Necromancer Leveling

Necromancer Leveling Guide in Diablo II: Resurrected

The Necromancer is a versatile character in Diablo II: Resurrected with the ability to deal significant damage via spells and summon powerful minions to fight on his behalf. This leveling guide will help you progress from Level 1 to Level 99, focusing on skills, stat allocation, gear recommendations, and effective farming strategies.

General Leveling Tips

  1. Choose Your Build Early: Decide whether you want to focus on Summoner, Poison and Bone, or Curse builds. This will help you allocate your skill points efficiently.
  2. Team Play: Playing with others can significantly speed up your leveling process.
  3. Utilize Your Skills: Always use your skills effectively, whether it's summoning minions, cursing enemies, or damaging them directly.

Leveling Path by Levels

Levels 1-15: Early Game

Skills:

  • Raise Skeleton (1 Point): Your first minion, allows you to summon skeletons for combat.
  • Skeleton Mastery (1 Point): Increases the strength of your skeletons.
  • Amplify Damage (1 Point): Increases damage taken by enemies, useful for reducing tough foes.
  • Corpse Explosion (1 Point): Deals area damage from corpses, useful for clearing groups of enemies.

Gear:

  • Use whatever weapons and gear you find; look for items that increase your damage or mana.
  • Consider using a wand or staff with +Skills or +Summon Skills.

Areas to Farm:

  • Rogue Encampment: Clear the surrounding areas for experience and loot.
  • Blood Moor and Cold Plains: Farm until Level 15 to gain early experience.

Levels 16-30: Mid Game

Skills:

  • Continue investing in Raise Skeleton to max it for powerful minions like Skeleton Mages.
  • Add more points to Skeleton Mastery to enhance the strength of your minions.
  • Max Amplify Damage for effective crowd control.

Gear:

  • Aim for +Skill items to enhance your minions. Look for gear with +Summoning or +Necromancer Skills.
  • Consider using The Dark Adherent or The Sickle for extra damage.

Areas to Farm:

  • The Graveyard and The Mausoleum: Great for leveling and finding loot as you complete quests.
  • The Jail: Efficient experience farming while progressing through the game.

Levels 31-45: Progression

Skills:

  • Start maxing Corpse Explosion for powerful area damage.
  • Allocate points to Poison Nova if you are following a Poison and Bone build, or continue with Summoner for more skeletons.

Gear:

  • Focus on gear that enhances your skills and survivability.
  • Look for unique items like Arach's Spike or Mara's Kaleidoscope for bonuses.

Areas to Farm:

  • The Spider Cave: Good experience and drop potential.
  • The Flayer Jungle: High density of monsters means great farming potential.

Levels 46-60: Late Game

Skills:

  • Continue maxing out Corpse Explosion and invest in useful abilities from the Poison skills.
  • Allocate points in Bone Spear if going with a Poison/Bone build.

Gear:

  • Upgrade your gear to unique items with high bonuses. Heart of the Oak (Runeword) is an excellent choice for +Skills and resistances.

Areas to Farm:

  • Baal Runs and Chaos Sanctuary are excellent for gaining experience and high-quality drops.

Levels 61-75: High Levels

Skills:

  • Focus on finishing your primary skill tree and maxing any vital passive skills that augment your build's effectiveness.

Gear:

  • Continue swapping out lower-quality gear for higher-end items; Enigma can be a game-changer for mobility if you can obtain it.

Areas to Farm:

  • Worldstone Keep and Baal: Fast runs for both experience and high-quality loot.

Levels 76-90: Very High Levels

Skills:

  • Ensure key skills are maxed out as necessary; any remaining points can be put into utility or secondary skills.

Gear:

  • Seek out perfect items for your build, particularly ones with +Skills and resistances. Look for Homunculus or The Oculus for good damage mitigation and boosts.

Areas to Farm:

  • Baal Runs or other high-density monster areas.

Levels 91-99: End Game

Skills:

  • Continue maxing out any remaining skills, focusing on finalizing your build for maximum efficiency.