Knightica Necromancer Guide: How to Build a Zombie Horde

To build a Zombie horde in Knightica, draft Necromancers early, place them in your backline behind frontline tanks, and expand your board space to prevent summon caps. Because summons draw enemy targeting away from core units, keeping your Necromancers alive allows your army size and passive damage to scale continuously through late-game encounters.

Drafting Necromancers and Managing Board Space

Necromancers generate permanent combat summons, functioning as force multipliers rather than direct frontline units. Prioritize drafting them during early picks—even over units with higher raw base stats—to establish a target buffer against enemy attacks.

• Draft Priorities: Select Necromancers that provide faster summoning speeds or higher unit caps to reach critical mass early in a run.
• Backline Positioning: Place summoners at the rear of your formation behind durable tanks. Ensure frontline units do not physically block summoners, as restricted movement or placement paths can halt new zombie spawns.
• Capacity Management: Available board space is the primary bottleneck for summon-heavy compositions. Upgrade board capacity when possible, or sell lower-impact utility units to free up grid spaces for incoming summons.

Maximizing Global Buffs and Item Synergies

Because a Necromancer composition controls more individual units than standard builds, passive board-wide upgrades scale exponentially across the army. Prioritize items and passives that grant "all unit" modifiers rather than class-specific stat boosts.

• Attack Speed Auras: Increase overall horde damage output before temporary or weak summons fall to enemy attacks.
• Death-Trigger Items: Activate health or damage effects whenever a unit dies. This converts expendable zombies into additional offensive or defensive triggers as enemies clear them.
• Health Regeneration: Grants zombies extra survivability, giving Necromancers time to accumulate larger unit totals per round.

Counters and Late-Game Adjustments

Pure summon builds struggle if enemy Area of Effect (AoE) spells clear your board, or if primary summoners are defeated early in combat. To protect against late-game wipe conditions:

1. Maintain a Secondary Carry: Reserve at least one dedicated damage unit to finish encounters if your frontline horde is wiped.
2. Spread Out Summoners: Avoid grouping Necromancers together when facing spellcaster heavy compositions to prevent single AoE abilities from wiping all summon generators at once.
3. Equip Resistance and Health: Acquire magic resistance passives or summon-health items to keep minions alive against heavy elemental damage.