Guild Wars 2

Hey my buddy and I took a break from the game and are now getting back into it. He is working on a necro and I cannot decide what to lvl with him. What has the best flow or is the best comp to play alongside a necro? We do everything from WvW to PvP to PvE. Any opinions or thoughts would be appreciated.

As stated above, just about every other profession can synergize with necro in some way. Which I think is the “big picture” ArenaNet was shooting for; having players learn to work as a team and find ways to synergize with everyone rather than running as a bunch of individuals who happen to be on the same parallel path.

That said, I personally have found guardians to synergize very well with necros. They make up for our weaknesses, while we make up for their’s. Currently in WvWvW I’m having a lot of success running with guardians who use great sword’s Binding Blade > Pull skill, then swapping to hammer and using Ring of Warding. Traps a group of opponents while you – as the necro – bring the pain. The guardian shouts – particularly “Stand Your Ground!” and “Hold The Line!” are also welcome skills. Lastly, a swap to staff for Symbol of Swiftness while covering open ground helps make up for our lack of speed.

This is just one example; there are many ways the guardian and necro synergize with one another.

What build do you run? Every profession has some build that works with Necromancer in some way, it just depends on what build type you run.

I have no idea which build I know he likes to use the staff

For PvP, I really enjoy playing wit ha Spirit Ranger. That protection, 10% damage, and swiftness is incredible for a necro.

Honestly any class can be made to work with any other class. Most classes have some way to do AoE buffs, most classes have condition builds (which work nicely with us); you can find synergy if you want it. It might not be using the current FotM build, but it should still be fun for you guys to do. You can also always try out different builds together to find duo synergy.

Basically just pick a profession you enjoy and then you can make a build to synergize.

how does an elementalist fair with synergy?

Ele is nice. Lots of AoE buffing, great peeling in PvP.

Ele can be really good with Necro. MM Necros have one of the easiest times leveling in open-world PvE whereas Eles have one of the roughest times (but have a lot of support potential), so the two would complement each other nicely.

EDIT: Also, the Ele’s Conjure Fiery Greatsword can (in theory) be a way for you to escape when outnumbered in WvW.

Mesmer, Ele, Guardian are on top of synergy (in order being able to: afk trough pve with summons, necro “carrying” ele trough mobs early on while ele keeps necro on 100% and more weapon fun, guardian plain working with everything via shouts, also option to do 3 sweapons+3 minions for just as much afk as mesmer runs)

Ranger and Engie having good leveling synergy, but no real profession combos (but some unique stuff is still there like spirited minion attacks/massive condi burst via epidemic respectively, in both cases double healing “well” that let both of you melee bosses, etc)

Thief and Warrior having no synergy at all, but good enough damage to no need any “flow”.

Andele.1306:

Thief and Warrior having no synergy at all, but good enough damage to no need any “flow”.

That’s my cue

Like Bhawb said, every class can make a good combo with a necro.
In PvE thieves’ and warriors’ damage is indeed “good enough”.
In sPvP/WvW those two are actually one of my favourites to team up with if the players know what they’re doing. There might not be an apparent synergy of skills but the playstyles compliment each other very well.
And especially in WvW thieves provide a better life line for you than the group buffs other classes could provide.

I think that Warrior with healing shouts /perma banner regen will be the best to play with MM necro as his minions will be healed all the time.

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

I think that Warrior with healing shouts /perma banner regen will be the best to play with MM necro as his minions will be healed all the time.

Just to note, Banner effects dont (at least they didnt last tried it like a few weeks before the first SAB) apply on minions, regen and co does.

flow.6043:

That’s my cue
Like Bhawb said, every class can make a good combo with a necro.
In PvE thieves’ and warriors’ damage is indeed “good enough”.
In sPvP/WvW those two are actually one of my favourites to team up with if the players know what they’re doing. There might not be an apparent synergy of skills but the playstyles compliment each other very well.
And especially in WvW thieves provide a better life line for you than the group buffs other classes could provide.

Ok if you really want a nitpicky setup, yeah cc and phys based warriors are not only awesome peelers but good finishers for enemies a necro downs in pvp, a regen warrior can be the ultimate companion for a necro in wvwvw if they play correctly with mark/wells/lich to kite/mobility/hp income . Yes a thief is useful no matter where if they player keeps the aggressive annoying person playstyle that fits well with decaps and crippling (not the condition) a enemy on the necro; also stealth.
Thing is they dont compliment their weaknesses in any special way nor do their skill mechancs have unique interactions. The fact that warriors have the best of both worlds in dps-burst and thieves the strongest sustainable pve dps doesnt mean kitten to a leveling necro nor does the roam playstyle help show off the strengths of a necromancer in wvwvw.

TL:DR – Necro works with everything, but cannot shine/be a cloud of doom and death with a lot of setups..

No good synergy with Thieves? Man, run a venom share thief (using either just venom share, or even better venom share + leeching venoms) with an MM and you will be in godmode.

Warriors tend to like the crapload of combo fields you can put down as well. It just turns from the Necro being supported and boosted (like with basically every other combo), into us being the supports.

I have ran with almost all classes.
best one atm is a stun lock warrior. free condi ticks. lol