Generator Necromancer Speed Farming Variation

The Inarius Generator Necromancer deals excellently with Normal Rift farming all the way through the highest Torment difficulties. We have solo speed GR rankings and solo speed T16 rankings if you want to know more about which builds are best for speed farming.

Within the limited scope of regular difficulties, the necessary damage and toughness to triumph over the enemy is significantly smaller. Thus, your best course of action is to improve utility and speed.

Active Skills
Grim Scythe Cursed Scythe Bone Spear Blighted Marrow 1 Simulacrum Blood and Bone 2 Blood Rush Metabolism 3 Devour Devouring Aura 4 Bone Armor Dislocation
Passive Skills
Stand Alone Spreading Malediction Swift Harvesting Fueled by Death

In the skill selection, you will accomplish that by:

• Retaining a large part of your skill lineup: most of your damage will still come from Grim Scythe Cursed Scythe, mimicked by your Simulacrum Blood and Bone summons.
• Making a mental note to cast Bone Armor on enemy packs during In-geom uptime. The In-geom effect will practically nullify that cooldown, allowing you an easy proc of Krysbin's Sentence on every pack with a Dislocation cast.
• In order not to overkill on DPS, swapping one of your poison procs (from the likes of Bone Spear Blighted Marrow, Command Skeletons Kill Command and such) for the Corpse consumption convenience from Devour Devouring Aura. Its radius will be extended by the effects of Avarice Band, and you gain additional movement speed via its interaction with Fueled by Death.

Both the extra toughness form Unity and the timed damage increase of Convention of Elements greatly diminish in usefulness during Normal Rift farming. That progresion-oriented jewelry will be better replaced by a split between Krysbin's Sentence (for the ubiquitous Necromancer-specific damage buff) and an Avarice Band (for the synergy with Goldwrap and Boon of the Hoarder). Avarice Band is an Act III cache legendary that, in conjunction with a gemmed Boon of the Hoarder and a worn Goldwrap, will render you practically invulnerable during Normal Rift farming. Note that it also extends your pickup radius up to the whopping 30 yards as you pick up gold.

While it might seem like a massive damage loss at first, it is highly recommended that you drop Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang during speed farming for the unlimited Blood Rush mobility provided by In-geom resets.

To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.

The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised and re-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — For virtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual to advanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the path outlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of life first, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive and edge case utility nodes.

Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary Potion Powers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separate resource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Set items of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, and in the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).

You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powers in our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.

In speed runs, sheer number of attacks required to take down enemies is much smaller, allowing you to cut out Bane of the Stricken in favor of Boon of the Hoarder — part of the gold utility triumvirate outlined above.

For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.

Alterations to the Kanai's Cube selection will not be necessary, and we recommend that you stick to the choices from the progression build — Nayr's Black Death and Depth Diggers for the damage multiplication, and Ring of Royal Grandeur to tie Inarius and the extra legendaries together.

In Season 33, where you get a 4th Kanai's Cube slot to play with, you can freely include Echoing Fury during speed farming and enjoy its movement and attack speed benefits.

The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Please refer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.

The recommended follower for this build during standard rift farming for keys is the Enchantress due to her numerous utility bonuses, allowing you to smooth out your speed runs even further.

For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our Follower Guide, which contains detailed advice for choosing the skills and the gear of your follower.

Your recommended potion is Bottomless Potion of the Tower, whose Armor-increasing properties complement the naturally high All Resistances stat of Necromancers (due to Intelligence scaling Resistances) for optimal survivability.