Unlock Grave Passage, which teleports you and up to Last Epoch gold 9 minions across the battlefield.

Fully spec into Fire damage, crit chance, and mana-based damage scaling for explosive clears.

Passive Tree Breakdown

Your Necromancer should be Level 100 for full optimization:

Base Acolyte Tree:

Forbidden Knowledge, Dark Rituals, and Unnatural Preservation for resistances, ward retention, and attack speed.

Soul Aegis now grants +400 base armor to all minions - a massive one-point investment.

Necromancer Tree:

Risen Army and Grave Thorns for armor and health scaling with Int/Vitality.

Reclamation of Souls and Soul Conduit for ward generation per minion.

Reaper's Dominion and Ravenous Horde for maximum Skeleton and minion attack speed.

Deathbringer (new node): 10% damage reduction redirected to your lowest-health minion.

Veins of Malice: Sacrifice 5% of your health when casting a spell to give all minions Haste and Frenzy - the key synergy with Dread Shade.

This tree combines both immense offense and defense, letting your army thrive even in 1,000+ corruption.

Gear & Idols

The best part? No mandatory uniqueness.

You can play this build with self-found or traded gear and scale upward.

Core Gear Recommendations:

Helmet: Bone Claimer (T7 Skeleton Mage damage)

Amulet: Death Rattle (minion crit multiplier)

Body Armor: Mantle of Paleok (redirects damage to your Golem)

Weapon: Horn of the Bone Wisp (huge +skills, fire scaling, and spell power)

Offhand: Tolman's Incorrect History of Aterra (+skills, resistances, minion spell damage)

Rings: Double Phantom Grip (minion crit chance + skills)

Belt: Brewmaster's Buckle (vitality, endurance, potion buffs)

Boots: Citadel Boots (massive crit reduction and hybrid health)

Relic: Weaver Acolyte (+4 Skeleton Mage, all minions +1%)

Idols:

One idol with a Chance to summon Flame Wraith (essential for consistent fire scaling).

Fill others with double health and Mark of Death on hit for minions.

Blessings:

Choose based on cheap Last Epoch gold your needs - life, all resistances, endurance, or minion damage are top options.