This D4 Corpse Explosion Necro Build is proof the developers wanted to bring back our favorite parts of Diablo 2. With this Necro build you’ll be using the infamous Bone spear, Corpse Explosion and an Army of the Dead, just like back in the day!
D4 Corpse Explosion Necromancers are capable of insane AOE damage, so we are going to lean on that explosiveness combined with the impressive burst damage that Bones pear can drop. Anything that doesn’t die immediately, will be swarmed by our undead army and melted moments later.
D4 CORPSE EXPLOSION NECRO BUILD INDEX
D4 CORPSE EXPLOSION NECRO PROS / CONS
- Great AOE Damage
- Easy to set up
- Easy Rotation
- Slightly Less Single Target Damage
D4 CORPSE EXPLOSION NECRO BUILD VIDEO GUIDE
Something about the D4 Corpse Explosion Necro build confusing you? Don’t sweat it, listen to me explain every piece of the build in this detailed YouTube guide!
D4 CORPSE EXPLODE NECRO BUILD SKILLS & PASSIVES
BASIC ABILITY
The first ability your D4 Corpse Explosion Necromancer will unlock is used to apply vulnerability and damage the enemy. Grab this ability and these two passives.


Lucky Hit Chance: 17%




CORE ABILITY
Bonespear will be one of the primary damage dealing abilities. The main reason for bonespear’s existence is to proide corpses for Corpse Explosion..


Lucky Hit Chance: 50%






This chance is doubled against Bosses.
CORPSE & MACABRE ABILITY
Once Bonespear creates a corpse or two, Corpse Explosion will be able to do the rest. Corpse explosion will also generate resources to cast more bonespear thanks to our grim harvest passive.








CURSE ABILITIES
We passed on the curse abilities for this build. We just didn’t have enough bar space for everything we wanted!
CORPSE AND MACABRE ABILITY
The D4 Corpse Explosion necro uses his Corpse Tendril ability to group up and debuff the enemies! You can use this ability to fill your bar until you unlock your golem, then spec out of it to make room for the golem


Lucky Hit Chance: 20%




ULTIMATE ABILITY
You can only slot one ultimate ability, and this D4 Corpse Explosion necro is currently using Blood Wave. It does solid damage and can drop extra heals to keep you in the fight longer.


Lucky Hit Chance: 20%




CORPSE EXPLOSION NECRO book of the dead
SKELETAL WARRIOR
For the Skeletal Warrior we’ll take the Reapers, and then choose the Second Perk, which is going to provide a ton of corpses for Corpse Explosion as well as Resummoning our Army of the dead here.



UPGRADES
Reaper attacks against enemies who are Immobilized, Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable reduce the cooldown of their powerful wind-up attack by 2 seconds.
Reapers have a 10% chance to carve the flesh off enemies, forming a corpse. This cannot happen on the same enemy more than once every 5 seconds.
SACRIFICE
You deal x10% increased Shadow Damage but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors.


SKELETAL MAGE
For the Skeletal Mage we are going to take the Bone Mages, and then Take the First Perk. This is going to amp up their damage by a massive 40% after they’ve been alive for 5 seconds. Huge!



UPGRADES
Reduce the life cost of your Bone Mages attacks from 15% to 10%. After being alive for 5 seconds, Bone Mages deal 40% increased damage.
Each time a Bone Mage dies from its own attack, they leave behind a corpse and Fortify you for 30%.
SACRIFICE
Your Overpower damage is increased by 1, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages.


GOLEM
For the Golem We’ll take the Bone Golem, and this will allow it to absorb 15 percent of the damage we would have taken, making our D4 Necro quite a bit tankier!

Blood Golem


D4 NECRO BUILD SKILL POINT ORDER
You get one point every time you level. So at level 2 on your first character you will be spending point #1. At level 5 you will be spending point #4.
When you earn your first renown you will have the same number of skill points as levels.
Beyond that you will have to do some quick math to know how many points you’ve earned from renown and how many points you have earned from levels to know which part of this you are on.


Lucky Hit Chance: 17%




Lucky Hit Chance: 50%














This chance is doubled against Bosses.


This chance is doubled against Bosses.


This chance is doubled against Bosses.








Lucky Hit Chance: 50%


Lucky Hit Chance: 20%














Lucky Hit Chance: 20%






Lucky Hit Chance: 50%


Lucky Hit Chance: 50%


Lucky Hit Chance: 50%



























































D4 CORPSE EXPLOSION NECRO BUILD ROTATION
1


Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Use Corpse Tendrils to damage and group up the enemies.
2


Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Use Bonespear to kill enemies and create Corpses in the process.
3


Use Corpse Explosion to detonate the corpses. This will create more corpses for you to detonate. Thanks to our passives, this will also give you more essence to cast more bonespears.
4


Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Save Bloodwave for elite packs and bosses to help knock them down.
5


Once all of your Skeletons have been summoned, Raise Skeleton briefly summons a Skeletal Priest to empower your Minions for 5 seconds, increasing their damage by 20% and healing them for 10% of their Maximum Life.
Don’t forget to resummon minions as they are knocked down.
D4 NECRO BUILD LEGENDARY ASPECTS
The best aspects and Legendaries will be listed below for this D4 Corpse Explosion Necromancer Build, broken into their different types. You can only benefit from one aspect at a time, so don’t try to wear two of the same aspect.
CODEX OF POWER
These Legendary Aspects can be target farmed by simply completing the Dungeon they are located in. Once completed the aspect will appear in your codex of power for you to use as any time you want.
FRACTURED PEAKS




SCOSGLEN


Unlocked by completing Raethwind Wilds in Scosglen


Unlocked by completing Aldurwood in Scosglen


Unlocked by completing Vault of the Forsaken in Scosglen
DRY STEPPES




HAWEZAR


KEHJISTAN




LEGENDARY ITEMS
These are the legendary aspect that can only be found as a drop in the game. You must kill enemies and bosses until you get these legendary items to drop.


RANDOM DROP - NECRO SPECIFIC














UNIQUE ITEMS
These are the unique items you should look out for. These won’t start dropping until you reach Tier 3 Difficulty, known as Nightmare.