With the exciting first Season ofDiablo 4, there are plenty of new features to play around with. You can now farm one of the main new Seasonal items calledCaged Hearts. There are four categories and 32 different types which can attach to jewelry sockets to provide beneficial effects. Certain Caged Hearts are class-specific, while other are general. If you want to know the best Caged Hearts for the Necromancer class inDiablo 4Season 1, continue reading.
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What are the best Necromancer Malignant Hearts inDiablo 4Season 1?
It can be difficult deciding which Caged Hearts to use, since you can’t un-socket and reuse them like Gems. Also, depending on which Necromancer build you choose, your preferred Caged Hearts may differ. In general, some of the best Caged Hearts for Necromancers inDiablo 4Season 1 areCaged Heart of the Sacrilegious, Caged Heart of the Decrepit Aura, and Caged Heart of Determination.
The Sacrilegiousis highly useful, as it automatically triggers my Corpse Skills for no Essence.Decrepit Auraalso automatically triggers a skill, but this time it’s the Decrepify skill. Lastly,Determinationwill help you use less Essence, as well as lessen Resource draining effects. If you utilize at least one of these Caged Hearts as a Necromancer, you’ll find Season 1 to be a lot more enjoyable.
How you’re able to get any of these Caged Hearts is by crafting them, or farming them. UsingMalignant Ichordropped by enemies or salvaged Caged Hearts, you can craft new Hearts, or Invokers. TheseMalignant Invokerstie to a specific category of Malignant Heart, which there are four of. You can farm forVicious, Brutal, Devious, or Wrathful Malignant Hearts. Then, once you turn them into Caged Hearts, they’ll give you a random effect out of 32 options.
Best Caged Hearts for Blood Surge Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1 tier list
As a Blood Surge Necromancer, you’ll want most of these four Caged Hearts. The effects from these Caged Hearts can work in tandem to create amazing effects during combat. The top three on the tier list are honestly great for any Necromancer build. Caged Heart of Creeping Death, however, can work best with Caged Heart of the Sacrilegious, as I will explain below.
Best Vicious Caged Hearts for Blood Surge Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
I honestly don’t think you need any other Vicious Caged Heart besides this one. Even as a Blood Surge Necromancer, you should have at least one Corpse Skill on tab. Personally, I use Corpse Tendrils, soCaged Heart of the Sacrilegious will trigger it without wasting a single drop of Essence. Then, once it grapples and stuns enemies into one area, I Blood Surge them for a devastating blow. It’ll occasionally get annoying when every few seconds your Corpse Skill goes off, but it’s worth it.
Best Brutal Caged Hearts for Blood Surge Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Luckily, unlike Sacrilegious,Decrepit Aura doesn’t require you to equip the skill. You don’t have to worry about Decrepify taking up space, and it’ll become highly useful during fights with groups of enemies.
Also, Caged Heart of Revenge is perfect when you use Blood Mist, since it’s a Macabre skill.All the suppressed damage amplifies while you’re using Blood Mist, and will deal a serious amount of Fire damage. You’ll use Blood Mist often running this build, so these Brutal Caged Hearts are a must.
Best Devious Caged Hearts for Blood Surge Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Using this build will end up draining your Essence quickly. This is why you should find yourself a Caged Heart of Determination. Not only does itincrease your Essence Generation, but will drain it less as well. There’s also the Necromancer Caged Heart of Frozen Terror. This Devious Heart has a decent chance ofinflicting Fear and Chilling enemies. It even helps to have other skills that make enemies Fear.
Best Wrathful Caged Hearts for Blood Surge Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Caged Heart of Creeping Death is perfect to use with the Sacrilegious. Why? Well, whenever it triggers Corpse Tendrils, enemies are now Crowd Controlled. With Creeping Death, your damage over time effects increase. It’s also quite useful for Unstoppable and Staggered bosses to take more damage than usual.
Otherwise, Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact is a fun one. It won’t take long to get through 20 kills, meaningyou’ll receive one of three random bonuses often. It doesn’t hurt to have this Heart on you if you received it.
Best Caged Hearts for Bone Spear Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1 tier list
Although not as popular as Blood Surge, the Bone Spear Necromancer is still enjoyable to build. Sadly, there aren’t any Caged Hearts that specifically tie into Bone Skills, but you can still find useful Hearts otherwise. The good thing is that you’ll still be using other skills during this build that these four Caged Hearts can help out with.
Best Vicious Caged Hearts for Bone Spear Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
The best Vicious Caged Hearts for this build have to do with your Critical Strikes.You’ll be pulling these Critical Strikes off often as a Bone Spear Necromancer, which can deal some serious damage with these Caged Hearts. The former is a lot safer to play with than the latter, sinceTempting Fate makes all normal attacks less damaging.
Best Brutal Caged Hearts for Bone Spear Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
I’m recommendingthe same Brutal Caged Hearts for this build as the last one.They can still apply to your Bone Spear build, since you may still use Blood Mist. Also, having Decrepify trigger randomly is always a plus, so you can invest your skill points elsewhere.
Best Devious Caged Hearts for Bone Spear Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Again, these Caged Hearts are unstoppable for most Necromancer builds.You may find yourself losing your Essence fast with this build, so using a Caged Heart of Determination is best. Also, you may’t go wrong with the Caged Heart of Frozen Terror.
Best Wrathful Caged Hearts for Bone Spear Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Your Corpse skills can inflict Crowd Control effects, which is perfect for Caged Heart of Creeping Death. Also, Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact is always a good Heart to have. The only issue with Wrathful Caged Hearts is the fact that they’re more rare to find than the other types. You’re lucky just to get either one of these during your Bone Spear Necromancer playthrough.
Best Caged Hearts for Summoner Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1 tier list
Finally, with the Summoner Necromancer build, you’ll be focusing more on your Minions and your Shadow damage. Most of the Caged Hearts previously mentioned are still worthwhile for this specific build. These four Caged Hearts will surely make your Summoner Necromancer powered up.
Best Vicious Caged Hearts for Summoner Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Seeing as the only Core Skill you’ll probably rely on as a Summoner Necromancer is Sever, Dark Dance is a perfect Caged Heart.Sever can cause incredible damage with that Vicious Heart equipped. Also, as usual, Caged Heart of the Sacrilegious returns. It’s on my number one spot on most of my tier lists for a reason.Summoner Necromancers can get away with using both Corpse skills, which makes the Sacrilegious highly important.
Best Brutal Caged Hearts for Summoner Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
Although Caged Heart of Prudent Heart has a lengthy cooldown, it comes in handy often. As a Summoner Necromancer,you probably won’t use any defensive skills, which makes the immunity you get from Prudent Heart helpful. And of course, Decrepit Aura is a fantastic Brutal Caged Heart. You’ll find yourself surrounded by more than five enemies quite often.
Best Devious Caged Hearts for Summoner Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
These two Devious Caged Hearts continuously come in handy for Necromancers. Since you’rerelying heavily on Crowd Control effects as a Summoner Necromancer, you’ll find Frozen Terror to be very useful. We also see Caged Heart of Determination make a common reoccurrence, as it’s on every Necromancer build tier list.
Best Wrathful Caged Hearts for Summoner Necromancer build inDiablo 4Season 1
With your Minions being your main combat tactic, you’ll want to get yourself a Caged Heart of the Great Feast. You’ll never find yourself alone, sohaving each Minion deal that large amount of damage is incredible. Also, Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact is always a useful Wrathful Caged Heart.
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