Diablo 2 is a cultic RPG that every gamer knows. Now we are all waiting for the release of Diablo 2 Resurrected where you’ll see all the things you loved in this classical RPG. Though you will need to prepare for the start and pick both class and D2 build to play. In this post, we have gathered all Diablo 2 Necromancer builds. You can easily navigate through the post by clicking on the name of the build you are interested in.
The Necromancer is a mysterious character who can raise dead and summon various creatures to protect and fight for him. You will definitely tell that by his appearance. In Diablo II Necromancers are Priests of the cult of Rathma that hail from the far Eastern jungle. They learned to use arcane magic in order to make powers of life and death work for them
Necromancer can reanimate corpses and control recently dead. To be more exact they can control the spiritual energies released from the dead which haunt the mortal realms. This is the main source of Necromancer’s powers.
Below you can see the most popular builds in Diablo 2 to play for the Necromancer class. Click on any of them in the list below to scroll to the details of that build.
Those Builds are outdated (Diablo 2: LoD), for the new ones (Diablo II: Resurrected) please visit this page:
Diablo 2 Resurrected Builds
Necromancer Builds
- Bone Spear Necromancer
- Poison Nova Necromancer (Psnmancer)
- Summoner Necromancer
- Summoner Necromancer (Uber Tristram)
- Summoner Necromancer (Magic Find Build)
Bone Spear Necromancer
Skills
- Summoning Skills
- Iron Golem – 1
- Golem Mastery – 1
- Summon Resist – 1
- Revive – 1
- Raise Skeleton – 1
- Skeleton Mastery – 1
- Skeletal Mage – 1
- Clay Golem – 1
- Blood Golem – 1
- Poison and Bone Skills
- Bone Spear – 20
- Bone Spirit – 20
- Teeth – 20
- Corpse Explosion – 1+
- Bone Armor – 1
- Bone Wall – 1
- Bone Prison – 1+
- Curses
- Decrepify – 1
- Lower Resist – 1
- Amplify Damage – 1
- Weaken – 1
- Iron Maiden – 1
- Terror – 1
- Life Tap – 1
Attributes
- Strength: Enough to wear all your gear
- Dexterity: None
- Vitality: Everything Else
- Energy: None
Equipment
- Weapon: Heart Of The Oak Runeword + Spirit Runeword Shield
- Helmet: Harlequin Crest
- Armor: Enigma Runeword (Mage Plate)
- Gloves: Trang-Oul’s Claws
- Boots: Sandstorm Trek
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope
- Rings: Stone of Jordan + Bul-Kathos’s Wedding Band
- Weapon Switch: Call to Arms Runeword Weapon + Spirit Runeword Shield
- Charms: Hellfire Torch, Annihilus, Charms with +to Poison and Bone Skills/Life/Resistances
Mercenary
- Act 2 Normal Defensive (Defiance)
- Weapon: Eth Infinity Runeword (Tresher)
- Helmet: Eth Andariel’s Visage
- Armor: Eth Fortitude Runeword
- Iron Golem – Insight Runeword Weapon
Poison Nova Necromancer (Psnmancer)
Skills
- Summoning Skills
- Raise Skeleton – 20
- Skeleton Mastery – 1
- Summon Resist – 1
- Iron Golem – 1
- Golem Mastery – 1
- Revive – 1
- Skeletal Mage – 1
- Clay Golem – 1
- Blood Golem – 1
- Poison and Bone Skills
- Poison Nova – 20
- Poison Explosion – 20
- Poison Dagger – 20
- Corpse Explosion – 1+
- Teeth – 1
- Bone Armor – 1
- Curses
- Lower Resist – 1
- Decrepify – 1
- Dim Vision – 1
- Amplify Damage – 1
- Weaken – 1
- Iron Maiden – 1
- Terror – 1
- Life Tap – 1
Attributes
- Strength: Enough to wear all your gear
- Dexterity: Enough to reach Max Block
- Vitality: Everything Else
- Energy: None
Equipment
- Weapon: Death’s Web + Homunculus
- Helmet: Rare Helm with +3 to Poison and Bone Skills and Faster Cast Rate (OR Harlequin Crest)
- Armor: Enigma Runeword (Mage Plate)
- Gloves: Trang-Oul’s Claws
- Boots: War Traveler
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope
- Rings: Bul-Kathos’s Wedding Band + Stone of Jordan (OR rare ring with Faster Cast Rate/Life/Resistances)
- Weapon Switch: Call to Arms Runeword Weapon + Lidless Wall
- Charms: Hellfire Torch, Annihilus, Charms with +to Poison and Bone Skills/Life/Resistances
Mercenary
- Act 2 Nightmare Offensive (Might)
- Weapon: Eth Infinity Runeword (Tresher)
- Helmet: Guillaume’s Face
- Armor: Eth Treachery Runeword
- Iron Golem – Insight Runeword Weapon
Summoner Necromancer
Skills
- Summoning Skills
- Raise Skeleton – 20
- Skeletal Mage – 20
- Skeleton Mastery – 20
- Revive – 1
- Summon Resist – 1
- Clay Golem – 1
- Iron Golem – 1
- Golem Mastery – 1
- Fire Golem – 1
- Blood Golem – 1
- Poison and Bone Skills
- Corpse Explosion – 20
- Bone Armor – 1
- Bone Wall – 1
- Bone Prison – 1
- Bone Spear – 1
- Teeth – 1
- Curses
- Lower Resist – 1
- Decrepify – 1
- Dim Vision – 1
- Amplify Damage – 1
- Weaken – 1
- Iron Maiden – 1
- Terror – 1
- Life Tap – 1
Attributes
- Strength: Enough to wear all your gear
- Dexterity: None
- Vitality: Everything Else
- Energy: None
Equipment
- Weapon: Beast Runeword (Double Axe) + Spirit Runeword Shield
- Helmet: Harlequin Crest
- Armor: Enigma Runeword (Mage Plate)
- Gloves: Trang-Oul’s Claws
- Boots: Marrowwalks
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope
- Rings: 2 x Stone of Jordan
- Weapon Switch: Call to Arms Runeword Weapon + Spirit Runeword Shield
- Charms: Hellfire Torch, Annihilus, Charms with +to Summoning Skills/Faster Hit Recovery/Life/Resistances
Mercenary
- Act 2 Nightmare Offensive (Might)
- Weapon: Eth Pride Runeword (Colossus Vouge)
- Helmet: Eth Andariels Visage
- Armor: Eth Bramble Runeword
- Iron Golem – Insight Runeword Weapon
Summoner Necromancer (Uber Tristram)
Skills
- Summoning Skills
- Raise Skeleton – 20
- Skeletal Mage – 20
- Skeleton Mastery – 20
- Revive – 1
- Clay Golem – 1
- Summon Resist – 1
- Golem Mastery – 1
- Blood Golem – 1
- Iron Golem – 1
- Poison and Bone Skills
- Bone Armor – 1
- Bone Wall – 20
- Bone Prison – 10+
- Corpse Explosion – 1
- Bone Spear – 1
- Teeth – 1
- Curses
- Decrepify – 1
- Amplify Damage – 1
- Weaken – 1
- Terror – 1
Attributes
- Strength: Enough to wear all your gear
- Dexterity: None
- Vitality: Everything Else
- Energy: None
Equipment
- Weapon: Beast Runeword (Double Axe) + Spirit Runeword Shield
- Helmet: Harlequin Crest
- Armor: Enigma Runeword (Dusk Shroud)
- Gloves: Magefist
- Boots: Sandstorm Trek
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope
- Rings: 2 x Stone of Jordan
- Weapon Switch: Call to Arms Runeword Weapon + Spirit Runeword Shield
- Charms: Hellfire Torch, Annihilus, Charms with +to Summoning Skills/Life/Resistances
Mercenary
- Act 2 Nightmare Offensive (Might)
- Weapon: Eth Infinity Runeword (Tresher)
- Helmet: Guillaume’s Face (Kira’s Guardian for Mephisto)
- Armor: Eth Fortitude Runeword
Summoner Necromancer (Magic Find Build)
Skills
- Summoning Skills
- Raise Skeleton – 20
- Skeletal Mage – 20
- Skeleton Mastery – 20
- Clay Golem – 1
- Summon Resist – 1
- Golem Mastery – 1
- Revive – 1
- Poison and Bone Skills
- Corpse Explosion – 10+
- Bone Armor – 1
- Bone Wall – 1
- Bone Prison – 1
- Bone Spear – 1
- Teeth – 1
- Curses
- Amplify Damage – 1
- Lower Resist – 1
- Decrepify – 1
- Dim Vision – 1
- Weaken – 1
- Iron Maiden – 1
- Terror – 1
- Life Tap – 1
Attributes
- Strength: Enough to wear all your gear
- Dexterity: None
- Vitality: Everything Else
- Energy: None
Equipment
- Weapon: Beast Runeword (Double Axe) + Homunculus
- Helmet: Tarnhelm
- Armor: Enigma Runeword (Dusk Shroud)
- Gloves: Chance Guards
- Boots: War Traveler
- Belt: Goldwrap
- Amulet: Mara’s Kaleidoscope
- Rings: 2 x Nagelring (OR 2 x Stone of Jordan)
- Weapon Switch: 2 x Blade of Ali Baba (OR Call to Arms Runeword Weapon + Spirit Runeword Shield)
- Charms: Hellfire Torch, Annihilus, Charms with +to Summoning Skills/Faster Hit Recovery/Life/Resistances
Mercenary
- Act 2 Nightmare Offensive (Might)
- Weapon: Eth Pride Runeword (Colossus Vouge)
- Helmet: Eth Andariels Visage
- Armor: Eth Bramble Runeword
We have written the best builds for every class in Diablo 2. You can follow the link: Diablo 2 Resurrected Classes’ Builds to see all D2 classes builds.