Top 5 Hardcore Necromancer Guide

Necromancer Top 5 Hardcore Guide

1. Legacy of Dreams (Death Nova) Level 115+

The first place Necromancer build goes to the Legacy of Dreams Death Nova Necromancer which is considered the best LoD build in the game at high paragons.

Legendary Gems

Legacy of Dreams

Legendaries increase damage and reduce damage taken without sets equipped. Double this effect for ancients.

Bane of the Trapped

Increase damage against enemies under the effect of crowd controlling effects and gain a 30% slow aura.

Esoteric Alteration

Gain non-physical damage resistance and while below 50% health increase elemental resistances by 75%.

Equipment

Weapon: Funerary Pick

Siphon Blood drains from two additional targets. Each target takes 300% increased damage unless there is only one target which gives double the damage increase. The Siphon Blood - Power Shift rune now gives a 20% damage increase per stack and benefits all skills.

Phylactery: Blood Rose

Attacking with Siphon Blood now casts a Blood Nova. After cumulatively losing 10% of your maximum life, your Death Nova deals 50% increased damage for 60 seconds. This effect stacks up to 10 times.

Helm: Leoric's Crown

Doubles the effect of gems socketed in this item.

Chest: Aquila Cuirass

While above 90% primary resource gain 50% damage reduction.

Shoulder: Mantle of Channeling

While channeling you deal 25% increased damage and take 25% reduced damage.

Bracers: Ancient Parthan Defenders

Each stunned enemy within 15 yards increases your damage reduction by 12%.

Hands: Stone Gauntlets

Getting hit increases your armor by 50% stacking up to 5 times. Negative effects negated by Ice Climbers.

Legs: Blackthorne Jousting Mail

Gives a 20% elemental damage increase.

Belt: Dayntee's Binding

Gain 50% damage reduction when there is an enemy affected by a curse.

Boots: Ice Climbers

Immune to freeze and immobilize effects.

Ring: Unity

Splits damage taken with a follower when they are equipped with a Unity and a "follower cannot die" relic.

Ring 2: Convention of Elements

Rotates through damage types and gives an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds.

Amulet: Haunted Visions

Simulacrum now drains 1% health per second, last forever, and Simulacrums can now duplicate Grim Scythe.

Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Intelligence increases All Resistance which makes Armor more valuable for intelligence characters. The Bottomless Potion of the Tower heals you and provides 20% additional Armor for a large toughness increase.

Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Amethyst

A Flawless Royal Amethyst is recommended for increased life percent and toughness.

Powers

Weapon: Bloodtide Blade

Death Nova deals 400% increased damage for every enemy within 25 yards stacking up to 10 times.

Armor: Golemskin Breeches

The cooldown of Command Golem is reduced by 25 seconds and you take 30% reduced damage while your golem is alive.

Ring/Amulet: Krysbin's Sentence

Slowed enemies take 100% increased damage and the bonus is tripled for enemies under crowd control effects.

Seasonal: Reilena's Shadowhook

Every point of maximum Essence increases your damage by 0.5%.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Intellect > Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Body: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Life Regeneration

Hands: Critical Strike Chance > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage

Shoulders: Intellect > Vitality > Area Damage > Armor

Legs: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Armor

Waist: Intellect > Vitality > Armor > Life %

Bracers: Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance > Poison Damage %

Feet: Intellect > Vitality > Life Regeneration > Armor

Amulet: Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage > Critical Strike Chance

Rings: Socket > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Legacy of Dreams Tips

1. Make sure to keep Bone Armor up at all times for survival.

2. Bane of the Trapped triggers the 100% damage increase on the Krysbin's Sentence ring and Bone Armor with the Dislocation rune and Ice Golem trigger the 300% damage increase on Krysbin's Sentence.

3. The Swift Harvesting passive should be switched to Overwhelming Essence with a Reilena's Shadowhook seasonal Kanai's Cube power which gives increased damage from maximum Essence.

4. You can switch Dayntee's Binding belt which gives 50% reduced damage taken when an enemy is affected by a curse to The Witching Hour belt which gives 50% critical strike damage on the final push for rankings.

Note: The Legacy of Dreams Necromancer is capable of 115+ without a full offensive setup and before augmenting ancient items.

2. Trag'Oul's Avatar (Death Nova) Level 113+

The second place Necromancer build goes to the Trag'Oul's Avatar Death Nova Necromancer which is capable of clearing well above 100 Greater Rifts with high Vitality paragons for survival.

Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped

Increase damage against enemies under the effect of crowd controlling effects and gain a 30% slow aura.

Bane of the Powerful

Gain a 20% damage buff after killing an elite and 15% increased damage/reduced damage taken against elites.

Esoteric Alteration

Gain non-physical damage resistance and while below 50% health increase elemental resistances by 75%.

Equipment

Set: Bones of Rathma

(2) Set Bonus:

Your permanent minions reduce the cooldown of Army of the Dead each time they deal damage, your skeletal minions respawn faster, and your revived minions no longer expire.

(4) Set Bonus:

Your minions no longer take damage. You gain 1% damage reduction for 15 seconds each time one of your minions deal damage stacking up to 75 times.

(6) Set Bonus:

Each permanent active minion increases the damage of your Army of the Dead by 1750%, up to 31,500%.

Weapon: Jesseth Skullscythe

Set: Command Skeleton targets the next nearby enemy once the target has been killed and increases all damage by 400%.

Shield: Jesseth Skullshield

Set: Command Skeleton targets the next nearby enemy once the target has been killed and increases all damage by 400%.

Belt: Dayntee's Binding

Gain an additional 50% damage reduction when an enemy is afflicted by a curse.

Bracers: Bonds of C'Lena

Army of the Dead deals 100% increased damage and double that amount on the target of Command Skeleton.

Ring: Unity

Splits damage taken with a follower when they are equipped with a Unity and a "follower cannot die" relic.

Ring 2: The Compass Rose

Set: While standing still gain up to 100% increased damage and while moving gain up to 50% damage reduction.

Amulet: The Traveler's Pledge

Set: While standing still gain up to 100% increased damage and while moving gain up to 50% damage reduction.

Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Intelligence increases All Resistance which makes Armor more valuable for intelligence characters. The Bottomless Potion of the Tower heals you and provides 20% additional Armor for a large toughness increase.

Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Amethyst

A Flawless Royal Amethyst is recommended for increased life percent and toughness.

Powers

Weapon: Trang'Oul's Corroded Fang

The Cursed Scythe rune for Grim Scythe now has a 100% chance to curse and deals 200% increased damage.

Armor: Fate's Vow

Army of the Dead deals 250% damage and gains the Unconventional Warfare rune.

Ring/Amulet: Krysbin's Sentence

Slowed enemies take 100% increased damage and the bonus is tripled for enemies under crowd control effects.

Seasonal: Convention of Elements

Rotates through damage types and gives an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Intellect > Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Body: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Armor

Hands: Critical Strike Chance > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage

Shoulders: Intellect > Vitality > Area Damage > Armor

Legs: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Armor

Waist: Intellect > Vitality > Armor > Life %

Bracers: Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance > Physical Damage %

Feet: Intellect > Vitality > Movement Speed > Armor

Amulet: Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage > Critical Strike Chance

Rings: Socket > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Bones of Rathma Tips

1. Make sure to keep Bone Armor up at all times for survival.

2. The Rigor Mortis passive triggers the 100% damage increase on the Krysbin's Sentence ring and Bone Armor with the Dislocation rune and Ice Golem trigger the 300% damage increase on Krysbin's Sentence.

3. This build is vulnerable when you first enter a new Greater Rift without the damage reduction from Bone Armor, Dayntee's Binding, and Revive minions so be extremely cautious when you enter a new zone.

4. The Unity ring which splits damage taken with a follower can be switched to a Convention of Elements in non-seasonal play for an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds on the final push for rankings.

Note: The Bones of Rathma Set Necromancer is capable of 110+ without a full offensive setup and before augmenting ancient items.

4. Masquerade of the Burning Carnival with Captain Crimson's (Bone Spear) Level 108+

The Masquerade of the Burning Carnival set bonuses received a damage decrease in Season 30 which makes this build come in at fourth place for Hardcore Necromancers.

Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped

Increase damage against enemies under the effect of crowd controlling effects and gain a 30% slow aura.

Bane of the Stricken

Enemies hit by your attacks suffer a stacking damage taken increase. Damage against bosses increased by 25%.

Esoteric Alteration

Gain non-physical damage resistance and while below 50% health increase elemental resistances by 75%.

Equipment

Set: Trag'Oul's Avatar

(2) Set Bonus:

Blood Rush and Siphon Blood gain the effect of every rune and life skills no longer cost essence.

(4) Set Bonus:

While at full life your healing from skills increases your maximum life by up to 300%.

(6) Set Bonus:

Your life spending abilities deal 6,250% increased damage and your healing with skills is increased by 100%.

Weapon: Funerary Pick

Blood Siphon drains blood from two additional targets. Each target takes 300% increased damage which doubles if there is only one target. The damage bonus from Blood Siphon Power Shift is increased to 20% per stack and now affects all of your skills.

Phylactery: Blood Rose

Attacking with Blood Siphon has a 100% chance of casting a free Blood Nova. After losing 10% of your life the damage of Death Nova is increased by 50% for 60 seconds stacking up to 10 times.

Belt: Dayntee's Binding

Gain an additional 50% damage reduction when an enemy is afflicted by a curse.

Bracers: Ancient Parthan Defenders

Each stunned enemy within 15 yards increases your damage reduction by 12%.

Ring: Unity

Splits damage taken with a follower when they are equipped with a Unity and a "follower cannot die" relic.

Ring 2: Krysbin's Sentence

Slowed enemies take 100% increased damage and the bonus is tripled for enemies under crowd control effects.

Amulet: Haunted Visions

Simulacrum now drains 1% health per second, last forever, and Simulacrums can now duplicate Grim Scythe.

Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Intelligence increases All Resistance which makes Armor more valuable for intelligence characters. The Bottomless Potion of the Tower heals you and provides 20% additional Armor for a large toughness increase.

Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Amethyst

A Flawless Royal Amethyst is recommended for increased life percent and toughness.

Powers

Weapon: Bloodtide Blade

Death Nova deals 400% increased damage for every enemy within 25 yards for up to 10 enemies.

Armor: Aquila Cuirass

While above 90% primary resource gain 50% damage reduction.

Ring/Amulet: Convention of Elements

Rotates through damage types and gives an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds.

Seasonal: Reilena's Shadowhook

Every point of maximum Essence increases your damage by 0.5%.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Intellect > Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Body: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Life Percent

Hands: Critical Strike Chance > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage

Shoulders: Intellect > Vitality > Area Damage > Life Percent

Legs: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Life Regeneration

Waist: Intellect > Vitality > Life Percent > Life Regeneration

Bracers: Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance > Physical Damage %

Feet: Intellect > Vitality > Life Regeneration > Armor

Amulet: Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage > Critical Strike Chance

Rings: Socket > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Bones of Rathma Tips

1. Make sure to keep Bone Armor up at all times for survival.

2. Bane of the Trapped triggers the 100% damage increase on the Krysbin's Sentence ring and Bone Armor with the Dislocation rune and Ice Golem both trigger the 300% damage increase on Krysbin's Sentence.

3. The Swift Harvesting passive should be switched to Overwhelming Essence for 40 to maximum Essence when you have a seasonal Reilena's Shadowhook cube power for its maximum Essence based damage increase.

4. You can switch the Final Service passive which gives a cheat death for Blood Is Power which gives 20% reduced cooldowns after losing a total of 100% life on the final push for rankings.

Note: The Trag'Oul's Avatar Set Necromancer is capable of 113+ without a full offensive setup and before augmenting ancient items.

3. Bones of Rathma Set (Army of the Dead) Level 110+

The third place Necromancer build goes to the Bones of Rathma Army of the Dead Necromancer which is strong at survival in Hardcore and deals excellent damage.

Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped

Increase damage against enemies under the effect of crowd controlling effects and gain a 30% slow aura.

Bane of the Stricken

Enemies hit by your attacks suffer a stacking damage taken increase. Damage against bosses increased by 25%.

Esoteric Alteration

Gain non-physical damage resistance and while below 50% health increase elemental resistances by 75%.

Equipment

Set: Masquerade of the Burning Carnival

(2) Set Bonus:

Simulacrums no longer take damage, gain all runes, and their cooldown is refreshed when you die.

(4) Set Bonus:

While you have a Simulacrum your damage is reduced by 50% (yes damage, not damage taken) and your damage taken is split with your Simulacrums.

(6) Set Bonus:

Bone Spears cast by you deal 5,500% increased damage. Simulacrums gain triple this bonus.

Set: Captain Crimson's Trimmings

(2) Set Bonus:

Regenerates 6000 life per second and reduces cooldowns and resource costs by 20%.

(3) Set Bonus:

Damage dealt is increased by your percentage of cooldown reduction and damage taken is reduced by your percentage of resource cost reduction.

Weapon: Scythe of the Cycle

Your secondary skills deal 400% increased damage while Bone Armor is active and reduce the remaining duration of Bone Armor by 4 seconds.

Phylactery: Lost Time

Your cold skills reduce enemy movement speed by 30% and increase your speed by 10% stacking up to 5 times.

Bracers: Gelmindor's Marrow Guards

Bone Spears cast from Simulacrums deal 400% increased damage.

Ring: Unity

Splits damage taken with a follower when they are equipped with a Unity and a "follower cannot die" relic.

Ring 2: Ring of Royal Grandeur

One less set item to complete sets.

Amulet: Haunted Visions

Simulacrum now drains 1% health per second, last forever, and Simulacrums can now duplicate Grim Scythe.

Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Intelligence increases All Resistance which makes Armor more valuable for intelligence characters. The Bottomless Potion of the Tower heals you and provides 20% additional Armor for a large toughness increase.

Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Topaz

Provides a toughness increase when using the Captain Crimson's Trimmings Set with the added offensive benefit of having resource cost reduction.

Powers

Weapon: Maltorius' Petrified Spike

Bone Spear now costs 40 Essence and deals 700% increased damage.

Armor: Dayntee's Bindings

Gain an additional 50% damage reduction when there is an enemy afflicted by any of your curses.

Ring/Amulet: Krysbin's Sentence

Slowed enemies take 100% increased damage and the bonus is tripled for enemies under crowd control effects.

Seasonal: Convention of Elements

Rotates through damage types and gives an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Intellect > Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Body: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Life Regeneration

Hands: Critical Strike Chance > Intellect > Critical Strike Damage > Vitality

Shoulders: Intellect > Vitality > Resource Cost Reduction > Area Damage

Legs: Sockets > Intellect > Armor > Vitality

Waist: Intellect > Armor > All Resistance > Vitality

Bracers: Intellect > Armor > Critical Strike Chance > Poison Damage %

Feet: Intellect > Movement Speed > % Damage to Bone Spear > Life Regeneration

Amulet: Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage > Critical Strike Chance

Rings: Socket > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Masquerade of the Burning Carnival Tips

1. Make sure to keep Bone Armor up at all times for survival.

2. The Rigor Mortis passive provides the 100% damage increase on the Krysbin's Sentence ring and Bone Armor with the Dislocation rune provides the 300% damage increase on Krysbin's Sentence.

3. Bone Spear is considered a projectile skill and some enemies such as Malthael, Dune Dervishes, and Sand Dwellers can reflect projectiles back at you so be very cautious around these enemies on Hardcore or your character could die in a few short casts of a projectile skill.

4. The Unity ring which splits damage taken with a follower can be switched to a Convention of Elements in non-seasonal play for an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds on the final push for rankings.

Note: The Masquerade of the Burning Carnival Set Necromancer is capable of 108+ without a full offensive setup and before augmenting ancient items.

5. Necromancer Legacy of Dreams (Grim Scythe & Skeletal Mage) Level 105+

The Legacy of Dreams Grim Scythe and Skeletal Mage Necromancer is one of the strongest Necromancer builds defensively when you are not at very high paragons and takes the number five spot.

Legendary Gems

Legacy of Dreams

Legendaries increase damage and reduce damage taken without sets equipped. Double this effect for ancients.

Bane of the Trapped

Increase damage against enemies under the effect of crowd controlling effects and gain a 30% slow aura.

Esoteric Alteration

Gain non-physical damage resistance and while below 50% health increase elemental resistances by 75%.

Equipment

Weapon: Trang'Oul's Corroded Fang

The Cursed Scythe rune for Grim Scythe now has a 100% chance to curse and deals 200% increased damage.

Phylactery: Leger's Disdain

Grim Scythe deals an extra 80% damage per Essence it restores.

Helm: Leoric's Crown

Doubles the effect of gems socketed in this item.

Chest: Aquila Cuirass

While above 90% primary resource gain 50% damage reduction.

Shoulder: Razeth's Volition

Skeletal Mage gains the effect of the Gift of Death and Singularity rune. You gain 50% damage reduction if your essence is not full.

Bracers: Ancient Parthan Defenders

Each stunned enemy within 15 yards increases your damage reduction by 12%.

Hands: Stone Gauntlets

Getting hit increases your armor by 50% stacking up to 5 times. Negative effects negated by Ice Climbers.

Legs: Depth Diggers

Primary skills that generate resources deal 100% increased damage.

Belt: Dayntee's Binding

Gain 50% damage reduction when there is an enemy affected by a curse.

Boots: Ice Climbers

Immune to freeze and immobilize effects.

Ring: Unity

Splits damage taken with a follower when they are equipped with a Unity and a "follower cannot die" relic.

Ring 2: Convention of Elements

Rotates through damage types and gives a 200% damage increase for 4 seconds.

Amulet: Haunted Visions

Simulacrum now drains 1% health per second, last forever, and Simulacrums can now duplicate Grim Scythe.

Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Intelligence increases All Resistance which makes Armor more valuable for intelligence characters. The Bottomless Potion of the Tower heals you and provides 20% additional Armor for a large toughness increase.

Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Amethyst

A Flawless Royal Amethyst is recommended for increased life percent and toughness.

Powers

Weapon: Nayr's Black Death

Each poison skill you use increases your poison damage by 100% for 15 seconds.

Armor: St. Archew's Gage

The first time you are damaged by an elite pack gain a shield for 150% of your health for 10 seconds.

Ring/Amulet: Krysbin's Sentence

Slowed enemies take 100% increased damage and the bonus is tripled for enemies under crowd control effects.

Seasonal: Circle of Nailuj's Evol

Casts two skeletal mages instead of one.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Intellect > Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Body: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Life Per Second

Hands: Critical Strike Chance > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage

Shoulders: Intellect > Vitality > Area Damage > Life Per Second

Legs: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > % Damage to Grim Scythe

Waist: Intellect > Vitality > % Damage to Grim Scythe > Life Per Second

Bracers: Intellect > Vitality > Life Per Hit > Critical Strike Chance

Feet: Intellect > Vitality > Life Per Second > % Damage to Skeletal Mage

Amulet: Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage > Critical Strike Chance

Rings: Socket > Intellect > Cooldown Reduction > Vitality

Legacy of Dreams Poison Scythe Tips

1. The Ice Climbers boots negate all of the negative effects on Stone Gauntlets.

2. The Rigor Mortis passive provides the 100% damage increase on the Krysbin's Sentence ring and Bone Armor with the Dislocation rune provides the 300% damage increase on Krysbin's Sentence.

3. When there is no seasonal cube power you can switch the Unity ring which is defensive to the Circle of Nailuj's Evol ring which makes you cast two skeletal mages instead of one on the final push for rankings.

Note: The Legacy of Dreams Grim Scythe & Skeletal Mage Necromancer is capable of 105+ without a full offensive setup and before augmenting ancient items.

HM. Grace of Inarius Set (Grim Scythe & Skeletal Mage) Level 103+

This Grace of Inarius Set was buffed back in Season 30 but has somewhat low toughness and comes in as the honorable mention for the Necromancer Hardcore rankings.

Legendary Gems

Simplicity's Strength

Increase the damage of your primary skills and cause them to heal you for 4% of your maximum health.

Bane of the Stricken

Enemies hit by your attacks suffer a stacking damage taken increase. Damage against bosses increased by 25%.

Esoteric Alteration

Gain non-physical damage resistance and while below 50% health increase elemental resistances by 75%.

Equipment

Set: Grace of Inarius

(2) Set Bonus:

Bone Armor damage is increased by 1000%.

(4) Set Bonus:

Bone armor gains an additional 3% damage reduction per enemy hit.

(6) Set Bonus:

Bone Armor activates a swirling tornado damaging nearby enemies for 1000% weapon damage and increases the damage they take from the Necromancer by 19,000%.

Weapon: Trang'Oul's Corroded Fang

The Cursed Scythe rune for Grim Scythe now has a 100% chance to curse and deals 200% increased damage.

Phylactery: Leger's Disdain

Grim Scythe deals an extra 80% damage for each Essence it restores.

Belt: Dayntee's Binding

Gain an additional 50% damage reduction when an enemy is afflicted by a curse.

Bracer: Ancient Parthan Defenders

Each stunned enemy within 12 yards reduces damage taken by 12%.

Legs: Depth Diggers

Primary skills that generate resources deal 100% increased damage.

Ring: Unity

Splits damage taken with a follower when they are equipped with a Unity and a "follower cannot die" relic.

Ring 2: Ring of the Royal Grandeur

One less set item to complete sets.

Amulet: Haunted Visions

Simulacrum now drains 1% health per second, last forever, and Simulacrums can now duplicate Grim Scythe.

Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Intelligence increases All Resistance which makes Armor more valuable for intelligence characters. The Bottomless Potion of the Tower heals you and provides 20% additional Armor for a large toughness increase.

Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Amethyst

A Flawless Royal Amethyst is recommended for a higher life percent and additional toughness.

Powers

Weapon: Nayr's Black Death

Each different poison skill you use increases your poison damage by 100% for 15 seconds.

Armor: Razeth's Volition

Skeletal Mage gains the effect of the Gift of Death and Singularity rune. In addition, you gain 50% damage reduction when your essence is not full.

Ring/Amulet: Wisdom of Kalan

Increases the maximum number of Bone Armor stacks by 5.

Seasonal: Krisbin's Sentence

Slowed enemies take 100% increased damage and the bonus is tripled for enemies under crowd control effects.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Intellect > Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Body: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > Life Regeneration

Hands: Critical Strike Chance > Intellect > Critical Strike Damage > Vitality

Shoulders: Intellect > Vitality > Area Damage > Life Per Second

Legs: Sockets > Intellect > Vitality > % Damage to Grim Scythe

Waist: Intellect > Vitality > % Damage to Grim Scythe > Life Regeneration

Bracers: Intellect > Vitality > Life Per Hit > Critical Strike Chance

Feet: Intellect > Vitality > Armor > % Damage to Skeletal Mage

Amulet: Socket > Vitality > Critical Strike Damage > Critical Strike Chance

Rings: Socket > Intellect > Vitality > Critical Strike Chance

Grace of Inarius Tips

1. Make sure to keep Bone Armor up at all times for survival.

2. The Grace of Inarius set requires you to deal damage inside your Bone Armor tornado for its damage increase which means you should cast your Skeletal Mages inside the area of effect of your Bone Armor.

3. The Wisdom of Kalan amulet increases the defensive power of the Inarius four set bonus and should be used or the Grace of Inarius set can sometimes seem too weak defensively for Hardcore.

4. When there is not a seasonal cube power you can switch the Unity ring which splits your damage taken with your follower for Krysbin's Sentence for a large damage increase on the final push for rankings.

Note: The Grace of Inarius Set Necromancer is capable of 103+ without a full offensive setup and before augmenting ancient items.

Recommended Mercenary

Templar

Weapon: Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

Slows enemies attacks and movement speed.

Templar Relic: Enchanting Favor

Follower cannot die.

Shield: Freeze of Deflection

Blocks have a chance of a 1.5 second Freeze.

Helm: Blind Faith

Chance of Blinding enemies on hit.

Shoulders: Homing Pads (Emanates)