Necromancer

Necromancer

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Necromancer

Tower • Legacy Enemy • Modern Enemy

Necromancer
Unlock Cost	2,250
Level Requirement	Level 50
Base Cost	$1,650
Base Selling Cost	$550
Type	Offensive
Placement	Ground
Placement Limit	3
Statistics
Base Damage	10
Damage Method	Single (Level 0) Pierce (Level 1-3) Multi-target (Level 4) Splash (Level 4)
Base Firerate	1.508
Base Range	21 6.5 (Gravestone Range)
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	Level 0+ (Collision & Splash only)
Flying Detection	Level 0+ (Tower & Executioner Skeleton only)
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

• Current
• Version 2
• Version 1

"Deal damage to collect souls! Collected souls generate gravestones that can be used to resurrect the dead."

―Store Description

"Deal damage to collect souls! Souls get used to summon gravestones."

―Former Store Description

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―Former Store Description

Description

The Necromancer is a hardcore spawner tower that can be unlocked in the store for 2,250 and has a level requirement of Level 50. It could have also been obtained through a gamepass for 1,500.

The Necromancer fires magic bolts at enemies, which at Level 1 can pierce two enemies, hitting three enemies. At Level 4, these are replaced by beams fired from its book, which are not projectiles. These beams deal damage based on the number of enemies targeted. For example, if it only targets one enemy, it will deal 20 damage, 40 damage when targeting two enemies, and 60 damage when targeting three enemies. The Necromancer also has a soul meter of 50, which it fills up by damaging enemies. When the soul meter is full, the Necromancer will summon gravestones. The Necromancer can destroy these gravestones using its Raise the Dead ability. The Necromancer will summon gravestones until it reaches the limit at that level. At Level 3, the Necromancer can now upgrade gravestones. After dealing enough damage it will upgrade the gravestones, regardless of whether they are currently placed down or not. Upgraded gravestones summon stronger units. At Level 4, these gravestones can also deal damage when destroyed.

The units spawned depend on the Level of the tower and the gravestone. At Level 0, Level 1 gravestones can only spawn Skeletons, at Level 2, Level 1 gravestones gain the ability to summon Sword Skeletons. At Level 3, gravestones can be upgraded to Level 2, where they spawn Skeletons, Skeleton Knights and Giant Skeletons. At Level 4, gravestones can be upgraded to Level 3, where they spawn Skeleton Knights, Hallow Guards and Executioner Skeletons. The units that spawn from gravestones are random, though once the gravestones are at their final Level and they are all placed down, the summoned units will always be the same, based on the limits set for them at a specific Necromancer level.

The Necromancer has a placement limit of three per player.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Spirit Tuning - $1,150
+2 Damage 1.508 > 1.208 Firerate +1 Max Hits +2 Max Gravestone +10 Soul Meter 1.5 > 1 Build Time Sell Price changes to $933

Level 2 - Soul Forge - $3,950
+3 Range +1 Gravestone Spawn Count +2 Max Gravestone +36 Soul Meter +Hidden Detection •15 Damage •0.808 Firerate •7.5 Range •90 Health •3.5 Speed •Hidden Detection •3 Limit per Summon Sell Price changes to $2,250

Level 3 - Skull Centrifuge - $11,320
+2 Range 1.208 > 0.808 Firerate +18 Damage 1 > 2 Max Gravestone Level +224 Soul Meter 1 > 0.8 Build Time +1 Sword Skeleton Limit per Summon •2 Range •600 Health •2.4 Speed •Hidden Detection •1 Limit per Summon •90 Damage •0.658 Firerate •7.5 Range •250 Health •3.5 Speed •Hidden Detection •1 Limit per Summon Sell Price changes to $6,023

Level 4 - Apostle Of Hades - $44,000

0.808 > 0.408 Firerate +6 Range -10 Damage +1 Max Hits +3 Max Gravestone Pierce attack replaced with beam attack, which can stack on one enemy if not enough enemies are in range. +500 Gravestone Explosion Damage •4 Gravestone Explosion Range 2 > 3 Max Gravestone Level +990 Soul Meter +5 Skeleton Knight Limit per Summon •50 Damage •3.008 Firerate •0.1 Tick •30 Range •3,500 Health •1.2 Speed •Hidden Detection •Flying Detection •1 Limit per Summon •2 Range •1,250 Health •20% Defense •2.4 Speed •1 Limit per Summon Sell Price changes to $20,690

Ability

Raise the Dead
Level 0+ 5s Cooldown Destroys all its graves, summoning units based on the gravestone level.

Stats Table

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page, while for the statistics without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

Necromancer Stats
Level	Total Price	Damage	Splash Damage	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Max Hits	Projectile Speed	Soul Meter	Build Time	Max Gravestones	Gravestone Spawn Count	Max Gravestone Level	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$1,650	10	N/A	1.508	21	N/A	1	50	50	1.5	2	2	1	6.63	$248.87
1	$2,800	12	N/A	1.208	21	N/A	2	50	60	1	4	2	1	9.93	$281.97
2	$6,750	12	N/A	1.208	24	N/A	2	50	96	1	6	3	1	9.93	$679.76
3	$18,070	30	N/A	0.808	26	N/A	2	50	450	0.8	6	3	2	37.13	$486.67
4	$62,070	20	500	0.408	32	4	3	N/A	1,440	0.8	9	3	3	147.06	$422.07

Skeleton Stats
Gravestone Level	Unit	Health	Defense	Speed	Damage	Firerate	Tick	Range	Detections	DPS
1-2	Skeleton	60	N/A	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	N/A
1	Sword Skeleton	90	N/A	3.5	15	0.808	N/A	7.5	Hidden	18.56
2	Giant Skeleton	600	N/A	2.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	Hidden	N/A
2-3	Skeleton Knight	250	N/A	3.5	90	0.658	N/A	7.5	Hidden	136.78
3	Hallow Guard	1,500	20%	2.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	N/A
3	Executioner Skeleton	3,500	N/A	1.2	50	3.008	0.1	30	Flying, Hidden	166.22

Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

Skin	Mage	Fallen
Rarity	Legendary	Legendary
Daily Store Cost	560	N/A
Obtained From	Deluxe Skincrate	Mission Quests

Strategy

• Placement is important for the Necromancer, because of its projectile and the way it spawns gravestones.
  • The Necromancer should be placed at the ends of a straight path or around corners to maximize its pierce.
    • At Level 4, the Necromancer no longer fires projectiles and instead targets enemies using beams, making placement less important in this regard.
  • The Necromancer needs to be placed next to the path so that it can summon gravestones, so you might not be able to utilize the most of its range.
• The Necromancer stops attacking while summoning gravestones, making it unable to attack for a while.
  • This does not happen when the Necromancer upgrades gravestones.
  • This makes it unable to defend by itself, as hordes of fast enemies like the Glitch or Fallen could get out of its range fairly easily. Thus, bringing in reliable towers like the Minigunner will help avoid this issue.
• At Level 1, the Necromancer gains the ability to pierce enemies, allowing it to be used against crowds of enemies.
  • Do be aware that the projectile can miss, meaning it cannot fill the soul meter. The Necromancer should be set to strongest to avoid missing projectiles, higher health enemies are typically slower.
  • At Level 4, it fires beams instead of projectiles, making it significantly more effective against crowds of enemies.
• The Necromancer's Raise the Dead ability can be used to summon various skeletons, which get quite powerful at later levels.
  • It is recommended to wait until gravestones are at their higher level so that it spawns its strongest units.
  • The units that spawn have determined limits, meaning that once the maximum amount of gravestones are upgraded to their final level, the summoned units will be the same every single time. If the gravestones are not fully upgraded, the summons will still be random.
  • At Level 4, the Level 3 gravestones explode when you activate the ability, which can make them useful as traps to take down groups of weaker enemies and chip the health down of stronger ones.
• Units spawned by the Necromancer, especially at higher levels, have high health, making them useful against crowds of enemies.
  • The Executioner Skeleton's axe also deals piercing damage, rapidly dealing damage to any enemy caught by it, though its high firerate and the far distance that its axe travels make it quite inconsistent.
• The Necromancer has flying detection at Level 0, which can make it fairly useful against flying enemies, and while it does not have hidden detection until Level 2, some of its units can detect Hidden enemies and all of them can deal damage to them, making it still useful against Hidden enemies before being upgraded to Level 2.
  • Do note that the angle that the Necromancer fires its projectiles at can lead to them not being able to utilize their pierce.
  • You should not solely rely on the Necromancer for these two traits alone, however, as the Necromancer is a rather expensive way to counter these types of enemies and there are better and cheaper alternatives such as Ace Pilot, Militant or Golden Scout.
  • That being said, the Necromancer's pierce and high damage makes it great against hordes of Hiddens and Balloons, only slightly compounded by its slow firerate. At Level 4, it can do quite well against groups of Hidden Bosses along with supplementary damage with its ability.
  • The Necromancer is, however, useless against Lead Balloons because it cannot damage lead enemies.
• The Necromancer is quite expensive to upgrade to Level 3 and 4. Because of this, towers like the Farm or Cowboy are recommended to afford them more easily.
  • The DJ Booth can also be helpful at reducing its upgrade costs.
• As its units provide it with a huge increase in DPS, having support towers that make upgrading gravestones faster is recommended with this tower.
• The Necromancer's skeletons can be effective against Leads and Lead Bosses because they can damage them through collision and have a good amount of health to eliminate multiple of them, though their main attacks cannot damage them.
• The Necromancer can pair up well with the Mercenary Base, because its Field Medics can heal multiple skeletons. This is particularly useful for the Executioner Skeleton as its primary attack is ranged.
  • Additionally, its damage buff can be useful at boosting the Necromancer's damage, increasing its DPS and making it build graves faster.

Trivia

• The Necromancer was the first non-hardcore tower to be obtainable for Gems.
• Originally, the Necromancer was planned to be only available every Halloween, though during the Lunar Overture Event, it was on sale until 2nd of December 2023.
  • However, due to a bug, it returned on 21st of December 2023 and was present in the store since. An update on the 15th of January 2025 made the Necromancer a hardcore tower, now officially making it a permanent rather than a bug.
  • Because of this, the Necromancer was considered an event tower and put in the Exclusive category.
• The Necromancer's beam attack at Level 4 shares a resemblance to the Plasma Trooper's beam attack from Tower Battles, as they both can attack more than one unit and use beams to target an enemy. There is a visual resemblance as well.
• The original Necromancer Level 4 upgrade name is a reference to the Darkhold from the Marvel Comics.
• The Necromancer was planned to be the final reward for the Lunar Overture Season Pass but was later changed to only be obtainable via purchasing with gems on the shop, as BelowNatural stated it would have been "too easy" to obtain it from the Season Pass.
• The Necromancer was originally meant to deal splash damage, but this was changed to pierce for unknown reasons.

Update History

• 31 October 2023 - v1.9.0g
  • Necromancer added.
  • Bug: Necromancer units can walk towards the exit.
  • Bug: Necromancer can attack enemies while stunned.
  • Bug: Necromancer uses the Accelerator icon.
  • Bug: Necromancer's gravestones can collide with players.
  • Bug: Sword Skeleton and Skeleton Knight sometimes get stuck in the ground for a short amount of time after spawning.
  • Bug: Executioner Skeleton deals full damage to enemies with defense.
  • Bug: When there is no path in range to build gravestones and Necromancer attempts to build them, it will stop attacking enemies.
• 31 October 2023 - v1.9.0h
  • Bugfix: Units no longer walk towards the exit.
• 12 November 2023 - v1.9.0l
  • Bug: Necromancer units start going backwards after reaching the entrance, disappearing after reaching the exit.
• 24 November 2023 - v1.9.4
  • Gamepass price decreased from 1,500 to 900.
• 29 November 2023 - v1.9.4a
  • Gamepass price increased from 900 to 1,500.
• 1 December 2023 - v1.9.4b
  • Bugfix: Necromancer units no longer move backwards after reaching the entrance, they now disappear there instead.
• 2 December 2023 - v1.9.4c
  • Necromancer taken offsale.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • Bug: Necromancer is in the store again.
  • Bug: Necromancer projectiles are now invisible.
• 28 January 2024 - v1.12.0
  • Bug: Gravestones are now invisible.
• 10 February 2024 - v1.13.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Skeleton hidden detection added.
    • Level 2
      • Sword Skeleton hidden detection added.
    • Level 3
      • Giant Skeleton hidden detection added.
      • Skeleton Knight hidden detection added.
    • Level 4
      • Hallow Guard hidden detection added.
      • Executioner Skeleton hidden detection added.
  • Bugfix: Projectiles are now visible.
  • Bugfix: Gravestones are now visible.
• 24 February 2024 - v1.14.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $2,250 to $1,650.
      • Damage increased from 8 to 15.
      • Firerate increased from 1.508 to 2.008.
      • Hidden detection removed, moved to Level 2.
      • Max gravestones decreased from 6 to 4.
      • Skeleton health increased from 20 to 30.
      • Skeleton hidden detection removed.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $750 to $650.
      • Max hits decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Max gravestones increased from +0 to +2.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $2,000 to $1,750.
      • Firerate changed from 1.508 > 1.008 to 2.008 > 1.508.
      • Max hits increased from +0 to +1
      • Hidden detection added, moved from Level 0.
      • Sword Skeleton health increased from 20 to 30.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $10,000 to $9,500.
      • Damage increased from +15 to +22.
      • Max hits increased from +0 to +2.
      • Max gravestones increased from +0 to +1.
      • Skeleton Knight damage increased from 25 to 35.
      • Skeleton Knight range increased from 6 to 7.
      • Skeleton Knight health increased from 65 to 100.
    • Level 4
      • Renamed from The Darkhold to Into Oblivion.
      • Damage decreased from -10 to -20.
      • Firerate changed from 1.008 > 0.308 to 1.508 > 0.308.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Gravestone explosion damage increased from 75 to 300.
      • Max hits increased from +1 to +2.
      • Gravestone spawn count increased from +0 to +1.
      • Hallow Guard health increased from 750 to 1,250.
      • Hallow Guard hidden detection removed.
      • Executioner Skeleton health increased from 3,000 to 3,500.
      • Executioner Skeleton range increased from 24 to 30.
• 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
  • New skin: Mage
• 31 May 2024 - v1.23.5
  • Bug: Level 4 Necromancer can only destroy one gravestone instead of multiple.
• 5 June 2024 - v1.23.8
  • Bugfix: Level 4 Necromancer now destroys all of its gravestones.
• 7 June 2024 - v1.24.0
  • Bugfix: Necromancer no longer stops attacking enemies after attempting to build gravestones while having no path in range.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Regular damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 19 July 2024 - v1.46.0
  • Bug: Executioner Skeleton has no damage indicators.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Bugfix: Regular damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 21 August 2024 - v1.28.0
  • New skin: Fallen
  • Bugfix: Unknown Necromancer errors no longer happen.
• 18 September 2024 - v1.32.0
  • Bug: Currency icon for its cost uses the Coins icon instead of Gems.
• 15 January 2025 - v1.49.0
  • Necromancer changed from Exclusive to Hardcore.
  • Unlock cost increased from 1,800 to 2,250.
  • Raise the Dead ability no longer kills all units present on the path from the Necromancer that activated the ability.
  • Units now have limits on how many can spawn, completely getting rid of random summons when gravestones are fully upgraded.
  • Beams at Level 4 now deal damage based on how many enemies they are targeting, if they are attacking less than the max amount of enemies it can hit, the damage will scale for each enemy that is not being attacked, increasing damage dealt.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 2.008 to 1.508.
      • Damage decreased from 15 to 10.
      • Range increased from 16 to 21.
      • Soul Meter increased from 30 to 50.
      • Book Aim decreased from 0.8 to 0.4
      • Summon Delay decreased from 1.33 to 0.4.
      • Summon Debounce decreased from 3 to 0.1
      • Build Delay decreased from 0.85 to 0.4.
      • Max gravestones decreased from 4 to 2.
      • Skeleton health increased from 30 to 60.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $650 to $1,150.
      • Firerate changed from 2.008 to 1.508 > 1.208.
      • Damage decreased from +3 to +2.
      • Soul Meter changed from +0 to +10.
      • Build Time changed from 1.5 to 1.5 > 1.
      • Name changed from Dark Magic to Spirit Tuning.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $1,750 to $3,950.
      • Firerate changed from 2.008 > 1.508 to 1.208.
      • Range increased from +0 to +3.
      • Max hits decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Soul Meter changed from +0 to +36.
      • Max gravestones increased from +1 to +2
      • Sword Skeleton health increased from 30 to 90.
      • Sword Skeleton speed decreased from 4 to 3.5.
      • Sword Skeleton range increased from 6 to 7.5.
      • Name changed from Armed Skeletons to Soul Forge.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $9,500 to $11,320.
      • Firerate changed from 1.508 to 1.208 > 0.808.
      • Damage decreased from +22 to +8.
      • Max hits decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Soul Meter changed from +0 to +224.
      • Max gravestones decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Build Time changed from 1.5 to 1 > 0.8.
      • Giant Skeleton health increased from 250 to 600.
      • Giant Skeleton speed increased from 1.8 to 2.4.
      • Skeleton Knight health increased from 100 to 250.
      • Skeleton Knight damage increased from 35 to 90.
      • Skeleton Knight range increased from 7 to 7.5.
      • Name changed Corpse Manipulation from to Skull Centrifuge.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $30,000 to $48,000.
      • Firerate changed from 1.508 > 0.308 to 0.808 > 0.408.
      • Base damage increased from -20 to -5.
      • Range increased from +2 to +6.
      • Max hits decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Soul Meter changed from +0 to +1,120.
      • Gravestone explosion damage increased from 300 to 500.
      • Max gravestones increased from +1 to +3.
      • Hallow Guard health increased from 1,250 to 1,500.
      • Hallow Guard speed increased from 1.2 to 2.4.
      • Hallow Guard now has 20% defense.
      • Executioner Skeleton firerate decreased from 4.008 to 3.008.
      • Executioner Skeleton now has Flying Detection.
      • Name changed from Into Oblivion to Apostle Of Hades.
  • Bugfix: Executioner Skeleton now has Damage Indicators.
  • Bugfix: Executioner Skeleton no longer bypasses defense.
• 22 Janurary 2024 - v1.50.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +8 to +18.
      • Soul Meter changed from +224 to +354.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $48,000 to $44,400.
      • Base damage increased from -5 to -10.
      • Soul Meter changed from +1,120 to +990.

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