[GameSpot] - Diablo 4 - Best Necromancer Paragon Boards And Paragon Glyphs

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The Diablo 4 best Necromancer Paragon options come in different flavors. Some grant amazing bonuses for those who like to focus on undead minions, while others tend to yield highly specific boons that are quite build-defining. Here's our guide to help you with the best Necromancer Paragon Boards and Paragon Glyphs in Diablo 4.

The best Necromancer Paragon Boards and Paragon Glyphs in Diablo 4

Before we discuss the best Diablo 4 Necromancer Paragon Boards and Paragon Glyphs, make sure that you're already familiar with the related mechanics mentioned in our Paragon System guide. Here's a quick summary:

• Reaching and unlocking a Board Attachment Gate lets you choose a new Paragon Board.
• Each Paragon Board has its own Legendary Node, which can bolster a specific build significantly. We've outlined this mechanic further by denoting the best boards (the ones you should prioritize) and optional boards (the ones that you can pick much later after unlocking your last two gates).
• Paragon Glyphs, meanwhile, tend to drop randomly. They also need to be placed in a socket (i.e. red slot), and its location is entirely dependent on the type of board you pick.
• Paragon Glyphs have a default effect and bonus effect, which becomes activated upon reaching attribute/stat requirements via other nodes and gear pieces. You may also level up a Paragon Glyph further by completing Nightmare Dungeons.

We should also note that our Diablo 4 Necromancer Paragon guide focuses primarily on what we discussed in our best builds guide. Specifically, we're looking at those that will either boost a Summoner spec (i.e. heavy reliance on minions) or Bone Skills spec.

The Control glyph might be one of the best for the class, especially due to the crowd control options (i.e. Cold Skeletal Mages and Corpse Tendrils).

Best Necromancer Paragon Boards

These are the best Necromancer Paragon Boards in Diablo 4, which are still dependent on your build. The ones listed here should be prioritized as your first two board picks.

Summoner Boards

Cult Leader - +15% minion damage for each type that you have active; applies to Skeletal Warriors, Skeletal Mages, and Golem.

Hulking Monstrosity - The Golem gains +40% maximum life and +30% damage.

Bone Spear Boards

Bone Graft - +1% damage and +3 maximum Essence when you hit enemies with Bone Skills; lasts eight seconds; stacks up to +7.5% damage and +22.5 maximum Essence.

Boards for Both

Bloodbath - Attacks that are guaranteed to Overpower deal +50% Overpower damage.

• This is viable for Bone Spear builds, as well as a Hemo + Blood Surge combo (you'll Sacrifice the Golem so you won't need to take Hulking Monstrosity).

Optional Necromancer Paragon Boards

These can be selected much later once you've picked your first two board options.

Scent of Death -+15% damage reduction when there are at least two corpses nearby; +15% increased damage when there are no corpses nearby.

• This is primarily used for the damage reduction, which should have high uptime due to Hewed Flesh. It's also great for builds that rely on Corpse Explosion.

Blood Begets Blood - Blood Orbs grant +15% increased damage, up to 15% for five seconds.

• Viable for builds that can generate Blood Orbs rapidly, such as Hemo + Blood Surge or Hemo + Bone Spear. The Corpse Tendrils perk can also generate Blood Orbs.

Cult Leader is the top board choice for anyone who likes having a lot of undead minions.

Best Necromancer Paragon Glyphs

As for the best Necromancer Paragon Glyphs in Diablo 4, we also look at some options for the two main builds: Summoner and Bone Spear. Hopefully, you can get these to drop for you soon, so you can level them up further in Nightmare Dungeons.

General Glyphs

Control

• Bonus: For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, gain increased damage to crowd controlled targets.
• Additional: You and your minions deal +10% increased damage to slowed or chilled enemies; +20% damage to stunned or frozen enemies; requires 40 Intelligence.
• Easily one of the best Necromancer Glyphs regardless of the build. This procs often if you're a Summoner with Cold Skeletal Mages. It can also be triggered by the stun from Corpse Tendrils.

Essence

• Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, Core Skills gain increased critical damage.
• Additional - Critical strikes deal +22% increased damage to enemies that are not healthy; requires 25 Dexterity.
• This is a good option to have once you have other priority glyphs leveled up.

Territorial

• Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal increased damage to close targets.
• Additional: +10% damage reduction against close enemies; requires 25 Dexterity.
• This is a great pick for survivability and DPS.

Summoner Build Glyphs

Deadraiser

• Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain a bonus to their minion damage dealt and minion damage reduction modifiers.
• Additional: Whenever you or your minions damage a target, that target takes increased damage (up to 12% for 10 seconds).
• One of the best Diablo 4 Necromancer Glyph for those who have a lot of undead minions. Note that the Abyssal and Mage Glyphs are also viable. However, you're probably better off taking the General Glyphs mentioned above.

Bone Spear Build Glyphs

Sacrificial

• Bonus: Grants a bonus to all Magic Nodes within range.
• Additional: Deal increased damage while you have no active minions.
• This is one of the better picks for Bone Spear builds that have all minions Sacrificed.

In any case, these are what we consider as the best Necromancer Paragon Boards and Paragon Glyphs in Diablo 4. We'll surely add more once we've experimented with other builds for the class.

Diablo 4 has numerous classes, mechanics, and activities. For more about the game, you can visit our D4 guides hub.

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