Necromancer Skill Tree

The Necromancer has access to six groups of skills:

• Basic - Generate Essence with no cooldown so always available to cast.
• Core - Powerful attacks that cost Essence but have no cooldown.
• Corpse & Macabre - Control the battle and manipulate the deceased.
• Curse - Afflict debilitating effects over an area.
• Corpse & Macabre - More controlling the battle and manipulating the dead but with shorter cooldowns.
• Ultimate - Big hitting physical damage with matching cooldowns.
  • Key Passives - Icing on the cake at no cost to Essence but only one can have a point at a time.

The tables below show the Necromancer 's skills and Passives as they appear in the game's skill tree and in the correct order.

The tables are read from left to right with the upgrades listed to the left of the main skill. All talents are listed in yellow.

Note: As the skill and talent stats are correct as of game launch.

Basic Required Points: 0

Decompose Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing 33% damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every 1 second. Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled	Enhanced Decompose Decompose now causes a small explosion dealing 40% damage when creating a Corpse or when the enemy dies, and you gain 10 Essence.	Initiate's Decompose Decompose Slows (CC) enemies by 50%, and if you channel Decompose for at least 1.5 seconds, you gain + 30% Movement Speed for 5 second after ending the channel.
		Acolyte's Decompose Every 1.5 seconds, Decompose makes enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.

* Vulnerable enemies take 20% increased damage.

Hemorrhage Burst an enemy's blood, dealing 27% damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb. Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Basic, Blood	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	Initiate's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage grants 1.6% of your Maximum Life (1) as Fortify each time it hits an enemy, and has a 1.5% chance per enemy hit to Fortify you for 100% of your Maximum Life (1) .
		Acolyte's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage generates an additional + 20% Attack Speed while Healthy.

* Healthy is a Status Effect that means above 80% of their Life.

Bone Splinters Fire 3 splinters of bone, dealing 9% damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence. Lucky Hit Chance: 17% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Basic, Bone	Enhanced Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a 25% chance to fire 2 additional projectiles if cast while you have 50 or more Essence.	Initiate's Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a 20% chance per hit to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
		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.

Reap Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing 13% damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 17% Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Basic, Darkness	Enhanced Reap If an enemy hit by Reap dies within 2 seconds, you gain 30%[+] Attack Speed for 3 seconds.	Initiate's Reap Reap instantly kills enemies below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or Players.
		Acolyte's Reap Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 4 seconds.

Core Required Points: 2

Blight Unleash concentrated blight that deals 40% damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing 17% damage over 6 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Core, Darkness	Enhanced Blight Blight's defiled area Slows enemies by 25% .	Supernatural Blight You and your Minions deal x 20% increased damage to enemies within Blight.
		Paranormal Blight Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize (CC) enemies for 2.5 seconds on impact.

Blood Surge Draw blood from enemies, dealing 20% damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing 70% damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by 5%[x] per enemy drained, up to 50%[x]. Lucky Hit Chance: 12% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Core, Blood	Enhanced Blood Surge Blood Surge heals you for 3% of your Maximum Life when drawing blood from enemies. If 4 or more enemies are drawn from, then heal for an additional 3% of your Maximum Life.	Supernatural Blood Surge Each time an enemy is hit by Blood Surge's nova, you are Fortified for 1.1% Maximum life. While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, Blood Surge deals x 30% 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 .

Blood Lance Throw a Blood Lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds, dealing 80% damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies. Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Core, Blood	Enhanced Blood Lance Blood Lance pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 10% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.	Supernatural Blood Lance After casting Blood Lance 6 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.

Bone Spear Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing 85% damage and piercing through enemies. Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Core, Bone	Enhanced Bone Spear Bone Spear breaks into 3 bone 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.

Sever A specter of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for 80% damage then returns to you and attacks again for 30% damage. Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Core, Darkness	Enhanced Sever Sever damages enemies along its path for 40% of its initial damage.	Supernatural Sever Sever deals x 2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.
		Paranormal Sever Every 3rd cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Passives

Unliving Energy Your maximum Essence is increased by 3. Damage: Physical Damage

Imperfectly Balanced Your Necromancer_Skill_Tree#Core|Core Skills cost 3%[x] more Essence, but deal 5%[x] increased damage. Damage: Physical Damage

Hewed Flesh This chance is doubled against Bosses. Damage: Physical Damage

Corpse & Macabre Required Points: 6

Corpse Explosion Detonate a Corpse, dealing 85% damage to surrounding enemies. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Corpse, Corruption	Enhanced Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by 15%.	Plagued Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion deals 10%[x] increased damage to enemies that are Slowed (CC), Stunned (CC) 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 18% Shadow Damage over 6 seconds (DoT).

Bone Prison Unearth a prison of bone with 497 Life that surrounds the target area for 6 seconds. Damage: N/A Tags: Macabre, Bone	Enhanced Bone Prison Enemies inside of Bone Prison when cast are made Vulnerable for 8 seconds.	Ghastly Bone Prison If an enemy is trapped by Bone Prison, gain 25 Essence, plus an additional 5 per enemy trapped.
		Dreadful Bone Prison Reduce your active Cooldowns by 0.5 seconds for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison , up to 3 seconds.

Blood Mist Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming Immune for 3 seconds. You periodically deal 1% damage to enemies and Heal for 0.5% of your Maximum Life (8) . Lucky Hit Chance: 8.73% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Macabre, Blood	Enhanced Blood Mist Casting a Skill that Overpowers reduces the cooldown of Blood Mist by 2 seconds.	Dreadful Blood Mist You gain 10%[+] Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds after Blood Mist ends.
		Ghastly Blood Mist Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every 0.5 second.

Passives

Grim Harvest Consuming a Corpse generates 2 Essence. Damage: Physical Damage

Fueled by Death You deal 3%[x] increased damage for 6 seconds after consuming a Corpse. Damage: Physical Damage

Spiked Armor Gain 166 Thorns and 5%[x] additional Armor. Damage: Physical Damage

Skeletal Warrior Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by 15%[x] . Damage: Physical Damage

Curse Required Points: 11

Iron Maiden Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take 30% damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts 10 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Curse, Corruption	Enhanced Iron Maiden Iron Maiden no longer costs Essence. Instead, gain 5 Essence for each enemy Cursed. Does not work with enemies already cursed with Iron Maiden.	Horrid Iron Maiden When at least 3 enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden , its damage is increased by 30%[x] .
		Abhorrent Iron Maiden Heal for 7% of your Maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.

Decrepify Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed (CC) by 40.0% and deal 20.0% less damage for 10 seconds. Tags: Curse, Corruption	Enhanced Decrepify Lucky Hit: Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a 10% chance to be Stunned (CC) 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.

Passives

Death's Embrace Close enemies take 2%[x] more damage from you and deal 4% less damage to you. Damage: Physical Damage

Death's Approach You gain 4%[+] Movement Speed. Damage: Physical Damage

Amplify Damage You deal 4%[x] increased damage to Cursed enemies. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Curse

Skeletal Mage Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Mages by 20%[x] . Damage: Physical Damage

Corpse & Macabre 2 Required Points: 16

Corpse Tendrils 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. Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Corpse, Corruption	Enhanced Corpse Tendrils Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed (CC) by 50% before being Pulled.	Blighted Corpse Tendrils Corpse Tendrils has a 35% chance to drop a Blood Orb when damaging enemies.
		Plagued Corpse Tendrils Enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils are made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Bone Spirit 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 4%[x] for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit. Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Macabre, Bone, Core	Enhanced Bone Spirit If Bone Spirit Critically Strikes, its Cooldown is reduced by 7 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 restore 30% of your Maximum Essence over the next 4 seconds.

Passives

Gruesome Mending You receive 10%[+] more Healing from all sources. Damage: Physical Damage	Transfusion This chance is doubled against Bosses. Damage: Physical Damage	Drain Vitality Lucky Hit: Hitting enemies with Blood Skills has up to a 30% chance to Fortify you for 2.5% of your Maximum Life (1). Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Blood
	Coalesced Blood While Healthy your Blood Skills deal 6%[x] increased damage. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Blood	Tides of Blood Your Blood Skills deal 5%[x] increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Blood

Serration Your Bone Skills have a 0.3%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance for each 30 Essence you have upon cast. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Bone	Compound Fracture After Critically Striking 10 times with Bone Skills, your Bone Skills deal 5%[x] increased damage for 5 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Bone	Evulsion Your Bone Skills deal 5%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable enemies. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Bone
	Rapid Ossification Every 100 Essence you spend reduces the cooldowns of your Bone Skills by 0.5 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Bone

Reaper's Pursuit Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your Movement Speed by 5%[+] for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Darkness	Crippling Darkness Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun (CC) for 1 seconds and deal 20% Shadow damage to them. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Darkness	Terror You deal 3%[x] increased Shadow damage to enemies who are Slowed (CC) or Chilled, and 3%[x] increased Shadow damage to enemies who are Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Frozen (CC). These bonuses stack and apply to Shadow damage dealt by your Minions. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Darkness
	Gloom When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take 2%[x] increased Shadow damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Darkness

Ultimate Required Points: 23 - You can have only one Ultimate active at a time.

Blood Wave Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals 150% damage and Knocks Back enemies. Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Ultimate, Blood

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.

Bone Storm A swirling storm of bones appears around you and your Golem, dealing 180% damage to surrounding enemies over 10 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Ultimate, Bone

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.

Army of the Dead Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile Skeletons emerge over the next 7 seconds that explode when around enemies, dealing 45% damage. Lucky Hit Chance: 64% Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Ultimate, Summoning

Prime Army of the Dead When Army of the Dead's Volatile Skeletons explode, they have a 100% chance to leave behind a Corpse.

Supreme Army of the Dead Army of the Dead also raises your Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages.

Passives

Stand Alone Increases Damage Reduction by 6% when you have no minions. Each active minion reduces this bonus by 2%. Damage: Physical Damage

Memento Mori Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by 20%. Damage: Physical Damage

Inspiring Leader While you are Healthy, you gain 4%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance and your Minions gain 6%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance. Damage: Physical Damage	Hellbent Commander Your Minions deal 15%[x] increased damage while you are Close to them. Damage: Physical Damage
Bonded in Essence Every 8 seconds, your Skeletal Priest's Healing will Heal your Skeletons for an additional 20% of their Maximum Life. Damage: Physical Damage	Death's Defense Your Minions gain 4%[+] increased Armor and 8%[+] increased Resistance to All Elements. Damage: Physical Damage

Golem Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by 25%[x] . Damage: Physical Damage

Key Passives Required Points: 33 - You can have points in only one of these.

Kalan's Edict Your Minions gain 3%[+] Attack Speed for each active Minion. Damage: Physical Damage

Shadowblight span class="shadowaspect">Shadow damage infects enemies with Shadowblight for 2 seconds. Every 10th time an enemy receives Shadow damage from you or your Minions while they are affected by Shadowblight, they take an additional 22% Shadow damage. Shadowblight's damage is increased by 100%[x] of your Shadow Damage Over Time bonus. Current Bonus: 0%[x] Damage: Shadow Damage

Rathma's Vigor After being Healthy for 12 seconds, your next Blood Skill Overpowers. This timer is reduced by 2 seconds each time Blood Orbs Heal or Overheal you for 0 Life. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Blood

Ossified Essence Your Bone Skills deal 0.5%[x] increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast. Current Bonus: 0.0%[x] Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Bone

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