	Initiate's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage grants 0.64 Fortify each time it hits and enemy, and had a1.5% chance per enemy hit to fortify you.
		Acolyte's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage generates an additional 20% Attack speed while Healthy.

Bone Splinters Fire 3 bone splinters, dealing 22.50% (6-7) damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence. Generates: 5 Essence Damage: Physical	Enhanced Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a 30% chance to fire 2 additional projectile if cast while you have 50 or more essence.	Initiate's Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulernable for 2 seconds.
		Acolyte's Bone Splinters Hitting the same enemy at least 3 times with the same cast of Bone Splinters grants 8% Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.

Reap Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing 12.00% (3-3) damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds. Generates: 4 Essence per enemy hit. Damage: Shadow	Enhanced Reap If an enemy hit by reap dies withing 2 seconds, you gain 30% attack speed for 3 seconds.	Initiate's Reap Reap instantly executes non-Bossed below 5% Life.
		Acolyte's Reap Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 5 seconds.

Core Required Points: 2

Blight Unleash concentrated blight that deals 30.00% (8-9) damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing 80% 24 damage over 6 seconds. Essence Cost: 25 Damage: Shadow	Enhanced Blight Blight Slows enemies by 25%	Paranormal Blight Blight has a x10% chance to Stun for 2 seconds each time it deals damage.
		Supernatural Blight Your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies within Blight.

Blood Surge Draw blood from enemies, dealing 20.00% (5-6) damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing 50.00% (13-16) damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by x10% per enemy drained, up to x50%.	Enhanced Blood Surge Blood Surge heals you for 1% of your maximum Life per each enemy drained, up to 5%.	Paranormal Blood Surge After hitting enemies 10 times with Blood Surge's nova, your next Blood Surge  Overpowers.
		Supernatural Blood Surge Each time an enemy is hit by  Blood Surge's nova, you are  Fortified for 0.44.

Unliving Energy Your maximum Essence is increased by 3.

Imperfectly Balanced Your  Core Skills cost 5% more Essence, but deal x10% increased damage.

Blood Lance Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 econd, dealing 45.00% (12-14) damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies. Essence Cost: 25 Damage: Physical	Enhanced Blood Lance Blood Lance Pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 15% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.	Paranormal Blood Lance While at least 2 enemies are affected by Blood Lance, you gain 10% Attack Speed and Blood Lance's Essence cost is reduced by 1.
		Supernatural Blood Lance Enemies currently affected by Blood Lance have a 50% chance to leave behind a  Blood Orb upon death.

Bone Spear Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing 85.00% (23-28) damage and Piercing through enemies. Essence Cost: 25 Damage: Physical	Enhanced Bone Spear Bone Spear breaks into shards when it is destroyed, dealing 10.00% (2-3) damage each.	Paranormal Bone Spear Bone Spear has a 5% increased Critical Strike Chance and deals x10% increased Critical Strike Damage.
		Supernatural Bone Spear Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit  Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Sever A spectre of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for X damage.	Enhanced Sever Sever damages enemies along its path for X% of its damage.	Paranormal Sever Every 4th cast of Sever makes enemies  Vulnerable for X seconds.
		Supernatural Sever Sever deals X% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.

Reconstitution Your damage has up to a 4% chance to create a corpse at the target's location.

Macabre Required Points: 6

Corpse Explosion Release a vile miasma from a Corpse, dealing 75.00% (20-24) Shadow Damage over X seconds. Detonate a Corpse, dealing X damage to nearby enemies.	Enhanced Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by 15%.	Abhorent Corpse Explosion Instead of exploding, Corpse Explosion releases a vile miasma dealing 110.00% 33 Shadow Damage over 6 seconds.
		Horrid Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion deals x15% increased damage to enemies that are Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable.

Blood Surge Draw blood from enemies, dealing 20.00% (5-6) damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing 50.00% (13-16) damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by x10% per enemy drained, up to x50%.	Enhanced Blood Surge Blood Surge heals you for 1% of your maximum Life per each enemy drained, up to 5%.	Paranormal Blood Surge After hitting enemies 10 times with Blood Surge's nova, your next Blood Surge  Overpowers.
		Supernatural Blood Surge Each time an enemy is hit by  Blood Surge's nova, you are  Fortified for 0.44.

Grim Harvest Consuming a Corpse generates 3 Essence.

Fueled by Death You deal x4% increased damage for 4 seconds after consuming a Corpse.

Blood Mist Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming  Immune for 3 seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 50.00% and you periodically deal 1.75 (1-1) damage to enemies, healing for 100% of the damage dealt.	Enhanced Blood Mist Blood Mist's Movement Speed penalty is reduced to 20%.	Ghastly Blood Mist Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 1 second.
		Dreadful Blood Mist Blood Mist  Fortifies you for 0.2 each time it hits an enemy.

Necrotic Carapace When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions,  Fortify for 0.8.

Skeletal Warrior Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by 15% .

Bone Prison Unearth a prison of bone with 12 Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds. Cooldown: 20 Seconds.	Enhanced Bone Prison Gain 3 Essence each time an enemy hits your Bone Prison.	Ghastly Bone Prison Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.
		Dreadful Bone Prison Fortify for 1.5 for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.

Corruption Required Points: 11

Iron Maiden Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take 10.00% (2-3) damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds. Essence Cost: 10 Damage: Physical	Enhanced Iron Maiden Iron Maiden no longer costs Essence. Instead, gain 5 Essence for each enemy Cursed. Does not work with enemies already cursed with Iron Maiden.	Horrid Iron Maiden When at least 3 enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden, its damage is increased by x15%.
		Abhorrent Iron Maiden Heal for 5% of your maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.

Decrepify Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed by 50% and deal 25% less damage for 10% seconds. Essence Cost: 10 Damage: Physical	Enhanced Decrepify Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to be Stunned for 2 seconds.	Horrid Decrepify When you or your Minions hit an enemy afflicted with Decrepify below 10% Life, they are instantly killed. Does not work on Bosses.
		Abhorent Decrepify Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 15% chance to reduce your active cooldowns by 1.0 seconds.

Death's Embrace Enemies in melee range take x2% more damage from you and deal 3% less damage to you.

Death's Reach You deal 4% increased damage to enemies outside of melee range.

Amplify Damage You deal 3% increased damage to Cursed enemies.

Skeletal Mage Mastery Increase the damage and Health of your Skeletal Mages by 15%.

Summoning Required Points: 16

Corpse Tendrils Veins burst out of a Corpse, pulling in enemies, Stunning them for 3 seconds, and dealing 20.00% (5-6) damage to them. Cooldown: 11.0 Seconds. Damage: Physical	Enhanced Corpse Tendrils Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed by 50% before being pulled.	Abhorrent Corpse Tendrils Enemies slain while Stunned by Corpse Tendrils have a 25% chance to drop a  Blood Orb.
		Horrid Corpse Tendrils Enemies Stunned by Corpse Tendrils take x40% more damage from  Corpse Explosion.

Blood Begets Blood While below 50% Life, you receive 10% more healing from all sources.	Tides of Blood Your Blood Skills deal x5% increased  Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are  Healthy.	Drain Vitality Hitting enemies with Blood Skills has up to 25% chance to  Fortify you for 1.
	Coalesced Blood Blood Orbs heal you for 15% more.	Transfusion Blood Orbs also heal your Minions for 15% of the amount.

Bone Spirit All Remaining Essence Consume all of your Essence to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies. Upon reaching an enemy, the spirit explodes, dealing 80.00% (21-26) damage to the target and all nearby enemies. Damage is increased by 3% for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit. Cooldown: 12.0 Seconds. Essence Cost: All remaining Essence Damage: Physical	Enhanced Bone Spirit If Bone Spirit Critically Strikes, its cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds.  This effect can only happen once per cast.	Ghastly Bone Spirit Bone Spirit has an additional 10% Critical Strike Chance.
		Dreadful Bone Spirit After Bone Spirit hits an enemy, you generate 30 Essence over the next 4 seconds.

Bone Spurs Gain 3 Thorns.

Reaper's Pursuit Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your Movement Speed by 5% for 3 seconds.	Crippling Darkness Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for 1 seconds.	Terror Darkness Skills deal 5% increased damage against Immobilized, Slowed, or Stunned enemies. This also applies to Shadow Damage dealt by your Minions.
	Gloom When you damage enemies with  Darkness Skills, they take x2% increased Shadow Damage for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

Serration Your Bone skills have a 0.5% increased Critical Strike Chance for 10 Essence you have upon cast	Rapid Ossification Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone skills by 0.5 seconds.	Evulsion Your Bone Skills deal x6% increased Criticial Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies.
	Compound Fracture After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal x6% increased damage for 5 seconds.

Ultimate Required Points: 23

Blood Wave Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 90.00% (24-29) damage and knocks enemies back. Cooldown: 50.0 Seconds. Damage: Physical

Prime Blood Wave Blood Wave Slows enemies by 50% for 4 seconds.

Supreme Blood Wave Blood Wave leaves behind 3 Blood Orbs as it travels.

Stand Alone Increases Damage Reduction by 6%, reduced by 2% for each active Minion.

Memento Mori Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%.

Bone Storm A swirling storm of bones surrounds you and your Golem, dealing 180.00% (49-59) to nearby enemies over 10 seconds.

Prime Bone Storm Your Damage Reduction is increased by 15% while Bone Storm is active.

Supreme Bone Storm While Bone Storm is active, you consume nearby Corpses. Each Corpse consumed adds 2 seconds to Bonestorm's duration, up to 10 seconds.

Army of the Dead Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile undead emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode near enemies, dealing 30.00% (8-9) damage. Cooldown: 90.0 Seconds. Damage: Physical

Prime Army of the Dead When Army of the Dead's Skeletons explode, they have 15% chance to leave behind a Corpse.

Supreme Army of the Dead Army of the Dead also raises your Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages.

Hellbent Commander Your Minions deal x10% increased damage while you are near them.

Inspiring Command After you have been  Healthy for at least 4 seconds, you and your Minions gain 4% Attack Speed.

Bonded in Essence Your Minions gain 15% of your Resistances.

Death's Defense Your Minions can't lose more than 50% of their maximum Life from a single damage instance.

Golem Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by 15%

Masteries Required Points: 33

Strength in Numbers While you have at least 7 Minions, they gain  20% Attack Speed.

Shadowblight Darkness Skills infect enemies with  Shadowblight for 2 seconds. Every 10th time an enemy receives Shadow Damage from you or your Minions while they are affected by  Shadowblight, they burst for 20.00% (5-6) Shadow Damage.

Rathma's Vigor Increase your maximum Life by 10%. While Healtthy, you deal x25%increased damage

Ossified Essence Your Bone Skills deal x1% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50% upon cast.