Minion Necromancer Build

This Build lets you fulfill your dream of commanding the undead, by raising an army that will destroy enemies before they can bring you any harm.

Skills

As this Build relies on your Minions to do most of the work, your primary Skills will be Raise Skeleton and Golem. They are used to raise your army, as well as giving them boosts with their active effects.

Additional Core Skills:

  • Decrepify – gives a great source of damage reduction, as well as keeping your Cooldowns low.
  • Corpse Tendrils – is a great source of Crown Control.
  • Army of the Dead – provides a huge boost in damage, as well as instantly summoning all Minions.

Passives

The Key Passive for this Build is Kalan’s Edict, as it will give a huge damage boost to all of your Minions.

Additional Passives:

  • Necrotic Carapace – gives some extra Fortify.
  • Fueled by Death, Death’s Embrace, Amplify Damage, Skeletal Mage Mastery, Terror, Gloom, Golem Mastery, Inspiring Leader, and Hellbent Commander will boost your damage.
  • Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, Grim Harvest, Death’s Approach, and Reaper’s Pursuit will help your utility.

Book of the Dead

You will want to take the following Minions:

  • Reaper Skeleton Warriors with the 2nd Upgrade.
  • Shadow Skeleton Mages with the 1st Upgrade.
  • Blood Golem with the 2nd Upgrade.

Paragon Board

  • Board 1 (Start):
    • Use Amplify Glyph
    • Connect at the top end
  • Board 2 (Cult Leader):
    • Rotate once
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Deadraiser Glyph
    • Connect at the right end
  • Board 3 (Hulking Monstrosity):
    • Rotate three times
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Golem Glyph
    • Connect at the top end
  • Board 4 (Bone Graft):
    • Rotate three times
    • Don’t take Legendary Node
    • Use Essence Glyph
    • Connect at the right end
  • Board 5 (Flesh-eater):
    • Rotate once
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Corporeal Glyph
    • Connect at the bottom end
  • Board 6 (Scent of Death):
    • Rotate twice
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Exploit Glyph
    • Connect at the bottom end
  • Board 7 (Wither):
    • Rotate once
    • Don’t take Legendary Node
    • Use Control Glyph

Glyph Leveling Priorities

Level 15Level 21
1. Golem1. Golem
2. Corporeal2. Essence
3. Exploit3. Exploit
4. Essence4. Control
5. Deadraiser5. Deadraiser
6. Amplify6. Corporeal
7. Control7. Amplify
  • Golem, Corporeal, and Exploit will not be functional until they reach level 15.

Equipment

While there are no Unique pieces for this Build, you will want these Legendary Aspects:

  • Occult Dominion – increases the number of Skeletal Warriors and Mages you can have.
  • Unyielding Commander – gives your Minions a huge boost in damage and mitigation while Army of the Dead is active.
  • Blood Getter and Aphotic will let the Skeletal Priests empower you and your Skeletal Warriors.
  • Grasping Veins – will increase your overall damage.
  • Hardened Bones, Reanimation, Frenzied Dead, and Great Feast will increase the damage of your Minions.

You will want to use a Emerald Gem on your weapon, Ruby Gems on your armor, and Diamond Gems on your jewelry.

Equipment Stat Priorities

SlotStat PrioritiesTempering
Main Hand1. Intelligence
2. Maximum Life
3. Critical Strike Damage
4. Vulnerable Damage		– Chance for Skeletal Mage Attack to Cast Twice
– Critical Strike Damage
Helm1. Cooldown Reduction
2. Maximum Life
3. Intelligence
4. Resistance to All Elements		– Maximum Life
– Corpse Tendrils Size
Chest Armor1. Ranks to ‍Golem Mastery
2. Essence per Second
3. Maximum Life
4. Intelligence
5. Resistance to All Elements		– Maximum Life
– Corpse Tendrils Size
Gloves1. Ranks to ‍Skeletal Mage Mastery
2. Critical Strike Chance
3. Attack Speed
4. Intelligence
5. Critical Strike Damage
6. Vulnerable Damage
7. Maximum Life		– Critical Strike Damage
– Curse Size
Pants1. Ranks to ‍Skeletal Mage Mastery
2. Armor
3. Intelligence
4. Maximum Life
5. Resistance to All Elements		– Total Armor
– Curse Size
Boots1. Movement Speed
2. Intelligence
3. Maximum Life
4. Resistance to All Elements		– Movement Speed
– Chance to Freeze for 2 Seconds
Amulet1. Ranks to ‍Hellbent Commander
2. Critical Strike Chance
3. Cooldown Reduction		– Ultimate Cooldown Reduction
– Critical Strike Damage
Rings1. Critical Strike Chance
2. Attack Speed
3. Intelligence
4. Critical Strike Damage
5. Vulnerable Damage
6. Maximum Life		– Golem Active Cooldown Reduction
– Critical Strike Damage

Resources

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Minion Necromancer Endgame Guide

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