The Book of the Dead is the name of a powerful skill that the Necromancer uses to raise his undead minions in Diablo 4.
The Book of the Dead belongs to the Necromancer as a class-exclusive skill in Diablo 4. It is used to summon minions and raise an army of the dead against Lilith and her armies of hell.
Unlocking the Book of the Dead is an easy task in Diablo 4. You automatically have access to the first group of skills at level 1, and can later unlock the other minion options over the course of your progression.
The Book of the Dead allows a Necromancer to summon three types of minions. These are more like three skeletal classes because each class further has three types of units to choose from, each featuring its own set of perks and attacks.
Do note that you can “sacrifice” any minions you have raised for bonuses. However, you will not be able to summon any more of that minion during the fight.
Skeletal Warriors
Skirmishers
Defenders
Reapers
Skeletal Mages
Shadow
Cold
Bone
Golems
Bone
Blood
Iron Skeletal Warriors
Skeleton Warriors are the primary minion of the Necromancer class in Diablo 4. They are positioned frontline and are used to fight with their target at a close range. They are known to possess different types of weapons which they use to deal damage to their targets.
Up to four Skeletal Warriors can be summoned by the Necromancer class at the same time.Skirmishers
Skirmisher Warriors are the first Skeletal minions you unlock as a Necromancer in Diablo 4. They wield swords to do damage but at the expense of a low-health pool. Your Skirmishers are not going to last long in battles but are perfect for a Necromancer critical strike build.
Upgrade 1: You can summon one more Skirmisher to boost your front lines.
Upgrade 2: Your critical strike damage increases by 50 percent but this can only occur once every 3 seconds.
Sacrifice: Your critical strike chance increases by 5 percent but at the expense of not being able to raise another Skirmisher.Defenders
As the name suggests, these Skeletal Warriors form your defensive lines in Diablo 4. Defenders come equipped with shields and can absorb a lot more damage than their other counterparts. However, that also means their damage output is pretty low.
Upgrade 1: This upgrade allows the Defenders to nullify the damage they take after every 6 seconds of the fight.
Upgrade 2: Gain an additional 50% of the number of Thorns from your side.
Sacrifice: You receive an additional 15% Non -Physical Resistance but at the expense of not being able to raise a Skirmisher.Reapers
A scythe-wielding Skeletal Warrior minion. Reapers are incredibly unique with their arsenal of attacks. They provide you with high-windup attacks which they perform after every 10 seconds of the fight.
Regardless of not having damage outputs equivalent to the likes of Defenders and Skirmishers, they are still known to cause a lot of damage to opponents.
