Alright folks, buckle up. Wanted a fast start this Diablo 4 season, heard Necro could be quick. Grabbed my coffee, fired up the game, fresh level 1 character staring back at me. Time felt tight.
Jumping In Headfirst (aka The Messy Start)
Honestly? Looked up “fast Necro leveling build” before coffee even cooled. Saw stuff about summoning minions and Bone Spear. Thought, “Yeah, skeletons tanking for me while I poke things with bone sounds simple.” Bad idea.
Dove into the early quests. Spam clicked Raise Skeleton skill, got my little dudes up. First few monsters? Easy peasy. Skeletons swarmed, I hit Bone Spear. Felt good. Then ran into a pack of those exploding guys. BOOM. Skeletons gone. Just me standing there like an idiot. Died. Damn it.
Realized minions are flimsy garbage at the start unless you constantly babysit them. Slowed me down big time. Kept having to stop, resummon, dodge explosions. Frustration level rising.
Swerving Hard – Bye Bye Skeletons, Hello Exploding Corpses
Scrapped the minion plan quick. Checked my skills again. Saw Corpse Explosion hiding there. Thought, “Why carry friends when you can blow up dead enemies?” This felt right.
Dropped all points out of minions, poured everything into:
- Bone Splinters (Basic Skill): Just something to poke with and build Essence.
- Reap (Generate Corpses FAST): This became my bread and butter. Just spam Reap in a group, bam, corpses everywhere.
- Corpse Explosion: My new best friend. Highlighted it, maxed it out. See corpse? Blow it up. See another corpse? Blow that up. Chain reactions felt amazing.
- Blood Mist: Safety net button. Got surrounded? Pop Mist, float through everyone, drop a few corpses (thanks to a specific passive), explode my way out. Life saver.
Gameplay got WAY smoother. Run into group, Reap-Reap-Reap, see corpses pop, spam Corpse Explosion button. Screen filled with blasts, enemies melted. Kept moving fast.
Gear & Glyphs – Stuff I Actually Looked For
Knowing what to grab makes leveling faster. While blasting through zones:
- Weapons: Anything boosting Vulnerable damage? Grab it. Found a sweet 2H Scythe early with this, huge damage jump on Corpse Explosion.
- Armor: Pieces with “+ Corpse Explosion rank” became instant favorites. More ranks, bigger booms.
- Aspects: Got lucky finding one that made corpses explode in a line. More clearing power for tight dungeons.
- Glyphs (Level 50+): Priority was sockets for the Dexterity ones boosting damage after killing a vulnerable enemy. Pure damage focus.
Didn’t bother picking up every blue item past level 30. Stopped for yellows, checked for key stats, trash the rest. Vendors became besties for quick cash and upgrades. Skipped unnecessary dungeons – stuck to the main Season Journey objectives and Whisper tree stuff. Why do extra?
Did It Work? Hell Yeah.
This shift made a crazy difference. Went from dying like an idiot to blasting through content.
- Reap for instant corpses was the secret sauce. No waiting for minions to die or skills to cooldown.
- Massive Corpse Explosion chains cleared rooms stupid fast. It’s messy but effective.
- Blood Mist saved my butt countless times. Essential for surviving messy pulls.
- Focusing on Vulnerable damage & Explosion ranks on gear turbocharged the clear speed.
Got to World Tier 3 much faster than last season, felt way smoother. Less stopping, more boom. Simple, kinda dumb, but damn effective for getting levels quickly while half-asleep. Now, coffee break before tackling endgame!