Season context and purpose
Historical Season 6, patch family 2.0. Blood Wave orbs trigger free Bone Spirits. Archived guide capture: 2024-11-06. Optimization applies to the named activity and gearing stage; this is not a current or cross-season ranking promise.
Blood Artisan’s Cuirass creates Bone Spirits when Blood Orbs are consumed. Blood Wave supplies orbs; Gore Quills makes Blood Lance consume them. Ossified Essence and Bone Graft scale the spirit rather than Blood Wave’s active damage number.
Six bar slots and class system
Sacrifice Skirmishers, Cold Mages and Iron Golem. The final bar uses Corpse Explosion; Zan/Wat automates Decrepify. Without Wat, use the earlier manual-curse bar.
| Slot | Skill |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Wave |
| 2 | Blood Lance |
| 3 | Corpse Tendrils |
| 4 | Blight |
| 5 | Corpse Explosion |
| 6 | Blood Mist |
Skill points for the selected variant
Complete base-point allocation for the selected “Mythic” variant: 71 points. Item-granted ranks are additional; allocated skills need not all be equipped. This table is not a level-by-level order. Preserved planner revision: 2024-11-01.
| Talent / upgrade | Base points |
|---|---|
| Blight | 1 |
| Supernatural Blight | 1 |
| Corpse Explosion | 1 |
| Bone Spirit | 5 |
| Hemorrhage | 2 |
| Paranormal Blood Lance | 1 |
| Ghastly Bone Spirit | 1 |
| Corpse Tendrils | 1 |
| Decrepify | 1 |
| Blood Wave | 5 |
| Blighted Corpse Tendrils | 1 |
| Prime Blood Wave | 1 |
| Stand Alone | 3 |
| Compound Fracture | 3 |
| Imperfectly Balanced | 3 |
| Ossified Essence | 1 |
| Evulsion | 3 |
| Hewed Flesh | 3 |
| Necrotic Carapace | 3 |
| Inspiring Leader | 3 |
| Memento Mori | 3 |
| Supreme Blood Wave | 1 |
| Blood Lance | 1 |
| Abhorrent Decrepify | 1 |
| Fueled by Death | 3 |
| Death's Embrace | 3 |
| Amplify Damage | 3 |
| Enhanced Blight | 1 |
| Enhanced Blood Lance | 1 |
| Enhanced Decrepify | 1 |
| Enhanced Corpse Tendrils | 1 |
| Enhanced Bone Spirit | 1 |
| Necrotic Fortitude | 2 |
| Finality | 3 |
| Titan's Fall | 3 |
Equipment, aspects and stat priorities
Secure orb consumption, Blood Wave cooldown and critical chance first. Then scale Bone Spirit ranks and its multipliers. The automatic cuirass trigger does not require an expensive active Bone Spirit button.
| Role | Equipment / mechanic |
|---|---|
| Required | Blood Artisan’s Cuirass; Gore Quills; Fastblood; Tidal |
| Core | Bone Spirit ranks; Swelling Curse; Grasping Veins; Blood Orb resources |
| Optional | Harlequin Crest; Ring of Starless Skies; Shroud of False Death depending on the variant |
Rotation and resources
Start Blood Wave, group with Tendrils and place Blight for its damage bonus. Use Corpse Explosion regularly for Fueled by Death and Flesh-eater. Consume orbs with Blood Lance, recast Blood Wave and reserve Blood Mist for emergencies.
Season mechanic and targeted choices
Hatred Rising uses Realmwalkers and Seething Opals for seasonal progression. Runes and Mercenaries belong to Vessel of Hatred and require the expansion.
| Selection |
|---|
| Zan + Wat: automatic curse |
| Tam + Xal: more maximum Life |
Paragon: boards and glyphs
First bring glyphs to ranks 15 and 46 for radius increases, then continue toward rank 100. Additional bonuses require enough purchased attributes within range.
Glyph priority: Essence, Sacrificial, Eliminator, Corporeal, Amplify.
| Board | Glyph |
|---|---|
| Start | Sacrificial |
| Bone Graft | Essence |
| Blood Begets Blood | Eliminator |
| Frailty | Corporeal |
| Scent of Death | Control |
Leveling, transition and patch limits
Gear with a conventional Necromancer leveling setup. Switch after obtaining the cuirass, orb consumption and Fastblood; casting Blood Wave alone does not create a functioning Spirit loop.
The point plan and orb scaling belong to S6. The later S7 Kessime Blood Wave build deals its main damage with the wave and uses a different engine.
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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.
- Blizzard: Hatred Rising news.blizzard.com
- Maxroll: genuine S6 guide capture, 2024-11-06 web.archive.org
- Maxroll retained planner: S6 necromancer, selected historical variant maxroll.gg