Guild Wars 2

In our 6th episode, Bas is on vacation so Rennoko stops by to guest host with Bhawb. They get the chance to sit down with renowned forum poster CHIPS. CHIPS brought a unique outlook to the show. We covered world vs world vs world zergs, necro support roles, underwater combat, and then some of your questions. Thank you CHIPS for taking the opportunity to continue educating Necromancers everywhere.

Next week: Build Discussions

http://sittingonacouch.com/the-gw2-necro-podcast-but-of-corpse-ep-6/

Thanks to Rennoko, Bhawb, and CHIPS for getting together.

I’ll have to listen to this after dinner. +1 for the work you’re doing in the necro community.

I hope every necro learn something from this discussion. Feel free to comment and post questions. ^^

This is the first time since Nemesis that a transcript would have been useful…

Andele.1306:

This is the first time since Nemesis that a transcript would have been useful…

I will try to start doing it. It is a lot of work. I think at best I can start doing a brief run down of what was said. Transcription software is not cheap, and neither is getting the podcasts transcribed. If we end up with a sponsor at some point, I will look into transcriptions more.

Andele.1306:

This is the first time since Nemesis that a transcript would have been useful…

Sometimes I do wish that I was born in North America.

If you need anything clarify feel free to ask me. ^^

Well i ment it more as a joke, you can still understand everything in core, just some words end up sounding like something that has nothing to do with the curret topic, but the meaning of everything was pretty clear.
BTW please hold this site up during the podcast in case someone cannot remember the name of a skill, http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_necromancer_skills

CHIPS.6018:

Andele.1306:

This is the first time since Nemesis that a transcript would have been useful…

Sometimes I do wish that I was born in North America.

If you need anything clarify feel free to ask me. ^^

I love your accent. It reminds me of my fave childhood hero: Arnold Schwarzenneger.

This is another well done episode. Great job guys.

On Stomping— I agree that Necromancers (on wvw) should not be stomping. On condition build place a few conditions and let others stomp them. Focus on another target.

Stability, I want at least a one quick one for emergencies, maybe put it on one of our signets?

DarkniteJ.8053:

I love your accent. It reminds me of my fave childhood hero: Arnold Schwarzenneger.

Arrhhhnuld, ladedadada, ill eat chu, ill eat chuz all!
What killed zeah dinosaurs, se ICE AGE!
Ill be buck!
Sorry had to, all love to Arnold and CHIPS is just as great as the rest of fellow necros (as in does just as many stupid things as smart ones X3), but that wasnt even close to Austrian… But ofc, my pronunciations were about as bad (Ren and Bas are crystal clear on the other hand).

A few more key point’s on a Necro’s role in WvW I’d like to add.

When running in WvW, unless you’re flat out roaming, you should always have Greater Marks. This not only ensures that a Warrior rushing through your Marks with Block Stance will suffer everything, but also lets you place down extremely large red circles for enemies to rush through. Assuming you’re not the only Necro around, covering choke points and Entry Portals with Marks will usually give pause to most enemy guilds. Even in a Power build, Marks can still deal significant damage, as well as provide offensive support. Placed before hand, even if the enemies send a suicide elementalist to trigger your Marks, both Mark of Blood and Chillblains would have already got off cooldown, allowing you to reapply Bleeds, Poisons and Chill on the enemy guild.

The next most important support provided by Necros is AOE Blind. This is achieved through Blinding Darkness and Plague Form. The latter is by far the greatest source of Blindness in WvW because a) the AOE is mobile, and b) AOE Blindness is applied every second. Compound that with Chilling Darkness and the enemy guild won’t be having an enjoyable time missing crucial attacks and moving 66% slower.

Ojimaru.8970:

A few more key point’s on a Necro’s role in WvW I’d like to add.

When running in WvW, unless you’re flat out roaming, you should always have Greater Marks. This not only ensures that a Warrior rushing through your Marks with Block Stance will suffer everything, but also lets you place down extremely large red circles for enemies to rush through. Assuming you’re not the only Necro around, covering choke points and Entry Portals with Marks will usually give pause to most enemy guilds. Even in a Power build, Marks can still deal significant damage, as well as provide offensive support. Placed before hand, even if the enemies send a suicide elementalist to trigger your Marks, both Mark of Blood and Chillblains would have already got off cooldown, allowing you to reapply Bleeds, Poisons and Chill on the enemy guild.

The next most important support provided by Necros is AOE Blind. This is achieved through Blinding Darkness and Plague Form. The latter is by far the greatest source of Blindness in WvW because a) the AOE is mobile, and b) AOE Blindness is applied every second. Compound that with Chilling Darkness and the enemy guild won’t be having an enjoyable time missing crucial attacks and moving 66% slower.

Yes Greater Marks is very useful:

-For sieges. You can cast them on walls or at entrances.
-Cover your escape: Cast them while running away. Not many other skills can do this.
-Check for stealth thieves.

And yes those AoE blinds are great in wvw. Real game changers.