Fractal Builds
I’m back to using my power minion build. Sure it isn’t meta but I’ve seen pug T4s without any friendly AI, to soak up damage, and the amount of wipes that happened was too kitten high.
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
I’m back to using my power minion build. Sure it isn’t meta but I’ve seen pug T4s without any friendly AI, to soak up damage, and the amount of wipes that happened was too kitten high.
can you make the build on this. http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/ showing what weps armor runes signets etc so i can see the build?
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNAR3dnM0Adbid1Au1As3gFcBLuK+FLjQXtAQLYKL0EWCA-ThRBABmpEEPdDXt/o8jiLCAlq/AwTAAA-e
It is probably less dps than a well build, but as I said before, I’ve found that pug groups, that don’t have any AI allies to soak damage, die a lot.
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
The Viper Horror build still works, however you’d run blood magic mid-bot-bot instead. Death Magic is dead. Also take the berserker rune variant over thorns, except you plan on raiding with your necro and don’t want to dish out for two sets of gear.
A power build works too, but that’s generally even more shunned and it definitely will not get you into raids (except you have a squad of friends/guildies who are okay with it), with condi necro you prolly still get taken. Also condi is easier to stay alive with, if that’s something that causes you concern.
The Viper Horror build still works, however you’d run blood magic mid-bot-bot instead. Death Magic is dead. Also take the berserker rune variant over thorns, except you plan on raiding with your necro and don’t want to dish out for two sets of gear.
A power build works too, but that’s generally even more shunned and it definitely will not get you into raids (except you have a squad of friends/guildies who are okay with it), with condi necro you prolly still get taken. Also condi is easier to stay alive with, if that’s something that causes you concern.
Thanks for that!
sounds like for me to do fractals as well as raids (with Guild) condi might be the best way. Is there a more tuned build than the one below as this one is classed as conquest.
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Corruptionmancer
Thanks for the feedback.
The condi build you posted (the first one) with the trait-adjustments I mentioned will do just fine. Either gear setup will be fine if you’re unwilling to spend money on two sets, which is understandable. If you plan on raiding and you feel your squad will need every bit of DPS, Thorns is definitely recommended. Otherwise it still is for raids, but if you don’t care much etc. you can also go Berserker runes which will still be fine.
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Yeah I wasn’t talking raids. I haven’t tried any post nerf but I’d guess condi Necro would still be used for any that required it previously.
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
The Viper Horror build still works, however you’d run blood magic mid-bot-bot instead. Death Magic is dead. Also take the berserker rune variant over thorns, except you plan on raiding with your necro and don’t want to dish out for two sets of gear.
If I’m with another necro in the group I absolutely take Blood/Epidemic, but since the nerf, I’m always like the only necro in my t4 groups and have found better success with Death/Rise since there’s nobody to play Epidemic-Pong with. Just a different sort of success, as you’re mainly using taking Death here for all the extra poison fields instead of the bleed stacks like before. (Also fueling Thorns.)
The Viper Horror build still works, however you’d run blood magic mid-bot-bot instead. Death Magic is dead. Also take the berserker rune variant over thorns, except you plan on raiding with your necro and don’t want to dish out for two sets of gear.
If I’m with another necro in the group I absolutely take Blood/Epidemic, but since the nerf, I’m always like the only necro in my t4 groups and have found better success with Death/Rise since there’s nobody to play Epidemic-Pong with. Just a different sort of success, as you’re mainly using taking Death here for all the extra poison fields instead of the bleed stacks like before. (Also fueling Thorns.)
There really is no point in Death Magic anymore imo and Rise is usually meh for an utility. Blood magic is actually quite strong since it helps your group a lot, both vampiric presence and transfusion help not only with keeping your team alive & possibly the scholar bonus up if you have anyone who runs it, the latter is also a great skill to get off rezzes which would’ve otherwise been really painful.
The only thing Death Magic has going for it now is pretty much the Death Nova explosions and even that’s incredibly mediocre (even more so since you can’t fully control when the minions die, so it’d only work during longer encounters). If I find myself in the situation where I don’t need epi (which is basically only boss fights without adds) I just slot Suffer most of the time.
is the viper horror build a more up to date version of the warlock build from this video?
Also i got as far as the link below in making my viper horror build can you guys let me know
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBLRtGuJNiQzNA9mYpYwi7hFxkYUAYAkAmSaNgxFA
Please don’t take Nemesis’ videos as guide on how to play necro.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBLRtG2JNiQzNY1Ng3NAHOYpYwiCADgEQcPsImEnWBzgYAA
Is the best general setup. You get more out of the BM traits I picked for you by far. Basically everything on the right side of your skill bar can be changed on your situation, Flesh Golem is also a good elite pick. Chilled to the Bone I wouldn’t take, but if you enjoy it you can use it against trash mobs when you know there’s not going to be a (mini-)boss encounter for a while, wouldn’t be too bad.
Please don’t take Nemesis’ videos as guide on how to play necro.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBLRtG2JNiQzNY1Ng3NAHOYpYwiCADgEQcPsImEnWBzgYAA
Is the best general setup. You get more out of the BM traits I picked for you by far. Basically everything on the right side of your skill bar can be changed on your situation, Flesh Golem is also a good elite pick. Chilled to the Bone I wouldn’t take, but if you enjoy it you can use it against trash mobs when you know there’s not going to be a (mini-)boss encounter for a while, wouldn’t be too bad.
how about gear, runes, etc?
Please don’t take Nemesis’ videos as guide on how to play necro.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBLRtG2JNiQzNY1Ng3NAHOYpYwiCADgEQcPsImEnWBzgYAA
Is the best general setup. You get more out of the BM traits I picked for you by far. Basically everything on the right side of your skill bar can be changed on your situation, Flesh Golem is also a good elite pick. Chilled to the Bone I wouldn’t take, but if you enjoy it you can use it against trash mobs when you know there’s not going to be a (mini-)boss encounter for a while, wouldn’t be too bad.
how about gear, runes, etc?
Both the thorns as well as the berserker variant can be found in the link the OP posted ( http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Viper_Horror ), which variant to take for what case has also been discussed here. Enjoy