Diablo 4 Season 6 Best Necromancer Build Guide (Vessel of Hatred)

Diablo 4 Season 6 Best Necromancer Build Guide (Vessel of Hatred)

10/15/2024 5:49:28 PM

While many classes in Elden Ring have gained new tools and abilities, none seems as fearsome as the necromancer. With the introduction of new legendary items and runewords in Vessel of Hatred, one build has emerged among the dead as the most dominant force in both endgame PvE and PvP combat - the Bone Spear Necromancer. Follow this guide to unleash unparalleled death magic upon your foes and rise above all others this season.

Stats & Skills:

Vitality: 50
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 20
Spirit: 100

Focus your primary assets into Spirit for maximum damage scaling from skills and gear. Pump enough Vitality to withstand hits while dishing out punishment. Other stats are secondary but ensure minimum requirements are met.

Primary Skills

Bone Spear - Your nuanced bread and butter. Pierce enemies with a barrage of spectral spears.
Corpse Lance - Hurl decaying corpses to inflict damage and plague over a wide radius. Great crowd control and damage over time.
Poison Nova - A wide area detonation that deals poison damage to all nearby. Good for mob clearing.

Defensive Skills

Bone Armor - Activate to gain substantial damage resistance and avoid being interrupted. An essential defensive mechanic.
Blood Rush - Dash forward quickly, gaining a temporary buff and closing distances on fleeing enemies.

Passives

Blood Harvest - Heal whenever you deal damage with skills. Synergizes well with your overall kit.
Gruesome Feast - Drain life from enemies, boosting damage against them further.

Legendary Weapon: Roiling Bonespire (Spear)
This newly discovered artifact drives this build to new heights. Its unique bonuses are simply unparalleled for necromancers:

+250% Bone Spear damage
Bone Spear pierces all targets and hits additional ones beyond
Each Bone Spear hit grants a charge that boosts all damage by 20% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.

With its innate bonuses, legendary affixes, and powerful runeword combinations, this eldritch spear ushers in an age of unparalleled death dealing. Truly the necromancer's new BIS weapon and backbone of this fearsome build.

Runewords & Elden Ring Items

Helm: Wraith's Veil (3x Hell Runes)
Your Bone Spears now ricochet to 2 additional targets. A simply amazing damage multiplier when combined with other effects.

Chest: Archfiend's Vestments (3x Heaven Runes)
Boosts your Vitality by 75 and grants a 10% damage reduction. Very tanky and survivable.

Gloves: Lich Lord's Gauntlets (2x Shadow Runes)
Each Bone Spear and Corpse Lance cast grants 3 bone charges that increase Spirit by 15 for 10 seconds. A massive boost to damage capabilities.

Boots: Plague Trampler (2x Blood Runes)
Movement speed increased by 25% while Bone Armor is activated, allowing for kiting and repositioning to maximize damage.

Rings: Band of Putrescence X2 (2x Poison Runes each)
Each ring grants +100 Poison Damage and 10% damage over time from Poison skills. Both ring your poisonous damage sky high.

Amulet: Spectral Tormentor (3x Shade Runes)
Chance on hit to fear enemies for 3 seconds. Offers invaluable crowd control to maximize damage uptime.

Gameplay/Strategy

Burst down high priority targets quickly using maximum Soul Harvest Bone Spikes. Maintain Bone Armor for defensive mitigation. Apply consistent poison pressure through Corpse Lance and Nova while weaving Bone Spears for single target lockdown and damage.

Roiling Bonespire's charged damage bonuses and Wraith's Veil ricochets let you unleash avalanches of spears into dense packs. Trigger Plague Trampler's MS boost to whittle enemies down, then Blood Rush in to finish threats. Sustain with Blood Harvest lifesteal.

PvP focuses on control. Lead with Spectral Tormentor fear or Poison Nova zoning. Lock opponents down with Corpse Lance spam into Bone Spear bursts for quick kills. Kite aggressively with Plague Trampler and Blood Rush to whittle enemies at range.

When combined, no other class comes close to the single target and area damage potential unleashed by this necromantic mastery. Stand supreme as the deadliest force in all of Sanctuary this season with the Bone Spear Necromancer build. Go forth and conquer, my student of death! The Eternal Conflict awaits your dominance.