Necromancer was a respected professor but when he started running tests with life and death, he was asked to leave his academy. However, Count Vlad offered his castle to Necromancer: he could carry out his experiments there and the Count could show off his influence because he had a Warmaster living in his home.
Role: Support
Overview
Warmaster Necromancer's main gimmicks include resurrection, Extra Turns, and NER. He has a nice trait, boasting with Anticipation and Team Possession Immunity and a few fun Resurrection moves, such as reviving the enemy just so it can deal damage to its teammates, Resurrection with an extra turn or a team Ressurection. Relic wise he has good relic slots, Staff and Amulet contain a big arsenal of different supporting abilities, most notably stamina and healing. Sadly, there are many monsters that are more accessible and do his job better, his stats are also lackluster for a Warmaster and his costs can be sometimes downright cruel.
Pros:
- Great trait
- Great gimmicks like Life Steal, Self NER, Possession, Resurrection, Turn Transfer, and Double Damage
- Vaporo Corporis gives himself an extra turn on 0 CD, allowing him to cycle through cooldowns
- Amazing relic slots
Cons:
- Average stats compared to other Warmasters
- Horrendous stamina costs and cooldowns
- No negative status effects besides Possession
- No good AoE moves
- Can't sustain well with Life Steal due to low Power
- Klaatu Verata Niko and Klaatu Barata Nectar are risky if an enemy has NER
- Weak to Anticipation if you run his extra turn moves
- Team Resurrection costs a disgusting 133s and 4 CD
- Turn Transfer has no NER
Recommended Moveset
Necromaster (Ranked)
- Klaatu Verata Niko (Enemy 1% Life Resurrection + Possession + Double Damage + 1-Turn Death Countdown, 63s, 3 CD)
- Anima Suctus (70 Dark Dmg + 100% Life Steal, 47s, 3 CD)
- Fumus Corporis (60 Dark Dmg + Self NER, 36s, 3 CD)
- Klaatu Barada Nikto / Klaatu Barata (Nikto for Team Resurrection 50% Life, 133s, 4 CD) / (Barata for Ally Resurrection 100% Life + Double Damage + Extra Turn, 56s, 3 CD)
Recommended Runes: 3 Team Speed
Support of the Undead (Ranked)
- Etereum Volutas (Ally Extra Turn, 36s, 4 CD)
- Vaporo Corporis (Self NER + Extra Turn, 29s, 0 CD)
- Klaatu Verata Niko
- Klaatu Barada Nikto / Klaatu Barata
This moveset is for supporting deniers by giving them an extra turn, Vaporo Corporis is used as it has no CD and you can spam it until you can use Etereum Volutas again.
Recommended Runes: 3 Team Speed
Uncosmic Necrolicht (Unranked)
- Anima Suctus
- Klaatu Verata Niko
- Nebula Corporis (50 Dark dmg + Self NER, 37s, 2 CD)
- Spiritys (55 Dark dmg + 100% Life Steal, 37s, 2 CD)
Recommended Runes: 1 Life, 1 Strength, 1 Team Speed
Recommended Relics: Tayni's Amulet, Alces' Amulet; Cane of the Atlantis, Masher's Staff
Counters
- Since Necromancer has multiple extra turn skills, monsters with Anticipation such as Marquis de Flambe, Narok, and even another Necromancer (depends on the speed of each) can counter him real quick.
- Monsters with Resurrection Block such as Soul Hugger and Zeighar can counter him easily since the best use of him is to resurrect allies. Zeighar can AoE Stun, Resurrection Block, Anticipation, and CDDA. This means that Zeighar completely counters Necromancer in every single thing he does.
- Strong Light attackers such as Kronxian Guard can deal some serious damage to him.
- Since he has high cooldowns, CDA monsters, like Gualgui, can activate his high cooldowns.
- Stamina drainers, like Wangzhou, can remove his stamina preventing Necromancer from using his high stamina cost moves. The ability to hold Staff however may mitigate this.