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Necromancer Strategy
you’re free to definitely approach the Necromancer asthemost hands-off subclassin Last Epoch.
Youll also be incredibly bored.
Instead, this leveling build usesa hybrid strategy of minions and spellcasting.
SinceIntelligence boosts both your spellcasting and minions, you’ll want to prioritize this attribute above all others.
We’ll talkmore about what can provide these boostsin the equipment sectionlater on.
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Necromancer Skills And Passives
Another benefit to this build is that there’s no re-speccing required.
In fact, youstart the game with your main damage spell: Rip Blood.
Theother spell that really makes this build click is Bone Curse.
Finally, Transplant provides you with a positioning and traversal spell to keep you out of danger.
Your screen will be full of skellies.
Blood Rip
Start with gettingEvisceratefor the guaranteed blood splatter chance.
This turns your little handgun into a bloody shotgun capable of taking down multiple enemies at once.
After that, max outArcane Absorptionfor the global spell damage bonus.
Put two points intoRun Dry, then two points intoNecrotic Inspiration.
After maxing out this node, go back to Run Dry and put the remaining three points into it.
Start with two points intoUnholy Rage, then grabMarrow Walkersto bring your summon cap to four.
Next, two points intoNecrotic Convictionand then a point intoHollow Walkersto bring your cap to five.
Two points intoUnbound Necromancythen leads toGrave Walkersfor a cap of six.
With more skeletons to work with, now’s the time to improve their damage.
Max outSweeping Strikes, thenUnholy Rage, and then improve their durability withNecrotic Conviction.
Your skeletons might bea little weak early on, but they pick up speed later in the game.
Just resummon whatever skellies perish on your way to becoming an all-powerful Necromancer.
Start with two points intoIron Maiden, then two more intoBrittle Bones, and thenEntreat the Damned.
Next, getRuptured Corpsefor the aforementioned Rip Blood combo.
You shouldstart every combat encounter with a quick Bone Cursebefore you start holding down the Rip Blood button.
This willvastlyimprove everyone’s damage.
With four points, even large mobs will all succumb to Bone Curse.
After that,Defile Defensesreduces enemy armor, further improving damage output (especially against bosses).
Summon Bone Golem
Bone Golem doesn’t get specialized until level 35, but don’t worry!
Your monstrosity remains plenty tanky before then.
After you specialize this ape-like amalgam of bones, it becomes even tankier.
Start with a point intoAmalgam of Sentinels, thenTower of Bones, and thenFragments of the Fallen.
Blood Golem provides your golem with a few more interesting tricks that still use physical damage tags.
Once you get your big Blood Golem, focus on making it bigger and meaner.
Five points intoAmalgam of Roguesimproves your golem’s lumbering gait and attack speed, whileBladed Fistsimproves its overall damage.
Finally, two points intoAmalgam of Primalistshelps with both your golem’s and your skeleton’s armor values.
Once specialized at level 50, it becomesa buff and yet another source of skeletons.
Finally, three points intoBone ArmorandApostasygives you a defensive buff as well.
Acolyte Passives
We’re keeping things easy and breezy in the Acolyte tree.
First max outForbidden Knowledgefor the Intelligence boost, which helps both your spells and your minions' overall stats.
Next,Blood Aurafor more damage to all.
This will likely get you to where you select your subclass.
After that, all eight points untoUnearthed Armsimprove your minions base damage values.
You’ll wind up onHeresyfor Intelligence.
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Intelligence does the most for Necromancers, boosting your spell damage and your minions' damage and health.
After that, spell damage and physical damage will both boost Rip Blood and Bone Curse.
Cast Speed helps you cast both spells faster, which means more damage.
You’ll need a little extra mana and mana regenerationto let you freely cast Rip Blood and Bone Curse.
Prioritize getting this on either your jewelry, gloves, relic, or wand/scepter/staff/catalyst.
Basic Items
Necromancers shouldlook for these items to craftinto powerful gear to help your undead machinations.
Name
Intrinsic Bonuses
Reason
Skull Cage
Almost no skills provide base spell damage.
Even with little armor protection, this helmet should be a priority upgrade.
Initiate Robes
These robes don’t give much armor, but they do provide mana.
Witch Robes
Cast speed is a great stat to have.
Coven Robes
Mana regen and cast speed are even better.
Leather Gloves
A useful source of mana in the early game.
Noble Gloves
An even more useful source of mana regeneration in the mid-game.
Noble Sash
Not a lot of potion slots, but the extra mana is more helpful.
Vault Scepter
A better Oak Scepter, but doesn’t drop until much later in the campaign.
Wands
Every wand provides a mana cost discount and extra spell damage.
Use whatever wand gives you the most damage.
Root Staff
A good early-game option if you might’t find a good wand.
Provides the same mana discount as wands.
Imperial Staff
Same as the Root Staff, but way more spell damage.
Moon Staff
An even better Imperial Staff.
Prophecy Staff
Even more spell damage and a bonus to all minion skills.
Defiled Bones
More spell damage means more powerful Rip Bloods and Bone Curses.
But you might come across them in your travels.If you find any of these, hold onto them.
Don’t worry if you’re able to’t find these items.
None of them are required for the build to work, but they can certainly help a lot.
Avarice
A decent guaranteed drop, although it really just provides mana and resistances.
You’ll grow out of this one quickly too.
Swaddling of the Erased
Cast speed, mana, and plus to all attributes is a great early-game option.
Advent of the Erased
Haste for you and your minions.
IT does little else, however.
A great relic option.
Here are theaffixes to keep an eye out for.
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