Necromancer Corpse Lance Elder Rift Build Guide: Gems, Stats, and How to Play

This is a guide to the Corpse Lance Elder Rift Build, a PvE Necromancer Build in DiabThis is a guide to the Corpse Lance Elder Rift Build, a PvE Necromancer Build in Diablo Immortal! This Rift build is centered around an augmented Corpse Lance via Ten-Thorns, making it a solid bounty and rift farmer. Read on to learn this Elder Rift build's equipment, skill, and gem setups, including a guide on how to play it! This is a build that focuses on using a modified Corpse Lance from the Ten-Thorn offhand and supplementing it with an additional burst to be able to go quickly from one mob group to another.

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Corpse Lance Elder Rift Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Corpse Lance Elder Rift
Class	Necromancer
Build Rating
Preference	Solo
Build Focus	PvE: Elder Rifts, Bounty
Stat Priorities	・Intelligence ・Critical Hit Chance ・Critical Hit Damage ・Movement Speed ・Fortitude

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Equipment and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Blight Maw		Ten-Thorn
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Coals for Eyes	Linger-Mantle	Gallowsborn	Rozhin's Keening
Issata Imbued
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Issatar At Rest	Issatar Undone	Issatar Enraged	Issatar Contained
Hands		Feet
Issatar's Open Hand		Issatar The Brute
Paragon Trees
Vanquisher > Treasure Hunter
Skills
Bone Spear (Primary)
Corpse Lance		Command Skeletons
Wraith Form		Grim Scythe
Charm Priority
1. Corpse Lance 2. Bone Spear 3. Command Skeletons 4. Grim Scythe 5. Wraith Form

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Sapphire x4	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Topaz x4	+ 8 Resistance
Tourmaline x6	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Berserker's Eye	Increases all damage you deal by 5.00%, but increases all damage you take by 6%. Increases your Critical Hit Chance by 1%. Unlocks at Rank 3
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to 8% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 4% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Take 2% decreased damage while below 50% Life. Unlocks at Rank 3
Bloody Reach	Increases all damage you deal by 2.00% for every 2 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum increase of 8% at 8 yards. Your attacks have a 0.3% chance to decrease enemy attack and movement speeds by 35% for 3 seconds. Unlocks at Rank 3
Chained Death	Increases damage done by your attacks by 1.50% per target hit, up to a maximum of 4.5% with 3 targets. Chained death bonus damage increases to a maximum of 4 targets. Unlocks at Rank 3
Fervent Fang	Each time you deal damage to an enemy, that enemy now takes 0.80% increased from your attacks, up to a maximum increase of 8% at 10 stacks. All damage you deal to Elite monsters increased by 1.5% Unlocks at Rank 3
Seled's Weakening	Gain 6.00% increased damage for 60 seconds after killing an Elite monster. Increases all damage you deal to Elite monsters by 1%. Unlocks at Rank 3

Indicated gem effects only display their base effect. Values will be higher depending on the gem's upgrade level.

Corpse Lance Artillery Build

This build is focused on dishing out short bursts of damage to mob groups. Keep on repositioning yourself using the movement speed from Wraith Form and the Issatar Set then damaging mob groups you pull with Corpse Lance and Command Skeletons' explosion.

Corpse Lance and Ten-Thorn Combo

Ten-Thorn removes the homing capability of Corpse Lance in exchange of a stacking mechanic where you can “hold” the corpse lance charge and cast it again to fire in a straight line. This attack has a large radius and can pass through enemies which makes it a great crowd clearer and is the reason why this build works.

Use Grim Scythe to Generate Corpses

While Grimscythe can deal some decent amount of damage, its main use is to generate more corpses on hit. It can create 2 corpses per swing which instantly grants you 4 charges of corpse lance to use for a huge amount of damage.

Carry Corpses from Previous Mobs to Another

The duration for carrying corpse lances is plenty. Don't be afraid to hold your charges as you'll have enough time to easily reach the next enemies.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Paragon Priorities

Vanquisher For More Damage

Vanquisher is the single most important paragon among the available paragon in the game. Make sure to go for as much damage stat as you can and to get Exorcism as well for more damage against enemies.

Treasure Hunter For Better Gear Farming

This is a speed farming build so increasing your resources obtained is always a great thing. It also provides increased equipment find and exp for a better grinding experience.

How to Play

Gather As Many Corpses Before Using Corpse Lance Use Command Skeleton to Gain Extra Burst Damage Don't Use Command Skeletons Against High HP Bossest

Gather As Many Corpses Before Using Corpse Lance

Using your Corpse Lance will gather corpses up to 8 corpses with one use. You cannot refill your charged lances when used already and you'll need to fire your charged lance first before you can charge your lance again. Make sure to get as many corpses on the ground first and avoid spamming the skill.

Use Command Skeleton to Gain Extra Burst Damage

The damage you can muster from Corpse Lance may not be enough to decimate a group of mobs. If that's the case, supplement it with Grim Scythe to generate some corpses again for the next barrage of fire or use Command Skeleton to execute the wounded enemies.

Avoid Relying on Grim Scythe for Damage

Grim Scythe is a close-ranged skill that counters Bloody Reach. Its main purpose is to kill low HP enemies near you or to generate corpses for Corpse Lance. Do not rely on it for damage.

Don't Use Command Skeletons Against High HP Bosses

Elite bosses will usually not die from Corpse Lance's first hit due to its massive HP. Chances are the additional burst from Command Skeletons will also fail to do this. Do not make your skeletons suicide and let them tank the hits while you whittle the boss with your poisoned Bone Spears instead!

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