Guild Wars 2

As a necro I’ve tried all sorts of builds, I tried a fear build but max I could make fear last was about 4 seconds (8 seconds if I added doom). I was in a few random matches testing a build yesterday and met a Necro that could fear us for 20 seconds or more. I’m not sure the build for this or how this is even possible, has anyone else been hit with one of these? Is it an exploit?

I literally just watched my character run towards a wall for 20 seconds being completely hopeless (My stun break was on cooldown)

That’s a bug with the trait “Reaper’s Protection.” If the fear from it activates on a Necromancer who also has that trait, they will sometimes be feared for 20 seconds.

I believe it’s the condition transfer from Plague signet. You pull all fear from your allies, which results in a 20 second fear.

(Actually you copy those conditions and leave it on your allies, since the skill is bugged. But you get the idea of the skill.)

Fear doesn’t stack though, so copying it from all of your allies near you shouldn’t extend the duration by 18 seconds.

In my experience (257h Nekro currently) it only happens when i have Plague Signet equipped. Of course i may be wrong, but that is my experience.