Necromancer Skill Tree

The Necromancer has access to six groups of skills:

• Basic
• Core
• Corruption
• Summoning
• Ultimate
• Masteries

The tables below show the Necromancer 's skills and talents as they appear in the game's skill tree and in the correct order.

The tables are read from left to right with the upgrades listed to the left of the main skill. All talents are listed in yellow.

Note: As the skill and talent stats are changing as testing progresses, all stats have been removed as they will change prior to the game's final release.

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Basic Required Points: 0
Decompose Generate 7	Enhanced Decompose If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain X Essence.	Initiate's Decompose Decompose Slows enemies by X%.
		Acolyte's Decompose You and your Minions deal X% increased non-Physical damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.
Hemorrhage Burst an enemy's blood, dealing X damage. Hemorrhage has X% chance to form a  Blood Orb. Blood Orbs heal you for 15% of your maximum Life when picked up.	Enhanced Hemorrhage Hemorrhage has a X% increased chance to form a a  Blood Orb.	Initiate's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage grants Fortify each time it hits and enemy, and had a X% chance per enemy hit to fortify you.
		Acolyte's Hemorrhage Hemorrhage generates an additional {SF_11} Essence while  Healthy.
Bone Splinters Fire 3 bone splinters, dealing X damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain X Essence.	Enhanced Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a X% chance to fire X additional projectile if cast while you have X or more essence.	Initiate's Bone Splinters Bone Splinters has a X% chance per hit to make enemies Vulernable for X seconds.
		Acolyte's Bone Splinters Hitting the same enemy at least X times with the same cast of Bone Splinters grants X Critical Strike Chance for X seconds.
Reap Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing X damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your damage Reduction by X% for X seconds.	Enhanced Reap Uf an enemy hit by reap dies withing X seconds, you gain X% attack speed for X seconds.	Initiate's Reap Reap instantly executes non-Bossed below X Life.
		Acolyte's Reap Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every X seconds.

Core Required Points: 2
Blight Unleash concentrated blight that deals X damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing X damage over X seconds.	Enhanced Blight Blight Slows enemies by X%.	Paranormal Blight Blight has a X% chance to Stun for X seconds each time it deals damage.
		Supernatural Blight Your Minions deal X% increased damage to enemies within Blight.
Blood Surge Draw blood from enemies, dealing X damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing X damage. Blood Surge's nova damage is increased by X% per enemy drained, up to X%.	Enhanced Blood Surge Blood Surge heals you for X% of your maximum Life per each enemy drained, up to X%.	Paranormal Blood Surge After hitting enemies X times with Blood Surge's nova, your next Blood Surge  Overpowers.
		Supernatural Blood Surge Each time an enemy is hit by  Blood Surge's nova, you are  Fortified for X,
Unliving Energy Your maximum Essence is increased by X.	Imperfectly Balanced Your  Core Skills cost  X% more Essence, but deal X% increased damage.
Blood Lance Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for X second, dealing X damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies.	Enhanced Blood Lance Blood Lance Pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing X% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.	Paranormal Blood Lance While at least X enemies are affected by Blood Lance, you gain X% Attack Speed and Blood Lance's Essence cost is reduced by X.
		Supernatural Blood Lance Enemies currently affected by Blood Lance have a X% chance to leave behind a  Blood Orb upon death.
Bone Spear Conjure a bone spear from the ground, dealing X damage and Piercing through enemies.	Enhanced Bone Spear Bone Spear breaks into shards when it is destroyed, dealing X damage each.	Paranormal Bone Spear Bone Spear has a X% increased Critical Strike Chance and deals X% increased Critical Strike Damage.
		Supernatural Bone Spear Bone Spear makes the first enemy hit  Vulnerable for X seconds.
Sever A spectre of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for X damage.	Enhanced Sever Sever damages enemies along its path for X% of its damage.	Paranormal Sever Every 4th cast of Sever makes enemies  Vulnerable for X seconds.
		Supernatural Sever Sever deals X% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.
Reconstitution Your damage has up to a X% chance to create a corpse at the target's location.

Macabre Required Points: 6
Corpse Explosion Release a vile miasma from a Corpse, dealing X Shadow Damage over X seconds. Detonate a Corpse, dealing X damage to nearby enemies.	Enhanced Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion's radius is increased by X%.	Abhorent Corpse Explosion Instead of exploding, Corpse Explosion releases a vile miasma dealing X Shadow Damage over X seconds.
		Horrid Corpse Explosion Corpse Explosion deals X% increased damage to enemies that are Slowed, Stunned or Vulnerable.
Grim Harvest Consuming a Corpse generates X Essence.	Fueled by Death You deal X% increased damage for X seconds after consuming a Corpse.
Blood Mist Disperse into a bloody mist, becoming  Immune for X seconds. Your Movement Speed is reduced by X% and you periodically deal Xdamage to enemies, healing for X % of the damage dealt.	Enhanced Blood Mist Blood Mist's Movement Speed penalty is reduced to X%.	Ghastly Blood Mist Blood Mist leaves behind a Corpse every X second.
		Dreadful Blood Mist Blood Mist  Fortifies you for X each time it hits an enemy.
Necrotic Carapace When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions,  Fortify for X.
Skeletal Warrior Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Skeletal Warriors by  X% .
Bone Prison Unearth a prison of bone with X Life that surrounds the target area for X seconds.	Enhanced Bone Prison Gain X Essence each time an enemy hits your Bone Prison.	Ghastly Bone Prison Enemies inside of Bone Prison are Vulnerable.
		Dreadful Bone Prison Fortify for X for each enemy trapped by Bone Prison.

Corruption Required Points: 11
Iron Maiden Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden take X damage each time they deal direct damage. Lasts X seconds.	Enhanced Iron Maiden Iron Maiden no longer costs Essence. Instead, gain X Essence for each enemy Cursed.	Horrid Iron Maiden When at least X enemies are afflicted by Iron Maiden, its damage is increased by X%.
		Abhorrent Iron Maiden Heal for X% of your maximum Life when an enemy dies while afflicted with Iron Maiden.
Decrepify Curse the target area. Enemies afflicted by Decrepify are Slowed by X% and deal X% less damage for X seconds.	Enhanced Decrepify Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a X% chance to be Stunned for X seconds.	Horrid Decrepify When you or your Minions hit an enemy afflicted with Decrepify below X% Life, they are instantly killed. Does not work on Bosses.
		Abhorent Decrepify Enemies hit while afflicted with Decrepify have up to a X% chance to reduce your active cooldowns by X seconds.
Death's Embrace Enemies in melee range take X% more damage from you and deal  X% less damage to you.
Death's Reach You deal X% increased damage to enemies outside of melee range.
Amplify Damage You deal X% increased damage to Cursed enemies.
Skeletal Mage Mastery Increase the damage and Health of your Skeletal Mages by X%.

Summoning Required Points: 16
Corpse Tendrils Veins burst out of a Corpse, pulling in enemies, Stunning them for X seconds, and dealing X damage to them.	Enhanced Corpse Tendrils Enemies who are in range of Corpse Tendrils are Slowed by % before being pulled.	Abhorrent Corpse Tendrils Enemies slain while Stunned by Corpse Tendrils have a X% chance to drop a  Blood Orb.
		Horrid Corpse Tendrils Enemies Stunned by Corpse Tendrils take X% more damage from  Corpse Explosion.
Blood Begets Blood While below 50% Life, you receive  X% more healing from all sources.	Tides of Blood Your Blood Skills deal X% increased  Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are  Healthy.	Drain Vitality Hitting enemies with  Blood Skills has up to X% chance to  Fortify you for X.
	Coalesced Blood Blood Orbs heal you for  X% more.	Transfusion Blood Orbs also heal your Minions for  X% of the amount.
Bone Spirit All Remaining Essence Consume all of your Essence to conjure a spirit of bone that seeks enemies. Upon reaching an enemy, the spirit explodes, dealing X damage to the target and all nearby enemies. Damage is increased byX% for each point of Essence spent casting Bone Spirit.	Enhanced Bone Spirit If Bone Spirit Critically Strikes, its cooldown is reduced by X seconds.  This effect can only happen once per cast.	Ghastly Bone Spirit Bone Spirit has an additional % Critical Strike Chance.
		Dreadful Bone Spirit After Bone Spirit hits an enemy, you generate X Essence over the next X seconds.
Bone Spurs Gain X Thorns.
Reaper's Pursuit Damaging enemies with  Darkness Skills increases your Movement Speed by % for seconds.	Crippling Darkness Darkness Skills have up to a X% chance to Stun for X seconds.	Terror Darkness Skills deal X% increased damage against Immobilized, Slowed, or Stunned enemies. This also applies to Shadow Damage dealt by your Minions.
	Gloom When you damage enemies with  Darkness Skills, they take X% increased Shadow Damage for X seconds, stacking up to X times.

Ultimate Required Points: 23
Blood Wave Conjure a tidal wave of blood that deals X damage and knocks enemies back.	Prime Blood Wave Blood Wave Slows enemies by X for X seconds.	Supreme Blood Wave Blood Wave leaves behind 3  Blood Orbs as it travels.
Stand Alone Increases Damage Reduction by  X%, reduced by X% for each active Minion.	Memento Mori Sacrificing both Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages increases their Sacrifice bonuses by  X%.
Bone Storm A swirling storm of bones surrounds you and your Golem, dealing X to nearby enemies over X seconds.	Prime Bone Storm Your Damage Reduction is increased by X% while Bone Storm is active.	Supreme Bone Storm While Bone Storm is active, you consume nearby Corpses. Each Corpse consumed adds X seconds to Bonestorm's duration, up to X seconds.
Army of the Dead Call forth the deep buried dead. Volatile undead emerge over the next X seconds that explode near enemies, dealing X damage.	Prime Army of the Dead When Army of the Dead's Skeletons explode, they have X% chance to leave behind a Corpse.	Supreme Army of the Dead rmy of the Dead also raises your Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages.
Hellbent Commander Your Minions deal X% increased damage while you are near them.	Inspiring Command After you have been  Healthy for at least X seconds, you and your Minions gain  X% Attack Speed.
Bonded in Essence Your Minions gain  X% of your Resistances.	Death's Defense Your Minions can't lose more than X% of their maximum Life from a single damage instance.
Golem Mastery Increase the damage and Life of your Golem by  X%

Masteries Required Points: 33
Strength in Numbers While you have at least {SF_0} Minions, they gain  X% Attack Speed.
Shadowblight Darkness Skills infect enemies with  Shadowblight for X seconds. Every Xth time an enemy receives Shadow Damage from you or your Minions while they are affected by  Shadowblight, they burst for X Shadow Damage.
Rathma's Vigor Increase your maximum Life by X%. While Healtthy, you deal X% increased damage
Ossified Essence Your Bone Skills deal X% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above X upon cast.