 |
Necromancers wield the power of death itself - a power no enemy can stand against forever. The dark arts of the necromancer usually take a toll on the caster by forcing a sacrifice of health, but the harm that befalls a necromancer’s foes in return makes this a small, if painful, price to pay.
Necromancers can revive corpses as deadly foot soldiers using Death Magic, Blood Magic steals health from foes and Curses wreak havoc among the Necromancer’s opponents by sapping enemy enchantments and muting their healing ability. Necromancers keep their energy bars full with Soul Reaping, the primary necromancer attribute, which feeds upon the deaths of others.
Attributes
Soul Reaping (Primary)
Soul Reaping, the Necromancer’s primary attribute, improves your ability to gain energy whenever a creature near you dies. For each point you have in Soul Reaping you will gain 1 energy when a creature near you dies (halved for Spirits). You can only gain energy this way once every 5 seconds.
Blood Magic
Blood Magic adds to the duration and effectiveness of skills that steal Health from enemies and give it to you.
Curses
Add points to Curses and boost the duration and effectiveness of Curse skills, reducing your enemies’ effectiveness in battle.
Death Magic
Increase Death Magic to augment the duration and effect of skills that deal cold and shadow damage, as well as those that summon undead minions for you to command.
Common usage
Energy support
Energy support necromancers, often called “batteries” or “BiPs”, use the elite skill Blood is Power to supply their allies with energy. For casters such as the Elementalist and the Monk this is extremely beneficial as it allows them to continue using their skills without running out of energy. Batteries are very popular for supporting Bonding Monks and Nuker Elementalists in areas like the Fissure of Woe.
Minion Masters
Often referred to as MMs, minion masters use Death Magic to animate a small army of undead creatures from the corpses of fallen victims and allies. MMs are extremely popular in all areas of gameplay taking some of the pressure off the team when being swarmed with large or numerous groups of enemies.
Cursing
Another common necromancer build uses curses (hex spells) to drain an enemy’s health or inflict damage whenever any enemy attempts to attack or use spells. One such build uses the elite hex spell Spiteful Spirit more commonly referred to as an SS for short. This build excels at wreaking havoc on enemy groups and is commonly used throughout the game.