Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone, i’m currently leveling a necromancer. So far its kindoff great, but i die quite a lot, tho necromancers are suposed to have great survivability… What i’m doing wrong? Gears from quest only or drops, i’m utilizing all skills, etc??? :/
Btw here’s a screenshot of my spellbar

well,first off,as a lvl 8 character,you dont have alot of the stuff high level Necromancers use to survive,such as your Traits,1 thing good to mind is using Death Shroud at the right time,savign Death Shroud up untill you’re almost dead can swing the fight in your favor.

Also the axe is the necromancer’s weakest weapon,warhorn is usually only used for the swiftness since it barely has any use out of that,personnaly i would advice scepter/dagger or staff to do more damage,but as for survivability,that’s what Traits are for,you only unlock these at lvl 11 tho