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Diablo 2 skeleton vs skeleton mage7/12/2023 (Picture: Blizzard)īelow is the full list of buffs that you get when you sacrifice any of the Skeletal Summons: Skeletal Warrior You can also sacrifice the ability to summon one or more of your Skeletal warriors for a permanent stat buff. Simply put, instead of upgrading your summoned creature with one of the abilities shown above, you have a third option, to sacrifice the creature/the ability to summon it for a powerful and permanent buff as long as the creature remains sacrificed. Last but not least, we come to the final ability that the Book of the Dead employs, which is the sacrifice mechanic. Diablo 4 Necromancer Book of the Dead Sacrifice Mechanic Upgrade 2 - Your Golem Slam attack also makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.Upgrade 1 - Every 5th Golem attack causes a shockwave, dealing 16% damage to the primary enemy and the enemies behind them.Upgrade 2 - While healthy, your Golem gains 25% damage reduction and x25% increased damage.Upgrade 1 - Your Golem absorbs 15% of the damage you would take.Upgrade 2 - Your Golem gains 10% maximum Life, and the amount of thorns they inherit from you is increased to 50%.Upgrade 1 - Each time your Goelm takes up to 20% of its max life as damage, it sheds a corpse.Upgrade 2 - Each time a Bone Mage dies from its attack, they leave behind a corpse and Fortify you for #.After being alive for 5 seconds, Bone mages deal 40% increased damage. Upgrade 1 - Reduce the life cost of your Bone Mages attacks from 15% to 10%.Upgrade 2 - Enemies who are frozen by or damaged while frozen by your Cold MAges primary attack will be made Vulnerable for 3 seconds.Upgrade 1 - Each time your Cold Mage damages enemies with their primary attack, you gain x2 essence.Upgrade 2 - Shadow Mages fire an additional shadow bolt every 6th attack.This cannot happen on the same enemy more than once every 5 seconds. Upgrade 1 - Shadow Mage attacks have a 10% chance to Stun for 2.13 seconds.Upgrade 2 - Reapers have a 10% chance to carve flesh off enemies, forming a corpse.Upgrade 1 - Reaper attacks against enemies who are immobilized, Slowed, Stunned or vulnerable reduce the cooldown of their powerful wind-up attack by 2 seconds.Upgrade 2 - Increase the number of thorns that Defenders inherit from you to 50%.Upgrade 1 - Every 8 seconds, your defenders negate the next instance of direct damage they are dealt.Upgrade 2 - Each time you Critically Strike, your Skirmishers Warriors' next attack Critically Strikes as well.Upgrade 1 - You can raise one additional Skirmisher Warrior.So below, we've broken down the full list of upgrades that each summon has to help you see the bigger picture: Each type of Skeleton summon can be upgraded to suit your needs and play style. So, for instance, the Cold Skeletal Mage will have upgrades that grant you essence when enemies are damaged, or its second upgrade, which states that enemies who get attacked while frozen are made vulnerable for a short time. Diablo 4 Necromancer Book of the Dead UpgradesĮach of the Skeletal summons that the Necromancer uses will have two upgrades that will boost its main battle specialty. You can now upgrade each sub-class of summon, letting you customize them to suit your play style and battle needs. However, it doesn't stop there because the Book of the Dead gives you the ability to customize these summoned creatures more than ever before. Blood Golems - Health-stealing abilities.Reapers - Scythe-wielding creatures that have a slower attack, deals AoE in front of them, and have a wind-up attack that deals a high amount of damage.Defenders - Sword and board wielders that have bonus Life.Skirmishers - Fast-attacking and have increased damage but reduced Life.Below are the Specifications for each of the summoned creatures that the Necromancer can access thanks to its Book of the Dead ability. (Picture: Blizzard)Įach of the undead summons types can then be subdivided into three of their distinct types, which makes it far more flexible than before. The Necromancers Book of the Dead allows you to summon three kinds of Skeletal warriors to fight on your side. This allows the Necromancer to summon three kinds of undead to aid them, the Skeletal Warriors, Skeletal Mages, and the Golem. However, this time they are channeled through the Necromancer's unique class skill, the Book of the Dead. Similar to past Diablo titles, the Necromancer can still summon undead to aid them in battle. We will consistently update this article to bring you the latest possible information. Note*: The Diablo 4 Necromancer Book of the Dead information in this article is from Open Beta weekends and can change at launch. Update on 5 April 2023: The Diablo 4 Open Beta has now ended, and we look towards the game's full launch on 6 June 2023 or 2 June for those with Early Access.
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