About this video

• Video Title: Divinity: Original Sin 2 NECROMANCER / WARFARE Build (Act 1-2)
• Channel: Jay Dunna
• Speakers: Jay Dunna
• Duration: 00:15:56

Overview

This video provides a comprehensive guide to a Necromancer/Warfare build for Divinity: Original Sin 2, focusing on effectiveness in Acts 1 and 2, and up to around level 10. The presenter details attribute and ability point allocation, essential talents, recommended gear, and a variety of skills. The guide also includes combat strategies and tips for maximizing the build's synergy between necromancy and warfare for both damage and crowd control.

Key takeaways

• Hybrid Build Synergy: The build effectively combines Necromancer skills for damage and healing with Warfare skills for crowd control and physical damage, creating a powerful and sustainable character.
• Attribute Focus: Prioritize Intelligence for spell damage, with Memory for spell preparation, and Wits for initiative and critical hit chance. Strength investment is generally not needed due to gear and spells like "Peace of Mind."
• Skill Prioritization: Warfare skills are crucial for early-game crowd control and physical damage, while Necromancer skills contribute to damage and sustain. Combining Pyrokinetic with Necromancer yields the powerful "Corpse Explosion" spell.
• Talent Choices: Key talents include "Elemental Affinity" (for reduced spell AP cost), "Executioner" (for extra attacks after a kill), "Picture of Health" (for increased vitality based on Warfare points), and "Savage Sortilege" (to give magical spells critical hit chance).
• Gear and Weapon Strategy: Two-handed weapons are recommended for their critical hit chance bonus, which applies to spells. Prioritize gear that boosts Warfare, Intelligence, and critical hit chance. Refreshing shop inventories is advised for finding optimal gear.
• Combat Tactics: Begin combat with buffs and summons, use Warfare skills to break physical armor before applying crowd control, and leverage Necromancer spells for damage and healing. "Corpse Explosion" is highlighted as a particularly potent damage spell.

The key talents suggested to maximize the effectiveness of this Necromancer/Warfare build are:

• Elemental Affinity: Lowers the action point cost of spells when standing in a surface of the same element, and is even more potent for elves who can use "Flesh Sacrifice."
• Executioner: Allows for an additional attack after taking out a target, which is very powerful.
• Picture of Health: Grants extra vitality, with 3% for every point in Warfare, contributing to sustainability.
• Savage Sortilege: Gives all magical skills critical hit chance equal to the character's critical chance score, significantly boosting spell damage.
• Hothead: Provides a bonus to critical hit chance and accuracy when at full health, which is beneficial given the build's sustain.
• Living Armour: Converts a portion of healing received into magic armor, offering more survivability.