Build Introduction
This guide is a collaboration between GhazzyTV and community member Garm Z. The Mendeln Summoner Necromancer build focuses heavily on having as many minion attacks as possible to trigger the 
Ring of Mendeln, which supplements the insufficient damage minions would do on their own. We further scale this by providing damage multipliers from sources such as 
Corpse Tendrils, 
Blight, and 
Soulrift to name a few sources.
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To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier lists.
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Extremely effective minion build for end-game play
- Safe to play
- Easy to gear
- Slightly squishy so careful positioning is required in harder endgame content
- Relies on minion AI for your damage output
To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier lists.
Build Requirements
Ring of Mendeln
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Skill Tree Points and Skill Bar
Blight
Reap
Blood Mist
Raise SkeletonCorpse TendrilsSoulriftFollow the points allocated in the Skill Tree above for the complete 71-point build. The additional 12 skill points are completed using the Renown system.
Necromancer Class Mechanic – Book of the Dead
This build is all about having have as many as possible minion attacks to trigger Ring of Mendeln. However, we will not be using the golem as we benefit more from sacrificing him.
- Melee Skeletons: Skirmisher [Upgrade #1] – We to get an additional Skirmisher Warrior. Do note that if you’re having issues keeping your minion alive you can always use Defenders [Upgrade #2] to guarantee their survival!
- Mage Skeletons: Shadow [Upgrade #1] – We get x3% multiplicative damage scaling per Shadow Mage.
- Golem: Iron [Sacrifice] – Increased Critical Strike Damage.
Boss Powers (Season 8)
The newly added seasonal mechanic lets us power our builds up by using abilities from endgame bosses themselves! Below you’ll find the recommended list for this build.
Main Boss Power:
Grigoire’s Lightning Square will be used till you’ve killed Lilith to get 
Lilith’s Wind of Hate
Modifier Boss Powers:
Hatred’s Embrace’s Haste – You’ll want to switch this out if you can get Critical Strike capped without it. At that point you’ll use 
Harbinger of Hatred’s Volley instead.
Wandering Death’s Chest Beam
Beastmaster’s Training
Mercenaries
During the Vessel of Hatred campaign, you will unlock Mercenaries to assist you. While you can choose freely early on, we recommend Raheir as your main merc, and Varyana as a Reinforcement once you reach endgame.
For the reinforcement, stick with Varyana, utilizing her Bloodthirst skill being cast when the player casts Blight.
Season 8 Updates
For a full overview of what is new in Season 8, please take a look at our comprehensive season hub.
Here is a quick overview of seasonal changes relevant to this build:
- Very little has changed outside of the addition of boss powers from the seasonal content. Minor buffs on things such as our Paragon Board legendary nodes.
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Changelog
- May 5th, 2025: Optimized and updated post launch for Season 8.
- April 26th, 2025: Guide updated for Season 8.
- February 24th, 2025: Mendeln bug fix seemingly fixed, removed disclaimer.
- February 18th, 2025: Mendeln bug fix isn’t working, re-added disclaimer.
- February 18th, 2025: Mendeln unique bug fix patched, removed disclaimer.
- January 25th, 2025: Minor adjustments.
- January 16th, 2025: Guide split into 4 pages and updated for Season 7.
- October 12th, 2024: Major guide changes due to an in-game bug.
- October 7th, 2024: Paragon board updated.
- October 2nd, 2024: Guide updated for Season 6.
- August 5th, 2024: Guide updated for Season 5, Infernal Hordes.
- May 16th, 2024: Complete rework of the guide due to undocumented changes in the patch notes demanding heavy improvements on the guide.
- May 15th, 2024: Tempering gear updates.
- May 11th, 2024: Guide updated for Season 4 Loot Reborn.
- January 22nd, 2024: Guide updated for Season 3 Season of the Construct.
- October 22nd, 2023: Minor Skill-Tree Adjustments.
- October 21st, 2023: Paragon Board updated.
- October 15th, 2023: Guide updated for Season 2 Season of Blood, Patch 1.2.
- August 7th, 2023: Guide updated for Patch 1.1.1.
- July 26th, 2023: Big rework on the structure of the guide.
- Changes entire Paragon Board, Aspects, skill tree.
- Finalized decision of the Season 1 Heart choices.
