Bone Spear Necromancer

Bone Spear Necromancer Build Guide

Key Skills

Focus primarily on the Poison and Bone Tree with a few essential skills from the Curses Tree:

  1. Poison and Bone Tree:
  • Teeth (1 Point) - Serves as a synergy for Bone Spear.
  • Bone Spear (20 Points) - Your main damage skill. It penetrates enemies, dealing substantial damage.
  • Bone Spirit (20 Points) - Another powerful attack skill with similar synergies to Bone Spear.
  • Bone Armor (1 Point) - Provides damage absorption to protect you while casting spells.
  • Bone Wall (1-20 Points) - Optional for crowd control or as a defensive barrier (later in the game).
  • Bone Prison (1 Point) - Useful for trapping enemies and controlling space.
  • Corpse Explosion (1-20 Points) - Excellent for dealing with large groups, leveraging your defeated foes.
  1. Curses Tree:
  • Amplify Damage (1 Point) - Increase damage dealt to enemies, enhancing your overall damage output.
  • Lower Resistance (1 Point) - Useful for increasing spell damage against enemies, especially those with elemental resistances.

Stat Distribution

  • Strength: Allocate enough to equip gear (around 50-100).
  • Dexterity: Minimal points, unless you want max blocking with a shield (optional).
  • Vitality: Most points should go here for increased health (aim for at least 200-300).
  • Energy: A moderate amount (around 50-100) is helpful, but focus on regen items instead of maxing this out.

Gear Recommendations

Equip your Necromancer with items that enhance skills, damage, and survivability:

  • Helm:
    • Harlequin Crest (Shako) for +skills and resistances.
  • Armor:
    • Skin of the Vipermagi for +skills and resistances.
    • Enigma (if you’re aiming for mobility) for teleportation.
  • Weapon:
    • Death’s Web (if available) provides +skills and increases poison damage, or
    • Arm of King Leoric for +skills to summon and bone spells.
  • Shield:
    • Whistans Guard or Homunculus for +skills and resistances.
  • Boots:
    • Marrowwalk for +skills and bonuses to bone spells.
    • War Travelers for extra gold find and movement speed.
  • Belt:
    • Arachnid Mesh for +skills and faster cast rate.
  • Gloves:
    • Magefist for increased cast speed, or
    • Trang-Oul's Claws for +skills and cold spell effects.
  • Rings:
    • Stone of Jordan for +skills and increased mana, or
    • Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band for life steal and +skills.
  • Amulet:
    • Mara's Kaleidoscope for resistances and +skills.
    • +Necromancer skills amulet with resistance.

Mercenary Choice

  • Act 2 Offensive Mercenary: Provides an aura to boost damage.
    • Weapon: Insight for mana regeneration and damage.
    • Armor: Treachery or Chains of Honor for resistances and damage boosts.
    • Helm: Andariel’s Visage for lifesteal and increased damage.

Gameplay Tips

  • Use Bone Spear to deal heavy damage to enemies while maintaining your distance.
  • Bone Armor will help absorb damage when facing tougher opponents.
  • Corpse Explosion can be an effective secondary weapon when fighting large groups.
  • Cast Amplify Damage on tougher foes to increase damage dealt.
  • Position yourself strategically to avoid damage, prioritizing kite tactics against melee attackers.