If you are looking for the best Bone Spirit Necromancer build for tackling the end-game contents, including the all-new Infernal Hordes, our best Necromancer build in Diablo 4 Season 5 guide has got you covered.
Diablo 4 Season 5, “Season of the Infernal Hordes,” introduced new Uniques for the Necromancer class while adjusting specific already existing ones, shifting the meta, making the Necromancer build based around the Bone Spirit skill one of the best ones to use in the new season.
The Bone Spirit Necromancer was already an S-tier build to use in Diablo 4, even in the previous seasons; now, with the new Uniques like Path of Trag’oul, nuking your enemies with the Necromancer class has never been easier.
With that said, let us check out the Skill and Book of Dead setup, equipment, and things you need for the best Necromancer build in Diablo 4 Season 5.
Best Necromancer build in Diablo 4 Season 5
Our best build for the Necromancer class in Diablo 4 Season 5 focuses on increasing the Critical Strike Chance while increasing the max Essence to ensure the Bone Spirit Skill is a one-shot kill. To make the build more efficient, we will also be focusing on CC (Crowd Control) skills like Decrepify and Bone Prison.
Best Necromance build — skill setup
Here are the skills that you must unlock and max out to attain the best Bone Spirit Necromancer build:
| SKILL | RANK |
| Bone Splinters | 2 |
| Unliving Energy | 2 |
| Imperfectly Balanced | 3 |
| Hewed Flesh | 3 |
| Blood Mist > Enhanced Blood Mist > Ghastly Blood Mist | 1 |
| Spiked Armor | 1 |
| Bone Prison > Enhanced Bone Prison > Ghastly Bone Prison | 1 |
| Grim Harvest | 1 |
| Fueled by Death | 3 |
| Death’s Embrace | 3 |
| Amplify Damage | 3 |
| Decrepify > Enhanced Decrepify > Abhorrent Decrepify | 1 |
| Corpse Tendrils > Enhanced Corpse Tendrils > Plagued Corpse Tendrils | 1 |
| Necrotic Carapace | 3 |
| Bone Spirit > Enhanced Bone Spirit > Dreadful Bone Spirit | 3 |
| Serration | 1 |
| Compound Fracture | 3 |
| Rapid Ossification | 3 |
| Evulsion | 3 |
| Inspiring Leader | 3 |
| Ossified Essence | – |
Best Necromance build — Book of the Dead class
Specialization setup
While you can adjust the below specialization if you are struggling to generate enough Essence, if you stick to the build, using the below setup is more efficient and produces better results in terms of DMG:
| ABILITY | WHICH TO CHOOSE? |
| Skeletal Warriors | Reapers |
| Skeletal Mages | Sacrifice |
| Golems | Sacrifice |
Best Necromance build — equipment
Here are the equipment that you must use in this Necromancer build:
| EQUIPMENT TYPE | EQUIPMENT |
| Helm | Harlequin Crest |
| Chest Armor | Runic Mail of Hardened Bones |
| Gloves | Runic Gloves of Serration |
| Pants | Blood Moon Breeches |
| Boots | Path of Trag’oul |
| Weapon | Flanged Mace of Grasping Veins |
| Talisman | Banished Lord’s Talisman |
| Ring Slot 1 | Band of Torment |
| Ring Slot 2 | Requiem Band |
| Focus Slot | Imprisoned Spirit’s Serpent Stone |
Best Necromance build — Glyph leveling priority
While leveling up the Paragon board and using the Glyphs, make sure to follow the below Glyph leveling priority:
- Gravekeeper > Corporeal > Essence > Deadraiser > Amplify > Control
- Essence > Gravekeeper > Corporeal > Amplify > Deadraiser
That sums up our best Necromancer build in Diablo 4 Season 5.
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