Time: 2025-09-19
With Diablo 4 Season 10 launching on September 23—less than a week away—it’s time to lock in your class. While Druid and the newly introduced Spiritborn remain strong this season, my pick for Season 10 is the Necromancer.
Why the Necromancer? For starters, it’s the perfect class for laid-back players. Its summoning mechanics allow you to automate farming effortlessly while leveling. Plus, with October and Halloween around the corner, the dark, eerie vibe of the Necromancer fits right in. This season also brings back fan-favorite builds like the Bone Storm Necromancer—missing out would be a real shame.
Many players stick with the Necromancer season after season. But how does it stack up in Season 10? Which builds dominate? Is Bone Storm still viable? Let’s break down the changes and top meta picks.
The most significant shift comes from the Alter the Balance Chaos Perk, which allows you to swap your ultimate ability with a core skill. Here’s how it impacts Necromancers:
Bone Storm:
Duration reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.
Maximum active Bone Storms capped at 10.
Undead Army:
Damage increased from 80% to 100%.
On the PTR, Bone Storm Necromancers could spawn infinite storms, causing server strain. The duration nerf and cap, combined with adjustments to Lidless Wall (which now caps critical damage), have reduced the build’s overall damage by roughly 90%. That said, it’s still perfectly viable for leveling and farming gold and materials on Torment 4.
Meanwhile, ultimate abilities like Blood Wave and Soulrift remain untouched—builds using these skills actually received a buff, allowing for incredibly rapid casting.
Another game-changer is Crazy Brew, a universal Chaos Perk that now scales with cooldown reduction. With enough CDR, it consistently boosts attack and movement speed, benefiting all classes.
Lastly, basic skills like Blood Surge and Blood Lance have been buffed to trigger Overpower more frequently, making them more durable and worth experimenting with.
Builds are ranked based on their performance in The Pit, though note that high Pit tiers don’t always equate to fast farming or boss-killing prowess.
S-Tier: Shadow Blight Necromancer
With the ability to spam Soulrift and Blight infinitely, this build delivers insane damage—though resource management is key.
A-Tier: Bone Spirit & Bone Splinters Necromancer
Bone Spirit: Exceptional burst damage and the fastest boss killer in Season 10. Paired with Bone Storm, it excels in Pit farming.
Bone Splinters: Buffed significantly this season, it now offers high damage and endless Essence. However, it heavily relies on specific items like Shattered Spirit’s Aspect and Gospel of the Devotee.
B-Tier: Bloodwave & Blood Spear Necromancer
Bloodwave: Despite Overpower nerfs, it remains tanky and reliable, though its damage falls short of S-Tier builds.
Blood Spear: Received minor buffs and can clear Pit tiers 100+, but isn’t as strong as Bone Splinters.
Army of the Dead Necromancer: Could shine if bugs with Unyielding Commander’s Aspect and Sanguivor, Blade of Zir are fixed.
Blood Lance Necromancer: Might become a dark horse if targeting issues with the Blood Seekers node are resolved.
Shadow Minion Necromancer: Could level efficiently if Aphotic Aspect and Grim Reapers Chaos Perk are fixed, though endgame potential remains average.
Despite its strengths, the Necromancer still has flaws:
Minions can’t be manually targeted—a long-standing issue.
The Wither Paragon node now relies on RNG (20% chance for 300% damage), making it inconsistent for fast farming.
The Paragon board still has underutilized nodes, limiting build diversity.
The class lacks reliable Unstoppable options. Defile the Dead (a Chaos Perk) consumes 10 corpses for crowd control immunity but can’t be activated while already CC’d, forcing continued reliance on Blood Mist.
The Necromancer isn’t weak in Season 10—it just lacks standout minion builds. If you enjoy minion playstyles, use them for leveling, then invest your Diablo 4 gold to reset skills and Paragons for an endgame meta build.
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