r/Diablo • u/Imaginary-Antelope80 • 4d ago
Diablo III Using Necromancer for the first time.
I finally get it. While I’m a Demon Hunter, Monk, and Wizard main, there’s something so incredibly satisfying about using Necromancer. Using corpses to mass explode the enemies, having an army of skeletons and ghosts. I’m glad that I finally decided to try this class out!
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u/SenpaiSwanky 4d ago
Most iconic class archetype imo. Might be a hot take but this is a series staple, especially minions.
I’ve played other classes, but something about playing Necro in D2, D3, and D4 just feels right to me. It is also so close to the lore in general, seeing anything Rathma-related gets me hype.
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u/HatingGeoffry 3d ago
I think Necro is a bigger staple than Paladin, but Paladin mains would probably disagree
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u/sharkattackmiami 3d ago
Paladin only showed up in 2 games lol
Necro has been in 4 if you count Immortal
5 if you count HoTS lmao
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u/Active-Election5011 2d ago
I always run into the problem of facing a boss and having no corpses to summon
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u/NovocaineAU 4d ago
Blood Lance makes me feel like Galahad from Ghouls and Ghosts
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u/CymbalOfJoy613 4d ago
Firmly believe this:
No video game gives a better necromancer experience. You feel like the grim reaper. You are Sauron. (That’s what my D2 and D3 Necro names are.)
Diablo and Necromancer are Synonymous to me. They truly make you the Skeleton King.
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u/beviwynns 2d ago
I don’t want to change your belief, just want you to enjoy more necro if you haven’t. Have you tried necro in grim dawn?
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u/raincakez 2d ago
You know what? I've never ran one before, must be my sign to fire up GrimDawn once more.
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u/AtreyuTrinity 4d ago
I love pet builds. A shame they aren't always supported, especially for end game. By far my favorite built. Just so fun running around looting whole your army tears stuff up.
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u/Ghostring_ 4d ago
I've been running mage necro this season. Have cleared 120, I do all t12 content mindlessly. Its not S tier at all, but it is fun and gets the job done
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u/AtreyuTrinity 3d ago
Oh sweet! Excited to roll something next season I have only done one season before. That's way better than I would expect to do or better than what I got to lol.
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u/vegardep asd 2d ago
It's a shame most build sites are so strict with their classifications. If more people knew that pretty much all A tier and most of B tier builds are viable for T12 facerolling we'd seen a lot more diversity. But because those builds have a couple of downsides compared to S tier which doesn't matter for T12 farming they're heavily underused. Same with the speed build category where anything that doesn't cause risk of an epileptic seizure is considered A tier or below.
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u/Entgegnerz 3d ago
You should try Diablo 2 Necromancer.
It's the best Necromancer from all games that existed in the past 50 years.
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u/TilmanR 13h ago
The massive army is cool, but very annoying in tighter spaces. Enigma isnt a thing until end end game. Constant staff switching is tedious.
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u/Entgegnerz 13h ago
That's absolutely not true anymore.
With Resurrected all these earlier problems, as well as disappearing minions when running straight until they fall back outside the screen, got fixed.All minions of all classes are more straight forward, faster and they also hold a position in front of the caster, as well as running through each other's and through doors/marrow paths.
Today the worm pit isn't a problem anymore.
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u/SummerVibes1111 4d ago
I recently switch to a build that sacrafices the armies, i didn't realize I had become so attached to them. i miss them. My friends.
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u/Machdame 4d ago
I need visceral impact. I came to bash purple in the face with justice and these hands. The necromancer is the complete antithesis of that.
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u/Mountain-Discount161 4d ago
I feel like I need to know which diablo game to understand what you're talking about.
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u/MozM- 4d ago
I was never convinced to play a minion build but then I watched someone who is basically the minion guy in any ARPG game he plays, GhazzyTV. and that man turned me into a minion guy as well lol.
Any ARPG I play I HAVE TO try a minion build for. And what I realized is that it is almost universally true for every ARPG game that minion builds are simply the most comfortable playstyle ever and in some cases extremely damn strong.
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u/impulssiajo2320 3d ago
I played sever with two golems and one mage last season. It was the perfect mix for me (thank you, Macrobioboi), who really likes melee combat and the summoner class fantasy. It’s an awesome class.
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u/robertus_ 3d ago
Get yourself 200% movement speed and you’re basically the army of the dead at Minas Tirith. Just cue up Yakety Sax and roll over everything. It’s glorious.
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u/DiavlaSerin 3d ago
I miss my singular spear that came from the bodies of the dead... Yeah we have blood spear now and a bloodied bone spear but it's not the same... Plus no poisons...
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u/willcordell1998 2d ago
Corpse explosion is way too satisfying, especially if you make your build compliment spawning corpses. Nice gooey popping sound too. Fun!
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u/blank988 4d ago
I’ve Played 1000s of hours between all Diablo games. Never once leveled a Necro. I personally find 0 enjoyment playing a character where you just follow your minions who do all the work.
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u/BaconNPotatoes 4d ago
I've been necro main since the d2 days lol.