Guild Wars 2

I have some questions regarding my necro:

1. I’m currently running a power well build (the WvW meta build, as that’s my prefered gamemode), which I’m doing fine in fractals http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNAW3Yjc0UTbLN+0wfbidhC60MAOhoiAqDjzIZB-TFCFwAy2fAwTA4qSQkK/EcBAQp+TGNNp1BAA-w

Is this build still viable in higher fractals? I’m currently lvl 25 and have done some lvl 29 fractals. The main reason I ask is because apart from DPS I’m not supporting my team so much. I use Well of Power and Well of Darkness when apropriate, but I’m feeling that I’m not helping so much. I sometimes switch my elite to lich or golem, but I’m not sure which is better. I think it depends on the situation?

2. Are conditions viable in fractals (any level)?

Because i currently in the process of making an ascended armor set, but haven’t really decided which stats I gonna make. Probably zerker, but with the possible removal of condition cap I might do a sinister set instead and go full condi. Staff + scepter/focus (or dagger)

Or should I wait until Anet gives more info about specializations before deciding on which armor set I should make?

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum section.
Also, sorry for my bad english!

Problem with condi builds is simply the condi cap. If you’re stacking bleeds and playing with an Engi/mesmer you’ll likely have a large damage drop. It’s unfortunate but it is what it is.

As for necro in general, you’re almost fully a damage profession with a little bit of vuln to help. There’s not many tools in your kitten nal that can actually help the team, again, unfortunate but that’s how it is. I think many of us are hoping they have something interesting coming with their specializations.

Spoj has the best information out there for necros. Hopefully his guide will be of use to you.

http://dulfy.net/2014/06/30/gw2-necromancer-pve-guide-by-spoj/

Thanks for the responses!

That guide from dulfy is pretty amazing, thanks!

If you are going for ascended armour i would personally recommend assassins. Its the best for dagger build at the moment. And if the specialisation is any good it will probably be the best for that aswell. Full berserker is only better for DS builds.

Jerus.4350:

As for necro in general, you’re almost fully a damage profession with a little bit of vuln to help. There’s not many tools in your kitten nal that can actually help the team, again, unfortunate but that’s how it is. I think many of us are hoping they have something interesting coming with their specializations.

Well, you forget about lot of aoe protection to gain access to which he only needs to get one adept trait. 3 seconds of protection per well before applying some boon duration. With that amount of protection and necros 20k+ hp, well, you can just press 6 buttons and then autoattack 90% of bosses.

Burning always converts to aegis, which is very useful in lava fractal because you can get pulsing aegis as long as well of power is active.

Necro also has pulsing blind field (well of darkness), and pretty useful in dredge fractal well of corruption.

The big minus is that all of these are dark fields and it definitely won’t help in might stacking, if you know what i mean.

Almost forget about unblockable wail of doom which helps in thaumanova reactor against subject 6 blocks.

He should forget about axe and staff because i find dagger the only good weapon for pve. Sometimes i even use dagger in both pair of weapons – d+wh/d+f(d). It’s on the same lvl of dps as traited crit shroud. Not sure, but i think i saw some dps tests which confirm this.

Aye there are some little things. Neat trick a friend did a while back was use minions as “blockers” for Mai Trin’s shot. Some little things they can do on longish reuse’s, why i tried to avoid the absolute “you don’t do anything” and said there weren’t many things

I’m sure spoj can correct if it’s wrong but I thought the dagger build was the top damage?

Afaik dagger build is top dps if you are capping vuln and might from others but DS is better if you lack vuln/might.

Taku.6352:

Afaik dagger build is top dps if you are capping vuln and might from others but DS is better if you lack vuln/might.

Yup. I run mostly with bad pugs and I’ve noticed a better perfomance after swapping to DS build, apart from that it’s so satisfying to actually have more complex rotation where you actually have to look at cooldowns etc

Yeah pretty much. However you also have to consider lifeforce management. Sometimes its just to much effort for little reward to go DS build.

Either way I would tell the OP to not be discouraged despite the class’s shortcomings. Your run times for the average player will depend more on the proper build synergy and execution of the group rather than whether you brought a necro or ranger. You can still do fractal 50’s and dungeons quick enough, you just can’t carry as well.

Necro is a fun class

Thanks for all the replies!
The are some minor tweaks that I will make to my build, but I kind of already knew that as a necro I can’t do much to support directly my team. Just wanted to know some opinions and if there something that I didn’t know that could help.

And I’m not really discouraged, necro has been my main almost since release. #necro4life

Many thanks again!