Guild Wars 2

Good day everyone,

I opened this thread with hope aNET will be able to hear my oppinion and suggestion toward necromancer class. It’s a simple suggestion, nothing more.

Okay, so, we often see a necromancer in pve/pvp(mostly) a necro running condition build. I have never seen pvp power of hybrid necro so far. If makes me ask myself why?
Are power/hybrid builds so bad comparing to conditions?

It feels like conditions and MM builds are all that is good and all rest is crap.
I for example, would like to go for power build but sadly I finish really in bad shape each time I try something new.

Please fix me if im wrong somewhere.

Thanks for reading!

There are many power Necros in WvW. Wellomancer is very popular for example. I still run a power variation myself…but conditions are the meta for Necro because he’s best at it. You just gotta find your niche that you’re comfortable with.

Check the hybrid spectral build..
Most necro’s don’t run conditions anymore because they would like to live longer then 10 seconds in a fight, and the codis builds run by warrior, engie and mesmer are superior in other area’s and deal about the same amount of condi’s as necro. so better run a counter to that..
most necro’s don’t run pure lich power because Lich form is a joke, a bad joke. and you will get focused down before you have done one #1 attack. also going power doesn’t cap points.. same with going conditions..

Well’s are fun but not usefull when you want to fight mobile professions..
So best go something hybrid to try and match the cheese with some cheddar.

The necro isn’t the issue. cheese is, invi tanks are, evade stealth spam is, instagibs are, minion spam is, passive cleanse passive proc is , hp regen is and most of all the biggest offender.. conquest.

Sorry but I would take fighting a Condi Necro over any of the other Condi builds. Necro has Conditions and that is it.

Engineer has better access to spamming conditions, better healing, better defense, better mobility, plenty of knockbacks

Mesmer has plenty of conditions, clones, illusions, stealth, knockbacks,

Thief, insanely broken stealth, great burst even when built for conditions, great and near constant condition application

Warrior, insane health, insane regen, plenty of conditions, knockbacks and such

Out of them all, i would say that Necromancer isnt even the strongest condition build anymore. They has Signet of Spite, but that is about it. They have next to no defense, they can’t escape should it go in your favor, they cant chase should it go in theirs.

My necromancer i s a PowerDS build. It is a lot more fun than the condition builds that are pretty much mark spamming in Staff and taking Scepter. I take the traits to make FB give me Might and give them Vul and to pierce.

Sure it still has like next to no defense, terrible mobility and you will either win, die or they will run but its more fun than condition builds.

I run a power build and I love it. Especially compared to other glass cannon builds I have played, I love the fact that I can play glass cannon on my necro and not have survival issues due to my high uptime on Deathshroud.

I see more and more power necros roaming in WvW the last few weeks. It might just be conisidence, but it is something I have noticed (yet it still catches me off guard every time lol).

Everyone is getting ready for yet another nerf to condition builds and so have begun practicing running power builds

Gryph.8237:

Everyone is getting ready for yet another nerf to condition builds and so have begun practicing running power builds

Confirming. Went balls out in wvw with full berserker/DS build recently. Quite fun to roam and warm fuzzy feelings pop up when you 3-shot some thief, but zerg warfare is a no go.
Power without toughness = ouch.

Anyways, my mesmer alt is rapidly gaining levels.