Guild Wars 2

Death magic 25 Deadly Strength recently got buffed so you’ll get 10% of your toughness added to your power.

I think this made it possible for alternative power necro trait builds to be available.

for instance, if you gear up with armor&trinkets with toughness as a main stat (knights, or cavalier for instance) and have 30 points in death magic, you’ll be gaining about 200 power. So if you spend 10 points in spite, you’ll be spending 40 points for 300 power(same as 30 points in spite), 300 toughness, +30% boon duration, but you’ll lose 20% condition duration, and traits spite 15 and 25. If geared with armor&trinkets with toughness as a sub stat, you’ll lose about 10~15 power.

Of course major traits in Spite are more geared toward increasing damage output, but if you’re a power necro who’s a fan of staff/wells or just need more tankyness but don’t want to lose much damage potential, i think this build would be worth a try.

Or maybe you could invest in both Spite and Death Magic traits and gain even more damage output.

How are your opinions?