Necromancer Skill Tree

The Necromancer has access to six groups of skills:

• Basic - Generate Essence with no cooldown so always available to cast.
• Core - Powerful attacks that cost Essence but have no cooldown.
• Corpse & Macabre - Control the battle and manipulate the deceased.
• Curse - Afflict debilitating effects over an area.
• Corpse & Macabre - More controlling the battle and manipulating the dead but with shorter cooldowns.
• Ultimate - Big hitting physical damage with matching cooldowns.
  • Key Passives - Icing on the cake at no cost to Essence but only one can have a point at a time.

The tables below show the Necromancer 's skills and Passives 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 correct as of game launch.

Basic Required Points: 0

Decompose Tear the flesh from the enemy, dealing 33% damage per second and forming a usable corpse with the flesh every 2 seconds. Damage: Shadow Generates : 8 Essence per second Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled	Enhanced Decompose If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 Essence.	Initiate's Decompose Decompose Slows enemies by 50%.
		Acolyte's Decompose You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.

Hemorrhage Burst an enemy's blood, dealing 27% damage. Hemorrhage has 20% chance to form a Blood Orb. Damage: Physical Generates: 9 Essence Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Tags: Basic, Blood	Enhanced Hemorrhage After picking up a Blood Orb, your next Hemorrhage also deals damage to enemies around your target and grants 2 additional Essence per enemy hit	Initiate's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage grants 1.6% Maximum life as Fortify each time it hits and enemy, and had a 1.5% chance per enemy hit to Fortify you for 100% Maximum Life.
		Acolyte's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage generates an additional + 20% Attack Speed while Healthy.

Bone Splinters Fire 3 bone splinters, dealing 9% damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence. Damage: Physical Generates Essence : 7 Lucky Hit Chance: 17% Tags: Basic, Bone	Enhanced Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a 25% chance to fire 2 additional projectiles if cast while you have 50 or more essence.	Initiate's Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulnerable 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 13% damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds. Damage: Shadow Generates Essence : 4 per enemy hit Lucky Hit Chance: 17% Tags: Basic, Darkness	Enhanced Reap If an enemy hit by Reap dies within 2 seconds, you gain +30% Attack Speed for 3 seconds.	Initiate's Reap Reap instantly kills enemies below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or Players.
		Acolyte's Reap Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 4 seconds.

Core Required Points: 2

Blight Unleash concentrated Blight that deals 30% damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing 80% damage over 6 seconds. Damage: Shadow Essence Cost: 25 Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Tags: Core, Darkness	Enhanced Blight Blight Slows (CC) enemies by 25%	Supernatural Blight You and your Minions deal x15% increased damage to enemies within Blight.
		Paranormal Blight Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize (CC) enemies for 1.5 seconds on impact.

Blood Surge Draw blood from enemies, dealing 20% damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing 50% damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by x10% per enemy drained, up to x50%. Damage: Physical Essence Cost: 30 Lucky Hit Chance: 12% Tags: Core, Blood	Enhanced Blood Surge Blood Surge heals you for 3% of your Maximum Life when drawing blood from enemies. If 4 or more enemies are drawn from, then heal for an additional 3% of your Maximum Life.	Supernatural Blood Surge Each time an enemy is hit by Blood Surge's nova, you are Fortified for 1.1% Maximum life. While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, Blood Surge deals x 20% increased damage.
		Paranormal Blood Surge If an enemy is damaged by Blood Surge's nova while you are Healthy, then gain 1 stack of Overwhelming Blood. When you have 5 stacks of Overwhelming Blood, your next Blood Surge Overpowers.

Blood Lance Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds, dealing 80% damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies. Damage: Physical Essence Cost: 15 Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Tags: Core, Blood	Enhanced Blood Lance Blood Lance Pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 10% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.	Supernatural Blood Lance After casting Blood Lance 6 times, your next cast of Blood Lance is guaranteed to Overpower and spawns a Blood Orb under the first enemy hit.
		Paranormal Blood Lance While at least 2 enemies or a Boss are affected by Blood Lance, you gain + 15% Attack Speed and Blood Lance's Essence cost is reduced by 3.

Bone Spear Conjure a Bone Spear from the ground, dealing 85% damage and Piercing through enemies. Damage: Physical Essence Cost: 25 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Core, Bone	Enhanced Bone Spear Bone Spear breaks into 3 shards when it is destroyed, dealing 25% damage each.	Supernatural Bone Spear Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
		Paranormal Bone Spear Bone Spear has a +5% increased Critical Strike Chance. If Bone Spear's primary projectile Critically Strikes, it fires 2 additional bone shards upon being destroyed.

Sever A spectre of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for 66% damage then returns to you and attacks again for 21% damage. Damage: Shadow Essence Cost: 20 Lucky Hit Chance:: 20% Tags: Core, Darkness	Enhanced Sever Sever damages enemies along its path for 40% of its initial damage.	Supernatural Sever Sever deals x 2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.
		Paranormal Sever Every 3rd cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Passives

Unliving Energy Your maximum Essence is increased by 3.

Imperfectly Balanced Your Core Skills cost x3% more Essence, but deal x5% increased damage. Point required in Unliving Energy.

Hewed Flesh Lucky Hit: Your damage has up to a 4% chance to create a corpse at the target's location. The chance is doubled against Bosses.

Corpse & Macabre Required Points: 6

Corpse Explosion Detonate a Corpse, dealing 50% damage to surrounding enemies. Damage: Physical Essence Cost: 0 Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Tags: Corpse, Corruption	Enhanced Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by 15%.	Plagued Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion deals x 8% increased damage to enemies that are Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable. These damage bonuses can stack.
		Blighted Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion becomes a Darkness Skill and, instead of exploding, releases a vile miasma dealing 18% Shadow Damage over 6 seconds.

Bone Prison Unearth a prison of bone with [#] Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds. Damage: None Cooldown: 18 seconds Essence Cost: 0 Lucky Hit Chance: 0 Tags: Corpse, Corruption	Enhanced Bone Prison If an enemy is trapped by Bone Prison, gain 25 Essence, plus an additional 5 per enemy trapped.	Ghastly Bone Prison Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.
		Dreadful Bone Prison Fortify for 8% Maximum life for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.

Blood Mist Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for 3 seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 20% and you periodically deal 2% damage to enemies and heal for 0.5% of your Maximum Life. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 24 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 9% Tags: Macabre, Blood	Enhanced Blood Mist Casting a Skill that Overpowers reduces the cooldown of Blood Mist by 2 seconds.	Dreadful Blood Mist Blood Mist Fortifies you for 0.5 Maximum life each time it hits an enemy.
		Ghastly Blood Mist Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 0.5 second.

Passives

Grim Harvest Consuming a Corpse generates 2/4/6 Essence.

Fueled by Death You deal x3% increased damage for 6 seconds after consuming a Corpse. Point required in Grim Harvest.

Spiked Armor Gain .1/.2/.3 Thorns.

Skeletal Warrior Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by x15%.

Curse Required Points: 11

Iron Maiden Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take 20% damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds. Damage: Physical Essence Cost: 10 Tags: Curse, Corruption	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 x 20%.
		Abhorrent Iron Maiden Heal for 7% of your Maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.

Decrepify Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed (CC) by 40% and deal 20% less damage for 10 seconds. Damage: Physical Essence Cost: 10 Tags: Curse, Corruption	Enhanced Decrepify Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to be Stunned (CC) 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.
		Abhorrent Decrepify Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 15% chance to reduce your active cooldowns by 1 second.

Passives

Death's Embrace Close enemies take x2% more damage from you and deal 3% less damage to you.

Death's Reach You deal x4% increased damage to Distant enemies.

Amplify Damage You deal x3% increased damage to Cursed enemies.

Skeletal Mage Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Mages by x20%.

Corpse & Macabre 2 Required Points: 16

Corpse Tendrils Veins burst out of a Corpse, Pulling in enemies, Stunning (CC) them for 3 seconds, and dealing 20% damage to them. Does not consume the Corpse. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 11 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Tags: Corpse, Corruption	Enhanced Corpse Tendrils Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed (CC) by 50% before being Pulled (CC).	Blighted Corpse Tendrils Corpse Tendrils has a 35% chance to drop a Blood Orb when damaging enemies.
		Plagued Corpse Tendrils Enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Bone Spirit Consume all of your Essence to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies. Upon reaching an enemy, the spirit explodes, dealing 80% damage to the target and all surrounding enemies. Damage is increased by x3% for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 12 seconds Essence Cost: All remaining Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Tags: Macabre, Bone	Enhanced Bone Spirit If Bone Spirit Critically Strikes, its cooldown is reduced by 7 seconds.  This effect can happen only 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.

Passives

Gruesome Mending Receive 10/20/30%+ more Healing from all sources.	Transfusion Lucky Hit: Blood Skills have a 3/6/9% chance on hit to spawn a Blood Orb. This can only occur once every 4 seconds. This chance is doubled against bosses. Point required in Gruesome Mending.	Drain Vitality Lucky Hit: Hitting enemies with Blood skills has up to a 30% chance to Fortify you for 2.5% Maximum life. Point required in Coalesced Blood.
	Coalesced Blood While Healthy, your Blood skills deal d6% increased damage Point required in Gruesome Mending.	Tides of Blood Your Blood skills deal d5% increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy. Point required in Coalesced Blood or Transfusion.

Serration Your Bone skills have a + 0.3%/0.6%/0.9% increased Critical Strike Chance for each 10 Essence you have upon cast.	Compound Fracture After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone skills, your Bone skills deal x5% increased damage for 5 seconds. Point required in Serration.	Evulsion Your Bone skills deal x6% increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies. Point required in Compound Fracture or Rapid Ossification.
	Rapid Ossification Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone skills by 0.5 seconds. Point required in Serration.

Reaper's Pursuit Damaging enemies with Darkness skills increases your Movement Speed by +5% for 3 seconds.	Crippling Darkness Lucky Hit: Darkness skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for 1 second. Point required in Reaper's Pursuit.	Terror You deal 3%[x] increased Shadow damage to enemies who are Slowed or Chilled, and 3%[x] increased Shadow damage to enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, or Frozen. These bonuses stack and apply to Shadow damage dealt by your Minions. Point required in Crippling Darkness and Gloom.
	Gloom When you damage enemies with Darkness skills, they take x2% increased Shadow Damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. Point required in Reaper's Pursuit.

Ultimate Required Points: 23 - You can have only one Ultimate active at a time.

Blood Wave Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 120% damage and Knocks Back (CC) enemies. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 50 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Tags: Ultimate, Blood

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

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

Bone Storm A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing 180% to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 60 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Tags: Ultimate, Bone

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

Supreme Bone Storm Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by +20% while Bone Storm is active.

Army of the Dead Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing 45% damage. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 70 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 64% Tags: Ultimate

Prime Army of the Dead When Army of the Dead's Volatile Skeletons explode, they have a 100% chance to leave behind a Corpse.

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

Passives

Stand Alone Increases Damage Reduction by 6/12/18% when you have no minions. Each active minion reduces this bonus by 2%.

Memento Mori Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%. Point required in Stand Alone.

Inspiring Leader After you have been Healthy for at least 2 seconds, you and your Minions gain +4% Attack Speed.	Hellbent Commander Your Minions deal x10% increased damage while you are Close to them. Point required in Inspiring Leader.
Bonded in Essence Every 8 seconds, your Skeletal Priest's Healing will Heal your Skeletons for an additional 20% of their Maximum Life.	Death's Defense Your Minions gain +4/8/12% Armor and 8/16/24% Resistance to All Elements Point required in Inspiring Leader or Bonded in Essence.

Golem Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by x25%

Key Passives Required Points: 33 - You can have points in only one of these.

Kalan's Edict After you have not taken damage in the last 2 seconds, your Minions gain +15% Attack Speed. While you have at least 7 Minions, this bonus is doubled.

Shadowblight Shadow damage infects 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 take an additional 22% Shadow damage. Shadowblight's damage is increased by 100% [x] of your Shadow Damage over Time bonus.

Rathma's Vigor After being Healthy for 12 seconds, your next Blood Skill Overpowers. This timer is reduced by 2 seconds each time Blood Orbs Heal or Overheal you for an amount greater than or equal to your base Life.

Ossified Essence Your Bone skills deal 0.5% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast.

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