Diablo 4 Necromancer Book of the Dead offers various skills and bonus stats. Learn everything about this new mechanic in the game.

Diablo 4, the RPG adventure, has 6 acts. Each act has new stories and you will meet NPCs. To overcome difficult chapters, you have to pick weapons, armor sets and magic items. Apart from these, the game’s new mechanics like stats and class skills are available. Necromancer is one of the game’s starting classes. Necromancer heroes who reach level 4 will unlock a special skill called the Book of the Dead. This powers up your companions and their skills.

This skill grants three skills and several bonus effects. To unlock all these Necromancer skills, players have to reach new levels and complete side-quests as well. The Necromancer Book of the Dead offers different forms and they are Skeletal Warriors, Skeletal Mages, and the Golem. Here’s everything you need to know about these unique Necromancer skills in Diablo 4.

Diablo 4 Necromancer Book Of The Dead – All You Need to Know

First, to unlock the Necromancer Book of the Dead, you have to reach level 5 with the class. Then, you will start unlocking its unique features.

Skeletal Warriors

These are primary minions for Necromancer heroes. These units excel in melee battles and you can summon 4 skeletal warriors in combat. They have three summon variants,

• Skirmishers – This unlocks at level 5. These minions have low hp, but they can deal 30% additional damage. It also deals 50% critical strike damage. The critical strike chance will increase your base damage
• Defenders – Defenders can be unlocked at level 8. This skill grants 15% increased life to Durable Shield-bearers. You can block an attack every 5 seconds. Thorns stats will be increased by 50 % as well. Finally, you will be resistant against physical attacks
• Reapers – This can be unlocked at level 12 with the Skeletal Warriors. Use a Reaper and increase your base attacks. The weapon unleashes a wind-up attack and you will be able to deal heavy damage for a short time. Attack enemies who are stunned or immobilized to reduce the cool down timer. At last, the shadow damage will be increased by 13%

Skeletal Mages 

Skeletal Mages are available at level 5. These minions can attack from both short and long range. They have the best magic spells to destroy targets within their radius. You can summon 3 skeletal mages at a time. The three types of Skeletal mages are Shadow, Cold and Bone.

• Shadow – Unlock this skill at level 15. This lets you stun enemies for a couple of seconds and Essence will be increased by 15%. You can fire an additional Shadow bolt during 4th attack.
• Cold – This can be utilized to chill enemies and apply freezing effects on them. Cold Mages are unlocked at level 18. Use your primary attack to damage targets and retrieve 2 Essence. Use Frozen status effects and apply Vulnerable effects for 4 seconds. Also, you can deal additional damage to vulnerable targets
• Bone – Bone mages will be available at level 22. Bone Mages increase your attacks by 20%. Bone Mages also increase your Overpower damage stats

Golems

Golems are the final minions of Book of the Dead. These are classified as Hulk as their monstrous skills ensure you can explode nearby targets. Complete a priority quest called  the Call of the Underworld to unlock this mechanic.

• Bone – Bone golems are available at level 25. They taunt and persuade enemies to attack the other golems. You can exploit this situation and target them. Bone golems gain extra health and thorns. Attack Speed will be increased by 10% at the end.
• Blood – Blood Golem reduces the hp and energy of nearby targets while increasing your life. They also absorb 17% of your damage. Activate the Healthy status ailment effects to boost damage and resistance.
• Iron – Iron Golems will slam the ground and create stunning shockwaves and more effects. This is available at level 32. Every 5th golem unleashes attacks to front row enemies and creates a shockwave effect as well. Use Iron Golems’ slam attacks and make targets vulnerable for 3 seconds. These golems also boost your critical damage stats at the end.

That’s everything you need to know about the Diablo 4 Necromancer Book Of The Dead and their effects. Choosing the best class is the key to succeed in the game.

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