Guild Wars 2

Lopez.7369:

Yeah. Those classes are hard to deal with as a necromancer. Thief in particular is probably the counter to the class in group fights. That doesn’t justify running into their melee range and making it so they don’t even have to use their gap closers to get on you. The whole point of necromancer is to pre-kite and stay at range, and only get into melee range as a last or preemptive option to get support from the group. If a necromancer doesn’t even bait the gap closers, of course he’s never going to get away, and he’ll spend most of the matches downed or get his entire team helplessly AOEed as they cluster around him to support.

Necromancer also has a couple counters to that combo you’re describing. But one thing to not do against it is run into melee range.

I looked through your post history and I found it disappointing to see so many unjustified shots taken at Nos. I think he’s indisputably the best Necro, actually. My reasoning is that it’s because he lands Dark Path with impunity, every team feels his pressure, and he gets away with this by having the best grip on defensive cooldowns.

Idolizing the Necro players who position extremely defensively, that’s your call, but Phanta and I have repeatedly said to ourselves: “I can’t feel that Necro’s pressure at all, I’m just going about my business.”. It’s just a matter of playing to the Necro’s strengths, and avoiding the enemy’s strategy to counter Necro teams by attacking in 4v4’s with plentiful condition removal.

Just trust us, a Necro landing Dark Path and ~600 range Dooms in a smaller or outnumbering fight is worlds apart in usefulness from a Necro who pewpews from the ledge vs. 4 or 5 enemies.

Necro is amazing when played well
As are ranger
Congrats to orlng who stayed in the game till the end waiting for they’re oppenants to become lazy.
Great play any both teams
I want to see new stategies and viable team comps