Necromancer (Rift Class)  

Quick Facts Calling: Mage Armor: Cloth Weapons: 1h Sword, Staff, Wand, totem, dagger

See also: Necromancer Ability Database, Mage Equipment Database

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Class Description

Necromancers are damage dealers who synergize with their pets. The majority of a Necromancer's damage comes from a fully supported and buffed pet. In an emergency, Necromancers can also serve as secondary healers by sacrificing their own health to their allies.

Strengths

Together with their undead servitors, a Necromancer can inflict serious sustained damage and survive adversity better than most Mages. Using different minions, the Necromancer can handle various combat situations, and is as comfortable ending one life as he is covering a whole area with necrotic energy.

Weaknesses

Since much of a Necromancer's damage comes from their pet, they become vulnerable when caught on their own. These minions also require help from the Necromancer to reach peak performance, or they will do only a fraction of their potential damage.

Ranks & Abilities

This table is automatically kept up-to-date with new/edited ranks & abilities at each patch

Ability	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3	Rank 4	Rank 5	Rank 6	Rank 7	Rank 8	Rank 9	Rank 10
Corpse Talon	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
Life Bane	R1
Loyal Minion	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
Condemn	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
Summon: Lesser Skeletal Zealot	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
Plague Bolt	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
Lich Form	R1
Summon: Greater Skeletal Knight	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
Dismiss Pet	R1
Grave Rot	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11
Summon: Greater Skeletal Zealot	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
Consumption	R1
Empty the Crypts	R1
Feign Death	R1
Necrosis	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13
Desecrate	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13
Summon: Lesser Skeletal Knight	R1	R2	R3	R4
Bone Frenzy	R1
Essence Link	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
Soul Purge	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
Reclaim Power	R1
Summon: Shadow Revenant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8
Exhume	R1
Corpse Explosion	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
Reaper's Touch	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
Putrify	R1
Last Gasp	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
Bone Armor	R1
Mass Grave	R1	R2	R3	R4
Infection	R1	R2	R3
Parasite	R1	R2
Possession	R1

Pets

Skeletal Horror: 0 pts	Skeletal Stalwart: 12 pts

Necromancer pet skills are synergistic with Necrosis, so it is very important that you launch it early in a fight and be sure to keep it active. ^[1]

• Summon: Skeletal Horror - Will not tank. Skills decrease Threat IF Necrosis is active. Excellent for use in Groups where you are not the tank.
• Summon: Skeletal Stalwart - Warrior: Wants to tank. Skills increase Threat IF Necrosis is active.
• Summon: Shadow Revenant - Mage: Ranged DPS. Skills increase DPS and decrease Threat IF Necrosis is active.
• Mass Grave - Summons 2 fire-and-forget pets that last for 30 seconds

Necromancer History

Corthana Wyvernjack helped her brother off the crypt floor, making concerned clucking noises as she brushed off his dented armor. William's eyes narrowed at her.

"It was your plan to draw the high priest's attention," Corthana reminded him. "If you want to protect me, you have to accept the consequences." Her brother seemed about to say something, but she shushed him, and fished for her needle to stitch his wounds closed.

William's situation dated back to when he and Corthana had joined the crusade against the Endless, working on their own because Corthana's magic made others suspicious.

They had great success until Corthana was taken prisoner by the Endless. Perhaps they sensed darkness in her, or simply recognized her cleverness, so they showed her their ritual of reanimation. It was needlessly complex, laden with invocations to Regulos that seemed integral to the magic, yet served no purpose besides turning the caster to evil. Corthana made a show of joining in, but dispensed with all mention of the Destroyer when practicing the art on her own.

Then one day, William, her headstrong Paladin of a brother, burst into the camp of the Endless to free her. Corthana did not hesitate. While he had the enemy's attention, she cast a grave rot on the ground where the cultists stood, giving those who sought to corrupt her a taste of their own necromancy.

The subtle, pernicious Death-magics alone weren't enough to overcome her enemies. But the zombies she raised from the ground fed upon the necrotic energies to empower their attacks.

She didn't forget her brother. It was his foolhardy charge that had given her the distraction she needed to unleash death upon those who sought to cheat it. She knew that Mathosian courage often was the result of a good priest at your backside, and without healing, William would perish by a thousand cuts.

So she gave of herself, her blood, her very life, and sent it to her brother. When the burden became too much for her to bear, she drained essence from those cultists who bore her mark.

Fleeing for their lives, they met the high priest of Regulos, whose evil had earned him everlasting unlife. With a sneer, he aged William unto death with a bolt of dark magic. At first, Corthana felt only a chill calm. She gathered her power and took on the guise of a lich. In her avatar form, she summoned the ghosts of noble warriors who struck the high priest down and avenged her brother. She fell to the ground, human once more, and wept by William's side.

Her brother never did learn to accept necromancy, but what Paladin could? And every time she stitched him back together, he gave her that cold look with his hollow eyes. It is said he guards her to this day, eternally vigilant lest any minions of Regulos attempt to corrupt her peaceful sleep. ^[2]

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1. ^ Necromancer Pets and their abilities
2. ^ Rift:Planes of Telara Offical Site

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