r/D4Necromancer

I'm following some build guides trying to find something that's fun for me

I just have one question , why in some builds am I putting so many points into skills that I don't hotkey onto my action bar ? Do they have passive effects or am I meant to be swapping skills during fights to cast ?

EDIT* atm in trying blood wave build and the skills are the curses sry

Thanks guys !

Also any tips would be much appreciated or fun build suggestions!

So, I'm playing as a necro season 14, and I used the minion leveling build. I have some questions.

I will be aiming for the Blood Wave endgame build, did i screw up a little bit by leveling as a Minion build ? Should I have gone with Blood Surge to level? I am just fresh level 70 on Penitent difficulty.

Should I switch to Blood Surge leveling ( as seen on Maxroll ) or just stick with Minions till i get the proper gear.

Early thanks for the help... Its been many moons since I've played Necro ( normally Barb)

I’m following a minion build from mobalytics and I noticed the author doubled down on aspects and I’m wondering if those stack. That is, they say use Aspect of Hewed Flesh on the boots, then using a Kullean Prism in the cube to add Hewed Flesh as the secondary aspect on the amulet. Anyone know if these stack or if I should replace one? Thanks in advance.

I’d have to move some stuff around to work in an undercrown, but for a minion build generally speaking, would an undercrown outperform the attack speed bonus from onslaught?

Has anyone figured out which helm is better for mages/warriors?

The guides say undercrown but the multiplier difference is huge.

Hey everyone, got a couple of questions about my Deathgrip Necro setup.
I’ve been running Deathgrip for a while now, and until recently I was using the Darkness Mages for the extra barrier generation. After seeing a lot of people running the Ice-damage version of the Darkness Mages, I decided to switch and give that a try.
One thing I’m still not sure about: if I’m running the Warrior gloves instead of the Mage gloves, is it still worth using a 2H Bloodless Scream, or should I be looking at a different weapon setup when playing with Warriors?
Also, is it worth running Pact of Bone as a charm and freeing up a ring slot for another Legendary Aspect, or is that generally considered a downgrade?
Appreciate any advice from people who’ve tested both setups. Thanks!

How does the affix from Blood Moon Breeches where minions apply curses interact with the Unholy Frenzy upgrade for Decrepify? Are my minions just running around buffing themselves occasionally?

Looking for suggestions on a build that can use this. I'm leaning towards a minion build that uses 3pc waking touch, but not sure if it would be better than a unique charm.

Pretty much the title. I like the bone spirit playstyle and want to know how it feels this season. Not looking to push pit 150 but want it to be able to do all the content torment 12 relatively easily once I have the right gear. What's your thoughts?

I was trying to formulate a build using many minions and bone synergies while using the deathspeaker's pendant, since I wanted to use Pins and Needles variant for Blood Surge and as such couldn't spec You And What Army. However, I was farming Varshan for about an hour and never saw it drop.

I wasn't getting any info when searching online on if the item was removed from the game in season 13 when necromancer was redone and You And What Army was introduced, as I suspect the variant might have replaced the item entirely. Does anyone have any info on whether it still drops?

I'll try to keep this updated, with mine or others' findings (if others', I will try to cite). If anything gets patched, I'll cross out and update. In no particular order:

• Ceh rune Wolves de-spawning still count towards Pact of Bone on-death bonus, but with an interesting caveat: if you spawn them too quickly (like spamming IgniCeh), they won't de-spawn until you stop spamming. Recommend using NeoCeh.
• Gargantua Golem now no longer requires you to re-summon in-zone to get the Cast Speed aura bonus.
• Undercrown is slightly bugged. Bonus Warrior (but not Mage) count is tied to the Unique Power. I don't have the exact ranges Minimum 22% Unique Power for full 4 bonus Warriors; lower Unique Power rolls will give 2 or 3 Warriors. But fun fact: unless and until they patch it, Mythic Undercrown grants 5 bonus Warriors.
• AotD Unyielding Commander bonus damage uptime is still 100% simply from having the "Passive Bonus" selected.
• Cold Mages do appear to be correctly proccing, and benefitting from, Signet of Pelghain on bosses. No such luck for Azurewrath (on bosses, still bugged, only activates when Staggered by a direct Freeze effect).
• Lots of reported bugs with Thorns and Minions. (Via Slayer on the Bug Report Forums)