Diablo Immortal: Best Corpse Explosion Necromancer Build

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Many veterans of the Necromancer class will recall that Corpse Explosion was the ultimate endgame build. Despite Poison Nova and Summoners getting the love while leveling, Corpse Explosion was the way to go. But with a cap on the damage from successive bodies in Diablo Immortal, is that still the way to go?

It is certainly a viable build, from beginning to end. Although Diablo Immortal doesn't cram the screen full of enemies with corpses to explode, this build takes full advantage of the skills and gear available, assuring the Necromancer gamers that it is still possible to have a literal blast on the way to the top of the leaderboards.

Due to several factors, like gear, skills, reforging, and upgrades, it is impossible to list the exact quantities for many of the numbers detailed here. Any variable number has been replaced with an 'X' to signify its potential to change.

Skill Selection

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Slot	Skill	Description
Primary Skill	Soulfire	Throw a ball of Soulfire that explodes when it strikes an enemy, inflicting X damage to the target and X% as much to all other nearby enemies.
Skill	Corpse Explosion	Detonate all corpses in the target area, each corpse dealing X damage to all nearby enemies. Enemies struck by multiple simultaneous explosions take X% cumulatively reduced damage for each additional hit.
Skill	Command Skeletons	Active: Command your skeletal champions to charge to a location and increase attack speed by X% for X seconds. Passive: Raise a skeletal champion every X seconds to a max of X. Skeletal champions deal X damage per attack.
Skill	Skeletal Mage	Summon an immobile skeletal mage for X seconds that throws bolts of Soulfire in a direction, each dealing X damage to all enemies in the bolt's path. You may not command more than X total skeletal champions and skeletal mages.
Skill	Command Golem	Summon a bone golem for X seconds. When summoned, it will deal X damage to all nearby enemies and Stun them for X seconds. While it is active, you can order the golem to leap to a nearby location, where it will deal damage and force all nearby monsters to attack it for X seconds.

Though this may initially look like a Summoner build, the Corpse Explosion Necromancer requires corpses. Most boss fights have no minions around, so this requires the Necromancer to bring their own corpses along. Let these undead minions die, then detonate their bodies.

Gear

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The bulk of gamers will be hunting down their ideal pieces of legendary gear after taking the time to beat the game. But don't forget to track down the set bonus pieces after choosing them from the list. A complete set gives three additional effects, on par with the legendary bonuses from the regular gear.

Primary Gear

Slot	Piece	Legendary Effect
Head	Skullveil	Skeletal Mage duration increased by X%.
Chest	They Rest Everywhere	Corpse Explosion radius increased by X%.
Shoulders	Synod's Anointing	Skeletal Mage charges increased by X%.
Legs	N/A	No legendary gear yet exists in this slot that boosts this build's skills.
Main Hand	Clotburst	Corpse Explosion damage increased by X%.
Off Hand	The Prong	Decreases time required to raise new skeletal champions by 30%

While it's totally fine to increase the damage done by the summoned units, make sure to never buff their survivability or decrease their quantity. Their purpose, after all, is to die.

Set Items

Set Bonus	2/6 Effect	4/6 Effect	6/6 Effect
Shepherd's Call To Wolves	Your summons deal X% more damage.	Critical Hit Chance increased by X% for each of your summons, up to a maximum of X%.	Your summons enters a frenzied state for X seconds each time one of them critically hits. The frenzied state increases their damage and Attack Speed by X%. Cannot occur more often than once every X seconds.

Although the summoned units are not the primary damage source for the build, having them do as much damage as possible before they die and succumb to Corpse Explosion is a shot in the arm for the Necromancer's DPS.

Reforge Bonuses

Diablo Immortal looking At Reforge Stones From The Vendor

Even for paid players, reforge attribute bonuses can be guided, but are not guaranteed completely. With enough rerolls, any player can eventually get the exact attribute they want, but this will take time and luck, even for those who have the money. Therefore, several different attributes have been listed within the same family, in order of preference.

Family Bonus

Family	Family Attribute
Ravager	You have a X% chance when you defeat an enemy to cause the corpse to explode, damaging all nearby enemies.

Adding more corpse explosions to a Corpse Explosion build? The Ravager is a natural fit for the Necromancer.

Attributes

Preference	Attribute
First	Damage done by summons increased by X%.
Second	Damage to elite enemies increased by X%.
Third	Life Regeneration increased by X%.

Much as the case with other portions of this guide, if there isn't anything that directly benefits Corpse Explosion, buff the summon damage. However, be careful in this Ravager family as there is an attribute that reduces summon damage taken; that's a direct problem for this build.

Gems

There are two kinds of gems to consider for this build: the legendary gems and the regular gems. Players of all income levels will be using this guide, so there are three charts for legendary gems to choose from. Probability demands that even paying for an advantage will still make it tough to get the right gems, so feel free to mix and match from the charts based on the character's most valuable stats.

Legendary Gems

5-Star Gem	Effect
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to X% and your Movement Speed by X%, with less damage bonus the lower your Life, to a minimum of X%.
Bottled Hope	Using a skill to grant a buff increases the target's damage done and movement speed by X% for X seconds. Cannot occur more often than once every X seconds per target.
Echoing Shade	Your attacks have a X% chance to summon a shadow clone for X seconds that gains some of your abilities.
Howler's Call	Your Primary Attack has a X% chance to summon a charging spirit wolf that inflicts X% base damage +X to all enemies in its path. Cannot occur more often than once every X seconds.
Seeping Bile	Your attacks have a X% chance to poison enemies, inflicting X% base damage +X every second for X seconds. This poison spreads to nearby enemies if the victim dies. Cannot affect the same target more often than once every X seconds.
Zwenson's Haunting	When you defeat an enemy, summon a dark beast to attack nearby enemies, dealing X% base damage +X to all nearby enemies. Cannot occur more than once every X seconds.

With all the boosts to summoned units in this build, don't be afraid to grab as many legendary gems that summon units as possible.

2-Star Gem	Effect
Bloody Reach	Increases all damage you deal by X% for every X yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum increase of X% at X yards.
Cutthroat's Grin	Gain X% increase Critical Hit Chance when attacking from behind.
Fervant Fang	Each time you deal damage to an enemy, that enemy now takes X% increased from your attacks, up to a maximum increase of X% at X stacks.
Follower's Burden	Increases all damage you deal by X% for each summon you control, up to a maximum increase of X%
Lightning Core	Your Primary Attacks and movement slowly charge you up with electricity. When fully charged, your next Primary Attack will release chain lightning, dealing X% base damage +X to nearby enemies. Cannot occur more often than once every X seconds.
Unity Crystal	You and all party members take X% reduced damage per additional party member within X yards of you.

The only 2-star gems avoided here belong mostly to tanking and melee character builds. All the rest can be of at least some assistance to a Corpse Explosion Necromancer.

1-Star Gem	Effect
Berserker's Eye	Increases all damage you deal by X%, but increases all damage you take by X%.
Ca'arsen's Invigoration	Increases the speed of your Primary Attack by X%.
Chained Death	Increases damage done by your attacks by X% per target hit, up to a maximum of X% with X targets.
Everlasting Torment	Your critical hits inflict agony, dealing X% base damage +X every second for X seconds. Each enemy can only be affected by this once every X seconds.
Freedom And Devotion	Increases the duration of your summons by X%.
Seled's Weakening	Gain X% increased damage for X seconds after killing an Elite monster.

While the 1-star gems might not seem like anything to write home about, several of these have even more utility for the Corpse Explosion build than the ones ranked higher. Due to Resonance perks, it's always better to have more stars, but don't feel any pressure to move on from these unless it's absolutely necessary.