Although according to various signs, Necromancer should not be the dominant class in Diablo 4 Season 9, it is not impossible if you want to continue to play it, provided that you can choose the right Season 9 Necromancer Build.
As you know, each class has different best builds in different Diablo 4 seasons, some of which are rookies, and some are optimized versions of classic builds according to seasonal changes.
For Necromancer, although there are no new builds available, at least Blood Wave Build in S9 is still expected to help you output enough damage in battle to get more Diablo 4 gold drops.
Based on this, we will introduce you how to make this classic Necromancer Build continue to play a role in Season 9 according to the changes in the seasonal content.
Blood Wave Necromancer Build Overview
In general, Blood Wave is a stable, damage-focused build that performs well in both AOE and single-target attacks, making it suitable for most combat situations. In addition, its gameplay is relatively simple and easy to understand, and even Necromancer novices can quickly master it.
The build works by first casting Blood Wave, and then running to manually collect Blood Orbs when Blood Wave disappears. Although it is a bit cumbersome, the high overall damage and damage reduction of this build make it still one of the top choices for Necromancer builds.
What Skill Rotation Should This Build Utilize In S9?
Generally speaking, the content that determines the strength of a build includes gear, seasonal power, skills, and the skill rotation method. Among them, the choice of skills usually does not change much, but the rotation method needs to be adjusted according to the season.
For Season 9, it is still recommended that you pair the following skills with Blood Wave Necromancer Build:
- Blood Wave: Summons a wave of blood, dealing 500% damage to enemies to repel them.
- Blight: Unleashes a concentrated burst of blight, dealing 40% damage and leaving behind a foul zone that deals 135% Corrosive damage to enemies in range over 6 seconds.
- Decompose: Deals 150% Corrosive damage per hit and creates a usable corpse every 1 second.
- Corpse Explosion: Detonates corpses, dealing 85% damage to nearby enemies.
- Corpse Tendrils: Tendrils burst from usable corpses, engulfing enemies and stunning them for 3 seconds while dealing 20% damage.
- Reap: Deals 50% damage to enemies in an arc in front of you. If you hit an enemy with this skill, your damage reduction is increased by 15% for 4 seconds.
Once you have determined your usable skills, it is recommended that you first utilize Decompose to create corpses, then pull enemies in with Corpse Tendrils and utilize Blood Wave to attack them.
On this basis, Affliction can greatly increase the damage potential of the build by dealing a certain percentage of damage to enemies in vulnerable, crowd controlled or corrupted states. But it should be noted that the core of this build to maximize damage is still Blood Wave.
Harder To Obtain Gear
The reason that usually prevents you from utilizing a good build is that the best gear it needs is very difficult to get, and it must be repeatedly farmed by bosses. This is also true for Blood Wave Necromancer Build.
But honestly, if you blindly fear the challenge and don’t improve the strength of the build, you will only waste the chance to win that the build brings you. Therefore, in Season 9, you still need to obtain the following three pieces of gear for Blood Wave Build:
- Kessime’s Legacy
- Shroud of False Death
- Heir of Perdition
Comparatively speaking, the most important one should be Kessime’s Legacy, because it has affixes that can increase the damage potential of Blood Wave and reduce the cooldown of Blood Wave.
This way, not only can you cast it more often, but you’ll also have a greater chance of dealing double damage to enemies. The item also has a unique ability to cast Blood Wave on either side of you for a wider range of coverage.
As for Shroud of False Death and Heir of Perdition, their role is to provide excellent damage bonuses to push the build’s damage output per second to the limit.
However, all three pieces of gear require you to repeatedly fight the corresponding bosses in Torment difficulty to obtain them, and Kessime’s Legacy can only be dropped by farming Lord Zir. So if you want to maximize the potential of your build, at least wait until you reach the endgame stage.
Which Horadric Spells Should You Choose?
Each Diablo 4 season’s seasonal power provides additional benefits to build, allowing you to output damage in a more seasonal way. In Season 9, that power is Horadric Spells. But if you want to enhance Blood Wave Build with it, it is recommended that you prioritize the following two powers:
Catalyst - Cosmic Anomaly
- Passive effect: Summons up to 5 Anomalies, which will release particles over 4 seconds to damage enemies.
- Active effect: Control these Anomalies to converge and implode, and each explosion can cause damage. When the number of Anomalies reaches 5, not only will you become Unstoppable, but the next implosion will also cause double damage.
Infusion - Nebulous Extract
- Combat effect: On the basis of the shadow damage or corrosive damage caused by Catalyst, the damage caused by the hit enemy is reduced for 7 seconds. And it brings you a Shadow damage bonus equivalent to the highest damage type bonus.
The above is how to make Blood Wave Necromancer Build still usable in Diablo 4 Season 9 or even output more damage. If you think it is feasible, try it in the game!
