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Necromancer Leveling Build

LEVEL	SKILL POINT	STAT POINTS	NOTES
Level 2	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 3	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 4	Teeth	5 Vitality
–	Teeth		Den of Evil
Level 5	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 6	Clay Golem	5 Vitality
Level 7	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 8	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 9	Teeth	5 Strength
Level 10	Teeth	5 Strength
Level 11	Amplify Damage	5 Vitality
Level 12	Iron Maiden	5 Vitality
Level 13	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 14	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 15	Teeth	5 Vitality
–	Corpse Explosion		Radament
Level 16	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 17	Teeth	5 Vitality
Level 18	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 19	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 20	Bone Spear	5 Strength
–		5 Vitality	Lam Esen’s Tome
Level 21	Bone Spear	5 Strength
Level 22	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 23	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
–	Teeth		Izual
–	Teeth		Izual
Level 24	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 25	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 26	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 27	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 28	11x Bone Spear	30 to Strength	Respec
–	5x Corpse Explosion	Rest to Vitality	Respec
–	5x Bone Prison		Respec
–	8x Bone Wall		Respec
Level 29	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 30	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 31	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
–	Bone Prison		Nightmare Den of Evil
Level 32	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 33	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 34	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 35	Bone Spear
Level 36	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
–	Bone Prison		Nightmare Radament
Level 37	Bone Spear	5 Vitality
Level 38	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
–		5 Vitality	Nightmare Lam Esen’s Tome
Level 39	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 40	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
–	Bone Prison		Nightmare Izual
–	Bone Prison		Nightmare Izual
Level 41	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 42	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 43	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 44	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 45	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 46	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 47	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 48	Bone Prison	5 Vitality
Level 49	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 50	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 51	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 52	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 53	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 54	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 55	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
–	Bone Wall		Hell Den of Evil
Level 56	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 57	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 58	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 59	Bone Wall	5 Vitality
Level 60	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
–	Bone Spirit		Hell Radament
Level 61	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 62	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 63	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
–		5 Vitality	Hell Lam Esen’s Tome
Level 64	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 65	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
–	Bone Spirit		Hell Izual
–	Bone Spirit		Hell Izual
Level 66	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 67	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 68	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 69	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 70	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 71	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 72	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 73	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 74	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality
Level 75	Bone Spirit	5 Vitality

Necromancer Items & Weapons Build

Bone Necromancer Build 

Gear	Info
Weapon	White Wand with skill bonuses to Bone Spear
Weapon Swap	Call to Arms and Spirit
Shield	35% Increased Cast Rate Spirit Monarch Shield or Homunculus if going for max block
Body Armor	Enigma
Helm	Harlequin Crest or Rare circlet with +2 to Necromancer Skills and 20% Faster Cast Rate
Gloves	Trang-Oul’s Clawss or Magefist
Boots	Ethereal Sandstorm Treks
Belt	Arachnid Mesh
Ring 1	The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band, or Rare ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate, Life, Resistances, and relevant stats
Ring 2	The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band, or Rare ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate, Life, Resistances, and relevant stats
Amulet	Mara’s Kaleidoscope or Rare amulet with Necromancer skill bonuses and enough +% Faster Cast Rate to reach the 125% breakpoint
Charm 1	Necromancer Hellfire Torch
Charm 2	Annihilus
Charm 3	9x Skiller Grand Charms with Life or enough Faster Hit Recovery to hit 86%
Charm 4	10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

Bone Necromancer Mercenary:

• Weapon: Ethereal Insight or The Reaper’s Toll
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Andariel’s Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

Necromancer Skill Breakpoints

Hit Recovery Breakpoints

Frames to perform action	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5
Faster Hit Recovery required to reach frame	0	0,05	0,1	0,16	0,26	0,39	0,56	0,86	1,52

Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints

Frames to perform action	15	14	13	12	11	10	9
Faster Cast Rate required to reach frame	0	0,09	0,18	0,3	0,48	0,75	1,25

Faster Block Rate Breakpoints

Frames to perform action	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4
Faster Block Rate required to reach frame	0	0,06	0,13	0,2	0,32	0,52	0,86	1,74

Necromancer Skills Build

Stat Points and Attributes:

Strength	Dexterity	Vitality	Energy
Enough for gear; around 150 total	Enough for gear	Everything else	None

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