BG3: Best Necromancer Build [Complete Setup]

The Best Necromancer build in BG3 is the only road to experience the Evil playthrough as a Wizard truly. Granted, you can go to Storm Sorcerer or Elemental Wizard subclasses, but none can pull on the Weave to bend the rules of life and death and embrace the demented art of Necromancy.

Best Necromancer Build In BG3

Follow the listed table for the best Wizard Necromancer build path:

Necromancy School Level Progression

The level progression is the make-it-or-break-it of the best Necromancy build in BG3. It covers the best progression path, including the best wizard spells, based on my experience.

The best level progression for a Necromancer Wizard is listed as follows:

• Level 1: You should opt for the Fire Bolt, Bone Chill, and Blade Ward Cantrips with Mage Armor and Magic Missile as your level 1 spell.
• Level 2: Build the Necromancy subclass and select Find Familiar and Ice Knife as your level 2 spells.

• Level 3: Opt for the Flaming Sphere fireball companion spell for damage and Misty Step for increased mobility.
• Level 4: Select Spell Sniper as your Feat for more accuracy and Scorching Ray as a spell; build the other spell and cantrip however you want.
• Level 5: Build a caster’s favorite spell, Fireball, and your crucial spell as a Necromancer: Animate Dead.
• Level 6: You will gain additional subclass features (Undead Thralls: Additional Undead and Better Summons) and spell slots you can fill with any spells you want.

• Level 7: You must build Conjure Minor Elemental and Blight for optimal synergy with the School of Necromancy.
• Level 8: Select Ability Improvement as your Feat, add 2 to your Intelligence skill, and build Banishment and Confusion as your new spells.
• Level 9: At this level, I recommend building the Cloukill for massive AoE poison damage and Conjure Elemental for more vital ally summons.
• Level 10: You will get the Inured to Undead subclass feature and additional Spell and Cantrips, which you can fill out however you want.
• Level 11: Build Create Undead spell, the most crucial in your arsenal.
• Level 12: Finally, build Ability Improvement to maximize your intelligence with two additional spells you can make to your liking.

Best Companions For Necromancers

Companions are a crucial part of the best necromancer build in BG3. After all, you need the proper party composition to use your Necromancy knowledge fully. I will only be talking about Origin Characters because they have a better chance of being in your party than some of the other companions in BG3.

The best companions for Necromancers are listed as follows:

• Frontline: You should keep Lae’Zel with her appropriate build around the frontline for your team and be the designated melee fighter.
• Extra damage: I used Karlach (with her best build) as a second frontline, so I have more bodies to reanimate in combat.
• Healing: I recommend using Shadowheart’s best build for healing and additional allies in the later stages of BG3.
• Stealth: Astarion is your best bet at sneaking around, backstabbing, and doing massive burst damage (Subbed by Karlach).

Best Equipment

Although the build isn’t that dependent on your equipment, having extra buffs and perks is always lovely. You won’t have proficiency with much armor nor with many weapons (unless you multiclass). Therefore, I have listed some of the best items you can use in both the Early and Late Game stages.

Early Game

The best equipment in Act 1 for this build is listed as follows:

• Circlet of Blasting: Sold by Blurg in the Underdark (Myconoid Colony).
• Disintegrating Night Walkers: Found on Ne’re in the Underdark.
• Ring of Absolute Focus: Found on Seargant Thrinn in Grymforge.
• The Sparkswall: The Arcane Tower in the Underdark.

Late Game

The best equipment for a Late-Game Necromancer Wizard is listed as follows:

• The hood of the Weave: In the Philgrave Mansion, sold by Mystic Carrion.
• Amulet of Greater Health: House of Hope Archives.
• Killer’s Sweetheart: In the Gauntlet of Shar (X: -833, Y: -729)
• The staff of Cherished Necromancy: Ramazith’s Tower.

My Thoughts On The Necromancer Build

Necromancy is one of the most fun Schools for a Wizard. However, you will get a lot of weird eyes in your playthrough because it is considered a horrible thing to practice. My only recommendation is to ensure proper position in fights because you will be useless if you can get close enough to reanimate the dead to fight by your side.

That concludes the best necromancer build in Baldur’s Gate 3. You can check out Huzaifa’s Review of Baldur’s Gate 3 to better understand how this build may be fun to play. One last thing to remember is not to play this build in Honor mode; it was not fun, in my experience.

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