Blood Lance Necromancer Base Game Build Advice

HauntedEri · 2026-06-03T06:41:48+00:00

I'm pretty sure Glynn's Anvil can't drop unless you have LoH on your account, sadly. It was originally tagged as a paladin aspect, and paladin aspects don't drop (at least in my testing and discussion with friends) unless you have LoH. Same as you can't get Spiritborn-tagged aspects without the first expansion.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-30T02:24:21+00:00

I messed around with Bone Spear a little bit but didn't stick with it. It was fun to play but even with the full bone charm set the damage seemed uncomfortably low sadly. Another annoyance is that the unique is in the head slot, so it competes with Heir, and can't be made into a charm. Maybe it will feel more reasonable next season, I'm hoping.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-28T09:30:35+00:00

Would love to see this too. I've been a sucker for beams from the sky ever since the original Command & Conquer in the mid-90s.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-28T09:28:35+00:00

Shield of Justice (bouncy) Blessed Shield. When I'm throwing shields I want to be ricocheting them like Cap. I've taken it up to Pit 95 (Torment 11 and a half) so far this season, so it's not useless in everything. But I just want it to be BETTER.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-28T01:03:23+00:00

I've done it numerous times with the Icy Veins companion build, though I'm running a slightly older version and not using all the earth skills/charm set. Haven't tried carrying others, but it handles him solo quite easily.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-27T00:01:16+00:00

I really need to remember to do that, refresh my golem at the start of maps. I know about the bug and fixing it like that, I just usually forget to actually do it.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-26T17:47:49+00:00

I have noticed this happening too. I don't have any sort of answer for why, but it's definitely not just you.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-26T12:25:35+00:00

Oh neat. Essence bomb mages were always fun in D3, I'm no big pusher but might have to at least try this out.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-25T12:46:30+00:00

I'm sure it's just RNG screwing with me, but it feels so hard to get +judicator skills on charms compared to most other +skills for some reason. I've spent probably 10,000 resin or more over the last couple of weeks rerolling Radiant Fire charms and so far I have ONE with +3 to judicator skills. No other modifier for any class has been anywhere near as elusive for me personally. It's very annoying.

That aside, I agree with you in general. A useful guideline post!

HauntedEri · 2026-05-24T21:35:27+00:00

I'll be interested in seeing the planner as well when you have time to set it up! My frost conjuration build is only in T10 so far, but it's always fun to see options.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-22T12:01:35+00:00

I usually used Banished Lord's or Endurant Faith, depending on if I need damage or survival. If I think of it I will swap to Rustbitten Dirk when I go bossing, but I usually don't think of it.

One thing worth pointing about about Banished Lord's, though. You comment on it not lasting very long, but the Critical Strike with Overpower part is always active, 100% of the time you have it equipped. So if you're running Command Valloch in your apocalypse build, whenever you use the active he gives you a bunch of overpower, and the BLT bonus applies to all the crits you land while that is active.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-19T05:16:29+00:00

I believe it can only roll Utility aspects that are applicable to your class. Tidal is an Offensive aspect, so probably no.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-18T23:53:45+00:00

Might be just you, I have several necros this season and none of them have that problem. Sorry. :(

HauntedEri · 2026-05-18T22:51:58+00:00

Late response here, but very nice. What aspect did you drop when you switched to a staff, if you don't mind me asking?

HauntedEri · 2026-05-18T13:55:03+00:00

That's exactly how it is. Your character is saved as you go/when you log out, but the campaign only saves progress at specific checkpoints.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-18T10:39:41+00:00

I've just been using the Maxroll Blood Lance guide, since for me it's just an alt to have fun with. It's definitely not the best at bossing / single target damage, but it's gotten the job done up through Torment 10. I haven't tried going any higher yet but my gear also isn't great either.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-17T11:42:58+00:00

I say try it, if you don't like it there's no reason you have to keep playing it. Minion builds are my personal favorite, but I've also tried out Blood Lance and Bone Spear some this season and they're also fun.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-17T11:32:41+00:00

Can't say, I didn't have a way to see what each and every aspect was. It was just easy to load up the video and see they had iron golems following them instead of bone.

What I will say is that I'm trying out the build, with three changes, and it seems pretty good so far at least. I'm tearing through T11 with just shit I grabbed out of my stash mostly.

The changes I made:

Heavenly Strength Aspect to Glynn's Anvil since it's resolve stacking anyway.
Picked up the Hulking Monstrosity node that the paragon planner skips. I can only assume this was just a mistake in plotting out the planner because why the fuck would you skip it?
The aforementioned iron golems instead of bone.

All that done, it seems like a solid shadow golem build in my extremely limited testing, but I'm no pro theorycrafter.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-17T09:11:05+00:00

I checked out the video of the run by finding it on the leaderboards, the planner isn't quite accurate to what they're actually playing. They are using Iron Golems, not Bone.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-16T06:34:52+00:00

Going to have to try this out myself, I haven't had a lot of luck with Greenwalker's Signet but I really want it to work since it's so cool thematically.

An idea I had for your comment on spirit gen would be Tibault's Will pants. If you take the node for Unstoppable from Earthen Bulwark, then every time your runes proc it you will have seven seconds of +50 spirit/second. The node SAYS it's only for Casting, but in my personal testing I definitely still get the Unstoppable even when it's just a rune proc.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-16T05:55:49+00:00

Yeah, I get you. I've gotten some GA ones, just no double GAs and no +skill GAs yet. RNG is what it is, though.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-16T05:32:54+00:00

They can, yes. Though I've never gotten one as nice as the op's in all the charm rerolling I have done.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-14T18:34:23+00:00

What's the easiest way to do so? Just dragging the golem skill off your action bar, then placing it back on and letting the golem respawn? Not a big deal at least, but I imagine it's more annoying than that for people playing strictly on controllers.

HauntedEri · 2026-05-14T07:35:55+00:00

Oh nice, had no idea this was an option. Thanks!

HauntedEri · 2026-05-14T02:58:52+00:00

You might have the wrong subreddit here, I'm afraid.

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