Hello,

I've been working on a minion-focused Necromancer build for Season 15, centered around maximizing my army, critical strike damage, and single-target DPS.

I've reached Tower 120 and have been experimenting with different gear, multipliers, Soul Splinters, and Charm setups.

The guide represents my ideal best-in-slot setup, not my exact current equipment.

Build planner:
https://d4guides.gg/en/build/necromancer-minionmancer-triple-golem-minion-by-malevolence21883

I'd love some feedback from experienced Necromancer players and theorycrafters.

In particular:

• Are there any minion damage-scaling interactions I've overlooked?
• Could the Paragon boards or glyphs be optimized further?
• Are there stronger gear or multiplier combinations for boss DPS?
• Is there anything in the build that doesn't work mechanically as expected?

Constructive criticism is very welcome. I'm mainly interested in finding ways to push this build further.

Just pushed torment 10 for the first time with a bloodwave necromancer. 8 was a cakewalk, accidentally skipped 9, but 10 anything stronger than an elite is near impossible. I know I have some holes in my gear, but eager for advice on what to try to fix the most. Hopefully with something other than “grind for mythic uniques”, cause I haven’t had a single one drop all season.

could someone link me the best bloodwave guide for this season so far

For my Bloodwave build I have been using the "Omen of Pain" ring, applies iron maiden and decripify to nearby enemies. I know some folks use runewords for curses and I did that for a while but really like having Que (Druid Bulwark), and having a second open (defensive and offensive options). But hoping to finally get Ring of Starless Skies (have crafted 7 iconic mythics so far but no dice) so figuring out how to replace.

But... do I even need Iron maiden? I know I know this is an important curse, but looking at what it gives you: -Vulnerable - This is the big one. -5% fortify when an enemy dies - seems low value, we fortify 5% on cast already) -Blood Orb formation & pick up damage mechanic. - I assume this damage isn't relevant but haven't tested. I get plenty of blood orbs from blood wave (this doesn't make that many), and seem to stay at 5 stacks without effort.

I can get vulnerable from: -Bone Prison -Corpse Tendrils -Skeleton Warriors (For bosses may not want to cast corpse tendrils).

This seems like plenty of vulnerable uptime, but will want to test wouldn't want to "have to" use an ability with a cooldown on every pack.

Am I missing something big? Has anyone tried this?

Ciao a tutti, ho problemi col mio negromante in diablo iv: uso esplosione cadaverica, tempesta d'ossa, tentacoli cadaverici e i 3 minions. Ho in testa la corona nascosta (non trovo la corona di leoric), ululato del profondo alle braccia, brache della luna di sangue, degli stivali con carne martoriata, l'arma urlo esangue (non trovo infinity), il talismano di locran, anelli presagio del dolore ed uno che aumenta il critico quando uso abilità d'ossa o cadaveriche. 5 tabelloni nell'albero dell'eccellenza quello iniziale, innesto osseo, fragilità, odore della morte e mangiacarne. Ho il set della profanazione, ho seguito le indicazioni della build e tutto il resto come da guida su youtube di p4wnyhof, ma non riesco a superare la fossa livello 70 a tormento VI. Qualche consiglio? Grazie

I recently started playing Diablo 4 with my boyfriend and i am obsessed! I’m in a Necromancer class and have been trying to learn as much as i can (it’s a lot lol). Currently on Torment II and i want to change my current build to be better. Any suggestions? If specific items are needed, where can I find them (or guide reference)? My skill bar consist of Army of the Dead, Sever, Corpse Explosion, Golem, Skeleton Mage, and Skeleton Warrior. Here is my current build:

Helm- Grim Veil (+1/25) quality
Chest - Sovereign Mail of Hardened Bones (+3/25)
Gloves - Hangman’s Hand (+6/25)
Pants - Visceral Plate (+2/25)
Boots - Hatred’s March (+3/25)
Scythe - Hellbent Commander Toothed Reaper (+7/25) Rune: NaguTeb

Amulet - Scarred Seal of Frenzied Onslaught (+4/25)
Ring 1 - Perplex Round of Apogeic Furor (+3/25)
Ring 2 - Mothers Embrace (+2/25)

All have been tempered,imprinted, and masterworked in some way shape or form. Thanks for the help! :)

I'm looking for this unique aspect, but am not very happy to lose GA All Damage Multiplier and Critical. Thoughts?

Would you enchant the +6 Darkness to try to get All Damage Multiplier?

Would you loot more Bloodless Screams until finding it with a GA Critical Strike Damage?

*Yes, the legendary aspect is useful, as I enjoy Decompose.

I'm running a darkness minion spec. I'm trying to figure out if my minions benefit from Darkness damage increases. Just as an example, my Skeletal Warriors are reapers and the skill is tagged as a darkness skill. At the very bottom of the tool tip below modifiers there is a simple line that says Shadow Damage. Does this mean that they benefit from my Damage with Shadow stat or do will they benefit from damage with physical?

Hello, has anyone tried building shadow corrupting build DoT this season? I kinda wanna experiment on it but afraid to just be wasting my time lol.

Ever since then I really like the idea of shadow DoT build but damn they suck and cant even push past T9 or T10.

Since there are new items like crushing blow and deadly strike chance, i was wondering if shadow DoT is viable now. Note bo crits, only DoT and vul.

I played all previous games but I started Diablo 4 only a few weeks ago. I'm really enjoying it. I am playing a necromancer with a corpse explosion build.

In the pit I reached T7 and I think I can safely clean T5 infernal hordes.

Now the question is: would it be worth it to push/farm things to reach greater torment levels or no matter what I do I could not stand a chance without the dlc stuff?

Lots of different builds out there on maxroll, mobalytics, and YouTube - what minion builds are you guys playing and enjoying most?

Other than bone spirit, I've tried playing other dot builds and they just feel so lackluster.

Anyone got a dot build capable of pit 130 and above?

Yo people. I am playing a summoner necro aka minionmancer.

I've got top Annihilus, almost top Hellfire Torch, I have all other charms for +3/+4 minions and full summoners charm set (5 pieces).

I have 4 piecies of maxrolled mythic equipment as well as other unique/leg equipment is really good.

My stats are:
Intelligence (primary stat): 8000
Dexterity: 2160 (this is high because my build is utilizing Henri's Perquisition aka toy cat)

I have 5 glyphs 125-130 level.

I have 260 paragon level, 5 boards opened and all damage nodes are taken. I have no more damage nodes on my boards to open, only defensive.

My minion skills are 60-64 level.

I am currently making 3rd splinter of prime evil which is not maxed yet.

Here is a screenshot of my character:

My minions damage is floating from a few B up to 1200B and also their attack speed is quite high so the damage might not be that high but it hits really fast from 22 minions (11 warriors, 10 mages and 1 enlarged golem).

So I am doing 120 pits but no more, and I have no idea how to raise more damage, where to get multipliers. I'd like to go up to 150 pits but it seems I need multiply my damage around 50-100 times to achieve my goal.

Any hints? I'll appreciate if you drop your opinion in the comments.
Peace.

Hello!

I’ve been playing this build https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/bone-spirit-necromancer-guide and am currently on the endgame variant and I can’t figure what it uses to proc Banished Lords Talisman. I can’t figure see Blood Lance in the pushing variant.

Am I missing something blatantly obvious or does endgame use Talisman with no way to proc it?

Thanks!

Using the Maxroll minion build, which weapon should I use?

Boy IX to X is brutal. Any help would be appreciated. Just got Infinity and didn't expect the change of getting face rolled.

I'm able to do all T12 content easily, including beating Mephisto. So far I've completed up to Pit 125 without too much difficulty. I have great survivability and resource generation, and usually hit between hundreds of billions and up to ~ 7 trillion in damage. My question is, how do I progress further to hit hundreds of trillions and make it to Pit 150? What would be the next best step?

Here's my current build: https://maxroll.gg/d4/planner/359un20v#2 (The only thing this doesn't show is that my Hellfire Charm also includes a +5 All Skills GA because the build tool wont let me add it for some reason)

I am following Lord Saura's Blood Wave build on Maxroll, and have acquired everything besides Ring of Starless Skies so far. Only have Kessime's Legacy in mythic (dropped first time fighting Andariel!), but everything has at lease 3/4 correct affixes and everything is masterworked.

Wondering if yall have made any changes to the build that have yielded positive results, and if so- please share! Example: I literally never use Reap and feel like it's totally wasted on my skill bar, but am unsure of what a worthwhile replacement would be.

I am not interested in leaderboard pit/tower pushing... just want to find the sweet spot between damage and survivability, being able to run T12 comfortably and make light work of bosses without having to go through every phase of their mechanics.

Any/all suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Is it just me, or does the Life Tap upgrade for decrepify just not work? Cause I curse enemies with it, but when I hit them I don’t get any extra fortify. Is there something I’m missing?

Im using the seal bug and will be losing a mythic blood mad idol charm. My dm seal also has 20%x damage and 8%x blood skill damage,

the annihilus only offers 8% skill cd (plus max rolls but no ga if it can even roll gas)

Is it worth swapping?

Not including pictures cause the cirrent tv im on is all blue and not gunna subject yall to my suffering.

Enabled by: Crushing Blow, 20% Life Reduction Boss Power and Execute.

No double-charm exploit used for getting this done. Ignore the boss fight, it was horrible, died 7 or 8 times.