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Classes

Necromancer

Pet caster + DoT specialist — top solo class, top evil-side caster.

Necromancers summon undead pets, cast damage-over-time curses, lifetap enemies for HP, and feign death to split pulls. The class is the top solo class in Classic-through-PoP EverQuest — a well-played Necro can duo anything the game throws at them.

Role

The Necromancer is sustained-DoT + pet-support + utility caster. In groups, the Necro DoTs every mob, lifetaps to sustain mana (via Lich line), and uses Feign Death to pull. In raids, the Necro is a sustained-DPS seat and an aggro-dumping insurance policy.

Key abilities

  • DoT lines — Disease, Poison, Magic, Chaotic. Stack across schools for enormous per-mob damage.
  • Lifetap lines — Drain Spirit, Vampiric Curse, etc. HP for the Necro.
  • Feign Death — split pulls, break aggro, skip deaths.
  • Lich line — HP-to-mana conversion. The Necro's endless-mana trick.
  • Snare + Fear — solo kite tools.
  • Coffin / Gather Corpse (AA) — corpse management, clutch in raid.
  • Pet — Summoned Ghoul/Skeleton, tankable with the Necro's own haste and buffs.

Primary weapon paths

Necros use 1h staves or piercing. Necro epic 1.0 is Scythe of the Shadowed Soul. Not weapon-reliant.

Group fit

Fits any group. The Necro's pull-and-feign utility, damage contribution, and aggro insurance (Death Peace line) make the class universally welcomed outside of heavy-undead zones where Necro DoT types are resisted.

Solo

Top-tier. Fear-snare-DoT kite any outdoor mob. Tap-DoT-pet any indoor mob. Lich-line for sustained mana. Coffins for emergencies. A Necro is rarely in danger of dying even solo — they just run out of things to kill nearby.

Leveling path summary

  • 1–15: Newbie yard, learn pet management + first DoT.
  • 15–30: Paineel / Neriak / Cabilis outskirts. Fear-kite a lot.
  • 30–45: Oasis, Cazic Thule, Karnor's Castle outskirts. Root-rot efficiency.
  • 45–60: Chardok (charm-pet), Kaesora, Sebilis, Overthere. Solo duos.
  • 60–65: PoP. Plane of Fire sustained-DPS; Plane of Time mana-dump.

Play note

Iksar Necromancer is the iconic race pick (Cabilis starting, regen, Necromancer-friendly faction). Dark Elf Necro is the other canonical build. Gnome Necro is the comic-horror choice.

Patron deity

See Class-Deity Alignment Map.

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