Guild Wars 2

Hi guys
I know the reaper necro is so good, and better than vanilla necro in many different ways. But here i am talking about Big zergs fights (ZvZ) and i mean Big numbers, 40 or 50+.
I still feel like the Old full berzerker wells necro “staff-axe/warhorn” or “staff-dagger/focus” build using rune of the eagle or scholar or even pack, running (soul reaping, blood magic, spite) does a better Job.
Any Ideas ?

It still works. (Spite-Blood-Soul) with Suffering/Corruption. In disorganized groups, it may actually even be safer. You might want to opt for some marauders for better survival. Don’t go above 50% crit, yadaa yadda.

But you need to be better at positioning than before because the trains are harder to derail now, causing backline to be devalued.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Necromancer_-_Wells_Backline

Although pack runes are sorta dated; will have to look something up.

maybe roam, but not ZvZ. vanilla necro does not have the mobility to get out blob fight and most likely will get immo, stun … You can try, but just be more careful on position

nintama.9436:

maybe roam, but not ZvZ. vanilla necro does not have the mobility to get out blob fight and most likely will get immo, stun … You can try, but just be more careful on position

It’s definitely not a roaming build, any class will kill u easy with this build, I believe it is the Artillery Back line of a Zerg.

ArchonWing.9480:

It still works. (Spite-Blood-Soul) with Suffering/Corruption. In disorganized groups, it may actually even be safer. You might want to opt for some marauders for better survival. Don’t go above 50% crit, yadaa yadda.

But you need to be better at positioning than before because the trains are harder to derail now, causing backline to be devalued.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Necromancer_-_Wells_Backline

Although pack runes are sorta dated; will have to look something up.

I’d rather stick with the full berserker gear for more damage,
use the scholar runes instead of eagle to fix the precision thing.
move faster using a dagger,
and using “Summon Flesh Wurm” is so much helpful in positioning and disengaging. thats how i run it… and it is always good, in damage and survivability.

When playing a power based build, i prefer vanilla necro over reaper. The downside is you don’t often have many friends helping to contribute to the well bombs since there is so much focus now to condition damage and epidemics.

In the past a small raid generally had 2-3 power necros and atleast one glass ele to help burst people down. Now your eles are almost always healbot, unless its a pug who dies on inc. Also almost every other class is running some form of bunker.

neven.3785:

When playing a power based build, i prefer vanilla necro over reaper. The downside is you don’t often have many friends helping to contribute to the well bombs since there is so much focus now to condition damage and epidemics.

In the past a small raid generally had 2-3 power necros and atleast one glass ele to help burst people down. Now your eles are almost always healbot, unless its a pug who dies on inc. Also almost every other class is running some form of bunker.

that’s soooo true