The Necromancer’s Death Magic skill set is very powerful in most areas.
There just needs do be enough corpse for you to raise your army of undead.
The number of minions a player can control is based on the level of the character’s
Death Magic: the max is 12
The Minion Master
One of the best elite skills is Aura of the Lich
the bad part is its in the last region in Prophecies (Hell’s Precipice).
A NON elite skill Animate Bone Minions This skill is pretty easy to get, if you have some gold or a good guild to help you get to the places. These guys are very low level but nice to raise an undead army pretty fast.
Another NON elite skill that is nice to have Animate Bone Fiend and this one is also pretty easy to get.
This minion is not good for body-blocking (meat shield)
Their damage is far better then the other minions but also have a higher energy cost. Faster kills mean more corpses. Also a bunch of melee minions can be wiped out at once with an AoE; having some Bone Fiend means you spread out your army a bit.
One of the things to remember to put points in to Soul Reaping this will give you more then enough energy
For each point of Soul Reaping, you gain 1 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies. You may only gain Energy in this way 3 times every 15 seconds.
