Guild Wars 2

Hey guys! This week in my guide series I take a look at a Necro Deathshroud build and the way I would put such a build together. It turns out the build is quite great at doing damage and turning what looks like a losing fight into a win or a very close battle.

I’ve also found that the build is very hard to master if you’re not accustomed to having so much Deathshroud available to you and using it to mitigate damage when you don’t have dodge available.

Take a look at the build below and check out the vid above to get more of an idea of the “why?” behind the different skill and trait choices.

DPS Shroudmancer:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNBHhZakRraPUTbjePBIV45oHHHMzUPcn9zB-TsAg0CnIkSJlTKjUSpsSNsYZx8DA

Tanky Shroudmancer;
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNBHhZakRraPUTbjePBIV45oHHjsyUPcn9zB-TsAA1CqIATBmDMDYSwsgNsY9x8DA

Those links to your builds don’t seem to work

Nice innovative build.

I will be trying it out. I like the synergy between Grasp and WoS. I also like that it seems to be doing fairly good damage without relying solely on conditions.

Why not use Runes of the Ogre instead of Mesmer? I get the 33% daze but you only have a daze on one ability, it seems like more damage would be optimal to 1 more second on a silence.

Sambuca.9754:

Those links to your builds don’t seem to work

Fixed.

Pandabro.8743:

Nice innovative build.

I will be trying it out. I like the synergy between Grasp and WoS. I also like that it seems to be doing fairly good damage without relying solely on conditions.

Why not use Runes of the Ogre instead of Mesmer? I get the 33% daze but you only have a daze on one ability, it seems like more damage would be optimal to 1 more second on a silence.

Thanks.

You can use what you feel comfortable with. I was using 5 runes of the Scholar with 1 rune of divinity before I switched to Runes of Mesmer, so it’s totally up to you.