Poison, bone, summons
Necromancer builds in Season 14
Poison Nova is the necromancer search with the most volume. Hiim’s Season 14 solo list puts Poison Nova, Poison Strike, and Teeth or Bone Spear in Top. Summons are Good or Decent depending on the variant. Pure Revive is Bad on that list.
I checked Lower Resist twice because old guides still say -11. The Season 14 patch moves the base curse from -11 to -20. The Poison Nova synergy increases from 10% to 11%; this is separate from Lower Resist. Hiim notes that procs keep the old value. I am not stacking a poison-resist number from a pre-season guide on top of that.
Tiers and the curse changes
Hiim solo, updated 25 October 2026. Clears they cite are mostly Season 13.
- Top: Poison Nova (Ancestral Trial 2:42, S13), Poison Strike (Canyon of Sescheron 7:00, S13), Teeth / Bone Spear (Ancestral Trial 4:23, S13).
- Good: Corpse Explosion, Elemental Summoner, Fire Golems, Dark Pact.
- Decent: Green Goblin and Skeletons, Blood Golem. Bad: pure Revive.
- Amplify Damage -11% to -15%. Decrepify loses 1% physical resist per 2 levels, and its slow goes from -10% to -20%.
- Eternity’s Revive bonus +4 to +12. Dark Pact radius 3 to 4. Poison Strike’s pierce no longer lingers after the animation. Skeleton Archer damage is up, per Hiim’s reading of the patch.
Starters
A “necro starter” query wants a first character, not a 99-clear. Bone Spear is the Top build with a campaign-friendly skill shape, and philanthropy777’s Season 14 necromancer video is a full progression rather than a single map. Skill-point tables are not reprinted here because the patch page does not include one.
Starter, budget and endgame choices
These are phase choices from Hiim’s public Season 14 Starter Builds (updated October 15) and Bossing Tier List (updated October 15), not a full equipment guide. Both pages are by the same author and count as one community source. Their tier tables do not publish item-by-item gear or a mercenary choice for every build; the missing values are explicitly marked. Verify skill allocation and equipment in the live planner before committing.
| Stage | Skill/build choice and listed farm | Gear | Mercenary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter / campaign | Clay Golems; listed for Travincal, Chaos, early maps, key farming and Uber Tristram. | No verified item list in the public listing. | Not stated. |
| Budget / first maps | Teeth / Bone Spear; listed for Chaos and early maps. | No verified budget set. | Not stated. |
| Endgame / boss | Hiim S14 bossing: Blood Golems are Easy for DClone and Rathma. | Not stated by tier entry. | Not stated. |
Watch
philanthropy777 Necromancer progression for Season 14. Upload date (YouTube metadata, single source): 2026-10-17. PD2 S14 Necro Guide - Full Progression on YouTube. The player loads only after you press play.
Questions
Did poison pierce change?
Poison Strike’s pierce no longer continues after the animation, according to Hiim’s Season 14 notes aligned to the patch. Do not copy an older poison-resist shopping list without reading that line.
Is summoning bad?
Elemental Summoner and Fire Golems are Good on Hiim’s board. Pure Revive is the one they marked Bad.
Useful next steps
Related
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-28. Single-source claims are attributed; disagreements stay visible.
- Hiim Starter Builds (updated 2026-10-15) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; single community author. Public listing names starter skills and farm tags but does not expose a complete gear/merc list.
- Hiim Bossing Tier List (updated 2026-10-15) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; same author as starter/solo tiers, not independent confirmation. T0 is subjective entry-gear tier; gear details not present in extracted table.
- Hiim solo tier list (updated 2026-10-25) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; page displays October 25, 2026. Single community source for every tier and cited clear time; earlier-season runs are not S14 benchmarks.
- Wiki Patch: Season 14 — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28. Single official-wiki source family for detailed numeric rules; separate wiki pages are not independent confirmation.
- Hiim Season 14 changes (page dated 2026-10-25) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; page displays October 25, 2026. Single community source for tier changes. Patch comparisons do not make tier judgments official.