Volatile Dead PoE Build Necromancer

Volatile Dead is a spell that consumes a corpse to summon a volatile orb. The orb homes in on nearby enemies and explodes for fire damage on contact.

Corpses near the targeted location explode, dealing damage in a small area and creating an orb which moves towards nearby enemies before dealing spell damage in a larger area. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.

Spell, AoE, Fire. Level: 1–20. Cost: 9–26 Mana. Cast Time: 0.80 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 170%. AoE Radius: 15. Requires Level 12.

Deals (20–753) to (30–1129) Fire Damage
Consumes up to 3 corpses
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (3–4)% of the corpse"s Maximum Life
Maximum of 60 Orbs at a time

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Volatile Dead	(0–10)% increased Area of Effect	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Volatile Dead	(0–10)% increased Area of Effect	50
Anomalous Volatile Dead	(0–20)% increased Fire Damage	100
Divergent Volatile Dead	(0–20)% increased Orb Movement Speed	20

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 20 to 30 Fire Damage	Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3% of the corpse's Maximum Life	Experience
1	12	21	14	9	20, 30	3	15,249
2	15	25	17	10	26, 38	3.1	41,517
3	19	30	21	12	35, 52	3.1	81,983
4	23	35	24	13	47, 70	3.2	147,968
5	27	41	28	14	62, 92	3.2	250,557
6	31	46	32	15	80, 120	3.3	405,086
7	35	51	36	16	104, 155	3.3	447,718
8	38	55	38	17	125, 187	3.4	615,318
9	41	59	41	18	149, 224	3.4	834,639
10	44	63	44	19	178, 268	3.5	1,570,760
11	47	67	47	20	213, 319	3.5	1,633,987
12	50	71	49	20	253, 379	3.6	2,151,030
13	53	75	52	21	299, 449	3.6	2,812,189
14	56	79	55	22	354, 530	3.7	5,099,360
15	59	83	58	23	417, 626	3.7	9,400,731
16	62	87	60	24	491, 737	3.8	15,273,366
17	64	90	62	25	547, 820	3.8	26,286,582
18	66	92	64	25	609, 913	3.9	62,890,590
19	68	95	66	26	677, 1016	3.9	212,046,017
20	70	98	68	26	753, 1129	4
21	72			27	836, 1254	4
22	74			27	928, 1392	4.1
23	76			28	1030, 1545	4.1
24	78			29	1142, 1713	4.2
25	80			29	1266, 1899	4.2
26	82			30	1402, 2104	4.3
27	84			30	1553, 2329	4.3
28	86			31	1719, 2578	4.4
29	88			32	1901, 2852	4.4
30	90			32	2103, 3154	4.5
31	91			32	2211, 3316	4.5
32	92			33	2324, 3486	4.5
33	93			33	2443, 3665	4.5
34	94			33	2568, 3852	4.6
35	95			34	2699, 4049	4.6
36	96			34	2837, 4255	4.6
37	97			34	2981, 4472	4.6
38	98			34	3132, 4699	4.7
39	99			35	3291, 4937	4.7
40	100			35	3457, 5186	4.7

Skill functions and interactions

Homing: Orbs have the same pathfinding AI as the enemy modifier "Volatile Flameblood", which means they can seek out enemies with no line of sight, and even navigate through short maze layouts and pass through fences and some closed doors to reach an enemy. This can be exploited to damage an enemy without the enemy finding your location to retaliate.
Despite their appearance, the orbs created by Volatile Dead are not projectiles. Thus, effects that normally affect projectiles (such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support) do not have an effect on Volatile Dead.
Orbs created by Volatile Dead stay alive for up to 4.5 seconds, and their travel speed increases over time.

Item acquisition

Volatile Dead can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Volatile Dead can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Volatile Dead.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Volatile Dead Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Volatile Dead Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Volatile Dead Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Volatile Dead Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Volatile Dead Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Volatile Dead Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Volatile Dead Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Volatile Dead Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Volatile Dead Orbs 3	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Volatile Dead Consumes up to 1 additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Volatile Dead has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Darkwood Volatile Dead Effect	Your Volatile Dead becomes a Darkwood Effect.
Stygian Volatile Dead Effect	Your Volatile Dead becomes a Stygian Effect.
Void Volatile Dead Effect	Your Volatile Dead becomes a Void Effect.

PoE Volatile Dead Build for Necromancer

1. Character: 100 Necromancer

Life:	7041	Strength:	341
Energy Shield:	1046	Dexterity:	119
Mana:	1424	Intelligence:	270
Evasion Rating:	1167	Charges:	E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour:	14560

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Volatile Dead. AVERAGE HIT: 28k.

Damage types:

Fire: 97%
Physical: 3%

Volatile Dead Support Gems:

Spellslinger Support(Blue): 86%
Concentrated Effect Support(Blue): 84%
Awakened Spell Cascade Support(Blue): 78%
Awakened Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 66%
Hypothermia Support(Green): 51%
Inspiration Support(Red): 26%
Spell Cascade Support(Blue): 19%
Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 12%
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 9%
Combustion Support(Blue): 8%
Awakened Cast While Channelling Support(Blue): 8%
Awakened Fire Penetration Support(Red): 7%
Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 6%
Cast while Channelling Support(Blue): 4%

3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Volatile Dead (Green) (21), Spellslinger Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Awakened Spell Cascade Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Hypothermia Support (Green) (20 / 20), Awakened Elemental Focus Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Inspiration Support (Red) (20 / 20),

Gloves: Barrage (Green) (12 / 20), Combustion Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Frenzy (Green) (2 / 20), Inspiration Support (Red) (20 / 20),

Helmet: Flame Dash (Blue) (20 / 20), Arcane Surge Support (Blue) (2), Vaal Molten Shell (Red) (20), Increased Duration Support (Red) (20 / 20),

Boots: Desecrate (Green) (20), Spellslinger Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Spell Cascade Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Herald of Ash (Red) (20 / 20),