The Diablo 4 team is back with another major update to the game, and among a ton of class balance changes, we are also finally getting the Gauntlet weekly challenge dungeon. Players will finally be able to test their builds and try to claim the top spots on the leaderboard each week. Patch 1.3.3 is also going to provide opportunities for new builds to become part of the meta, with a wide array of balance changes coming to every class in the game. This update is set to launch on March 5th, and one of the big winners in terms of buffs is definitely the Necromancer.
The Necromancer is not only receiving adjustments to many of their skills, passives, and Paragon nodes, but also huge buffs to all of their minions. Players have requested this change for many seasons, and it's finally coming to the game. In this article, we are going to go over the full list of Necromancer changes coming to Diablo 4 with Patch 1.3.3.
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Diablo 4 Patch 1.3.3 - All Necromancer Changes
Patch 1.3.3 is bringing buffs to all Necromancer minions in the game by significantly increasing their damage and life pools. Only time will tell if these changes are going to bring the minion builds up to par with the rest of the options, but we are going to remain optimistic for now. Balance changes are also coming to many other Necromancer skills, with Blood Surge, Sever, Blight, and more abilities receiving buffs, which aim to increase the build diversity of the class. Here are all of the Necromancer changes that are coming with Patch 1.3.3 on March 5th:
Book of the Dead
Skeleton Warrior
- Damage increased by 30%.
- Life increased by 10%.
Skeleton Reaper
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
Skeleton Frost Mage
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
Skeleton Shadow Mage
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
Skeleton Sacrifice Mage
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
Golem
- Basic Attack Damage increased by 30%.
- Life increased by 20%.
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Skills
- Damage bonus per enemy drained reduced from x10% to x5%.
- Nova damage increased by 40%.
- Supernatural Blood Surge Damage bonus increased from [x]20% to [x]30%.
Developer's Note: The goals of this change are to reduce the opportunity cost of using Blood Surge against fewer numbers of enemies as well as increasing its overall power, even in scenarios of hitting multiple enemies.
- Outgoing Damage increased by 6.5%.
- Returning damage increased by 20%.
- Enhanced Sever Damage increased from 40% to 75% of Sever's initial damage.
- Paranormal Sever Vulnerable duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
- Impact damage increased by 33.3%.
- Damage over time increased by 10.5%.
- Paranormal Blight Immobilize duration increased from 1.5 to 2.5 seconds.
- Supernatural Blight Damage bonus increased from [x]15% to [x]20%.
- Damage increased by 21.5%.
- Plagued Corpse Explosion Damage bonus increased from 8% to 10%.
- Previous: Enemies inside Bone Prison are Vulnerable.
New: Enemies inside of Bone Prison when cast are made Vulnerable for 8 seconds.
- Damage increased by 25%.
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Passives
- Previous: You deal 4%[x] increased damage to Distant enemies.
- New: Gain 4/8/12% Movement Speed.
- Previous: Gain .1/.2/.3 Thorns.
- New: Gain 0.1/0.2/0.3 Thorns and 5/10/15% additional Armor.
- Damage Reduction from Close enemies increased from 3/6/9% to 4/8/12%.
- Damage bonus increased from 10/20/30% to 15/30/45%
- Previous: Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for 1 Second.
- New: Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun enemies for 1/2/3 seconds and deal .2 Shadow damage to them.
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Paragon
Cult Leader Legendary Node
- Minion Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15% per 20% Attack Speed
- You and your Minions deal 10%[x] increased Physical Damage and you gain 1% Movement Speed for each active Minion
Legendary Aspects
- Damage reduction also applies to the player in addition to their Minions.
- Damage of Blood Surge echoes changed from 60-50% less damage to 10-30% less damage.
And those were the full list of Necromancer changes that are coming to Diablo 4 with Patch 1.3.3. With so many skill adjustments and the significant minion buffs, we can't wait to see what kind of new builds are going to enter the Season 3 meta. Hopefully, some of them manage to be competitive in the new Gauntlet weekly challenge dungeon that is also coming to Diablo 4 on March 5th. For more Diablo 4 content, make sure to check out the rest of our website!
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