Guild Wars 2

This is basically what Im leveling as to increase the most fun+viability in my necromancer. I am going for a conditionmancer with a teency wheency bit of survival.

Is this dumb

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNArdWjMaV6Zaea07JApCPP9o7t/O6BxLnMA

There’s not really a dumb setup when leveling up, luckily

I dont know what level you are, but you wont be able to do this setup until 60 anyway.

If you want survivability, I would start with 10 in blood, with Mark on dodge for even more regen on demand.

Once your 80, you’ll change your setup twice a day, so don’t worry too much about it and have fun!

The point placement isn’t bad, but some of your trait and skill choices seem rather odd.

Weapon: Drop the focus and pick up dagger off hand. Focus is a power based weapon. It doesn’t scale with condition damage. Keep the staff and scepter. I’ll explain the dagger off hand use later.

Blood Tree: For leveling, Transfusion isn’t going to do anything for you. You cannot be healed while in DS, so its not doing anything. Put Mark of Blood on dodge here instead. Remember, you can also use it offensively by dodging into enemies. The bigger marks trait from Death Magic tree works with the mark on dodge trait, so you’ll have bigger dodge marks. Deathly Invigoration is kind of a lackluster trait. The amount it heals for is incredibly small, but theres not much better so you can either keep it, or use the minions siphon life and transfer it to you since you’re using flesh golem. 3rd trait is really whatever you want it to be at this point, but siphons are 50% more effective is a good choice, though.

Death Tree: Change nothing. Its good.

Curses Tree: Everything is good except that you picked the warhorn trait. You don’t seem to have one equipped. I’m not sure why thats there. I would replace it with Weakening Shroud for extra bleed stacks. Use it offensively.

Skills: Drop the wells. Those skills scale with power, not condition damage. Very few NPCs give conditions outside of dungeons, so Well of Power is a wasted utility for leveling. Instead, pick up Blood is Power, and use dagger off hand #4 to transfer the self inflicted bleeding to your target. Get Epidemic. It allows you to solo large groups of NPCs. No exaggeration. With practice, you can round up 5 NPCs, stack bleeding on one target, Epidemic them, and watch the entire group fall dead. Necros are crazy good at PVE AoE. There isn’t really much better for a third utility as a condition necromancer so pick up Signet of the Locust so you can travel around faster. Flesh Golem is good for leveling, so keep him.

For a basic rotation, dodge roll into your enemy, Scepter 2, Dagger 5, Blood is Power, Dagger 4, Epidemic if more than 1 NPC, scepter auto attack. Another thing you can do is use DS for an extra Enfeebling Blood, and then hit DS 2 for the extra bleed stacks

Thanks I will try a lot of this stuff out, Im 40 now, but plan on being 55 by the end of the weekend, the wells seemed so beast though even without power. Suffering alone can take out 4 mobs with no other damage dealt

drrobotnic.9387:

Thanks I will try a lot of this stuff out, Im 40 now, but plan on being 55 by the end of the weekend, the wells seemed so beast though even without power. Suffering alone can take out 4 mobs with no other damage dealt

You can still use them if you want. There really is no wrong way to level, but some builds may be more efficient than others. It isn’t until you get to 80 that you need to finalize and get skills that have synergy with your stats. Do give epidemic a try first though. Properly used, it will wreck groups of NPCs like nobodies business. Start small until you get the hang of things though so you don’t overwhelm yourself. 2, maybe 3 NPCs at the most. Once you get the rotation down, you can blow up groups of 5 or more without breaking a sweat.

Sweet, I like that thanks a lot Kravick

I just tested it out, and I must say this is very nice, Everything seems to make more sense now, I don’t feel like im playing street fighter and mashing all the buttons.

Last question so far at lvl 40 I have this

http:/fQAQNArYWjMat7pbKb07JApCPPp4bwjKQMA/gw2skills.net/editor/?

Where would the rest of my trait points go after I level past 40?

Sorry I know! THis is my second toon my first was an engie but i like Necro better.

drrobotnic.9387:

Last question so far at lvl 40 I have this

http:/fQAQNArYWjMat7pbKb07JApCPPp4bwjKQMA/gw2skills.net/editor/?

Where would the rest of my trait points go after I level past 40?

Sorry I know! THis is my second toon my first was an engie but i like Necro better.

This link isn’t working for me. Can you try posting it again?

I just tested it out, and I must say this is very nice, Everything seems to make more sense now, I don’t feel like im playing street fighter and mashing all the buttons.

Glad to hear it. If you have any further questions you can always whisper me in game. Just use the username to the left (Kravick.4906) and it will automatically whisper whatever character I’m on.

I would comment, but Kravick is right on here :P. The key drrobotnic is remember that until 60 there is no need to really worry too much about builds. It’s all about staying alive, and learning how to play your class effectively.

At 60 you start focusing your gear, and therefore it makes it important to figure out what style you like to play best.

Good luck, and have fun!