Necromancer

Corpse Lance Necromancer Build

Pestilence Master's Shroud · Set build · Necromancer

  • Tier B in Season 40
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  • 3 variants

Pestilence Master's Shroud Corpse Lance for the Necromancer: tier B, Season 40, with gear, cube powers, gems and 3 variants.

As of Season 40 · by eRnstl · updated

Changes since Season 39

  • Tier: C → B
  • Kanai's Cube: Weapon: Reilena's Shadowhook → Funerary Pick
  • The fourth cube slot is gone (Season 39 only).
  • New legendary gems: Gogok of Swiftness
  • No longer used: Bane of the Powerful

Active Skills

  1. L Siphon Blood Rune: Power Shift Poison
  2. R Corpse Lance Rune: Brittle Touch Cold
  3. 1 Command Skeletons Rune: Dark Mending Physical
  4. 2 Devour Rune: Voracious
  5. 3 Blood Rush Rune: Molting
  6. 4 Land of the Dead Rune: Frozen Lands

Passive Skills

  • Fueled by Death
  • Final Service
  • Grisly Tribute
  • Blood is Power

Equipment

9 set pieces · 4 legendary items

  • HelmPestilence MaskSetDiamond
  • ShouldersPestilence DefenseSet
  • AmuletSquirt's NecklaceLegendaryBane of the Trapped
  • ChestPestilence RobeSetTopazTopazTopaz
  • GlovesPestilence GlovesSet
  • BracersStrongarm BracersLegendary
  • BeltCaptain Crimson's Silk GirdleSet
  • PantsPestilence IncantationsSetTopazTopaz
  • BootsCaptain Crimson's WadersSet
  • Ring 1Convention of ElementsLegendaryZei's Stone of Vengeance
  • Ring 2Krysbin's SentenceSanctifiedLegendaryGogok of Swiftness
  • Main HandJesseth SkullscytheSetEmerald
  • Off HandJesseth SkullshieldSet

Kanai's Cube

  • WeaponFunerary PickLegendarySiphon Blood drains blood from 2 additional targets. Each target takes 300% increased damage from you unless there is only 1 target, then it gains double the increased damage. The bonus from Siphon Blood - Power Shift is now 20% per stack and benefits all skills.
  • ArmorCorpsewhisper PauldronsLegendary
  • JewelryRing of Royal GrandeurLegendary

Gear Stats

  • Pestilence Mask

    Helm

    Diamond
    • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
    • +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
    • Socket
  • Pestilence Defense

    Shoulders

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
    • Increases Corpse Lance Damage by 10–15%
    • Health Globes and Potions Grant +20,001–29,713 Life. ancient +32,684–38,625
    • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
  • Pestilence Robe

    Chest Armor

    Topaz Topaz Topaz
    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • Increases Corpse Lance Damage by 10–15%
    • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 6–7%
    • Socket
  • Pestilence Gloves

    Gloves

    • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
    • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
    • +141–160 Arcane Resistance ancient +176–210
  • Strongarm Bracers

    Bracers

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    Enemies hit by knockbacks suffer 20–30% increased damage for 6 seconds.
  • Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle

    Belt

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • +10–15% Life
    • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • Pestilence Incantations

    Pants

    Topaz Topaz
    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • +559–595 Armor ancient +654–775
    • Socket
  • Captain Crimson's Waders

    Boots

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
    • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • Squirt's Necklace

    Amulet

    Bane of the Trapped
    • Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51–100%
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
    • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
    • +71–80% Extra Gold from Monsters
    • Socket
    While not taking damage, damage dealt is increased by up to 100% and damage taken is increased by up to 50%.
  • Convention of Elements

    Ring 1

    Zei's Stone of Vengeance
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    • +141–160 Cold Resistance ancient +176–210
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
    • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
    • Socket
    Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This non-static effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
  • Krysbin's Sentence

    Ring 2

    Gogok of Swiftness
    • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
    • +141–160 Fire Resistance ancient +176–210
    • Socket
    You deal 75–100% increased damage against slowed enemies or triple this bonus against enemies afflicted by any other type of control-impairing effect.
  • Jesseth Skullscythe

    Main Hand

    Emerald
    • +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
    • Increases Attack Speed by 5–7%
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 6–10%.
    • +18–20 Maximum Essence
    • +6–10% Damage
    • Socket
  • Jesseth Skullshield

    Off Hand

    • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%
    • Increases damage against elites by 5–8%
    • Reduces damage from elites by 10–11%
    • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
Enchantress

Enchantress

Eirena

Equipment

  • HelmMempo of Twilight
  • ShouldersHoming Pads
  • Chest ArmorTal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
  • GlovesGloves of Worship
  • BeltThe Witching Hour
  • PantsCain's Habit
  • BootsIce Climbers
  • AmuletThe Flavor of Time
  • BracersNemesis Bracers
  • Ring 1Unity
  • Ring 2Oculus Ring
  • Main HandThunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
  • Off HandEmpty
  • Enchantress FocusEmpty

Skills

  1. Level 15
    • Betören
    • Temporaler Impuls (selected)
  2. Level 20
    • Verstärkung
    • Prophetische Harmonie (selected)
  3. Level 25
    • Energieschild (selected)
    • Erosion
  4. Level 30
    • Konzentrierter Geist (selected)
    • Aufschub des Schicksals

Gameplay

The configuration

This setup is stored as a complete build — gear, skills, runes and cube powers work together and are not assembled from individual statistics.

  • Set: Pestilence Master's Shroud
  • Rating: tier B across all classes
  • Kanai's Cube: Funerary Pick, Corpsewhisper Pauldrons, Ring of Royal Grandeur
  • Skills: Siphon Blood (Power Shift), Corpse Lance (Brittle Touch), Command Skeletons (Dark Mending), Devour (Voracious), Blood Rush (Molting), Land of the Dead (Frozen Lands)
  • Passives: Fueled by Death, Final Service, Grisly Tribute, Blood is Power
  • Variants available: GR push, Speed farming, Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts
Use the variant switcher above to move between the versions. What changes between them is spelled out below — read it before you rebuild.

What the set does

This build wears Pestilence Master's Shroud. These bonuses apply once the matching number of set pieces is equipped — the damage multiplier hangs on them, not on the individual stats of the pieces:

  • 2 pieces: Each corpse you consume fires a Corpse Lance at a nearby enemy.
  • 4 pieces: Each enemy you hit with Bone Spear, Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion reduces your damage taken by 3%, up to a maximum of 75%. Lasts 15 seconds.
  • 6 pieces: Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 6,000%. In addition, Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion damage is increased by 6,000%.

How the variants differ

Measured against the push version. Anything not listed here stays the same:

  • Speed farming: swaps in skills Bone Armor (Harvest of Anguish), Corpse Lance (Ricochet), Blood Rush (Potency); cube Messerschmidt's Reaver; gems Bane of the Powerful.
  • Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts: swaps in skills Bone Armor (Harvest of Anguish), Corpse Lance (Ricochet), Blood Rush (Metabolism); cube Messerschmidt's Reaver, Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac; gems Boon of the Hoarder.

Sockets and gems

The 3 legendary gems (Bane of the Trapped, Zei's Stone of Vengeance, Gogok of Swiftness) belong in the jewellery slots (rings and amulet). Urshi can upgrade them after a Greater Rift whether they are socketed, in your inventory or in your stash.

The remaining 7 sockets are filled with regular gems: Topaz (5), Diamond (1) and Emerald (1).

On the season theme

In Season 40, Angelic Crucibles sanctify a legendary item: perfect Ancient-level stats plus one of three powers of your class at random. You can only wear one Sanctified item at a time. None of your class's three powers boosts a skill of this build directly. The Army of the Dead power works regardless of your skill bar. This build sanctifies Krysbin's Sentence, marked in the gear above. Since the power is rolled at random, a Sanctified item can be sanctified again with another Crucible. All powers are listed on the Season 40 page.

FAQ

How good is the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud) in Season 40?

Solid: it is rated tier B across all classes, behind the strongest builds of the season. It ranks #7 of our 9 Necromancer builds this season.

Which skills does the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud) use?

The skill bar holds Siphon Blood, Corpse Lance, Command Skeletons, Devour, Blood Rush.

What goes into Kanai's Cube for the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud)?

Weapon: Funerary Pick, Armor: Corpsewhisper Pauldrons, Jewelry: Ring of Royal Grandeur.

Which legendary gems does the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud) use?

The legendary gems are Bane of the Trapped, Zei's Stone of Vengeance, Gogok of Swiftness.

Which variants of the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud) are there?

3 variants: GR push, Speed farming, Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts. Switch between them with the variant selector above; the differences are listed in the gameplay section.

Which follower suits the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud)?

Recommended follower: Enchantress, equipped with Mempo of Twilight, Gloves of Worship, Homing Pads, Cain's Habit.

Which stats matter for the Corpse Lance Necromancer build (Pestilence Master's Shroud)?

Prioritize these stats: Intelligence, Cooldown Reduction, Vitality, Critical Hit Chance, Attack Speed, Critical Hit Damage.

What are the alternatives for the Necromancer?