Although Necromancer performed very well in Season 7 with Blood Wave, the unique items related to Blood Wave were weakened in Season 8. Therefore, although Blood Wave Necromancer builds are still playable in Season 8, they are definitely not as powerful as in season 7.
In Season 8, Necromancer summons will enhance. The developers hope to return Necromancer to the most orthodox gameplay, rather than becoming an alternative mage. And Exploding Minions Necromancer is a build based on Season 8 Boss Powers that uses summons to cause damage.
Cons & Pros
Cons:
- Easy to play
- Chain explosions are fun
- Clearing monsters and farming gold quickly
Pros:
- Relying on skills CD
- Weak survivability
- Relying on summons
Skills
Main Skills:
- Soulrift (Rank 5): Ultimate skill, corrupts enemies within 8 seconds, causing 91% damage per second, can absorb souls from enemies, gain essence and create a barrier. At Rank 5, one healing potion can be replenished for every 30 souls absorbed.
- Blight (Rank 1): Core Skill. Releases the power of blight, causing 40% damage and leaving a contaminated area. Enemies in the area receive 135% damage within 6 seconds.
Secondary Skills
- Blood Mist (Rank 1): Transforms into Blood Mist, periodically causing 35% damage equal to its own life within 3 seconds, and restores 0.5% of its maximum life.
- Raise Skeleton (Rank 1): Raises a Skeleton from a corpse. After all Skeletons have been summoned, this skill can transform one skeleton into a Skeleton Priest, strengthening the other Skeletons.
- Golem (Rank 1): Golem becomes unstoppable, taunts the enemy, reduces damage taken by 30%, and respawns within 20 seconds after death.
- Corpse Tendrils (Rank 1): Explodes the corpse, pulling nearby enemies and stunning them for three seconds, without wasting the corpse.
Soulrift and Blight are the main damage skills of this build. Among them, Soulrift is the ultimate skill, which can replenish resources, restore life, and improve survivability while damaging the enemy. The cooldown time is 41 seconds.
Blight is the main damage output skill during Soulrift cooldown period, which can cause area damage and bring various negative states to the enemy. It is very helpful for killing numerous enemies and farming Diablo 4 Gold in Season 8.
Secondary Skills are mainly used to improve survivability and enhance summons. In Season 8, Necromancer’s summons have received a power and quantity boost, making them more useful.
Boss Powers
Main Boss Power:
- Urivar’s Lobbed Bombs (Rank 21): Rare Boss Power. After casting your Ultimate, throw 4 bombs that deal massive fire damage and reduce the cooldown of your Ultimate by 5 seconds.
Modifiers:
- Hatred’s Embrace’s Haste
- Torusk’s Rage
- Beastmaster’s Training
Urivar’s Lobbed Bombs is where “Exploding” in this build comes from. You need to defeat Urivar to get this Boss Power. The other three Boss Powers are Magic Boss Powers, which players can get early. Therefore, this build is formed very early.
Urivar’s Lobbed Bombs requires your Ultimate to be cast, so you’ll want gear that reduces the cooldown of your abilities.
Equipment
- Helm: Harlequin Crest
- Chest Armor: Shroud of False Death
- Gloves: Vehement Brawler’s Aspect
- Pants: Blood Moon Breeches
- Boots: Aspect of Occult Dominion
- Amulet: Aspect of the Great Feast
- Ring 1: Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul
- Ring 2: Ring of Mendeln
- Weapon: Aspect of Frenzied Dead
- Offhand: Aspect of Reanimation
The recommended equipment above is the best choice for this build. If you can’t get all the equipment, you can also use other equipment instead. You need to pay attention to the following types of affixes:
- Cooldown Reduction
- Enhance Summons
- Increase Maximum Health
- Increase Skill Level
- Increase Movement Speed
All the above types of modifiers are suitable for this build. You can use items with the above modifiers to replace them in the early game. For example, Harlequin Crest is an Ancestral Mythic Unique Helm that provides cooldown reduction, skill level increase, and damage reduction, making it perfect for this build.
However, as one of the most valuable Diablo 4 unique items, it is very difficult to obtain, and you need Resplendent Sparks and a lot of D4 gold to craft it. Before you get this helmet, you can first find a helmet that can reduce skill CD as an alternative.
Active Runes
- Armor: Igni and Ohm
- Weapon: Nagu and Qax
Gems
- Weapon: Emerald. Critical damage increased by 72%.
- Armor: Topaz. Add 60 intelligence.
- Amulet: Pointed Finger. Provides 160 armor and 8% all element resistance.
- Ring 1: Moonlight Ward. Provides 160 armor and 8% all element resistance.
- Ring 2: Friend of the Bog. Provides 160 armor and 8% all element resistance.
However, Moonlight Ward and Friend of the Bog are related to the unique powers in Season 7, and they will be removed when Season 8 arrives, so you can add them based on the gems related to Season 8 Boss Powers.
The above is all about Exploding Minions Necromancer build. This build mainly triggers Boss Powers by releasing Soulrift to cause violent explosions, causing a lot of fire damage to the enemy. It should be a unique experience for Necromancer players. But, this build is suitable for the early and middle stages of the game. In the endgame, you can replace this Boss Power with a stronger one.
