Necromancer field guide

The Necromancer fights through an army and a stack of curses. Revive and Bone Spirit are his two big finishers, both at level 30, and his curses make everything else on the field hit harder.

NecromancerClass

Bone, poison, curses and the raised dead.

Life

90

Starting weapon

One-handed sword

Where the damage is

His strongest evolutions at max level, for a new hero without gear: Revive, Bone Spirit, Fire Golem.

Every Necromancer evolution, strongest first

	Name	Skill tree	Required level	DPS at max level	Evolves from	Evolves with
	Revive	Summoning Spells	30	1,363	Raise Skeleton	—
	Bone Spirit	Poison and Bone Spells	30	1,333	Bone Spear	—
	Fire Golem	Summoning Spells	30	300	Iron Golem	—
	Blood Golem	Summoning Spells	18	280	Clay Golem	Summon Resist
	Iron Golem	Summoning Spells	24	280	Blood Golem	Golem Mastery
	Poison Nova	Poison and Bone Spells	30	240	Poison Explosion	—
	Bone Spear	Poison and Bone Spells	18	229	Teeth	Bone Armor
	Poison Explosion	Poison and Bone Spells	18	188	Poison Dagger	Lower Resist
	Attract	Curses	24	—	Confuse	—
	Confuse	Curses	18	—	Dim Vision	Vitality
	Decrepify	Curses	24	—	Amplify Damage	—

Planning a build

• Summoner: Raise Skeleton with Skeleton Mastery evolves into Revive at 30. Raise Skeletal Mage has no evolution but gains from the same mastery.
• Bone: Teeth with Bone Wall becomes Bone Spear at 18, then Bone Spirit at 30 with Bone Armor. Bone damage is magic, so few monsters resist it.
• Poison: Poison Dagger becomes Poison Explosion at 18 with Faster Cast Rate, then Poison Nova at 30 with Lower Resist.
• Golems go Clay Golem → Blood Golem → Iron Golem → Fire Golem, and Golem Mastery carries both ends of the line.

Evolution lines

Each line takes the skill to its max level, holds the passive, and reaches the hero level; the next chest evolves it. A level marked with a passive is later than the evolved skill's own, because the passive opens later.

Staying alive

Bone Armor takes the sting out of physical hits, and his summons stand between him and the pack. Summon Resist keeps them alive against elemental monsters.

Attributes

Strength raises his skeleton army; Energy raises his spells (+5% fire, cold, lightning, poison and magic damage a card). He has the lowest Vitality but the Sorceress, so life cards matter early.

Building the army

Raise Skeleton and Raise Skeletal Mage each reach eight summons. Revive supports twenty revived monsters and eight skeletons. Each summon is weaker than before, keeping the army's previous damage instead of multiplying it by the larger headcount. Use the live skill tables for damage at each rank.

For a skeleton army, choose Strength: AUTO STATS now assigns it to summoners too. Energy remains useful for a bone or poison spell build. Enemy resistance reduction from gear and Charsi's Pierce wares can also break matching immunities at one fifth strength.

Passives

Necromancer passives

	Name	Skill tree	Required level	At max level
	Bone Armor	Poison and Bone Spells	1	Less damage from physical hits
	Skeleton Mastery	Summoning Spells	1	Skeletons, mages and revives get +100% life and damage
	Bone Wall	Poison and Bone Spells	12	+50% magic damage (Teeth, Bone Spear, Bone Spirit)
	Golem Mastery	Summoning Spells	12	Golems get +125% life, +50% damage and +33% speed
	Summon Resist	Summoning Spells	24	Summons take 66% less damage from monsters whose blows carry fire, cold, lightning or poison
	Lower Resist	Curses	30	Monsters resist fire, cold, lightning and poison 62% less, up to 62% (a fifth of it if immune)

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