In Diablo 4, a powerful and game-breaking build has emerged, featuring a Shadow Sever Necromancer that deals overwhelming damage. The build utilizes the Sever weapon for upfront incredible damage, complemented by Corpse Explosions and Shadow Blade for devastating DPS. This guide will take you through the build and its setup, allowing you to maximize its potential and dominate the world of Sanctuary.

• Build Planner
• Gear and Legendary Aspects
• Malignant Hearts
• Skills
• Paragon Board
• Gameplay Showcase
• Conclusion

 

↖ Build Planner

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↖ Gear and Legendary Aspects

Slot	Priority	Legendary Aspect
Helmet	Defensive affixes (health, armor)	Explosive Miss (Corpse Explosions)
Chest	Total armor, damage reduction	Disobedience (Armor Increase)
Gloves	Offensive stats (Crit Chance, Shadow Damage)	Grasping Veins (Crit Chance, Damage Boost)
Pants	Defensive stats (max life, damage reduction)	Shielding Storm (Barrier on Bone Storm)
Boots	Movement speed, lucky hit chance with Shadow Damage	Greaves of the Empty Tomb (Desecrated Ground)
Offhand	Essence cost reduction, cooldown reduction, resource generation	Runic Orb of Decay (Shadow Blade boost)
Rings	Ultimate Shadow (Bone Storm becomes Darkness spell)	Blood-Soaked Ring (Shadow Blade effect on Blood Mist)
Amulet	Blighted Chain (Damage boost after triggering Shadow Blade)	-

 

↖ Malignant Hearts

Malignant Heart	Effect
The Decrepit Aura	Auto-cast Decrepify on nearby enemies.
The Sacrilegious	Auto-cast Corpses around you.
The Barber	Crit Damage Multiplier for critical strikes after 2.9s.
The Tempting Fate	Additional Crit Damage Multiplier after 10 hits.

 

↖ Skills

• Reap: Use for damage reduction and attack speed bonus.
• Sever: Essential for primary damage, especially when combined with Corpse Explosions.
• Huge Flesh: Lucky hits have a chance to create corpses, ensuring a constant supply for Corpse Explosions.
• Blood Mist: Passively casts Corpse abilities within Blood Mist, offering constant damage and corpse generation.
• Decryptify: Slows enemies and reduces their damage while reducing cooldowns when lucky hits occur.
• Gloom: Increases damage against enemies affected by Darkness skills, applying to Bone Storm and Corpse Explosions.

 

↖ Paragon Board

Distribute points wisely in the Paragon Board to enhance damage, critical strike damage, damage reduction, and other beneficial stats. Prioritize glyphs that increase damage to vulnerable and close targets.

Paragon Board	Selections	Glyph Location
Wither	Overall DMG Boosts to Shadow DMG, Great nodes here!	Control Glyph
Flesh Eater	Amazing rare nodes again and DMG Increase.	Territorial Glyph
Scent of Death	Amazing rare nodes again and DMG Increase and reduction with corpses.	Sacrificial Glyph

 

↖ Gameplay Showcase

In combat encounters, utilize the rotation to cast Bone Storm, Decryptify, Blood Mist, and Corpses to unleash powerful damage over time effects. Combined with Sever and Shadow Blade, the build shreds through Elites and even bosses with ease.

 

↖ Conclusion

The Shadow Sever Necromancer build is a force to be reckoned with in Diablo 4, allowing you to obliterate enemies with its insane damage output. By following this guide and optimizing your gear, legendary aspects, talents, and Paragon points, you'll become an unstoppable force of destruction in the world of Sanctuary.