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Shadow Minion Army Necromancer Endgame Build Guide

Last Updated: Jun 15, 2026 by Community Build

About

This is a high-performing minion build that focuses on Minions applying Shadow DoTs to enemies as the primary damage dealers. It leverages the several uniques to expand your maximum number of minions and utilizes Overpower stacks to help increase the builds damage. It is quite straight and a laid back build to play.

Gameplay Rotation

There isn't a rotation to this build, but rather skills are used in different situations to provide our minions buffs. Below is what each of our skills do:

  • Sever: This is now a movement skill to increase your clear speed.

  • Minion Commands: Keep cycling them for your minions and helps with Overpower stacks.

  • Blood Mist: Use as a defensive skill and to help build your Overpower stacks.

  • Curses: These are trigger automatically from your pants.

  • Soulrift: This is used during for Elites and Bossing to help stack DoTs on the enemy.

Skills

Skeletal Mage
Golem
Raise Skeleton
Soul Rift
Sever
Blood Mist

Unique Gear

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ShadowMinion_helm
ShadowMinion_amulet
ShadowMinion_mhand
ShadowMinion_chest
ShadowMinion_gloves
ShadowMinion_offhand
ShadowMinion_Pants
ShadowMinion_boots
ShadowMinion_RingA
ShadowMinion_ringb

Additional information

  • Deathgrips/The Undercrown: Increase our minion count and boost Skeletal Warriors overall damage.

  • Blood Moon Breaches: Applies our Curses automatically.

  • Pact of Bone: Increase Minion Critical Strike Chance and Attack Speed.

Skill Tree and Talisman

Necromancer Basic Cluster
Necromancer Core Cluster
Necromancer Corpse Cluster
Necromancer Macabre Cluster
Necromancer Curse Cluster
Necromancer Ultimate Cluster
Necromancer Talisman

Necromancer Basic Cluster

  • Sever: This is now a movement skill to increase your clear speed.

  • Minion Commands: Keep cycling them for your minions and helps with Overpower stacks.

  • Blood Mist: Use as a defensive skill and to help build your Overpower stacks.

  • Curses: These are trigger automatically from your pants.

  • Soulrift: This is used during for Elites and Bossing to help stack DoTs on the enemy.

Necromancer Basic Cluster(Click on the image to expand it)

Paragon Board

Necromancer Starting Board
Cult Leader Paragon Board
Wither Paragon Board
Scent of Death Paragon Board
Bloodbath Paragon Board

Necromancer Starting Board

The Mage Glyph is used here.

Necromancer Starting Board(Click on the image to expand it)

Raheir Main

Raheir Main
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Aldkin Support

Aldkin Support
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FAQ

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