BiS Gear – Mendeln Summoner Necromancer Diablo 4 Build (Season 7)

This page covers the Best in Slot Gear and Gems for the Mendeln Summoner Necromancer Build. To check the other pages for this build you can use the buttons below.

Legendary Aspects

Each aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Do your best to keep each aspect in the assigned slot. Additionally, if you are trying to farm a specific item, we recommend using your Obols to target farm them!

Gear Slot	Gems	Aspect / Unique	Legendary Aspect / Unique Power
Helm	Grand Topaz	Aspect of Disobedience	You gain 0.4-0.8% increased armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 25-40%
Chest	Bac + Mot	Aspect of the Cursed Aura	A dark aura surrounds you, inflicting Decrepify and Iron Maiden on enemies who touch it. Curses inflicted this way spread to surrounding targets every X seconds and last 4 seconds outside the aura.
Gloves	N/A	Aspect of Fel Gluttony	Your Golem Active also causes your Golem to erupt, dealing X Physical damage to surrounding enemies. Your Golem consumes Corpses to reduce its remaining Cooldown by 1 second.
Pants	Cem + Gar	Blood Moon Breeches	Extra critical strike damage and makes your minions apply curses.
Boots	N/A	Aspect of Occult Dominion	Your maximum number of Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages is increased by 2.
Weapon 2H (Scythe)	Royal Emerald	Unyielding Commander’s Aspect	While Army of the Dead is active, gain x% Summoning Damage and your Minions take 90% reduced damage.
Amulet (50% Scaling)	Any Resistance Jewel	Aspect of Grasping Veins	Gain #% Critical Strike Chance for 6 seconds when you cast Corpse Tendrils. You deal x#% bonus Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils for 6 seconds.
Ring	Any Resistance Jewel	Ring of Mendeln	Every 6th attack from each Minion is empowered, exploding for X Physical damage.
Ring	Any Resistance Jewel	Aspect of Reanimation	Your Minions gain increased damage while alive, up to x25-40% after 10 seconds.

Gems and Runewords

See below for a more detailed explanation of the best Gems to socket into your gear for each category.

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Royal Diamond For higher Ultimate damage.	Grand Topaz For increased Intelligence.	Royal Amethyst Royal Sapphire Royal Ruby Grand Skull

Below you’ll see the recommended list of Runewords for this build.

Runeword Combination	Effect
Cem + Gar	Gain 75 Offering by evading. Every 25 Offering you gain stacks of increased critical strike rating.
Bac + Mot	Gain 50 Offering by traveling 5 meters. For 150 Offering you gain a stackable stack of Dark Shroud providing damage reduction. Alternatively you could replace this rune with Ceh for more damage output by having more minions.

In Season 7 we’ll have access to Occult Gems, below you’ll find the list of these gems we want to use for this build.

• Vile Phylactery
• Pointed Finger
• Friend of the Bog

Uniques

The following list details the changes in the Season 7 Update that may pertain to the Mendeln Summoner Necromancer build. Check the Changelog for all the other guide updates. As you can see only 1 change affected the build directly and it’s a good one!

• Ring of Mendeln – Build requirement! Without it, the build will deal significantly less damage.
• Blood Moon Breeches – Incredibly effective pants to optimize the performance of the build.
• Harlequin Crest – This will replace your Juggernaut’s Aspect assuming you have enough armor to compensate with the rest of your gear.

Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Below are the affixes to prioritize on gear. Each line of affixes is listed in order of importance. Tempering Manuals and their recommended affixes are provided in the second column, and the bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades. Be sure to check our Tempering guide, and our Masterworking guide, for more details about these topics.

Slot	Targeted Gear Affixes	Tempering Affixes
Helmet	1. Ranks to Skeletal Warrior Mastery 2. Maximum Life 3. Intelligence	Worldly Endurance #% Total Armor Decay Innovation #% Blight Size
Chest	1. Ranks to Golem Mastery 2. Resistance to All Elements 3. Maximum Life	Worldly Endurance #% Total Armor Profane Innovation #% Corpse Tendril Size
Gloves	1. Ranks to Skeletal Mage Mastery 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Attack Speed	Summoning Finesse #% Summoning Damage Profane Innovation #% Corpse Tendril Size
Boots	1. Ranks to Skeletal Warrior 2. Resistance to All Elements 3. Movement Speed	Natural Motion #% Movement Speed Profane Innovation #% Corpse Tendril Size
Amulet	1. Ranks to Hellbent Commander 2. Attack Speed 3. #% Intelligence	Necromancer Efficiency #% Golem Active Cooldown Reduction Summoning Finesse #% Summoning Damage
Ring	1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Attack Speed 3. Resistance to All Elements	Summoning Finesse #% Summoning Damage Necromancer Efficiency #% Ultimate Cooldown Reduction
2H-Weapon (Scythe)	1. Critical Strike Damage 2. Intelligence 3. Maximum Life	Companion Augments #% Chance for Army of the Dead to Deal Double Damage Summoning Finesse #% Summoning Damage

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