Best Diablo 4 Blight Necromancer Build in Season 5

The Necromancer remains a highly sought-after class for Season 5 of Diablo 4, with the Blight build taking the lead in the meta. Learn how to put together this build and its effectiveness in Leveling, Endgame, and PvP gameplay.

The Blight Necro build utilizes the Necromancer’s ability to control corpses and wield them as a powerful tool against the demonic forces. With the Necromancer being one of the strongest classes this season, understanding how to create the most effective builds is crucial. Despite being ranked as C-Tier in Season 5, the Blight Necro remains a popular choice among players due to its inclusion in the meta. Therefore, it is still worth considering and trying out.

In the following section, we will outline the steps for optimizing your build for leveling, endgame, and PvP. This will include the recommended skills, items, Aspects, and Glyphs to focus on during your journey this season, ensuring the best possible outcome.

diablo 4 necromancer endgame — Blizzard Entertainment

The Necromancer is a master of death and uses corpses as weapons.

Best Blight Necromancer Leveling Build for Diablo 4 Season 5

As you progress through the campaign or Season 5 content, it is important to choose your skills in the following order to match your level.

Level	Skill
1	Reap
2	Enhanced Reap
3	Blight
4	Enhanced Blight
5	Supernatural Blight
6	Blight
7	Blight
8	Blight
9	Blight
10	Unliving Energy
11	Imperfectly Balanced
12	Imperfectly Balanced
13	Imperfectly Balanced
14	Hewed Flesh
15	Hewed Flesh
16	Hewed Flesh
17	Corpse Explosion
18	Enhanced Corpse Explosion
19	Blighted Corpse Explosion
20	Corpse Explosion
21	Corpse Explosion
22	Corpse Explosion
23	Corpse Explosion
24	Skeletal Warrior Mastery
25	Skeletal Warrior Mastery
26	Skeletal Warrior Mastery
27	Grim Harvest
28	Grim Harvest
29	Grim Harvest
30	Fueled By Death
31	Fueled By Death
32	Fueled By Death
33	Iron Maiden
34	Enhanced Iron Maiden
35	Death’s Embrace
36	Death’s Embrace
37	Death’s Embrace
38	Amplify Damage
39	Amplify Damage
40	Amplify Damage
41	Skeletal Mage Mastery
42	Corpse Tendrils
43	Enhanced Corpse Tendrils
44	Plagued Corpse Tendrils
45	Shadowblight
46	Golem Mastery
47	Golem Mastery
48	Golem Mastery
49	Crippling Darkness
Renown 1	Reaper’s Pursuit
Renown 2	Reaper’s Pursuit
Renown 3	Reaper’s Pursuit
Renown 4	Gloom
Renown 5	Gloom
Renown 6	Gloom
Renown 7	Terror
Renown 8	Terror
Renown 9	Terror
Renown 10	Skeletal Mage Mastery

With these skills, you can create the perfect Blight Necro build for leveling. However, it is important to have unlocked the Renown points in order to utilize the additional ten points.

Numerous passive skills mentioned earlier will enhance your use of Corpse and Shadow abilities (such as Blight) and maximize their effectiveness. Since all builds require active skills, we have included a range of options that synergize with the Blight build during battles.

Since there is a strong connection between Corpse skills and Minion skills, our focus has been on enhancing your passive Minion skills while disregarding Bone and Blood skills.

Recommended Book of the Dead Setup for Leveling

We suggest choosing the following skills from the Necromancer’s unique Book of the Dead when using them.

Skeletal Warriors – Reapers
Skeletal Mages – Cold
Golems – Blood

This setup using the Book of the Dead is ideal for this build, as it allows your Reaper Skeletal Warriors to primarily engage in melee combat while you and your Mages provide support from afar with Cold Magic. This strategy effectively hinders the movement of enemies, leaving them open to attacks from your Skeletons, Golem, and yourself.

The Book of the Dead setup will enable enemies to be slowed and ensnared in Blight, increasing their vulnerability to damage and status ailments. The Blood Golem has been chosen for this purpose, as it can boost your damage and provide healing in times of peril.

Optimal leveling rotation

Summon Minions
Iron Maiden
Corpse Tendrils
Blight
Corpse Explosion
Reap (in close combat)

Next, use Plagued Corpse Tendrils to stun enemies and increase the chances of generating additional corpses to replenish your minion army. Then, launch your main attack and utilize Blight to inflict damage from a distance while your minions engage the enemy.

The combination of Blight, Plauged Corpse Tendrils, and Iron Maiden is highly effective, as it creates a deadly kill box that becomes even more lethal when Corpse Explosion is cast. This ensures that any remaining enemies are quickly eliminated.

If an enemy approaches too closely, use Reap to slice them, or target the bubbling mess caused by Blight to attack and defeat any enemies that may be caught in it.

Regardless of which rotation you prefer, the method described above has been proven to effectively combine skills into a formidable set of attacks.

blight necromancer skill — Blizzard Entertainment

The Blight skill does AEO shadow damage.

Top Legendary Aspects

Although Legendary Aspects are most valuable in the endgame iteration of the Blight Necro build, there are still some that can be acquired while leveling up to 50 or during the main story. The locations of these Legendary Aspects are listed below:

Aspect	Power	Dungeon	Region
Blighted	Increased Shadow Blight damage	Akkhan’s Grasp (complete A Debt Repaid quest)	Hawezar
Threshold	Restores Primary Resource when you crowd-control an enemy	Champion’s Demise	Dry Steppes
Damned	Increased Shadow Damage	Uldur’s Cave	I develop

Best Blight Necromancer Build for Diablo 4 Season 5

Once you have completed the story, achieved level 50, and unlocked the Paragon Board in Season 5, you will be able to reset your character to the endgame version of the Blight Necro build.

Despite being the same set-up as the leveling build, the point allocation has simply been modified for this particular occasion.

Active Skill	Upgrades	Points allocated
Reap	Enhanced	1
Blight	Enhanced, Supernatural	5
Corpse Explosion	Enhanced, Blighted	2
Iron Maiden	Enhanced	2
Corpse Tendrils	Enhanced, Plagued	2

These are the passive skills required for the endgame build:

Passive Skill	Points
Unliving Energy	1
Hewed Flesh	3
Imperfectly Balanced	3
Grim Harvest	1
Fueled by Death	3
Amplify Damage	3
Death’s Embrace	3
Reaper’s Pursuit	3
Crippling Darkness	1
Gloom	3
Necrotic Carapace	1
Terror	3
Hellbent Commander	3
Inspiring Leader	3
Shadowblight	1

This build continues to prioritize utilizing Corpse skills as the main source of offense, while also incorporating Minions as a secondary set of abilities, similar to the leveling build.

Best Endgame Setup for Book of the Dead

The set-up we utilized for leveling will also be utilized for our endgame version of this build.

Skeletal Warriors – Reapers
Skeletal Mages – Cold
Golems – Blood

Best endgame rotation

When engaging mobs in battle during endgame, apply the following skill rotation.

Summon Minions
Iron Maiden
Corpse Tendrils
Blight
Corpse Explosion
Reap (in close combat)

The objective remains the same: to enclose enemies in a box and let Blight, Iron Maiden, and Corpse Tendrils carry out their malicious deeds. Additionally, your Skeletal Mage’s cold damage will slow down enemies, leaving them even more susceptible.

Best Legendary Aspects for Your Character Build

As you progress to endgame, you will gain access to a wider array of Legendary Aspects that can enhance your build and grant unique abilities to strengthen your primary skills. While some may be familiar from your leveling build, there are also new ones to discover. Below, you can learn about where and how to obtain these Legendary Aspects.

Aspect	Power	Dungeon	Region	Gamble Obols
Blighted	Increased Shadowblight damage damage	Akkan’s Grasp	Hawezar	–
Damned	Increased Shadow damage	Uldur’s Cave	I develop	–
Threshold	Boosts resource regeneration	Champion’s Demise	Dry Steppes	–
Ghostwalker	Become unstoppable when movement speed is boosted	Broken Bulwark	Scosglen	–
Disobedience	Boosts defense based on your damage output	Halls of the Damned	I develop	–
Shared Misery	Boosts crowd control damage	Oblivion	Hawezar	–
Sacrificial	Boosts Sacrifice bonuses	Ruins of Eridu	Hawezar	–
Hulking	Boosts Golem cooldown	Sepulcher of the Forsword	I develop
Void	Blight pulls in enemies	–	–	Pants
Hardened Bones	You and your minions get damage reduction	–	–	Pants
Shielding Storm	Bone Storm can lead to casting Barrier	–	–	Pants
Slaughter	Boosts movements speed by 20%	–	–	Boots

Keep in mind that you also have the option to remove these Aspects from their initial item and transfer them to a different item of your preference.

Paragon Board

The Paragon Board replaces skills at level 50.

Upon reaching level 50, you will no longer receive skill points. Instead, you will earn Paragon points. This unique leveling system requires you to choose updates from a variety of boards, each with its own theme and buffs.

The great thing about each path is that it offers a unique experience. By strategically selecting different Glyphs as you progress through the Paragon Board, you will effectively enhance your Blight Necro in the most crucial aspects of the build.

Look below to determine which Glyphs you should prioritize targeting.

Best Glyphs

Fifteenth level

‍Darkness
‍Control
‍Scourge
‍Sacrificial
‍Abyssal
‍Exploit
‍Amplify
‍Grave keeper

Level twenty-one

Control
‍Scourge
‍Exploit
‍Sacrificial
‍Amplify
‍Abyssal
‍Grave keeper

Once you have achieved Paragon Level 15, focus on obtaining the mentioned Glyphs. As you continue to earn points, you will unlock additional Glyphs on the Paragon Board. However, following this specific sequence will ensure that you stay on the optimal path for the Blight Necro build.

Best Blight Necro Endgame Item Build

Item	Socket	Item type	Power
Hulking Runic Skullcap	Ruby for extra life	Helm	Boosts Minion damage
Runic Mail of Disobedience	Ruby for extra life	Chest Armor	Increased Armor
Runic Gloves of Innder Calm	Ruby for extra life	Gloves	Increased damage
Runic Leggings of Shared Misery	Ruby for extra life	Pants	Increased crowd control damage
Ghostwalker Runic Cleats	Ruby for extra life	Boots	Increased Unstoppable chance
‍Parashu of the Damned	2x Amethysts for increased damage	Main Hand	Increased Shadow damage
–	–	Offhand	–
Blighted Chain	Diamond for extra attack power	Amulet	Increased Shadowblight damage
Band of the Umbral	Diamond for extra attack power	Ring 1	Increased crowd control damage
Band of Voracious Rage	Diamond for extra attack power	Ring 2	Increased core skill damage

Blight Necromancer Build for PvP

While the Blight Necro is great for PvE, it is not suitable for PvP. Instead, we suggest using the Bone Spirit or Bone Spear build, which involves sacrificing minions and transforming your Necromancer into a formidable solo fighter.

If you are determined to use this build in combat against other players, we recommend sticking to our endgame version for optimal outcomes.

Your minions will be vulnerable to other players, but you can strategically tap your PvP opponents in your kill box (see rotation) before taking them down with Reap. Consider reallocating some points from your minions to upgrade Reap if you plan on using this build for PvP.