NECROMANCER SKILLS

SKELETAL WARRIORS

This page has every Necromancer ability and passive.

STARTING SKILL

Raise Skeleton

Raise a Skeleton from a Corpse to fight for you.

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.

BASIC ABILITIES

Bone Splinters

BasicBone

Generate Essence: 6
Lucky Hit Chance: 17%

Fire 3 bone splinters, dealing 8% damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence.

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.

Hemorrhage

BasicBlood

Generate Essence: 8
Lucky Hit Chance: 35%

Burst an enemy’s blood, dealing 25% damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to for a Blood Orb.

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 10 as Fortify each time it hits an enemy, and has a 1.5% chance per enemy hit to Fortify you for 1 Base Life 10.

Decompose

BasicDarknessChanneled

Generate Essence: 6.3 per second
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%

Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing 30% damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every 2.5 seconds.

Enhanced Decompose

If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 Essence.

Acolyte’s Decompose

You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.

Initiate’s Decompose

Decompose Slows enemies by 30%.

Reap

BasicDarkness

Generate Essence: 4
Lucky Hit Chance: 16.7%

Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing 12% damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds.

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 enemies below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or Players.

CORE ABILITIES

Unliving Energy

Your maximum Essence is increased by 3.

Imperfectly Balanced

Your Core Skills cost x3% more Essence, but deal x5% increased damage.

Blood Lance

CoreBlood

Essence Cost: 15
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%

Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds dealing 67.5% damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies.

Enhanced Blood Lance

Blood Lance pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 15% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.

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.

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.

Blood Surge

CoreBlood

Essence Cost: 30
Lucky Hit Chance: 12%

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%.

Enhanced Blood Surge

Blood Surge Heals you for 2.5% of your Maximum Life 2.5 when drawing blood from enemies. If 4 or more enemies are drawn from, then Heal for an additional 2.5% of your Maximum Life 2.5.

Supernatural Blood Surge

Each time an enemy is hit by Blood Surge’s nova, you are Fortified for 1.1% Base Life 10. While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, Blood Surge deals x20% 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.

Blight

CoreDarkness

Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%

Unleash concentrated blight that deals 30% damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing 80% damage over 6 seconds.

Enhanced Blight

Blight Slows 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 enemies for 1.5 seconds on impact.

Sever

CoreDarkness

Essence Cost: 20
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%

A specter of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for 63% damage then returns to you and attacks again for 21% damage.

Enhanced Sever

Sever damages enemies along its path for 25% of its initial damage.

Supernatural Sever

Sever deals x2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.

Paranormal Sever

Every 4th cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Hewed Flesh

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.

Bone Spear

CoreBone

Essence Cost: 25
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%

Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing 85% damage and piercing through enemies.

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.

CORPSE + MACABRE ABILITIES

Blood Mist

MacabreBlood

Cooldown: 18 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 8.7%

Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for 3 seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 20% and you periodically deal 1.75% damage to enemies and Heal for 0.5% of your Maximum Life 1.

Enhanced Blood Mist

Casting a Skill that Overpowers reduces the cooldown of Blood Mist by 2 seconds.

Ghastly Blood Mist

Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 0.95 second.

Dreadful Blood Mist

Blood Mist Fortifies you for 0.5% Base Life 10 each time it hits an enemy.

Spiked Armor

Gain 10 Thorns.

Skeletal Warrior Mastery

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

Bone Prison

MacabreBone

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Unearth a prison of bone with 10 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.

Ghastly Bone Prison

Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.

Dreadful Bone Prison

Fortify for 5% Base Life 10 for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.

Grim Harvest

Consuming a Corpse generates 3 Essence.

Fueled by Death

You deal x3% increased damage for 6 seconds after consuming a Corpse.

Corpse Explosion

CorpseCorruption

Lucky Hit Chance: 40%

Detonate a Corpse, dealing 50% damage to surrounding enemies.

Enhanced Corpse Explosion

Corpse Explosion’s radius is increased by 15%.

Plagued Corpse Explosion

Corpse Explosion deals x8% 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 110% Shadow damage over 6 seconds.

CURSE ABILITIES

Death’s Embrace

Close enemies take x2% more damage from you and deal 3% less damage to you.

Iron Maiden

CurseCorruption

Essence Cost: 10

Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take 10% damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds.

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.

Horrid Iron Maiden

When at least 3 enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden, its damage is increased by x15%.

Abhorrent Iron Maiden

Heal for 5% of your Maximum Life 5 when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.

Amplify Damage

You deal x3% increased damage to Cursed enemies.

Decrepify

CurseCorruption

Essence Cost: 10

Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed by 40% and deal 20% less damage for 10 seconds.

Enhanced Decrepify

Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to be Stunned 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.

Skeletal Mage Mastery

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

Death’s Reach

You deal x4% increased damage to Distant enemies.

CORPSE + MACABRE ABILITIES

Gruesome Mending

While below 50% Life, you receive +10% more Healing from all sources.

Coalesced Blood

While Healthy, your Blood Skills deal x6% increased damage.

Drain Vitality

Lucky Hit: Hitting enemies with Blood Skills has up to a 25% chance to Fortify, you for 2.5% Base Life 10.

Tides of Blood

Your Blood Skills deal x5% increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy.

Transfusion

Blood Orbs also Heal your Minions for 15% of the amount.

Corpse Tendrils

CorpseCorruption

Cooldown: 11 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%

Veins burst out of a Corpse, Pulling in enemies, Stunning them for 3 seconds, and dealing 20% damage to them. Does not consume the Corpse.

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 to drop a Blood Orb when damaging enemies.

Plagued Corpse Tendrils

Enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Necrotic Carapace

When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions, Fortify for 2% Base Life 10.

Bone Spirit

MacabreBone

Cooldown: 12 seconds
Essence Cost: All Remaining Essence
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%

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.

Enhanced Bone Spirit

If Bone Spirit Critically Strikes, its Cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds. This effect can only happen 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.

Serration

Your Bone Skills have a +0.5% 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.

Evulsion

Your Bone Skills deal x6% increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies.

Rapid Ossification

Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone Skills by 0.5 seconds.

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.

Terror

Darkness Skills deal x3% bonus damage to enemies who are Slowed, and x3% bonus damage to enemies who are Stunned or Immobilized. These bonuses stack and apply to Shadow damage dealt by your Minions.

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.

ULTIMATE ABILITIES

Blood Wave

UltimateBlood

Cooldown: 50 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%

Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 90% damage and Knocks Back enemies.

Prime Blood Wave

Blood Wave Slows enemies by 50% for 4 seconds.

Supreme Blood Wave

Blood Wave leaves behind 3 Blood Orbs as it travels.

Golem Mastery

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

Army of the Dead

Ultimate

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 63.8%

Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing 30% 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.

Inspiring Leader

After you have been Healthy for at least 4 seconds, you and your Minions gain +4% Attack Speed.

Hellbent Commander

Your Minions deal x10% increased damage while you are Close to them.

Death’s Defense

Your Minions cannot lose more than 75% of their Maximum Life from a single damage instance.

Bonded in Essence

Every 5 seconds, your Skeletal Priest’s Healing will Heal your Skeletons for an additional 20% of their Maximum Life.

Bone Storm

UltimateBone

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%

A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing 180% to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds.

Prime Bone Storm

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

Supernatural Sever

Sever deals x2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.

Stand Alone

Increase Damage Reduction by 6% reduced by 2% for each active Minion.

Memento Mori

Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%.

KEY PASSIVES

Ossified Essence

Your Bone Skills deal x1% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast.

Rathma’s Vigor

Increase your Maximum Life by x10%. After being Healthy for 15 seconds, your next Blood Skill Overpowers.

Shadowblight

Shadow damage infects enemies with Shadowblight for 2 seconds. You and your Minions deal x10% 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 an additional 20% Shadow damage.

Kalan’s Edict

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.

BOOK OF THE DEAD

SKELETAL WARRIORS

Skeletal Skirmishers

Sword-wielding damage dealers that deal 30% increased damage but have 15% reduced Life.

UPGRADES
You can raise an additional Skirmisher.

Each time you critically strike, your Skirmishers next attack critically strikes as well. Can only happen every 3 seconds.

SACRIFICE

Your critical strike chance is increased by 5% but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors.

Skeletal Skirmishers Perk 1

You can raise an additional Skirmisher.

Skeletal Skirmishers Perk 2

Each time you critically strike, your Skirmishers next attack critically strikes as well. Can only happen every 3 seconds.

Skeletal Skirmishers Sacrifice

Your critical strike chance is increased by 5%, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors.

Skeletal Defenders

Durable shield-bearers with 15% increased Life.

UPGRADES
Every 8 seconds your Defenders negate the next instance of direct damage they would take.

Increase the amount of thorns that Defenders inherit from you from 30% to 50%.

SACRIFICE
You gain 15% non-physical resistance, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors.

Skeletal Defenders Perk 1

Every 8 seconds your Defenders negate the next instance of direct damage they would take.

Skeletal Defenders Perk 2

Increase the amount of thorns that Defenders inherit from you from 30% to 50%.

Skeletal Defenders Sacrifice

You gain 15% non-physical resistance, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors.

Skeletal Reapers

Deals area damage with a slow and powerful scythe, and has a special wind-up attack, dealing heavy damage every 10 seconds.

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 Reapers Perk 1

Reaper attacks against enemies who are Immobilized, Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable reduce the cooldown of this powerful wind-up attack by 2 seconds.

Skeletal Reapers Perk 2

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.

Skeletal Reapers Sacrifice

You deal x10% increased Shadow Damage but you can no longer raise Skeletal Warriors.

SKELETAL MAGES

Shadow Mages

Deals moderate Shadow Damage.

UPGRADES
Shadow Mage attacks have a 10% chance to Stun for 2.13 seconds. This cannot happen on the same enemy more than once every 5 seconds.

Shadow Mages fire an additional shadow bolt ever 6th attack.

SACRIFICE
Your maximum essence is increased by 15, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages.

Shadow Mages Perk 1

Shadow Mage attacks have a 10% chance to Stun for 2.13 seconds. This cannot happen on the same enemy more than once every 5 seconds.

Shadow Mages Perk 2

Shadow Mages fire an additional shadow bolt every 6th attack.

Shadow Mages Sacrifice

Your maximum essence is increased by 15, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages.

Cold Mages

Chills and Freezes enemies.

UPGRADES
Each time your Cold Mages damage enemies with their primary attack, you gain 2 essence.

Enemies who are Frozen by or damaged while Frozen by your Cold Mages primary attack are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

SACRIFICE
You deal x15% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages.

Cold Mages Perk 1

Each time your Cold Mages damage enemies with their primary attack, you gain 2 essence.

Cold Mages Perk 2

Enemies who are Frozen by or damaged while Frozen by your old Mages primary attack are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Cold Mages Sacrifice

You deal x15% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages.

Bone Mages

Uses its own bones as projectiles, dealing heavy damage for a Life cost.

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.

Bone Mages Perk 1

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.

Bone Mages Perk 2

Each time a Bone Mage dies from its own attack, they leave behind a corpse and Fortify you for 1.

Bone Mages Sacrifice

Your Overpower damage is increased by 30%, but you can no longer raise Skeletal Mages.

GOLEM

Bone Golem

Taunts enemies in a wide area.

UPGRADES
Each time your Golem takes up to 20% of its Maximum Life as damage, it shed a corpse.

Your Golem gains 10% Maximum Life and the amount of thorns they inherit from you is increased from 30% to 50%.

SACRIFICE
You gain 10% increased attack speed, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

Bone Golem Perk 1

Each time your Golem takes up to 20% of its Maximum Life as damage, it sheds a corpse.

Bone Golem Perk 2

Your Golem gains 10% Maximum Life and the amount of thorns they inherit from you is increased from 30% to 50%.

Bone Golem Sacrifice

You gain 10% increased attack speed, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

Blood Golem

Drains Life from nearby enemies.

UPGRADES
Your Golem absorbs 15% of the damage you would take.

While healthy, your Golem gains 25% damage reduction and x25% increased damage.

SACRIFICE
Your Maximum Life is increased by 10%, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

Blood Golem Perk 1

Your Golem absorbs 15% of the damage you would take.

Blood Golem Perk 2

While healthy, your Golem gains 25% damage reduction and x25% increased damage.

Blood Golem Sacrifice

Your Maximum Life is increased by 10%, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

Iron Golem

Slams the ground and Stuns enemies.

UPGRADES
Every 5th Golem attack causes a shockwave, dealing 16% damage to the primary enemy and to enemies behind them.

Your Golem slam attack also makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

SACRIFICE
You deal x30% increased critical strike damage, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.

Iron Golem Perk 1

Every 5th Golem attack causes a shockwave, dealing 16% damage to the primary enemy and to enemies behind them.

Iron Golem Perk 2

Your Golem slam attack also makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Iron Golem Sacrifice

You deal x30% increased critical strike damage, but you lose the ability to summon a Golem.