Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been gone for a couple weeks and in reading forums and some other sites it appears necro’s are now a must in tPVP? I’ve always thought we were a great class but I’m actually seeing people calling for nerfs to marks/wells now? Is there some new build I’m unfamiliar with?

Necro’s have always had bugs, but in the right hands I’ve always thought them very valuable to a tPVP team as well.

Just curious what the current tPvP thoughts are on them and why am I all of a sudden seeing calls to nerf us?!?

Someone clue me in to what happened in the last few weeks to cause this shift in thinking.

Downstate nerf. Necros aoe corpses hard, and revive from outside aoe. We were doing pretty well before the nerf, but now there’s a necro in every team.

Mammoth.1975:

Downstate nerf. Necros aoe corpses hard, and revive from outside aoe. We were doing pretty well before the nerf, but now there’s a necro in every team.

for someone who barely plays tPvP: what is this downstate nerf?

I’m pretty curious myself. When I’m downed, everything is on cooldown. If I’m lucky #2 comes off cooldown and I can just manage to hit it before I die. I think I’ve used downstate #3 twice out of 50 or so sPvP matches

The necro res sig is rather good for tPvP, up to three people and a (comparatively) short cast time, and you can dump marks and wells on downed enemies, makes it difficult to save them.

RashanDale.3609:

Mammoth.1975:

Downstate nerf. Necros aoe corpses hard, and revive from outside aoe. We were doing pretty well before the nerf, but now there’s a necro in every team.

for someone who barely plays tPvP: what is this downstate nerf?

Reduced downstate HPs to 75% of what they were before. It’s a lot more difficult to revive people normally now. This might see some adjustment in today’s patch judging by the state of the game talk, likewise with some kind of change to how aoe on downed players works.

Levian.6742

I’m pretty curious myself. When I’m downed, everything is on cooldown. If I’m lucky #2 comes off cooldown and I can just manage to hit it before I die. I think I’ve used downstate #3 twice out of 50 or so sPvP matches

Deathshroud and downed state fear are on shared cooldown I believe.

marks on downed buddy? roll through em. or hey, drag your pet through them. dont see why theyd have to be changed.