Guild Wars 2

I played condition at release, then switched to power, then along the way rolled a mesmer then have been playing that.

Recently however, I have been hearing a lot of complaints in Teamspeak about “bunker Necro’s”

Huh? what? did I miss some major changes ?

hmmm.. I would never do it but it is done....

Full PTV or Clerics gear, and frequent use of plague and DS can really drive people nuts

Personally, I may consider a full apothecary set up, and a condition build. Our self healing from range isn’t very impressive, but our crit damage with rabids is nearly worthless, so yeah.

But with my necro, my hit and run playstyle makes me a bunker no matter what I’m wearing.

Nothing really changed. Not much a necro can do in a 60-man mega zerg battling against another mega-zerg.

However, check out Sheobix’s Juggermancer Build

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Juggermancer-Final-Blog-Link/page/6#post1480305

Bunker necros seem to be doing ok in WvW even now. 1vs1s are great. I’ve done 1vs2 and it’s 50% depending on situation/enemy skills/etc. 1v3s and up and you do live longer, but unless they are complete noobs you will die. In a group or zerg you may have to utilize a couple more support utilities. but with the other support from your allies you will hardly die at all while doing sustained damage. Not great damage. but it is sustained.

Juggermancer builds are very strong tanky builds. Another build type that people don’t use very often, but can give pretty strong bunker potential while still doing sustained damage is DS “dancing” builds. With 30 into SR, you can give yourself permanent retaliation, condition removal every 5 seconds, and then you can choose some other things like perma fury (easy way to reach 70-80% crit) or more healing/siphoning. The only problem with them is they are really hard to use right.

Bunker necro is the king of badge farming. Best part is you never need to swap out of staff. :P