Book of the Dead · Essence · Minions · Corpse Skills · Direct Command
Largest power jump of any returning class. <strong>Direct minion control</strong> — point warriors/mages at targets. Book of the Dead keeps minions alive during sacrifice. <strong>Sever</strong> gets built-in teleport via Inexorable Reaper. Skeletal Mages → core slot. <strong>Undercrown</strong> pushes warrior cap past 20.
Shadowblight (A) — no-minion Shadow DoT. Stack Blight, Corpse Explosion, Ebonpiercer, Soulrift. Trigger Shadowblight passive ASAP. Attack Speed is king. Blood Wave (A) — Kessime's Legacy pants, massive AoE via Blood rework. Summoner/Zerg (A) — "Lazy Necro Zerg" with 20+ warriors via Undercrown. Direct command for elite focus. Mendeln explosions chain. Bone Spirit (B) — burst single-target. Blood Lance (B) — ranged tether. Army of Dead (B) — ultimate burst. Sever (B) — fast blaster with teleport.