Guild Wars 2

So I rolled a necromancer and leveled her up to 80 in the Mad King labryinth this past halloween. Shes been nothing more than a plant food crafting mule since then, but I think its time to get her out there exploring Tyria. Other than being level 80, she is a blank slate, wearing a hodgepodge of rare armor that dropped for me.
I chose necromancer because I wanted a profession fundamentally different from my thief and guard which I’ve played up until now. Eles and Mesmers are plentiful it seems, and necros just seem a little different and, imho, cooler.
I came to necromancer forums expecting to read people defending the profession, but how surprised I was to read how critical the crowd is, even among those who main necromancers! But I digress….
I’ve been reading a bit, and the two builds that interest me are minion master and a straight up condi build. Both seem sufficently different from what i’ve done with my thief and guard.
So a few points and a couple quesitons.
I really only plan on using her for open world pve content, primarily solo map completion, and some orr farming. No dungeons, no fractals. Do you guys think MM and/or condi builds are suitable? Do you think they would be fun? I just want to avoid extreme frustration.
I was thinking sinister stats. Any reason not too? I went with the berserker meta on my theif, asassins on my guard. For the necro I want to keep things on the offensive, but with a different flavor.
Lastly, can anybody comment on how an MM build on necro compares with having a pet on a ranger? I’m thinking my next toon will be a ranger, and I want to try to avoid a deja vu feeling. Variety is the spice of life.

MM or Condi is perfectly fine for solo open world PvE

MM is vastly different from a Ranger and its pets – As an MM you actually benefit from their deaths and the low cool downs essentially promotes you cycling through them regularly

As a Ranger you want to keep your pet up and it provides plenty of utility for you but as an MM they are mostly just meat shields while you do your thing and DPS the mobs down

Sinister is a solid choice for Condi but MM is usually power but you can build it to be condi as well they do not share your stats which is a good thing so they can be useful in any build

They do inherit your condition damage, condition duration, and boon duration stats, though. Granted, only one minion type deals condition damage and only Flesh Golem gets a boon.

I dont think ive ever seen flesh golems stability actually work.

This is what I would do.

Click “Escape” and click new character. Find the engineer and create that. Then delete your necro.

Trust me, dont get invested in this class. You basically get cast out from all dungeons/fractals. And the class is very buggy and most of the core mechanics of the class dont work (siphoning)

Lordrosicky.5813:

This is what I would do.

Click “Escape” and click new character. Find the engineer and create that. Then delete your necro.

Trust me, dont get invested in this class. You basically get cast out from all dungeons/fractals. And the class is very buggy and most of the core mechanics of the class dont work (siphoning)

If you actually read the opening post he said he was not gonna use this character for dungeons and fractals.

You can try somethin like this

http://youtu.be/2tP0iinmcE4

i run fracs 21/31/41 every day. havent gotten kicked once. after i do fracs i solo roam in wvw. perfect class for me. dont let the trolls/ downers get to you. this class is fun if for those that like the playstyle.

also you will find all qq in the forums… for the most part at least. there is very little positivity floating around here so dont take what ppl say to heart beacuse 9/10 it will be negative. i would advise you to look for help in different forums or possibly in game or even a guild.

rangers pets are different because it is one of its core mecahnics in the fact that it has a whole trait line for pets. yes the necro does have things like condi transfer and life siph onn minions but it is not like the ranger pet because you ahve one pet and it is more powerful then the smaller minions you get as a necro. on my ranger i dont use a pet build and only use it for cc/ tanking purposes, but there are alot of pet builds out there.

I can tell you from first hand experience Ranger pets and MM will feel different. Minions are pets but not like the ranger pet which don’t take up any skill slots and have their own mechanics. I just recently started playing WvW again with my new power ranger and I’m having a blast and it feels like a new experience. But…….. MM for life!!!

OP here. Thanks for the responses. I really liked that video from Brazil. I’m totally excited to try out that build. I’ve watched his videos before and would have expected the “necromancers are useless” message. But to hear him say that his condi necromancer build is jsut about his favorite build in the entire game sold me. And also thanks to the guys commenting about rangers feeling different from an MM necro. Very helpfull.

As long as you keep in mind that necros are an incredibly selfish class, you’ll do fine.
There’s another thread up at the moment on a pve necro which may help.

I love my necro even though i’ve mained a warrior and ranger for a long time.

necro’s condi application is redonculous x.x same as mesmer

What I would like would be a skill, maybe an elite, that transfer all the conditions off a foe onto the necro in return for a huge spike of damage for every condition removed. Then you can turn that around and throw them back on with plague signet or heal them with off consume conditions or convert one to a boon with well of power.

It’d make condition spiking a thing!