What Is the Gospel of the Devotee in Diablo 4?

Gospel of the Devotee is an ancestral Unique Focus that empowers Necromancers' Basic Skills, allowing them to perform faster and Diablo 4 Items deal much higher damage. 

With this item, the Necromancer can create fast-paced, high-sustain builds capable of chaining attacks and generating corpses more efficiently.

Gospel of the Devotee Core Modifiers

Here are the main stats you'll find on the item:

+14.5% Basic Attack Speed
+136 Intelligence
+662 Maximum Life
+25.4% Chance for Basic Skills to Deal Double Damage

All of these modifiers enhance the Necromancer's Basic Skills, giving them both offensive and defensive utility. The increased attack speed and double damage chance significantly improve early engagement efficiency and long-term DPS, while the added Intelligence and Maximum Life increase survivability in higher-tier Nightmare Dungeons.

Gospel of the Devotee Unique Effect

The true strength of Gospel of the Devotee lies in its Unique Effect, which fundamentally upgrades how each Basic Skill behaves:

"Your Basic Skills are empowered. Damaging an enemy with a Basic Skill causes them to take 40%[x] increased damage from your other Basic Skills for 10 seconds."

Additionally, the Focus grants powerful secondary bonuses to each Basic Skill:

Reap attacks 10% faster.
Decompose now spawns a Corpse every 0.5 seconds.
Hemorrhage triggers an additional burst on the initial target.
Bone Splinters pierce through enemies.

These effects transform Basic Skills from simple resource generators into buy Diablo IV Items deadly tools of destruction.