Wraith Necromancer Guide
Last Updated:April 17, 2025|Changelog
The Wraith Necromancer uses Summon Wraith and Summon Volatile Zombie to summon a horrific Minion army. Use the dark and forbidden knowledge of the dead to unleash total destruction across the battlefield. The unending barrage of Fire projectiles and explosions makes this build an authentic visual spectacle.
You NEED 2 Adorned Immortal Idols with Chance for Summon Wraith to summon a Flame Wraith instead to play this build. Don't worry, they are easy to find!
Cast Dread Shade to buff your Summon Wraith's Damage tremendously. Once you have a few summoned, cast Drain Life on them to generate Mana. The build also has decent mobility and utility with Transplant.
This setup doesn't require any Unique to function. However Items like Aberrant Call, Phantom Grip, Julra's Obsession, Ambitions of an Erased Acolyte, Last Steps of the Living, Exsanguinous, Boneclamor Barbute and Strands of Souls take the build to the next level.
Overall this depraved Necromancer is an amazing build that performs well in endgame. If you are looking for a dark summoner with a powerful undeath army capable of obliterating Bosses in seconds, this build is perfect for you!
You NEED 2 Adorned Immortal Idols with Chance for Summon Wraith to summon a Flame Wraith instead to play this build.
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Acolyte Leveling Guide.
Check our Tier Lists to know how this build performs in the current patch.
If you are looking for a different playstyle, check all our Build Guides!
Skills
Summon Wraith
Thanks to Flame Wraith and Adorned Immortal Idols with Chance for Summon Wraith to summon a Flame Wraith instead, your Summon Wraiths are always Fire and Ranged; combine this with Locus Of Death to turn them into deadly turrets. Spirit Link and Dawn of the Fall grant extra Crit Chance.
- Do not disable Health Leech on Drain Life before you transition to Low Life.
- If you want a more relaxed playstyle in the Early Game, take a Point in Dreadful Horde inside of Summon Volatile Zombie. This adds a Cooldown and significantly reduces the APM and micromanagement of the build.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- Take Nodes with Intelligence, Health, Vitality and Minion Cast Speed.
- Investing in Forbidden Knowledge helps you cap your Resistances.
- Aegisfall boosts your DPS substantially. With enough Minion Cast Speed, you only need 4 or 5 Points in it.
- Frantic Summons provides tons of Cast Speed.
- Moonlight Pyre grants an amazing amount of base Damage.
- Get as many Points as you need in Rite of Undeath to cap your Resistances.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Summon a few Summon Wraiths.
- Buff them with Dread Shade.
- Cast Drain Life on top of your Summon Wraiths to generate Mana and gain buffs. This is also key for capping your Resistances with Contempt.
- Summon Summon Wraiths up to your limit.
- Once you reach the Summon Wraiths cap, spam Summon Volatile Zombie.
- Use Transplant to juke, move and to gain its buffs.
Bossing
- Take advantage of all your buffs and keep them active as much as possible.
- Pre summon all your Summon Wraiths before aggroing the Boss.
- Save Transplant for dangerous telegraphed Boss attacks.
- Transplant is a blink and can be used to go over incoming attacks or terrain.
- Position yourself behind your Minions so they can block dangerous homing projectiles aimed at you. Be careful though, some attacks can pierce and still hit you.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Get an Aberrant Call to unleash the true power of Summon Wraith. Aim for T7 Affixes with Flat Minion Spell Damage when you find it with Legendary Potential. Cast Speed greatly helps with the smoothness of the build.
- Look for Phantom Grip and Death Rattle. This build can be very Unique heavy, so it's good to include the ones that shine even without Legendary Potential as soon as possible.
- Ambitions of an Erased Acolyte is another great addition to the build. Be open to what the Weaver's Will upgrades provide and hope for GG ones!
- Cycle of Putrescence allows you to always spawn a new Summon Volatile Zombies.
- Julra's Obsession is amazing for DPS. Slam T7 Cast Speed when you find it with Legendary Potential.
- Get Exsanguinous and Last Steps of the Living to transition into the Low Life setup, which greatly increases the defenses of the build thanks to the Ward generation it provides.
- Once you switch to Low Life, grab a Legendary Strands of Souls and Boneclamor Barbute. The Helmet allows you to further scale your Ward with Necrotic Resistance.
Learn the basics for crafting gear with our Beginner Crafting Guide.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Idol Slots.
Build Scaling
Offensive Stats
- Flat Minion Necrotic & Fire Spell Damage
- % Increased Minion Cast Speed
- % Increased Cast Speed
- Intelligence
- % Increased Minion Spell Damage
- % Increased Minion Critical Strike Chance
- Minion Critical Strike Multiplier
- Armor Shred Chance
Defensive Stats
- Health
- Armor
- Ward
- Ward Retention
- Intelligence
- Vitality
- % Increased Minion Health
Scaling Tips
- Minion Power: Your minions gain Minion Power based on your Character Level. By level 100, they deal 45% More Damage and take 45% Less Damage (Multiplicative with other modifiers).
- Cast Speed: The faster you cast your Minions the better.
- Mark for Death: This Ailment that reduces All Enemy Resistances by 25%, causing them to take extra Damage. Get it from a Large Immortal Idols with Minion Chance To Apply Mark For Death On Hit.
- Low Life: Enable this playstyle thanks to Exsanguinous and Last Steps of the Living, allowing you to generate tons of Ward.
- Vitality: Grants tons of Flat Armor thanks to the Martyrdom Node inside Dread Shade.
- Contempt: Use this amazing Node on Drain Life to cap all your Resistances.
- Bone Armor: Transplant provides this buff. It grants Flat Armor and Damage Reduction.
- % Increased Minion Health: Summon Volatile Zombie generate more Ward on death based on their maximum Health thanks to Necromantic Fervor.
Our Damage Explained Article covers all you need to know to scale Damage.
Learn all you need to know to scale Defense with our Defense Explained Article.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Making sure you highlight all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to ensure your character's progression. Click on the Generate Loot Filter button down below then use the Paste Clipboard Contents button in-game to import it!
Here is the Endgame Loot Filter for this build:
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Video Guide
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Summary
This Necromancer uses Summon Wraith and Summon Volatile Zombie to summon a horrific Fire Minion army. It has insane single target DPS and decent survivability thanks to its multiple defensive layers.
- Thanks to Flame Wraith and Adorned Immortal Idols with Chance for Summon Wraith to summon a Flame Wraith instead, your Summon Wraiths are always Fire and Ranged.
- Summon Volatile Zombie provides amazing Ward generation and additional Damage.
- Dread Shade is crucial to enhance your Minion's Damage thanks to Nodes like Dying Coven, Grim Fate and Lingering Doom.
- Transition to Low Life to generate stable Ward thanks to Exsanguinous and Last Steps of the Living.
- Use Transplant to juke, move or refresh the buffs it provides.
- This setup doesn't require any Unique to function. However Items like Aberrant Call, Phantom Grip, Julra's Obsession, Ambitions of an Erased Acolyte, Last Steps of the Living, Exsanguinous, Boneclamor Barbute and Strands of Souls take the build to the next level.
Credits
Written by Lizard_IRL.
Content Reviewed by Volca.
Language Reviewed by Tenkiei.