Diablo 4 Season 10 Necromancer Build: Ultimate Soulrift Leveling & Endgame Guide

Time: 2025-09-30

While the Necromancer may not be the absolute strongest class in Diablo 4 Season 10, it has received a substantial power boost compared to Season 9—thanks largely to the new Chaos Perks. These perks have reshaped several Necromancer playstyles, with builds like the Bone Storm Necromancer becoming more powerful than ever due to perks like Alter the Balance, which turns ultimate skills into core abilities.

The Soulrift Necromancer, emerging as a meta build this season, operates on a similar principle. But to truly maximize its explosive burst damage, you need to master a precise combination of mechanics, perks, and gear. Let’s break down everything you need to dominate with the Soulrift Necromancer.

Core Concept: Spam Soulrift, Trigger Shadowblight

The heart of this build is transforming Shadow Rift into a core skill and spamming it to repeatedly trigger Shadowblight, dealing massive area damage.

Two Chaos Perks are essential:

• Alter the Balance (unlocked after defeating Bartuk on Torment I+): Turns Shadow Rift into a core skill with no cooldown—but it now consumes Essence.

• Crazy Brew: After drinking a potion, your skill costs are reduced by 100% for 5 seconds, allowing you to cast Soulrift freely.

Pair this with the Shadowblight key passive: after dealing shadow damage to enemies for 2 seconds, it triggers a powerful explosion. This effect can be amplified by gear and passives up to 450% increased damage.

💡 Gearing Up Tip: To fully optimize this build, you’ll need plenty of materials for Tempering and Masterworking. If you're short on time or resources, you can safely buy Diablo 4 gold and materials at MMOMAX for a quick and reliable boost.

Chaos Perks

• Alter the Balance

• Accelerating Chaos

• Erupting Chaos

• Crazy Brew

Recommended Skills

Active Skills Reap (Rank 1): Enhanced Reap Soulrift (Rank 1): Supreme Soulrift and Prime Soulrift Blight (Rank 1): Enhanced Blight and Supernatural Blight Corpse Explosion (Rank 1): Enhanced Corpse Explosion and Blighted Corpse Explosion Corpse Tendrils (Rank 1): Enhanced Corpse Tendrils and Blighted Corpse Tendrils Severe (Rank 1): no Decrepify (Rank 1): Enhanced Decrepify and Abhorrent Decrepify Passive Skills Core Talents Hewed Flesh (Rank 3) Corpse and Macabre Talents Fueled by Death (Rank 3) Spiked Armor (Rank 3) Necrotic Fortitude (Rank 3) Titan's Fall (Rank 3) Curse Talents Death's Embrace (Rank 3) Amplify Damage (Rank 3) Precision Decay (Rank 3) Corpse and Macabre Talents Reaper's Pursuit (Rank 3) Gloom (Rank 3) Terror (Rank 3) Crippling Darkness (Rank 1) Coalesced Blood (Rank 3) Necrotic Carapace (Rank 3) Ultimate Talents Stand Alone (Rank 3) Golem Mastery (Rank 3) Memento Mori (Rank 3) Inspiring Leader (Rank 3) Capstone Talents Shadowblight (Rank 1)

🔺 Note: Some passives require the DLC. Keep Soulrift at Rank 1—upgrading it increases potion recharge time, which conflicts with Crazy Brew and the Ember Glyph.

Skill Rotation

1. Open with Reap to gain damage reduction and spawn a corpse.

2. Apply Decrepify to curse enemies.

3. Use Corpse Tendrils to pull enemies together, then follow with Blight.

4. Drink a potion to activate Crazy Brew, then spam Soulrift.

5. Weave in Corpse Explosion to stack additional shadow damage.

Repeat this cycle every 5 seconds to maintain zero Essence cost during burst windows.

Gear & Affixes

• Helmet: Godslayer Crown

• Chest: Aspect of Hardened Bones

• Gloves: Aspect of Grasping Veins

• Pants: Ebonpiercer (Chaos Unique)

• Boots: Fists of Fate (Chaos Unique)

• Amulet: Aspect of Decay

• Rings: Aspect of the Damned, Sacrificial Aspect

• Weapon: Blighted Aspect

Ebonpiercer and Fists of Fate are essential—without them, your damage falls off significantly.

Priority Tempering Affixes:

• Critical Strike Chance (aim for 100%)

• Attack Speed

• Cooldown Reduction

• Primary Resource on Ultimate Use

• Shadow Damage

• Armor & All Resistance

Final Verdict

The Soulrift Necromancer is a top-tier build in Season 10 with incredible burst and clear speed. While it relies heavily on new Chaos Perks, even an incomplete version can handle all endgame content. To reach its full potential, you’ll need 100% Critical Strike Chance and 450% Shadowblight damage—which requires significant investment in Tempering and Masterworking.