Bone Goliath Transformation
(Unnecessary)
Primarily a PvP skill, it’s not typically used in PvE. In desperate situations, it could be used, but Colossus, Aggressive Horn, Barrier or Renewing Animation are better options for PvE.

Hungry Scythe → Morph of Death Scythe
(Vital)
This is the Necro Tank’s main heal. It’s a Magicka damage ability that heals based on the number of targets hit and provides a heal over time, scaling with Max Health. It offers a large heal when dealing with multiple targets. However, you must hit a target to get healed, which can be challenging in transitional fights or when out of range.

Ruinous Scythe → Morph of Death Scythe
(Optional)
This is the Stamina morph and is generally not used. It offers a potential group buff with Off Balance, but it’s only worth considering if your damage dealers use the Exploiter Champion Point passive. Otherwise, it’s not worth using.

Beckoning Armor → Morph of Bone Armor
(Vital)
This armor buff grants Major Resolve and pulls in one ranged enemy attacking you every 2 seconds, applying a 15-second taunt if they aren’t already taunted. You can pull in enemies faster by recasting the ability, resetting the pull-in timer to every second. While not as reliable as instant pull abilities like Silver Leash, and utilizing sets like Void Bash is superior, this skill works well for pulling enemies that Void Bash misses.

Summoner’s Armor → Morph of Bone Armor
(Situational)
This morph is useful for gaining Ultimate faster by summoning and absorbing corpses. It reduces the cost of your summoning skills and creates a corpse when it ends. Recasting it at half duration also creates a corpse, making it effective for combining with other corpses and Necrotic Potency to generate Ultimate quickly. It won’t pull or taunt enemies but still provides Major Resolve.

Necrotic Potency → Morph of Bitter Harvest
(Vital)
This skill is excellent for a tank, providing healing, damage reduction, and 6 Ultimate per corpse consumed. It’s especially useful in 4-player content with many adds and in trials with numerous add phases, allowing for frequent Ultimate use. You can enhance its effectiveness by slotting summoning skills to create and absorb corpses, gaining substantial Ultimate in almost any fight. The other morph, Deaden Pain, is less valuable since Revealing Flare offers more consistent Major Protection if needed.

Agony Totem → Morph of Bone Totem
(Useful)
This skill aids in add control and provides a beneficial group synergy. It grants Minor Protection to the group and applies an AoE Minor Vulnerability debuff, increasing the damage enemies take by 5%. The crowd control effect is Fear, which means it won’t affect pulled or chained enemies, making it less useful than an immobilization.

Empowering Grasp → Morph of Grave Grasp
(Optional)
Previously a key reason for using a Necro Tank in group content, but less useful now due to changes to Empower. It summons 3 patches of skeletal claws in front of you, snaring, applying Minor Maim, and immobilizing enemies. This crowd control is limited, as it only affects a narrow area in front of the caster. It also grants Empower to up to 6 group members standing in the patches, but this now buffs heavy attacks, making it generally less effective since the highest DPS comes from light attacks.