In this Diablo 4 Spirit Wave build guide, we are going to review one of the most versatile and strong Necromancer class builds. Now let’s jump into the core mechanics, skill priorities, best gear, and strategies that make Spirit Wave Necromancer stand out in Diablo IV Season of Hatred Rising.
4.9Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necromancer Overview
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necromancer build focuses on unleashing strong waves of damage by utilizing the Bone and Blood skills of the Necromancer class. It will include minions and curses to increase the total damage and control. This build centers around maximizing the use of the Blood Wave ability, which shoots several waves causing billions of damage, enabled by the Tidal Aspect which adds more waves to this. It’s a build that will fit, punching high-tier Nightmare Dungeons.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Strengths and Weaknesses
Like any other build, Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Build has several good and bad sides. Let’s outline them:
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
| ✅Survivability | ⛔️Requires a unique item to play |
| ✅Good for Nightmare Dungeons push | ⛔️Requires legendary aspects |
| ✅Amazing AoE damage | ⛔️Resource management |
The Spirit Wave provides a build that centers itself around harnessing the power of the ethereal spirits to overwhelm enemies with waves of damage while keeping battlefield control through summoned minions and debuffs.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Build Requirements
The Spirit Wave build doesn’t require much, but without this item and its associated Aspects, it becomes unplayable. In the list below you can find the requirements for Spirit Wave:
- Blood Artisan’s Cuirass — without this chest, the build won’t work.
Also, you need these two aspects too:
- Fastblood Aspect — reduce the cooldown of blood orbs.
- Aspect of Gore Quills — making a blood lance when you consume blood orbs.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Skill Tree
To fully reveal the potential of your build, you need to choose the right skills. Below, you can find the required Diablo IV Spirit Wave skills:
Follow the skill point allocation provided in the Skill Tree above to complete the base 71-point build. For reaching level 60 you will receive 59 skill points, the remaining 12 skill points can be earned through the Renown system, and our team can help you with Renown Farm with our service.
Our main skills:
In the same order they will be conveniently placed on the skill bar, but you can always put them as it will be good for you.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Active Skills
Here we have a list of our main active skills, to get them you need to spend your skill points like in the table below:
| Skill | Modifier | Points | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemorrhage | Enhanced Hemorrhage | 1/ | Basic |
| Blood Lance | Paranormal Blood Lance | 1/ | Core |
| Blight | Supernatural Blight | 1/ | Core |
| Blood Mist | None | 1/ | Corpse |
| Decrepify | Abhorrent Decrepify | 1/ | Curse |
| Corpse Tendrils | Blighted Corpse Tendrils | 1/ | Macabre |
| Bone Spirit | Ghastly Bone Spirit | 5/5 | Macabre |
| Blood Wave | Supreme Blood Wave | 5/5 | Ultimate |
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Passive Skills
So we also have a list of passive skills that we need for the Spirit Wave build:
| Skill | Modifier | Points | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unliving Energy | Imperfectly Balanced | 3/ | Core |
| Hewed Flesh | Imperfectly Balanced | 1/3 | Core |
| Necrotic Fortitude | None | 3/3 | Corpse |
| Titan’s Fall | None | 3/3 | Corpse |
| Spiked Armor | None | 1/3 | Corpse |
| Death’s Embrace | None | 3/3 | Curse |
| Precision Decay | None | 1/5 | Curse |
| Bone Spirit > Compound Fracture | Evulsion | 3/3 | Macabre |
| Finality | Memento Mori | 3/3 | Ultimate |
| Stand Alone | Memento Mori | 3/3 | Ultimate |
| Inspiring Leader | None | 3/3 | Ultimate |
| Ossified Essence | None | 1/1 | Key Passives |
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Rotation
Here you can find the rotation for Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Build:
- Corpse Tendrils.
- Blight to do more damage to them.
- Blood Wave core attack skill to generate Blood Orbs.
- Blood Lance to consume Blood Orbs which prock Bone Spirit.
- Decrepify for slow enemies.
- Blood Mist your save button press it when you close to death.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Book of the Dead
Since Spirit Wave build is all about dealing devastating damage to yourself and not relying on minions, we give up all summons for Lilith Powers so that we can have more power to ourselves.
- Melee Skeletons Defenders: give their life for a huge boost to resistances that helps to somewhat make up for using weaker defensive stats on gear.
- Instead, the sacrificed Mage Skeletons are Cold Mages that contribute to additional damage against Vulnerable enemies-a very important status effect in this build.
- With the Golem being sacrificed a large amount of critical strike damage is gained to take this build’s offense to a whole new level.
This approach maximizes your Spirit Wave Necromancer’s damage potential by focusing entirely on personal output and without managing a minion army.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Best Gear
In this table, we compiled information on the Diablo 4 Best Gear for Spirit Wave build. Some of the following aspects you can change, just keep the main ones Fastblood Aspect and Aspect of Gore Quills.
| Gear Slot | Gems | Aspect / Unique | Legendary Aspect / Unique Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helm | Grand Topaz | Heir of Perdition | Succumb to hatred and earn Mother’s Favor, increasing your damage dealt by x60%. Briefly steal Mother’s Favor from Nearby allies by slaughtering enemies. This can easily be replaced by Aspect of Disobedience to help with armor during progression before you get this Mythic Unique. |
| Chest | Zan + Ohm | Blood Artisan’s Cuirass | When you pick up 10-3 Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current life percent. |
| Gloves | N/A | Aspect of Gore Quills | Casting Blood Lance will consume Blood Orbs to also conjure lances from them. Each additional Blood Lance deals x% of normal damage and prioritizes targeting un-lanced enemies. |
| Pants | Tam + Xal | Aspect of Hardened Bones | You and your Minions gain x% increased Damage Reduction. |
| Boots | N/A | Aspect of the Cursed Aura | A dark aura surrounds you, inflict Decrepify and Iron Maiden on enemies who touch it. Curses inflicted this way spread to surrounding targets every 2.5-0.3 seconds and last 4 seconds outside the aura. |
| Weapon 1H (Sword) | Royal Emerald | Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen | Whenever your Blood Skills Overpower you gain x% Attack Speed for 4 seconds. |
| Off-hand | Royal Emerald | Tidal Aspect | Blood Wave fires two additional waves, each dealing x% of normal damage. |
| Amulet (50% Scaling) | Any Resistance Gem | Fastblood Aspect | Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by 1-3 seconds. |
| Ring | Any Resistance Gem | Aspect of Serration | The Ossified Essence Key Passive also increases the Critical Strike Damage of your Bone Skills by x1% per Essence above 50, up to x25-45%. |
| Ring | Any Resistance Gem | Sacrificial Aspect | Your Sacrifice bonuses are increased by x35-55%. |
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Gear Stats
In this section of Gear Stats, we will point out the most relevant attributes and affixes that help in empowering the Gear Stats for Spirit Wave Necromancer. The priorities of the right stats will be important to reach higher damage output, better survivability, and resource management while progressing through tougher content. Here we have a table with Spirit Wave stat priority:
| Slot | Targeted Gear Affixes | Tempering Affixes |
|---|---|---|
| Gloves | 1. Maximum Life 2. Ranks to Core Skill 3. Attack Speed | Blood Finesse Blood Attack Speed Profane Innovation Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Pants | 1. Maximum Life 2. Armor 3. Resistance to all elements | Worldly Endurance Total Armor Profane Innovation Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Maximum Life 3. Ranks to Bone Spirit | Natural Motion Movement Speed Bone Innovation Bone Spirit Explosion Size |
| Amulet | 1. #% Increased Intelligence 2. Ranks to Evulsion 3. Ranks to Amplify Damage | Bone Finesse Bone Critical Strike Damage Necromancer Efficiency Ultimate Cooldown Reduction |
| Ring #1 | 1. Maximum Life 2. Intelligence 3. Lucky Hit: Up to X% chance to make enemies vulnerable for 2 seconds. | Bone Finesse Bone Critical Strike Damage Necromancer Efficiency Ultimate Cooldown Reduction |
| Ring #2 | 1. Maximum Life 2. Intelligence 3. Attack Speed | Bone Finesse Bone Critical Strike Damage Necromancer Efficiency Ultimate Cooldown Reduction |
| 1H-Weapon (Sword) | 1. Maximum Life 2. Critical Strike Damage 3. Intelligence | Bone Augments Chance for Bone Spirit to Deal Double Damage Bone Finesse Bone Critical Strike Damage |
| Off-hand (Focus) | 1. Lucky Hit Chance 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Cooldown Reduction | Bone Augments Chance for Bone Spirit to Deal Double Damage Bone Finesse Bone Critical Strike Damage |
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Aspects
We are going to look at the most important Legendary Aspects to make this build shine. The following Aspects will be needed to maximize damage output, improve survivability, and enhance resource management so that the Spirit Wave Necromancer to be fully realized. Below you will see a list of priorities for the Diablo 4 Spirit Wave build using the best Legendary Aspects:
- Aspect of Gore Quills — Casting Blood Lance will consume Blood Orbs to also conjure lances from them. Each additional Blood Lance deals x% of normal damage and prioritizes targeting un-lanced enemies.
- Aspect of Hardened Bones — You and your Minions gain x% increased Damage Reduction.
- Aspect of the Cursed Aura — A dark aura surrounds you, inflict Decrepify and Iron Maiden on enemies who touch it. Curses inflicted this way spread to surrounding targets every 2.5-0.3 seconds and last 4 seconds outside the aura.
- Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen — Whenever your Blood Skills Overpower you gain x% Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
- Tidal Aspect — Blood Wave fires two additional waves, each dealing x% of normal damage.
- Fastblood Aspect — Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by 1-3 seconds.
- Aspect of Serration — The Ossified Essence Key Passive also increases the Critical Strike Damage of your Bone Skills by x1% per Essence above 50, up to x25-45%.
- Sacrificial Aspect — Your Sacrifice bonuses are increased by x35-55%.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Unique Items
The unique item recommended for the Spirit Wave build, without which the build becomes unplayable, is described below:
- Blood Artisan’s Cuirass — When you pick up Blood Orbs, spawn free Bone Spirit, and deal bonus damage based on your current Life percent.
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Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Mythic Uniques
For this Spirit Wave build we can recommend two items, but you can easily replace them with the aspects, listed below:
- Heir of Perdition — Situational decision, can be replaced by Aspect of Disobedience to help with armor.
- Doombringer — This is undeniably the best weapon for the build, easily replacing the Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Gems
You need Gems to empower your armor, and this little table shows the best Gems for Spirit Wave build:
| Weapon Gems | Armor Gems | Jewelry Gems |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Emerald for Crit Damage. | Grand Topaz for increased Intelligence. | Royal Amethyst Royal Sapphire Royal Ruby Grand Skull |
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Runes
Runes is a new mechanic in Diablo 4, where you can combine 2 Runewords into one and get a significant buff. Here we have a table with the best Runewords for Spirit Wave build:
| Runeword Combination | Effect |
|---|---|
| Tam + Xal | Gain 25 Offering when casting a non-Channeled Core Skill. Gain 20% Maximum Life for 6 seconds which requires 200 Offering. |
| Zan + Ohm | Gain 150 Offering when casting an Ultimate Skill. For 600 Offering you’ll evoke the Barbarian’s War Cry increasing your Movement and damage dealt. |
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Mercenaries
Mercenaries bring that added layer of power to your character. For our preferred setup within this build, we would recommend Subo as the mercenary and Varyana as the reinforcement. This will provide maximum effectiveness and synergy to help you in combat. Here we have a list of their skills:
Hired Mercenary: Subo.
Reinforcement Mercenary: Varyana.
- Bloodthirst.
- Opportunity Skill: Bloodthirst Cast – Whenever the player casts any skill in combat.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Paragon Boards
Paragon Boards are reworked in Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred. Now they unlock on level 60, and you get one paragon point from one level (instead of 3). You will get 300 levels and 328 total paragon points (24 from renown and 4 from Althars of Lilith).
📌 Keep in mind paragon levels are shared across the characters.
Here we have 5 Spirit Wave Paragon Boards:
Diablo IV Spirit Wave Paragon 1
Diablo IV Spirit Wave Paragon 2
Diablo IV Spirit Wave Paragon 3
Diablo IV Spirit Wave Paragon 4
Diablo IV Spirit Wave Paragon 5
Paragon Levels are the endgame mechanic that allows you to empower your character and make your build more situational. We can help you get the desired Paragon Level, and you will skip the farming phase.
Diablo 4 Spirit Wave Necro Glyph Leveling Priorities
When you progress through your Spirit Wave Paragon Board you open normal nodes, and legendary nodes some such nodes have slots for glyphs. You can put your glyphs in them, which you can upgrade in dungeons.
| To Level 15 | To Level 46 |
|---|---|
| Essence | Essence |
| Sacrificial | Sacrificial |
| Corporeal | Exploit |
| Exploit | Corporeal |
| Control | Control |
4.9In conclusion, Spirit Wave Necromancer is going to be a real force in Diablo 4. Learning to balance between Spirit Waves of offense and Minions of defense will let you run the most challenging content with ease in this game. You’re not only dealing high damage output, but you also get survivability with this build, so it can adapt to different situations. Whether commanding an army of the undead or dispatching one’s enemies with spiritual energy, the Spirit Wave Necromancer certainly brings a unique, rewarding twist into play. So gear up, refine those strategies, and watch the enemies fall in front of the ghostly onslaught!
