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Necromancer

DPS / Healer

Role

DPS / Healer

Difficulty

Hard

PvE Rating

★★★★★5/5

PvP Rating

★★★★★4/5

Playstyle

Death-themed caster that summons undead minions, applies debuffs, and deals burst damage with corpse mechanics.

Overview

Necromancers command the dead, raising skeletal minions and detonating corpses for devastating damage. Their unique corpse mechanic adds complexity but rewards skilled players with powerful burst windows. They also bring excellent group utility and healing.

Strengths

  • +Colossus ultimate provides the best group DPS buff in the entire game
  • +Excellent burst damage windows through corpse detonation mechanics
  • +Strong healer with unique corpse-based healing and Spirit Guardian
  • +Great group utility with Major Vulnerability and Minor Protection

Weaknesses

  • -Corpse mechanic adds significant complexity to rotations
  • -Blastbones pathing can be unreliable on mobile bosses
  • -Criminal status for using Necromancer skills in towns (lore restriction)
  • -Tank role is weaker than Dragonknight or Warden for main tanking

Tips & Tricks

  • 1Always generate corpses with Blastbones before using corpse-consuming abilities.
  • 2Blastbones is your highest damage skill -- recast it every 3 abilities for maximum uptime.
  • 3Stalking Blastbones in PvP gives a delayed burst that combos with other abilities.
  • 4Spirit Guardian provides passive healing and damage reduction -- keep it summoned.
  • 5Colossus ultimate applies Major Vulnerability, the strongest group DPS debuff in the game.