Necromancer

Necromancers are very powerful early in the game (until about Plane of Dragons), but they become relatively worse later in the game. Completing the Caster's Guild quest gives the Necromancer access to Fireblade v2's to give his pet. A Necromancer pet with Fireblade v2's can easily solo Plane of Time and QVic. For this reason, it might not be a bad idea to start your EZServer experience with a necromancer in your crew.

***One note: NOT adding a mana necklace to a progressing necromancer is akin to NOT adding ninjastrike augments to a monk on EZ. You dont HAVE to, but its rather silly to not do so!***

However, later you will need to change your approach to make a necro competitive dps. Necromancers have the ability to earn the 'Death' spells by visiting the Roaming Gnome in the Caster's Guild. He will give you a task based around your level to help you unlock the ranks of 'Death'. This spell will cast four DoTs (Unholy Shackles, Insinuations of Mori, Kiss of Corath, and Hungering Pyre) matching the rank of 'Death' (i.e. Death II casts rank 2 of all four spells). In addition, if a player has not yet visited the Surefall 'Trainer' (Spells And Discs) to learn 'Epidemic' they need to do so. 'Epidemic' will spread any level 70 and above DoT to ALL nearby hostile NPCs. One could cast multiple ranks of 'Death' and then pop 'Epidemic' to create a disgusting wave of sickness to all nearby NPCs.

While on paper this makes for some powerful AE dots, in practice, in a box team, the necros are still fairly limited, unless you find specific circumstances. The only way necros shine for AE dps with the above method is, as Hate stated, to stack multiple ranks of 'Death' with epidemic on larger pulls. However, unless you either pull a very high hitpoint mob along with the mass numbers of trash, or have a very, very low DPS team you will barely have time to land 'Epidemic' and even one rank of 'Death' before the mob dies. Even so the necro doesnt have much time to do a lot of AE dps before any mob you can mass pull will die. However, this may change with newer content, or as the game is tweaked.

The bottom line is necros can be viable, but this viability is dependant on specific circumstances. Still, if you arent into min/max and enjoy some variety they can be a fun class to add!

Dark Elf Necromancer using an Illthidae Curse Staff from Abyss

Primary Uses

• Pet DPS - See Pet Scaling for information on how other EZ items affect them.
• Damage over time spells
• Lifetaps / Nukes

Epic Effect

Summon Necromancer Pet

Recommended Quests

• Ornate War Sword (AKA Fireblade v3)
• Mana Necklace
• Summoner's Pack
• Spell: Defensive Boon
• Spell: Death

EZ Custom Spells

Spell	Drop Location	Research Element	Description
Spell: Defensive Boon	Quest	Quest	Increases Pet HP and melee mitigation
Spell: Insinuations of Mori	P1 Qvic	Disease	DoT
Spell: Call of the Lifeless	P2 Cazic Thule	Magic+Disease+Poison	Self mana and HP regen
Spell: Unholy Shackles	P2 Cazic Thule	Magic+Disease	Snare and DoT
Spell: Cloak of the Night	P2 Cazic Thule	Magic	Self HP, Magic Resist and Melee mitigation buff
Spell: Hungering Pyre	T1/T2 Plane of Dragons	Fire	DoT
Spell: Kiss of Corath	T1/T2 Plane of Dragons	Poison	DoT
Spell: Insinuations of Mori II	T1/T2 Plane of Dragons	Disease	DoT
Spell: Hungering Pyre II	T3/T4 Airplane	Fire	DoT
Spell: Cloak of the Night II	T3/T4 Airplane	Magic	Self HP, Magic Resist and Melee mitigation buff
Spell: Kaldars Touch	T3/T4 Airplane	Magic	Direct Damage
Spell: Kiss of Corath II	T3/T4 Airplane	Poison	DoT
Spell: Unholy Shackles II	T3/T4 Airplane	Magic+Disease	Snare and DoT
Spell: Legend of Shylich Renewal	T3/T4 Airplane	Magic2	Pet heal
Spell: Wicked Apparition	T3/T4 Airplane	Magic+Disease+Poison	Self mana and HP regen
Spell: Incisor of the Unholy	T5 Abyss	Magic2+Disease	DoT
Spell: Avatar of Undeath	T6 Anguish	Magic+Disease+Poison	Self mana and HP regen
Spell: Cloak of the Night III	T6 Anguish	Magic	Self HP, Magic Resist and Melee mitigation buff
Spell: Insinuations of Mori III	T6 Anguish	Disease	DoT
Spell: Unholy Shackles III	T6 Anguish	Magic+Disease	Snare and DoT
Spell: Hungering Pyre III	T7 Loping Plains	Fire	DoT
Spell: Incisor of the Unholy II	T7 Loping Plains	Magic2+Disease	DoT
Spell: Kaldars Touch II	T7 Loping Plains	Magic	Direct Damage
Spell: Kiss of Corath III	T7 Loping Plains	Poison	DoT
Spell: Legend of Shylich Renewal II	T7 Loping Plains	Magic2	Pet heal
Spell: Incisor of the Unholy III	T9 Old Commons	??	DoT
Spell: Unholy Shackles IV	T9 Old Commons	Magic+Disease	Snare and DoT