Datamined Necromancer Changes Coming in Vessel of Hatred

We’ve prepared an overview of all Necromancer changes coming in the Vessel of Hatred expansion!

Necromancer Aspect Changes in Patch 2.0.1

• Aspect of Fel Gluttony — Your Golem Active also causes your Golem to erupt, dealing (4% of Weapon Damage) Physical damage to surrounding enemies. Your Golem consumes Corpses to reduce its remaining Cooldown by 1 second.
• Aspect of the Cursed Aura — A dark aura surrounds You automatically Curse enemies around you you, with inflicting Decrepify and Iron Maiden. Maiden on enemies who touch it. Curses inflicted this way spread to surrounding targets every 0.3 seconds and last 4 seconds outside of the aura.
• Phasing Poltergeist’s Aspect — When Bone Spirit explodes, it spawns 3 spirits that seek nearby enemies and deal {c_random}35%{/c.} of its damage. This effect can only occur once per cast.
• Reaping Lotus’ Aspect — Sever no longer returns and instead splits into 3 specters that expand out and back from its apex. Sever deals 110% of normal damage.
• Tidal Aspect — Blood Wave fires two additional waves, each dealing 35% less 115% of normal damage damage. than the previous.

Necromancer Skill Changes in Patch 2.0.1

• Acolyte’s Reap — Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 4 5 seconds.
• Affliction — Enemies affected by Vulnerable, Crowd Control, or Shadow Damage over Time are Afflicted, taking 15% increased damage from you and your Minions. Your Curse Skills deal 80% Shadow damage when applied to Afflicted enemies. This amount increases by 30% of your Damage to Crowd Controlled, Vulnerable Damage, and Shadow Damage over Time bonuses combined.
• Blighted Corpse Tendrils — Corpse Tendrils has a 35% 30% chance to drop a Blood Orb when damaging enemies.
• Blood Lance — Essence Cost: 15 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Throw a blood lance that lingers in an enemy for 3 seconds, dealing 80% damage to the enemy and all other lanced enemies. Blood Lance pierces through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 10% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first.
• Blood Surge — Essence Cost: 30 Lucky Hit Chance: 20% 12% Draw blood from enemies, dealing 20% damage, and expel a blood nova, dealing 70% damage. Blood Surge’s nova damage is increased by 5% per enemy drained, up to 50%.
• Bone Splinters — Generate Essence: 7 6 Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Fire 3 splinters of bone, dealing 9% 8% damage each. Each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of Bone Splinters, you gain 1 Essence.
• Death’s Approach — You gain 4% 5% Movement Speed.
• Enhanced Blight — Blight’s radius is increased, and the defiled area Slows enemies by 25% 15%.
• Enhanced Blood Lance — After casting Blood Lance 8 times, your next cast of Blood Lance is guaranteed to pierce through enemies who are currently lanced, dealing 10% reduced damage to subsequent enemies after the first. Overpower damage spawns a Blood Orb under the first enemy hit.
• Finality — You deal 5% increased damage for 8 seconds after casting an Ultimate Skill.
• Hemorrhage — Generate Essence: 9 8 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Burst an enemy’s blood, dealing 27% 25% damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb.
• Necrotic Fortitude — Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% chance to grant yourself a Barrier for 5% of your Maximum Life for 6 seconds.
• Paranormal Blight — Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize enemies for 2.5 seconds on impact.
• Precision Decay — Your Lucky Hit Chance is increased by 5%.
• Prime Blood Wave — Casting Blood Wave Slows enemies by 50% and grants 20% Damage Reduction for 4–10 seconds.
• Prime Soulrift — Enemies with their souls absorbed become Vulnerable for 2 seconds. When damaging enemies affected by Soulrift, you have a 5% chance to absorb their soul.
• Rathma’s Vigor — After being Healthy for 12 15 seconds, your next Blood Skill Overpowers. This timer is reduced by 2 seconds each time Blood Orbs Heal or Overheal you for 796000% Life.
• Reap — Generate Essence: 4 per enemy hit Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing 13% 12% damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds.
• Soulrift — Cooldown: 50 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 20% For 8 seconds, you corrupt surrounding enemies, dealing 520% damage per second. Every 0.25 seconds of this duration, you absorb the souls of up to 3 enemies, gaining 2 Essence and a Barrier for 2% of your Maximum Life for 5 seconds. You absorb 3 souls at a time from Bosses.
• Spiked Armor — Gain 796 0 Thorns and 5% additional Armor.
• Supernatural Blood Lance — After casting Blood Lance deals 15% increased Critical Strike Damage and 15% increased damage.
• Supreme Blood Wave — Blood Wave leaves behind 3 6 Blood Orbs as it travels.
• Supreme Soulrift — Every soul absorbed increases your damage by 1%, up to 30%. This bonus persists for 5 seconds after Soulrift ends.
• Titan’s Fall — While Fortified, you deal 6% increased damage to Elites.
• Transfusion — Lucky Hit: Your Blood Skills have up to a 3% chance to create a Blood Orb at the target’s location. This can only occur once every 4 2 seconds. This chance is doubled against Bosses.

Necromancer Paragon Node Changes in Patch 2.0.1

• Blooddrinker — +5.0% Blood Orb Healing +10 Intelligence 4.0% Maximum Life
• Calcified — +20 Armor +15.0% 5.0% Bone Critical Strike Damage +10.0% Bone Damage Reduction from Vulnerable Enemies
• Custody — 10.0% +10.0% Summon Damage Reduction for Your Minions +10 Intelligence
• Frailty — Cursed enemies take 10% increased damage from you and your Minions. This bonus is increased by 10% each second they are Cursed, up to 40%.
• Grasp — +16.0% Damage to Elites +10 Intelligence
• Miscreation — +14.0% +10.0% Golems Armor Summon Damage +10 Intelligence
• Rend — +10.0% Damage +10 Intelligence
• Seethe — +10.0% Damage +10 Intelligence
• Splinter — +15.0% Bone Critical Strike Damage +10 Intelligence
• Unassailable — 4.0% Damage Reduction from Vulnerable Enemies +100 +20 Armor
• Wither — Your Shadow damage over time effects have a 5% chance to deal 50% bonus damage each time they deal damage. This chance is increased by 1% 2% and bonus damage is increased by 4% 8% for each 60 Intelligence you have, up to 1200 Intelligence.

Necromancer Item Changes in Patch 2.0.1

• Black River
  +10.0% Attack Speed
  Corpse Explosion consumes up to 4 additional Corpses around the initial Corpse, gaining [120 – 160]% damage and [10.5 – 12.5][42.0 – 50.0]% Size per additional Corpse consumed. (Necromancer-only)
  +[126 – 180][36.5 – 50.0]Intelligence % Chance for Corpse Explosion to Deal Double Damage
  +[1 – 3] to Corpse Skills
  +[1 – 2] to Hewed Flesh
  +[1 – 2] to Fueled by Death
  
• Blood Artisan’s Cuirass
  +1444 Armor
  When you pick up [3 – 10] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current Life percent. (Necromancer-only)
  Blood Orbs Restore +[8 – 12] Essence
  +400.0% Damage for 0 Seconds After Picking Up a Blood Orb
  +[957 – 1259][124 – 163] Maximum Life
  +[2 – 3] to Bone Spirit
  
• Blood Moon Breeches
  +825 Armor
  Your Minions’ attacks have a [3.0 – 7.0]% chance to randomly inflict Decrepify or Iron Maiden.
  
  You deal [100 – 150]% increased Overpower damage to enemies affected by your Curses. (Necromancer-only)
  +[88.0 – 115.0]% Overpower Damage
  +[26.0 – 35.0]% Curse Duration
  +[638 – 873][197 – 212] Maximum Life
  +[2 – 4] to Curse Skills
  
• Bloodless Scream
  +85.0% Non-Physical Damage
  Your Darkness Skills Chill enemies for up to 100% and deal [100 – 200]% increased damage to Frozen enemies.
  
  Lucky Hit: Your Darkness Skills have up to a 100% chance to generate [15 – 25] additional Essence against Frozen targets. (Necromancer-only)
  +[6.0 – 8.0][10.0 – 11.0]% Lucky Hit Chance
  +[99 – 135] Intelligence
  +[1 – 1] to Darkness Skills
  +[26.0 – 35.0]% Freeze Duration
  
• Deathless Visage
  +1031 Armor
  Bone Spear leaves behind echoes that explode for ([1 – 1]% of Weapon Damage) Physical damage, increased by 5% for every 30% Critical Strike Damage you have.
  
  (Necromancer-only)
  +[2 – 4] to Bone Spear
  +[23.5 – 32.5]% Chance for Bone Spear Projectiles to Cast Twice
  +[2153 – 2962][327 – 444] Armor
  +[12 – 20][13 – 21] Maximum Resource
  
• Deathspeaker’s Pendant
  +25.0%30.0% Resistance to All Elements
  Blood Surge casts a mini nova on your Minions, dealing ([0 – 1]% of Weapon Damage) damage. Damage is increased by 10% per target drained by the initial cast, up to 50%. (Necromancer-only)
  +[2 – 3] to Coalesced Blood
  +[7.0 – 9.0][8.3 – 10.0]% Attack Speed
  +[3 – 5] to Blood Surge
  +1 Essence per Enemy Drained by Blood Surge
  
• Ebonpiercer
  +25.0%30.0% Resistance to All Elements
  Blight also shoots 4 smaller projectiles that pierce enemies and deal ([2 – 10]% of Weapon Damage) Shadow damage over 3 seconds. (Necromancer-only)
  +[2 – 3] to Blight
  +[1 – 2] to Gloom
  +[3 – 5] to Reaper’s Pursuit
  +[16.0 – 25.0]% Chance for Blight Projectiles to Cast Twice
  
• Lidless Wall
  +619 Armor
  20% Block Chance
  +80% Main Hand Weapon Damage
  +12.6% Total Armor
  Lucky Hit: While you have an active Bone Storm, hitting an enemy outside of a Bone Storm has up to a [15 – 45]% chance to spawn an additional Bone Storm at their location.
  
  Each of your active Sacrifice bonuses increases this chance by 25% and the maximum possible Bone Storms by +1. (Necromancer-only)
  +[26.0 – 35.0]% Bone Storm Duration
  +[2153 – 2962][224 – 296] Armor
  +[1 – 2] to Bone Skills
  [6.0 – 8.0][8.1 – 8.8]% Cooldown Reduction
  
• Path of Trag’Oul
  +413 Armor
  +3 Maximum Evade Charges
  Bone Prison traps a larger area and fires [10 – 30] Bone Splinters at enemies trapped within.
  
  Increase your Maximum Essence by 2 for 10 seconds each time these Bone Splinters hit an enemy. (Necromancer-only)
  +[12.5 – 18.0][15.5 – 26.0]% Movement Speed
  +[1 – 2] to Bone Skills
  +[1500 – 1750][226 – 235] Armor
  [13.0 – 17.5]% Bone Prison Cooldown Reduction
  
• Ring of Mendeln
  +10.0%12.5% Resistance to All Elements
  +10.0%12.5% Shadow Resistance
  Every 6th attack from each Minion is empowered, exploding for ([5 – 9]% of Weapon Damage) Physical damage. (Necromancer-only)
  +[8.0 – 12.5]% Minion Attack Speed
  +1 to Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Skeletal Mage Mastery, and Golem Mastery
  +[29.0 – 42.5]% Damage
  +[76 – 90][107 – 121] Intelligence
  
• Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul
  +10.0%12.5% Resistance to All Elements
  +10.0%12.5% Poison Resistance
  You automatically activate the following equipped Skills on Corpses around you:
  
  • Raise Skeleton every [1.0 – 2.0] seconds.
  
  
  • Corpse Explosion every [1.0 – 2.0] seconds.
  
  
  • Corpse Tendrils every [6.0 – 12.0] seconds.
  (Necromancer-only)
  +[2 – 3] to Grim Harvest
  +[1 – 2] to Corpse Skills
  +[5.0 – 6.0][6.0 – 6.0]% Lucky Hit Chance
  +[12.5 – 18.0][15.5 – 26.0]% Movement Speed
  
• The Mortacrux
  +50.0%10.0%Macabre Damage
  When consuming a Corpse, there is a [10 – 30]% chance to also create a decaying Skeletal Simulacrum that seeks enemies but cannot attack. When it dies, it explodes for (3% of Weapon Damage) Shadow damage.
  
  This effect is treated as a Macabre Skill. (Necromancer-only)
  +[126 – 180] Intelligence
  +[98.0 – 125.0][36.5 – 50.0]% Critical Strike Chance for Corpse Explosion to Deal Double Damage
  + Hewed Flesh also grant a Barrier for[62.5 – 85.0][8.0 – 10.0]% Vulnerable Damage of Maximum Life for4seconds.
  +[3 – 5] to Hewed Flesh
  
• The Unmaker
  +1031 Armor
  Soulrift’s duration is increased by 0.5 seconds for every 30 Essence you spend while it’s active, up to 8 seconds.
  
  Soulrift deals [100 – 200]% of its Shadow damage per second to surrounding enemies for every 30 Essence you gain while its active. (Necromancer-only)
  +[2 – 3] to Soulrift
  [15.5 – 20.0]% Resource Generation
  +[2 – 3] to Imperfectly Balanced
  [13.0 – 17.5]% Damage Reduction while You Have a Barrier
• [ph]scythe_uniq08
  +74.0% Summoning Damage
  Corpse Explosion consumes up to 4 additional Corpses around the initial Corpse, gaining [120 – 160]% damage and [42.0 – 50.0]% Size per additional Corpse consumed. (Necromancer-only)
  +[99 – 113] Intelligence
  +[1 – 2] to Hewed Flesh
  +[1 – 3] to Corpse Skills
  +1.4 to Fueled by Death