Summary
The Witch character class inPath of Exilefeatures three ascendency classes that act as subclasses to let the player specialize within a particular element of magic. The Necromancer class is an example of this. As the name suggests, thoseplaying as a Necromancerwill have additional benefits concerning the dead and undead. This gives players access to a passive skill tree centered around builds prioritizing minion damage and more general additions to ‘offering’ skills.
Minions are monsters, summoned by the player, that act as allies in the fight against enemies. The Necromancy subclass greatly improves the player’s ability to use these minions, increasing their damage, health, and general ability. Numerous armor sets within the game will build upon the bonuses granted by the Necromancer skill tree. Find and equip the following armor to become the greatest Necromancer on the battlefield.
5The Queen’s Hunger
For Those Who Enjoy ‘Offering’ Skills
Starting with the general bonuses:Queen’s Hungeroffers a general improvement to players magic-casting abilities with a 5-10% bonus to cast time and a 100-130% and 6-10% boost to the energy shield and maximum life respectively. With this armor, every 5 seconds an offering skill is triggered at random. This can be Bone Offering, Flesh Offering, or Spirit Offering. Bone offering will grant player’s minions an increased chance to block attacks, flesh will grant minions with increased speed and spirit will grant minions with an increased critical hit chance. All of these will also apply to the player as well.
This is apowerful piece of armorthat constantly benefits players and their minions. To have the best chance of acquiring this piece of armor, head to the Mastermind’s Lair once at level 68. Here, defeat Catarina, Master of the Undead to have a decent chance of her dropping it once defeated.
4Bloodbond
DexterityAndIntelligence Boosts
This piece of armor is perfect for those wishing to build a Necromancer while not wishing to compromise on either magic-castingor movement speed. It grants a 100-120% boost to energy shield and evasion and a minimum 15% increase to maximum life. Minions summoned will benefit from a 20-30% boost to maximum life, a regeneration rate of 1% life every second, and a chance to repel spell damage. This will keep the player’s minions alive for longer, allowing for higher damage output and a prolonged distraction away from main party members.
The best chance to get this piece is to collect 6 ofThe Army of Blooddivination cards to trade for the armor. These cards can only be found in a certain number of locations:
3Fleshcrafter
A More Complex Style
The Fleshcrafter armor should appeal to players seeking a more complex build.Fleshcrafter’smost important bonus is its ability to turn any chaos resistance a minion has into an energy shield. Alongside this, enemy chaos damage does not bypass the energy shield of minions and they have a faster shield recharge rate. This armor allows minions to have incredible defensive bonuses.
Players should be careful not to stack too much chaos resistanceinto minions thoughas too much can cause minions to die immediately upon summoning due to all their life being converted away. Fleshcrafter can be dropped anywhere as well as being chanced.
2Vis Mortis
Trade Life For Damage
This unique variant of the aptly named Necromancer Silks,Vis Mortisallows players to trade off the life of their minions in exchange for a far higher damage output. All minions have 20% less life but with a 15% boost to damage.
Furthermore, 20% of elemental damage by minions is converted into chaos damage. This will make it far easier to bypass energy shields and attack the health of enemies directly. An additional bonus is a 200% increase to the energy shield. Vis Mortis can drop anywhere and can be acquired throughvarious random recipes.
1Cloak of Tawm’r Isley
Increased Chance Of Blinding Enemies
Whilst using theCloak of Tawm’r Isley, players' minions cannot be blinded and have a 15% chance to blind any enemy on a hit. This will make enemies significantly less accurate with their attacks whilst preventing minions from gaining the same condition.
It also grants the player the level 16 skillLife Leechto support any socketed minion gems. This will grant the player a certain amount of health depending on the effect of a minion attack. Due to its place in the game as a supporter-made item, this particularcloak can only be foundin the Syndicate Hideouts. Specifically in the reward rooms of Elreon.
