Version, purpose and verified scope
The Hand of Naz concentrates the army into Skeletal Mages, with Ring of Mendeln providing their additional trigger. Mendeln scales from the character’s weapon; a double-Mage-hit temper does not automatically multiply the Mendeln proc. Bone Prison supplements Kalan’s Edict’s summoning mechanic.
Patch family 2.5; level 60. Source variant: Default. Author revision: 2025-12-24T18:30:52. This page includes the complete skill allocation, bar, equipment, sockets and board/glyph list. Record and top-rank claims in the source title are not adopted as our own measurements.
Skill, item and glyph names retain unambiguous English planner labels. Numbers in the point table are allocated ranks, not final ranks increased by gear.
Action bar and gameplay
Maintain the Mage army, use Soulrift during sustained fights and cast Corpse Tendrils on suitable corpses. Place Blight beneath the main target and use Bone Prison in the buff cycle. Reap helps initial contact without replacing the actual minion attack.
| Slot | Skill |
|---|---|
| 1 | Soulrift |
| 2 | Reap |
| 3 | Blight |
| 4 | Corpse Tendrils |
| 5 | Raise Skeleton |
| 6 | Bone Prison |
Complete point allocation
Total: 71 paid points; 0 free shape-choice entries. Visible free connectors are not additional paid investment.
| Node / upgrade | Rank | Paid points |
|---|---|---|
| Reap | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Reap | 1 | 1 |
| Hewed Flesh | 3 | 3 |
| Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Supernatural Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Grim Harvest | 1 | 1 |
| Fueled By Death | 3 | 3 |
| Necrotic Fortitude | 3 | 3 |
| Titans Fall | 3 | 3 |
| Spiked Armor | 3 | 3 |
| Bone Prison | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Bone Prison | 1 | 1 |
| Bone Prison Dreadful | 1 | 1 |
| Deaths Embrace | 3 | 3 |
| Deaths Approach | 3 | 3 |
| Amplify Damage | 3 | 3 |
| Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Abhorrent Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Skeletal Mage Mastery | 3 | 3 |
| Coalesced Blood | 3 | 3 |
| Reapers Pursuit | 3 | 3 |
| Gloom | 3 | 3 |
| Terror | 3 | 3 |
| Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Blighted Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Necrotic Carapace | 3 | 3 |
| Precision Decay | 3 | 3 |
| Soulrift | 1 | 1 |
| Prime Soulrift | 1 | 1 |
| Supreme Soulrift | 1 | 1 |
| Inspiring Leader | 1 | 1 |
| Hellbent Commander | 3 | 3 |
| Finality | 3 | 3 |
| Kalans Edict | 1 | 1 |
Class mechanic
| Selection | Setting |
|---|---|
| Skeletal Warriors: Reapers | Sacrifice |
| Golems: Iron | Sacrifice |
| Skeletal Mages: Shadow | Option 1 |
Equipment by slot
Aspects and Uniques are listed as one coherent setup. A higher item-power number does not replace a missing core item.
| Slot | Item / aspect |
|---|---|
| Ring 2 | Ring of Mendeln |
| Helm | Heir of Perdition |
| Weapon | Aspect of Service and Sacrifice |
| Amulet | Aspect of Reanimation |
| Gloves | The Hand of Naz |
| Boots | Aspect of Occult Dominion |
| Pants | Blood Moon Breeches |
| Chest | Shroud of False Death |
| Ring 1 | Aspect of Grasping Veins |
Stats, tempering and upgrade order
Obtain Hand of Naz with Mage passive rolls and Mendeln first. Then improve minion count, attack speed, Mage multipliers and weapon base damage. Chaos Armor relocations from stale S10 paragraphs in the source are explicitly excluded for S11.
The table lists attributes from the selected source, with preferred Greater/Masterwork targets first. It does not reuse present-day tooltip percentages as historical values.
| Slot | Attribute priority | Tempering |
|---|---|---|
| Ring 2 | Ranks To Skeletal Warrior Mastery Skeletal Mage Mastery And Golem Mastery · Pet Attack Speed · Damage Percent All From Skills · Intelligence | — |
| Helm | Primary Core Stat · Movement Speed | — |
| Weapon | Maximum Life · Intelligence · Lucky Hit Chance To Restore Primary Resource | Dreadful Augments Ranks To Titans Fall |
| Amulet | Ranks To Hellbent Commander · Ranks To Deaths Embrace · Intelligence | Decay Innovation Soulrift Duration |
| Gloves | Intelligence · Ranks To Skeleton Mage · Skeletal Mage Damage · Attack Speed | — |
| Boots | Maximum Life · Intelligence · Armor | Profane Innovation Corpse Tendrils Size |
| Pants | Intelligence · Critical Strike Damage Multiplier · Critical Strike Chance · Ranks To Curse Skills | — |
| Chest | All Stats · Resistance To All Elements | — |
| Ring 1 | Maximum Life · Intelligence · Attack Speed | Minion Finesse Skeletal Mages Damage |
Runes and gems
Sockets for the selected variant. A rune pair belongs together in a suitable item; socketed runes and completed Runeword equipment are different things.
| Slot | Sockets |
|---|---|
| Ring 2 | Diamond |
| Helm | Nagu + Thul |
| Weapon | Ahu + Qax |
| Amulet | Diamond |
| Chest | Topaz |
| Ring 1 | Diamond |
Paragon: boards and glyphs
This list documents the selected endgame setup. Use the linked planner for exact connected individual nodes and earlier point totals. A high target glyph rank is not an entry requirement.
| No. | Board | Glyph | Target rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starter Board | Eliminator | 100 |
| 2 | Cult Leader | Deadraiser | 100 |
| 3 | Flesh Eater | Essence | 100 |
| 4 | Scent Of Death | Mage | 100 |
| 5 | Frailty | Amplify | 100 |
Seasonal powers and Talisman package
Divine Gifts and Sanctification belong to S11. Earlier Chaos Perks are not counted as active.
| Role / slot | Selection |
|---|---|
| Andariel — Corrupted | Essence of Anguish |
| Andariel — Purified | Essence of Screams |
| Azmodan — Corrupted | Essence of Hellfire |
| Azmodan — Purified | Essence of Sin |
| Belial — Corrupted | Essence of Shadows |
| Belial — Purified | Essence of Lies |
| Duriel — Corrupted | Essence of Squalor |
| Duriel — Purified | Essence of Pain |
Limits and safe transitions
Use the ordinary full army before obtaining Hand of Naz. Simply removing Warriors and Golem weakens the character before the conversion mechanic is available.
Verify resource sustain, protection and core items together before increasing difficulty. An author’s test with particular gear, density or boss phases does not prove identical performance on every character.
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Sources & editorial reference date
Independently written guidance. Linked sources support verification of game systems, versions and described changes. Editorial reference date: 2026-10-23.
- Kripp: (S11) Kripp's Skele-Mage Mendeln Summoner — Default (2025-12-24T18:30:52Z) mobalytics.gg
- Blizzard: Season of Divine Intervention news.blizzard.com