Guild Wars 2

I play a total condition damage necro, with spectral armor for extra protection. Traits go sorta 30,30,0,0,10……using specter/focus——-axe/warhorn. other utilities plague signet), and corrupt boon.

General strategy consists of kiting with specter stacking conditions, and corrupting boons. Close ranged switching to axe for damage and warhorn to stun and slow down enemy so i can get range to kite again. Death shroud mostly for defensive purposes.

But my question, I don’t really have any trouble, I put up a good fight about 50/50, when i see a warrior coming, head to head sorta of thing.

But if a warrior is the first one to initiate, unless i’m lucky I seem to be getting one hit killed by hundred blades.

Anybody else having trouble with hundred blades?

Why are you using an axe, if you’re condition specced? You need screpter/dagger and staff, this is condition necro 101.

A warriors bull’s strike is pretty easy to dodge if you see it coming from a distance, if you do get hit by it go in to death shroud as soon as possible, to absorb a lot/all of the damage. When playing Necro you need to understand that if you make a mistake you will die in 1vs1, since it’s a very unforgiving class, so just practise and iron out the mistakes in your game play. Most mistakes involve dodging and random times or not dodging what needs to be dodged.

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Anybody else having trouble with hundred blades?

No, the only time I have trouble with it is if I’m already in a fight, in a busy area, and I’m being his by it from somewhere, otherwise It’s easy to dodge. Even if they Bulls Charge just disable / dash / stun, then that is there whole build rendered useless, as he probably has frenzy in there to.

That build doesn’t sound right to me for condition Necro, looks like you’re putting too much emphasis on power and not enough on toughness. I prefer a 0/30/30/10/0 build with staff/scepter+dagger for conditionmancer, <3 Reapers Protection. What amulet are you wearing?

It also sounds like you need to work on your awareness of what’s going on, 1v1 a Warrior is my least feared class as they are so obvious in what they’re doing. If they’re a juker there’s no shame in being caught out once but after that you shouldn’t be. The biggest threat they pose is catching you unawares in the middle of a hectic fight with others.

Axe is a viable alternative for a condition build as long as you have a bleed on crit rune although staff is hard to pass up

When I run axe it will typically be scepter/dagger axe/focus.. When initiating combat you start with the axe which gives you about 5 stacks of bleed strait away (life force on crit is nice too), you can also start with a nice dose of retaliation, regeneration and boon removal.

u should know this — living is outputting. so l2survive first. begin from know about the skills of Necro. u should train these skills below:
Hit Spectral Walk key while lose control then dodge-roll if needed
Spectral Recall and run in the opposite direction
Consume Conditions while needed even if in full-health
Flesh Gloem Charge while in danger
F1→3 breaks channeling big damage attack
Train these skills into instinctive reaction then whenever, wherever, whoever take you by suprise, u could survive and counterattack