Unleash Undead Fury: Ultimate Bone Spear Necromancer Build Guide for Diablo 4 (Patch 103)
Unleash devastating power against the hordes of Hell with our Diablo 4 Bone Spear Necromancer build Master passive skills, equip powerful gear, and optimize your Paragon Board for ultimate destruction
Bone Spear, a renowned skill in the Necromancer's repertoire, returns in Diablo 4 with exciting new enhancements. This versatile ability possesses formidable power, effectively dealing substantial damage to both single targets and groups. However, maximizing its potential necessitates significant dedication from players.
If you seek a swift and dependable Core Skill that delivers outstanding damage, this build is perfect for you. Here's a guide on creating a formidable Bone Spear Necromancer, suitable for dominating every stage from the early moments of WT3 to the intense battles of WT4 in Diablo 4.
Diablo 4 Endgame Bone Spear Necromancer Build
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Skills | Points |
Acolyte's Bone Splinters | 3 |
Paranormal Bone Spear | 7 |
Blighted Corpse Explosion | 3 |
Plagued Corpse Tendrils | 7 |
Supreme Bone Storm | 3 |
Book of the Dead | Upgrades |
Skirmishers | Sacrificed |
Cold Mages | Sacrificed |
Iron Golem | Sacrificed |
Bone skills in Diablo 4 heavily prioritize crit damage, so players should focus on maximizing their Critical Strike Chance for a Bone Spear build. Insufficient crit chance may suffice in pre-Nightmare mode, but it will result in inadequate damage in tougher content.
In this build, players can rely on Acolyte's Bone Splinters and Paranormal Bone Spear to gain an additional 13% Critical Strike Chance without any cost. Plagued Corpse Tendrils will take care of applying Vulnerable, eliminating concerns about missing out on additional percentage damage.
Blighted Corpse Explosion serves as both an Essence generator and an AOE damage tool. Bone Splinters is primarily used to increase Critical Strike Chance, while Corpse Explosion is responsible for damaging targets when Essence is low. However, when there are no Corpses available to explode, Bone Splinters will take its place.
Bone Storm not only provides additional Critical Strike Chance but also has the ability to generate Barrier when paired with one of the Aspects below. On the other hand, Blood Mist is solely utilized for escaping Crowd Control effects or evading precarious circumstances.
Passive Skills
Skills | Points |
Unliving Energy | 3 |
Hewed Flesh | 3 |
Grim Harvest | 3 |
Fueled by Death | 3 |
Death's Embrace | 3 |
Serration | 3 |
Compound Fracture | 3 |
Evulsion | 3 |
Inspiring Leader | 3 |
Stand Alone | 3 |
Memento Mori | 3 |
Ossified Essence | 3 |
Hewed Flesh is a must-have for builds that use Corpse skills. It will greatly help improve AOE damage output and make Corpse Tendrils constantly useful in boss fights.
All the passive abilities in this build are clear in their purpose. They enhance the Necromancer's offensive and defensive capabilities, with a strong focus on efficiently managing Essence and bolstering Bone skills. The only skill that appears unusual in this context is Inspiring Leader, which grants a boost to attack speed if the player maintains good health for a brief period, regardless of their use of minions.
Speaking of minions, it is advised to sacrifice Skirmishers in favor of increasing critical chance, sacrificing the Iron Golem to enhance critical damage, and sacrificing Cold Mages to inflict greater damage against Vulnerable enemies.
Gear And Aspects
Offense | Defense | Utility |
Smiting | Might | Umbral |
Seration | Disobedience | Eluding |
Accelerating | Shielding Storm | |
Grasping Veins |
For this build, Serration and Grasping Veins take precedence as the crucial Elements. Grasping Veins not only offers a substantial boost to Critical Strike Chance but also enhances Critical Strike Damage. It appears that Serration's Critical Strike Damage bonus is calculated separately, resulting in a significant amplification of damage.
In high-tier content, Umbral allows the Corpse Tendrils to replenish the Necromancer's Essence when it strikes a substantial number of foes, making it a crucial aspect. Similarly, Shielding Storm enables Bone Storm to create Barrier, thus making it equally important.
It is advised for players to prioritize having a high number of critical hit stats on their equipment. Two-Handed Swords are the optimal choice of weapon for this build due to their inherent multipliers for Critical Strike Damage. Following that, stacking Vulnerable damage, Core Skill damage, Cooldown Reduction, and Essence Cost Reduction will further enhance the effectiveness of the build.
Paragon Board
The Bone Graft is designed specifically for enhancing Bone skills. It includes nodes that facilitate Essence generation and also offers a socket for Dexterity Glyphs, allowing for quick access to the Exploit Glyph.
The Scent of Death is a versatile choice for nearly all Necromancer builds. It grants bonuses that depend on the quantity of Corpses in the vicinity of the player. Additionally, it features a socket suitable for Intelligence Glyphs, making it an ideal location for Sacrificial, a glyph that amplifies the Necromancer's damage provided they do not have any active minions.
Players should choose boards that have the appropriate statistics for the Glyphs they intend to use. Additionally, the Bloodbath board is recommended as a suitable third option due to its close proximity to one of the attachment gates. This allows players to include an additional Dexterity Glyph, thereby enhancing their damage further. Diablo 4 is currently accessible on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
