Bone Necromancer Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Bone Necro and Mercenary in Diablo 2.
Damage Build
This is a high damage build for the Bone Necromancer.
- Weapon: White Wand with skill bonuses to Bone Spear
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: 35% Increased Cast Rate Spirit Monarch Shield or Homunculus if going for max block
- Body Armor: Enigma
- Helm: Harlequin Crest or Rare circlet with +2 to Necromancer Skills and 20% Faster Cast Rate
- Gloves: Trang-Oul's Clawss or Magefist
- Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Treks
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Ring 1: The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band, or Rare ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate, Life, Resistances, and relevant stats
- Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band, or Rare ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate, Life, Resistances, and relevant stats
- Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope or Rare amulet with Necromancer skill bonuses and enough +% Faster Cast Rate to reach the 125% breakpoint
- Charm 1: Necromancer Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 9x Skiller Grand Charms with Life or enough Faster Hit Recovery to hit 86%
- Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs
Magic Find Build
This is a high Magic Find build for the Bone Necromancer.
- Weapon: White Wand with skill bonuses to Bone Spear
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: 35% Increased Cast Rate Spirit Monarch Shield or Homunculus if going for max block
- Body Armor: Enigma
- Helm: Harlequin Crest socketed with an Ist Rune or Perfect Topaz
- Gloves: Chance Guards
- Boots: War Travelers
- Belt: Arachnid Mesh
- Ring 1: Nagelring
- Ring 2: Nagelring
- Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope or Rare Magic Find with bonuses Necromancer skill levels
- Charm 1: Necromancer Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: Gheed's Fortune with as much +% Chance of Finding Magic Items as possible
- Charm 4: 5% Faster Hit Recovery Small Charms to hit the 56% Faster Hit Recovery breakpoint
- Remaining Charms: Small Charms with as much +% Chance of Finding Magic Items as possible (7% ideally)
Budget Build Items
This is a variety of cheap gear sets to get you started.
- Weapon: White Wand, Spirit Sword, or Necromancer Wand with bonuses to relevant skills
- Shield: Spirit, Ancient's Pledge, Rhyme, or Lidless Wall
- Body Armor: Skin of the Vipermagi, Que-Hegan's Wisdom, or Stealth
- Helm: Lore, Rockstopper, or Tarnhelm
- Gloves: Magefist, Frostburn, or Chance Guards
- Boots: Waterwalk, Infernostride, or Hsarus' Iron Heel
- Belt: String of Ears, Goldwrap, Nightsmoke
- Ring 1: Rare ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate, Life, Resistances, and relevant stats or Nagelring
- Ring 2: Rare ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate, Life, Resistances, and relevant stats or Nagelring
- Amulet: The Eye of Etlich or amulet with +3 to Poison and Bone skills and +10% Faster Cast Rate
- Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch for stats, even if it is not Necromancer-specific
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: Poison and Bone Skiller Grand Charms
- Charm 4: Any Charm with Life, Resistances, Mana, Strength, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs
Mercenary
You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Guard Mercenary in Act 2, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or improve the overall damage of your Mercenary. Note that Holy Freeze may shatter monsters on death, thus reducing the number of corpses available to you. As such, Might Desert Guards are typically preferred.
Mercenary Gear
Optimal Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups across many characters, including the Bonemancer.
- Weapon: Ethereal Insight or The Reaper's Toll
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
Budget Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy Damage and Survivability.
- Weapon: Obedience
- Body Armor: Treachery
- Helm: Vampire Gaze
Changelog
- 19 Sep. 2021: Page added.
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