The summary of ‘I Was So Wrong About Decompose | Necromancer Skill Review Diablo 4 Codex of Power’

The video focuses on the Darkness skills in the game, with particular emphasis on the skill called "Decompose." Darkness skills primarily use Shadow Magic for damage, with a focus on inflicting damage over time and providing benefits for attacking enemies through debuffs and crowd control effects like slowing or stunning. Decompose is highlighted as a foundational skill for generating Essence to power more advanced abilities, making it crucial for a skeleton army or minion summoning build for the Necromancer. The video discusses how Decompose plays a key role in corpse generation and boosting essence generation, especially for Summoner or essence-hungry builds. The overall theme revolves around the Necromancer's skill rotation, the importance of Decompose in summoning strategies, and the Darkness skill tree's focus on Shadow damage, crowd control, and area of effect damage over time effects. Key terms include Darkness skills, Shadow Magic, Essence, Necromancer, Decompose, corpse generation, summons, and debuffs. The video highlights the strategic use of Decompose in enhancing gameplay and building powerful character setups in the game.

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In this segment of the video, the focus is on the Darkness skills, particularly the skill called decompose. Darkness skills use Shadow Magic for damage, primarily causing damage over time or through multiple applications. These skills also offer benefits for attacking enemies and are debuff and crowd control heavy, potentially slowing or stunning enemies. The goal seems to be to focus on a Darkness type build for greater rewards. Decompose is highlighted as a basic skill used for generating Essence to power more advanced abilities in the necromancer’s skill rotation.

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In this segment of the video, the focus is on the Necromancer skill “Decompose.” Decompose is highlighted as a skill that generates Essence and summons corpses while channeling on a target, setting it apart as a basic skill that proactively generates corpses for the player. The video discusses how Decompose is likely to be integral to a skeleton army or minion summoning build for the Necromancer. The connection between Decompose and generating corpses to summon more skeletons is emphasized. Additionally, the transcript mentions other related aspects such as the Codex of power providing insights into the Necromancer’s skills, and additional mechanics like the interaction of Decompose with legendary aspects like Flesh Rending.

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In this segment of the video, it is discussed how “Decompose” can be a powerful skill for builds requiring corpse generation and boosting essence generation. It is highlighted as useful for Summoner or essence-hungry builds. The Aspect of the Damned skill bar is detailed, emphasizing increased Shadow damage with two separate curses (Decrepify and Iron Maiden). The curses are described in relation to their effects on monsters and potential interactions with the Darkness skill tree. The concept of applying debuffs and crowd control is mentioned, such as stunning targets affected by Iron Maiden. The overview suggests that Decompose provides insight into the Darkness skill tree’s focus on Shadow damage, crowd control, and area of effect damage over time effects.