Necromancer Thorns Command Skeletons Solo Build With LoD

Focusing on the combination of Legacy of Dreams's adaptability, underlying Thorns synergy and the natural summoner capabilities of the class, the LoD Skeleton and Golem Necromancer offers a quirky solo pushing variant to the class. This methodical and mechanically simple playstyle is meant strictly for solo GR pushing.

The basic skill setup of the Solo LoD Skeleton Necromancer is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Active Skills
Leech Cursed Ground Devour Satiated 1 Frailty Scent of Blood 2 Command Golem Bone Golem 3 Command Skeletons Dark Mending 4 Bone Armor Thy Flesh Sustained
Passive Skills
Spreading Malediction Eternal Torment Aberrant Animator Draw Life

The required gear setup for the Solo LoD Skeleton Necromancer is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.

• Helm: Andariel's Visage
• Shoulders: Pauldrons of the Skeleton King
• Gloves: Moribund Gauntlets
• Chest: Aquila Cuirass
• Belt: Dayntee's Binding
• Pants: Golemskin Breeches
• Boots: Illusory Boots
• Bracers: Nemesis Bracers
• Amulet: The Flavor of Time
• Ring 1: Unity
• Ring 2: Krysbin's Sentence
• Weapon: Spear of Jairo
• Offhand: Bone Ringer

This Season comes with the theme of Angelic Crucibles — consumable items that empower Legendary items with perfected Ancient-level stats, as well as infuse them with one of three unique, powerful, class-specific abilities at random.

Unfortunately, Necro Thorns-based builds do not have a great way of utilizing the three Sanctification powers. Thus, you should simply use Angelic Crucibles on an item that crosses over most (if not all) variants of a build, and is also an item that is relatively harder to perfect than other slots (since sanctifying an item maximizes its stats). The Sanctification power outcome does not matter. In the case of this build, a good candidate for Sanctification are your weapon, Spear of Jairo, or a jewelry piece like Krysbin's Sentence.

You can read more on Angelic Crucibles and the sanctification process in our dedicated Angelic Crucible Mechanics guide.

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.

• Legendary Gem 1: Boyarsky's Chip
• Legendary Gem 2: Enforcer
• Legendary Gem 3: Legacy of Dreams

• Weapon Slot: Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang
• Armor Slot: Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan
• Jewelry Slot: Convention of Elements