Necromancer Skills

Necromancer Skills in Diablo 4 are special Class Skills, that only the Necromancer can use. The Necromancer Class in Diablo 4, is the Class of death that can summon minions or play alone! Necromancer can deal strong Shadow or Physical damage, depending on your choices. Their skills are divided in seven categories:

Basic
Core
Macabre
Curse
Corpse
Ultimate
Key Passive

The Necromancer has access to Active and Passive skills. You can upgrade most Active skills up to five times and Passive skills up to three times. Almost every active skill offers an enhanced version and two upgrades from which you can choose one. Ultimate and Key Passive skills are powerful abilities that will define your play style. Because of this you can choose only one active Ultimate Skill and only one Key Passive!

By using these skills you can create powerful PVE and PVP Builds in Diablo 4! Below you can find all Necromancer Skills in Diablo 4.

Necromancer Basic Skills

The Necromancer’s basic skills deal Shadow or Physical damage, can create Blood Orbs and generate Essence. Essence is required by other, more powerful Necromancer skills. Below you can find all Necromancer Basic Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Upgrade	Effect
Reap(1/5)			Generate Essence: 4 per enemy hit Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing 3 damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds. Shadow damage.
	Enhanced Reap		If an enemy hit by Reap dies within 2 seconds, you gain 30% Attack Speed for 3 seconds.
		Acolyte's Reap	Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 5 seconds.
		Initiate's Reap	Reap instantly kills targets below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or players.
Decompose(1/5)			Generate Essence: 8 per second Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing 9 damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every 2.5 seconds. Shadow damage
	Enhanced Decompose		If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 essence.
		Acolyte's Decompose	You and your Minions deal 10% increased damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.
		Initiate's Decompose	Decompose slows enemies by 30%.
Hemorrhage(1/5)			Generate Essence: 8 Burst an enemy's blood, dealing 7 damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb. Physical Damage
	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.
		Acolyte's Hemorrhage	Hemorrhage gains an additional 20% Attack Speed while Healthy.
		Initiate's Hemorrhage	Hemorrhage grants 1.6% Base Life as Fortify each time it hits an enemy, and has a 1.5% chance per enemy hit to Fortify you for 100% Base Life.
Bone Splinters(1/5)			Generate Essence: 6 Fire 3 Bone Splinters, dealing 2 damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence. Physical Damage.
	Enhanced Bone Splinters		Bone Splinters has a 25% chance to fire 2 additional projectiles if cast while you have 50 or more essence.
		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.
		Initiate's Bone Splinters	Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Necromancer Core Skills

Core skills require Essence to cast and offer a stronger effect. Below you can find all Necromancer Core Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Upgrade	Effect
Blood Lance(1/5)			Essence Cost: 15 Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds, dealing 20 damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies. Physical Damage.
	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 or a Boss are affected by Blood Lance, you gain 15% Attack Speed and Blood Lance's Essence cost is reduced by 3.
		Supernatural Blood Lance	After casting Blood Lance 8 times, your next cast of Blood Lance is guaranteed to Overpower and spawns a Blood Orb under the first enemy hit.
Blood Surge(1/5)			Essence Cost: 30 Draw blood from enemies, dealing 6 damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing 15 damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by 10% per enemy drained, up to 50% Physical damage
	Enhanced Blood Surge		Blood Surge Heals you for 2.5% of your Maximum Life when drawing blood from enemies. If 4 or more enemies are drawn from, then Heal for an additional 2.5% of your Maximum Life.
		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.
		Supernatural Blood Surge	Each time an enemy is hit by Blood Surge's nova, you are Fortified for 1% Base Life. While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, Blood Surge deals 20% increased damage.
Blight(1/5)			Essence Cost: 25 Unleash concentrated blight that deals 9 damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing 24 damage over 6 seconds. Shadow Damage
	Enhanced Blight		Blight Slows enemies by 25%.
		Paranormal Blight	Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize enemies for 1.5 seconds on impact.
		Supernatural Blight	You and your Minions deal 15% increased damage to enemies within Blight.
Sever(1/5)			Essence Cost: 20 A specter of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for 19 damage then returns to you and attacks again for 6 damage. Shadow Damage.
	Enhanced Sever		Sever damages enemies along its path for 25% of its initial damage.
		Paranormal Sever	Every 4th cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
		Supernatural Sever	Sever deals 2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.
Bone Spear(1/5)			Essence Cost: 25 Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing 25 damage and piercing through enemies. Physical damage
	Enhanced Bone Spear		Bone Spear breaks into 3 shards when it is destroyed, dealing 7 damage each.
		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.
		Supernatural Bone Spear	Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
Unliving Energy(1/3)	Passive		Your maximum Essence is increased by 3.
Imperfectly Balanced(1/3)	Passive		Your Core Skills cost 3% more Essence, but deal 5% increased damage.
Hewed Flesh(1/3)	Passive		Lucky Hit: Your damage has up to a 4% chance to create a Corpse at the target's location. This chance is doubled against Bosses.

Necromancer Macabre Skills

Macabre skills help the Necromancer to crow control enemies or deal massive AOE damage. Below you can find all Necromancer Macabre Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Upgrade	Effect
Blood Mist(1/5)			Cooldown: 24 seconds Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for 3 seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 20% and you periodically deal 1 damage to enemies and Healing for 0.5% of your Maximum Life. Physical damage
	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% Base Life each time it hits an enemy.
		Ghastly Blood Mist	Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 1 second.
Corpse Explosion(1/5)			Detonate a Corpse, dealing 15 damage to surrounding enemies. Physical damage.
	Enhanced Corpse Explosion		Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by 15%.
		Blighted Corpse Explosion	Corpse Explosion becomes a Darkness skill and, instead of exploding, releases a vile miasma dealing 33 Shadow Damage over 6 seconds.
		Plagued Corpse Explosion	Corpse Explosion deals 10% increased damage to enemies that are Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable. These damage bonuses can stack.
Bone Prison(1/5)			Cooldown: 20 seconds Unearth a prison of bone with 12 Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds.
	Enhanced Bone Prison		If an enemy is trapped by Bone Prison, gain 15 Essence, plus an additional 5 per enemy trapped.
		Dreadful Bone Prison	Fortify for 5% Base Life for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.
		Ghastly Bone Prison	Enemies inside Bone Prison are Vulnerable.
Spiked Armor(1/3)	Passive		Gain 3 Thorns.
Skeletal Warrior Mastery(1/3)	Passive		Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by 15%.
Grim Harvest(1/3)	Passive		Consuming a corpse generates 3 Essence.
Fueled by Death(1/3)	Passive		You deal 3% increased damage for 6 seconds after consuming a Corpse.

Necromancer Curse Skills

Curse skills apply a curse in an area that debuffs enemies. Below you can find all Necromancer Curse Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Upgrade	Effect
Iron Maiden(1/5)			Essence Cost: 10 Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take 3 damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds. Physical Damage
	Enhanced Iron Maiden		Iron Maiden no longer costs Essence. Instead, gain 5 Essence for each enemy cursed. Does not work with enemies who are already cursed with Iron Maiden.
		Abhorrent Iron Maiden	Heal for 5% of your Maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.
		Horrid Iron Maiden	When at least 3 enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden, its damage is increased by 15%.
Decrepify(1/5)			Essence Cost: 10 Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed by 40% and deal 20% less damage for 10 seconds. Physical damage
	Enhanced Decrepify		Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to be Stunned for 2 seconds.
		Abhorrent Decrepify	Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 15% chance to reduce your active Cooldowns by 1 second.
		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.
Death's Embrace(1/3)	Passive		Close enemies take 2% more damage from you and deal 3% less damage to you.
Death's Reach(1/3)	Passive		You deal 4% increased damage to Distant enemies.
Skeletal Mage Mastery(1/3)	Passive		Increase the damage and life of your Skeletal Mages by 20%.
Amplify Damage(1/3)	Passive		You deal 3% increased damage to Cursed enemies.

Necromancer Corpse Skills

Corpse skills allow you to further manipulate corpses and offer strong passive abilities. Below you can find all Necromancer Corpse Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Upgrade	Effect
Corpse Tendrils(1/5)			Cooldown: 11 seconds Veins burst out of a Corpse, Pulling in enemies, Stunning them for 3 seconds, and dealing 6 damage to them. Does not consume the corpse. Physical Damage
	Enhanced Corpse Tendrils		Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed by 50% before being Pulled.
		Blighted Corpse Tendrils	Corpse Tendrils has a 30% chance when damaging enemies to drop a Blood Orb.
		Plagued Corpse Tendrils	Enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
Bone Spirit(1/5)			Cooldown: 12 seconds Essence Cost: 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 24 damage to the target and all surrounding enemies. Damage is increased by 3% for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit. Physical damage
	Enhanced Bone Spirit		If Bone Spirit critically strikes, its cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds. This effect can only happen once per cast.
		Dreadful Bone Spirit	After Bone Spirit hits an enemy, you generate 30 Essence over the next 4 seconds.
		Ghastly Bone Spirit	Bone Spirit has an additional 10% Critical Strike Chance.
Reaper's Pursuit(1/3)	Passive		Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your movement speed by 5% for 3 Seconds.
Gloom(1/3)	Passive		When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take 2% increased Shadow Damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
Terror(1/3)	Passive		Darkness Skills deal 3% bonus damage to enemies who are slowed, and 3% bonus damage to enemies who are stunned or immobilized. These bonuses stack and apply to shadow damage dealt by your Minions.
Crippling Darkness(1/3)	Passive		Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for 1 seconds.
Gruesome Mending(1/3)	Passive		While below 50% Life, you receive 10% more Healing from all sources.
Coalesced Blood(1/3)	Passive		While Healthy your Blood Skills deal 6% increased damage.
Drain Vitality(1/3)	Passive		Lucky Hit: Hitting enemies with Blood Skills has up to a 25% chance to Fortify you for 2% Base Life.
Tides of Blood(1/3)	Passive		Your Blood Skills deal 5% increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy.
Transfusion(1/3)	Passive		Blood Orbs also Heal your Minions for 15% of the amount.
Necrotic Carapace(1/3)	Passive		When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions, Fortify for 2% Base Life.
Serration(1/3)	Passive		Your Bone skills have a 0.5% increased Critical Strike Chance for each 10 Essence you have upon cast.
Rapid Ossification(1/3)	Passive		Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone skills by 0.5 seconds.
Evulsion(1/3)	Passive		Your Bone Skills deal 6% increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies.
Compound Fracture(1/3)	Passive		After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal 5% increased damage per 5 seconds.

Necromancer Ultimate Skills

Ultimate Skills are powerful abilities that offer you a special effect. This effect is overwhelming and can destroy enemies in an area with ease. Because of this you can only pick one Ultimate Active Skill! Below you can find all Necromancer Ultimate Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Upgrade	Effect
Blood Wave			Cooldown: 50 seconds Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 27 damage and Knocks Back enemies. Physical Damage
	Prime Blood Wave		Blood Wave Slow enemies by 50% for 4 seconds.
		Supreme Blood Wave	Blood Wave leaves behind 3 Blood Orbs as it travels.
Army of the Dead			Cooldown: 90 seconds Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing 9 damage. Physical damage
	Prime Army of the Dead		When Army of the Dead's Volatile Skeletons explode, they have a 15% chance to leave behind a Corpse.
		Supreme Army of the Dead	Army of the Dead also raises your Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages.
Bone Storm			Cooldown: 60 seconds A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing 54 to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds. Physical damage
	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.
Golem Mastery(1/3)	Passive		Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by 25%.
Inspiring Leader(1/3)	Passive		After you have been Healthy for at least 4 second, you and your Minions gain 4% Attack Speed.
Hellbent Commander(1/3)	Passive		Your Minions deal 10% increased damage while you are Close to them.
Bonded in Essence(1/3)	Passive		Every 5 seconds, your Skeletal Priest's Healing will Heal your Skeletons for 20% of their Maximum Life.
Death's Defense(1/3)	Passive		Your Minions cannot lose more than 75% of their Maximum Life from a single damage instance.
Stand Alone(1/3)	Passive		Increases Damage Reduction by 6% reduced by 2% for each active Minion.
Memento Mori(1/3)	Passive		Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%.

Necromancer Key Passive Skills

Key Passive Skills are powerful passive abilities that define your Build and play style. You can only pick one Key Passive ability. Below you can find all Necromancer Key Passive Skills.

Skill	Enhanced Skill	Effect
Ossified Essence	Passive	Your Bone Skills deal 1% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast.
Rathma's Vigor	Passive	Increase your Maximum Life by 10%. After being Healthy for 15 seconds, your next Blood skill Overpowers.
Shadowblight	Passive	Shadow Damage infects enemies with Shadowblight for 2 seconds. You and your minions deal 10% bonus damage to enemies with Shadowblight. Every 10th time an enemy receives Shadow damage from you or your Minions while they are affected by Shadowblight, they take additional 6 Shadow Damage.
Kalan's Edict	Passive	After you have not taken damage in the last 3 seconds, your Minions gain 15% Attack Speed. While you have at least 7 Minions, this bonus is doubled.

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