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The YouTube video discusses unique items for the Necromancer class in Diablo 4, focusing on their benefits and drawbacks for various builds. Key items like the Deaf Speaker's Pendant, Bloodless Scream, Grieves of the Empty Tomb, and Ring of Mendel are highlighted for their synergies with specific skills and playstyles. The video emphasizes maximizing crit damage potential and the importance of optimizing damage output. Special attention is given to items that enhance minion builds, such as the Deathless Visage helmet and Black River one-handed Scythe, for their significant boosts to damage and efficiency. A particular build involving Shadow damage is praised for its capacity to shred packs while being immune to damage, making it a strong contender in the game's meta, although potential future adjustments are mentioned.
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In this segment of the video, the YouTuber discusses the eight Necromancer uniques in Diablo 4. They start with the Deaf Speaker’s Pendant, which enhances the Blood Surge ability but has limitations due to stacking effects. Moving on to Bloodless Scream, the unique aspect causes Darkness skills to chill or freeze enemies, providing damage benefits, but the life on kill attribute on the scythes it comes with makes it a hard sell compared to better weapon options like two-handed swords for Necromancers. The video emphasizes the importance of crit damage potential and how certain aspects of the unique may not be optimal for maximizing damage output.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various unique items for Necromancer builds in a game. They mention the drawbacks and benefits of different items such as the Blood Artisans Caress, which requires skill points for proper use but can be powerful. The Grieves of the Empty Tomb are praised for their affixes and synergy with certain skills. The Sever build and minion-focused Ring of Mendel are also highlighted for their effectiveness in specific builds, with the Ring of Mendel being more popular due to the prevalence of minion builds.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses unique items that benefit minion builds for Necromancer. They highlight a unique ring that boosts minion damage and provides bonus effects, despite having some downsides on its affixes. The speaker also mentions powerful glove options, such as Howl From Below, that enhance corpse explosion damage and accuracy, particularly beneficial for various Necromancer builds. Moreover, they introduce the Deathless Visage helmet, which significantly boosts the bone spear build, making it ideal for top-tier single target DPS and clearing content efficiently. Finally, the speaker emphasizes the Black River one-handed Scythe as the overall best unique for Necromancer, enhancing corpse explosion damage by allowing multiple corpse pops with one press.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the significant damage increase, up to 130%, resulting in more burst and improved damage with a larger explosion radius per additional corpse exploded. The combination of better damage, quality of life, and increased radius allows for hitting more targets. The speaker praises the effectiveness of a specific build involving Shadow damage and the ability to pop corpses while immune to damage. This build is considered one of the best meta builds in the game due to its ability to shred packs while being immune to damage. Potential concerns mentioned include the possibility of it being toned down or nerfed in the future. Overall, the speaker finds this build very strong despite some minor drawbacks, and expects possible buffs or nerfs in the future.