Necromancer Corpse Explosion Build With Trag'Oul and Jesseth Sets
Introduction
Grasping the essence of his own life forces with the might of the Trag'Oul's Avatar set, this Corpse Explosion variant infuses lethal detonations with his very blood. This daring take on the exploding corpses Necro archetype is available in both Greater Rift speed farming (the present guide) and regular Rift farming (see the link above) variation.
Quick Reference
Skill Setup
The basic skill setup of the Trag'Oul Corpse Explosion Necromancer is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.
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Gear Setup
The required gear setup for the Trag'Oul Corpse Explosion Necromancer is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.
- Helm:
Trag'Oul's Guise
- Shoulders:
Aughild's Power
- Gloves:
Trag'Oul's Claws
- Chest:
Trag'Oul's Scales
- Belt:
Dayntee's Binding
- Pants:
Trag'Oul's Hide
- Boots:
Trag'Oul's Stalwart Greaves
- Bracers:
Aughild's Search
- Amulet:
The Johnstone
- Ring 1:
Krysbin's Sentence
- Ring 2:
Convention of Elements
- Weapon:
Jesseth Skullscythe
- Offhand:
Jesseth Skullshield
Angelic Crucible Sanctification
Season 27 comes with the theme of Angelic Crucibles —
consumable items that empower Legendary items with perfected Ancient-level
stats, as well as infuse them with one of three unique, powerful,
class-specific abilities at random. For this build, we recommend introducing
Command Golem
Flesh Golem to your skill line-up (substituting
Devour) and aiming for the
Command Golem Sanctification, which
adds the following power to your build:
- Command Golem Sanctification: Your Golem now picks up corpses
within 20 yards. Each corpse it stores allows you to cast any corpse spending
ability (
Corpse Explosion,
Corpse Lance, or
Revive) with the max number of corpses consumed per cast. Up to 30 corpses can be stored.
Use Angelic Crucibles on an item that crosses over most (if not all)
variants of a build, and is also an item that is relatively harder to perfect
than other slots (since sanctifying an item maximizes its stats). In the case
of this build, good candidates for Sanctification are your weapon,
Jesseth Skullscythe, or a jewelry piece like
Krysbin's Sentence.
You can read more on Angelic Crucibles and the sanctification process in our dedicated Angelic Crucible Mechanics guide.
Legendary Gems
- Legendary Gem 1:
Bane of the Trapped
- Legendary Gem 2:
Bane of the Stricken
- Legendary Gem 3:
Gogok of Swiftness
Kanai's Cube
- Weapon Slot:
Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang
- Armor Slot:
Grasps of Essence
- Jewelry Slot:
Ring of Royal Grandeur
Changelog
- 26 Aug. 2022 (gear page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 27.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (this page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (skills page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (gear page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 08 Dec. 2021 (this page): Guide reworked for the CE pushing meta; added Season 25 recommendation.
- 08 Dec. 2021 (gear page): Guide reworked for the CE pushing meta; added Season 25 recommendation.
- 08 Dec. 2021 (skills page): Guide reworked for the CE pushing meta.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (skills page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (gear page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (this page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (gear page): Added follower recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (this page): Added follower recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 23.
- 19 Nov. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 22.
- 19 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 19 Nov. 2020 (gear page): Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 02 Jul. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 02 Jul. 2020 (gear page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 02 Jul. 2020 (this page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (this page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (this page): Item recommendations have been revised for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (gear page): Item recommendations have been revised for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed and approved for Season 18.
- 12 May 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 12 May 2019 (skills page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 12 May 2019 (gear page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 18 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Information was reviewed and approved for Season 16 with no changes required.
- 18 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
- 18 Jan. 2019 (this page): Guide was revised with additional recommendations for Season 16.
- 20 Sep. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 15.
- 14 Jun. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 14.
- 28 Oct. 2017 (this page): No changes necessary for Patch 2.6.1.
- 07 Jul. 2017 (this page): Guide added.
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