Diablo 4 Darkness Skills - Necromancer

The Necromancer has four high-level playstyles that players can choose between. These playstyles are Bone, Darkness, Blood, and the Army.

Darkness skills are a new addition to the Necromancer, seemingly a reinterpretation of poison, decay, and curses, consolidated into the Shadow magic category. Offensively, they either deal damage over time or attack multiple times in a short window. Also, these skills tend to induce debuffs and crowd control effects.

Decompose is a basic channeled Darkness skill that deals damage over time on a single while channeled, grants Essence in the process, and periodically summons corpses that can be used to summon skeletons.

List of Diablo 4 Darkness Skills

Bonus Damage with Darkness Skills:

Increases damage dealt by your Skills that have the Darkness tag.
You have +{#} of this stat from items and Paragon.

Name	Description	Tags	Power Name	Rewards
Reap	Attack Speed Multiplier: 0.8 Generate Essence: 4 per enemy hit Lucky Hit Chance: 16.667% (per hit) Sweep an ethereal scythe in front of you, dealing {12/13.2/14.4/15.6/16.8/18/19.2/20.4/21.6/22.8}% damage. Hitting an enemy with Reap increases your Damage Reduction by 15% for 2 seconds. skill_rankup_desc: Damage {12/13.2/14.4/15.6/16.8/18/19.2/20.4/21.6/22.8}%	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence, Damage Reduction	Necromancer Reap	e type: 0 max talent ranks: 5 power id: 432896 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necro Unlock Reap
Acolyte's Reap	Reap forms a Corpse under the first enemy hit. Can only occur every 5 seconds.	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence, Damage Reduction	Necromancer Reap	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 432896 power mod: UpgradeA power mod hash: 2686060809 reward name: Necro Mod Reap 01
Blight	Essence Cost: 25 Lucky Hit Chance: 40% (per use) Unleash concentrated blight that deals {30/33/36/39/42/45/48/51/54/57}% damage and leaves behind a defiled area, dealing {79.8/88.2/96/103.8/112.2/120/127.8/136.2/144/151.8}% damage over 6 seconds. skill_rankup_desc: Impact Damage {30/33/36/39/42/45/48/51/54/57}% Damage Over Time {79.8/88.2/96/103.8/112.2/120/127.8/136.2/144/151.8}%	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence	Necromancer Blight	e type: 0 max talent ranks: 5 power id: 481293 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necro Unlock Blight
Decompose	Generate Essence: 7 per second Lucky Hit Chance: 40% (per use) Tear the flesh from an enemy, dealing {30/33/36/39/42/45/48/51/54/57}% damage per second and forming a usable Corpse with the flesh every 2.5 seconds. skill_rankup_desc: Damage {30/33/36/39/42/45/48/51/54/57}%	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence, Corpse	Necromancer Decompose	e type: 0 max talent ranks: 5 power id: 463175 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necro Unlock Decompose
Supernatural Blight	You and your Minions deal x15% increased damage to enemies within Blight.	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence	Necromancer Blight	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 481293 power mod hash: 3063656862 reward name: Necro Mod Blight 01
Acolyte's Decompose	You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies who are being Decomposed.	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence, Corpse	Necromancer Decompose	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 463175 power mod hash: 3057211130 reward name: Necro Mod Decompose 01
Paranormal Blight	Blight has a 30% chance to Immobilize enemies for 1.5 seconds on impact.	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence	Necromancer Blight	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 481293 power mod hash: 2031554629 reward name: Necro Mod Blight 02
Sever	Essence Cost: 20 Lucky Hit Chance: 20% (per hit) A specter of you charges forward and attacks with its scythe for {63/69.3/75.6/81.9/88.2/94.5/100.8/107.1/113.4/119.7}% damage then returns to you and attacks again for {21/23.1/25.2/27.3/29.4/31.5/33.6/35.7/37.8/39.9}% damage. skill_rankup_desc: Initial Damage {63/69.3/75.6/81.9/88.2/94.5/100.8/107.1/113.4/119.7}% Return Damage {21/23.1/25.2/27.3/29.4/31.5/33.6/35.7/37.8/39.9}%	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence	Necromancer Sever	e type: 0 max talent ranks: 5 power id: 481785 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necro Unlock Sever
Supernatural Sever	Sever deals x2% increased damage for each Minion you have upon cast.	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence	Necromancer Sever	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 481785 power mod hash: 1543496805 reward name: Necro Mod Sever UpgradeA
Terror	Darkness Skills deal x{3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30}% bonus damage to enemies who are Slowed, and x{3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30}% bonus damage to enemies who are Stunned or Immobilized. These bonuses stack and apply to Shadow damage dealt by your Minions. skill_rankup_desc: Bonus Darkness Damage vs. Slowed x{3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30}% Bonus Darkness Damage vs. Stunned or Immobilized x{3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30}%	Tags: Crowd Control, Damage, Shadow, Darkness, Minion	Necromancer Talent Caster T2 N1	e type: 2 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 495574 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necromancer Talent Caster T2 N1
Gloom	When you damage enemies with Darkness Skills, they take x{2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20}% increased Shadow damage from you and your Minions for 2 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. skill_rankup_desc: Bonus Shadow Damage x{2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20}%	Tags: Damage, Shadow, Minion, Darkness	Necromancer Talent 01	e type: 2 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 1007840 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necromancer Talent 01
Reaper's Pursuit	Damaging enemies with Darkness Skills increases your Movement Speed by +{5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50}% for 3 seconds. skill_rankup_desc: Movement Speed Bonus +{5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50}%	Tags: Movement, Darkness	Necromancer Talent Caster T4 N1	e type: 2 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 495568 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necromancer Talent Caster T4 N1
Initiate's Reap	Reap instantly kills enemies below 5% Life. This does not work on Bosses or Players.	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence, Damage Reduction	Necromancer Reap	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 432896 power mod: UpgradeB power mod hash: 2686060810 reward name: Necro Mod Reap 02
Initiate's Decompose	Decompose Slows enemies by 30%.	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence, Corpse	Necromancer Decompose	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 463175 power mod hash: 3669327453 reward name: Necro Mod Decompose 02
Paranormal Sever	Every 4th cast of Sever makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence	Necromancer Sever	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 481785 power mod: Vulnerable power mod hash: 3437839728 reward name: Necro Mod Sever UpgradeB
Crippling Darkness	Lucky Hit: Darkness Skills have up to a 15% chance to Stun for {1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10} seconds. skill_rankup_desc: Stun Duration {1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10}	Tags: Crowd Control, Darkness, Lucky Hit	Necromancer Talent Caster T1 N2	e type: 2 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 495573 power mod hash: 0 reward name: Necromancer Talent Caster T1 N2
Enhanced Decompose	If an enemy dies while being Decomposed, you gain 10 Essence.	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Channeled, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence, Corpse	Necromancer Decompose	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 463175 power mod: SkillRank power mod hash: 2849853803 reward name: Necro Mod Decompose 03
Enhanced Reap	If an enemy hit by Reap dies within 2 seconds, you gain +30% Attack Speed for 3 seconds.	Tags: Basic, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence, Damage Reduction	Necromancer Reap	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 432896 power mod: SkillRank power mod hash: 2849853803 reward name: Necro Mod Reap 03
Enhanced Blight	Blight Slows enemies by 25%.	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow Damage Over Time, Essence	Necromancer Blight	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 481293 power mod hash: 3205886302 reward name: Necro Mod Blight 03
Enhanced Sever	Sever damages enemies along its path for 25% of its initial damage.	Tags: Core, Darkness, Damage, Shadow, Essence	Necromancer Sever	e type: 1 max talent ranks: 3 power id: 481785 power mod: DamageLine power mod hash: 1908684039 reward name: Necro Mod Sever SkillRank

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Bloodless Scream is a Unique Two-Handed Scythe. Necromancer.

+[7 - 14]% Darkness Skill Damage
★Your Darkness Skills Chill enemies for up to 40% .
Lucky Hit: Your Darkness Skills have up to a 100% chance to generate [2 – 5] additional Essence against Frozen targets.

Necromancer Darkness Skills D4

Darkness skills use Shadow magic to overwhelm their enemies. These kinds of attacks tend to be DoT-based or attack multiple times in a short window, with various benefits and rewards being granted for damaging enemies in this way. Darkness skills also tend to have various debuffs and crowd control elements so that they can keep their enemies at bay while they die a slow, painful death.

Decompose is a Basic Darkness skill that allows you to channel dark magic onto enemies, dealing damage to them while also generating Essence. Unlike other Basic skills, Decompose also periodically summons Corpses, making it much easier to ensure that you have a steady supply on hand to use for summoning Skeletons.

Another Darkness skill is Blight. Blight launches a ball of dark energy in a direction. Upon hitting an enemy or expiring, it deals an explosion of damage while leaving behind a defiled area, dealing periodic damage to enemies inside over time. This skill deals a high amount of damage to enemies who are standing in place, whether that’s due to fighting your undead minions or to being contained via other skills like Bone Prison.

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