Guild Wars 2

Ok so here’s some potentially game changing research i have done.

TLDR: you really should read

Basic idea giving you 30%LF at the start of any match
Requirements:
knights amulet + jewel
utils flesh wurm, flesh golem

So heres what you do in the 10 seconds at the start of any pvp match:
1. Equip the knights amulet(can be done in the prematch)
2. Summon a wurm and golem
3. kill the wurm using the teleport this gives you 10%LF
4. un-summon the golem by choosing another elite this kills the golem and gives you another 10% LF
5. Change your amulet to your usual one for pvp If this amulet does not have vitality the LF will increase to 30%

medium results giving you 57%
knights amulet + jewel
20 points in curses
utils
Spectral armor 5%
Spectral wall 5%
spectral walk 5%
flesh wurm 10%
flesh golum 10%
Switch out amulet and trait

To get extream results (57% LF)
Requirements:

knights amulet + jewel
20 points in curses
5x any vitality rune
1x any other vitality rune

Guide: as medium but change your armor back to your usual set

Notes:
Ive tried other minions no other seems to give LF when killing or switching

Ive tried combing the spectral walk and armor with a self poison from corrupt boon no result.

Ive also tried fall damage while in spectral armor/walk but no extra LF

edited with further reseaach from 15% to 57% LF gain out of combat
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edited with further reseaach from 15% to 57% LF gain out of combat
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So in other words, Necro’s have to use their utilities before combat starts in order to get any form of defense. Oh ya we are just fine.

Side note. Good work. People did know that you can do this. Its just a matter of if its worth putting utilities on CD and being that much more worthless for team fight.

The main trick here is that LF is based on health, but expressed in percentage form. So when max health drops, the percentage of LF rises. Seen it happen when i switched between two weapon sets, were one of them had a vitality bonus.

Thanks, useful guide. But now that it’s posted here expect it not to work soon.

well its up to you how many utils you want to put on cool down. Technically you can get LF from the spectral walk and golem without having a slot on cool down

@Angry Flying Squirrel, LF is basically just like adrenaline. You have to build it up to use it. The stupid thing is that it takes much more time to build it up. I feel like every damage skill should, by default, give at least 1% LF. Or we should have more skills that build it up.

No its not like adrenaline. Adrenaline lets warriors do more damage. So as a fight goes on they get to hit harder. LF on the other hand is what keeps a Necro alive. The fact that we start every tpvp map with little to no defense abilities is a very major flaw in Necro design.

If only there was some sort of ability that granted 20% LF on demand. That would be a pretty sweet deal.

/sarcasm off
Good to know there is at least some method for getting LF early

The simple fact is you SHOULDNT have to do all of this, its completely unfair when everyone can use theres from the start and we cant…

Rebus, there is a skill that grants 20% life force when you do it lol.

there used to be a skill that did this “blood is power” but that got changed in one of the recent patches, now the skill gives 10 stacks of might. Hence rebus being sarcastic.

wow…broken. Can’t they just start us off at 50% life force?

Dude, that is just jacked up. Really great post, but tbh I can’t be bothered to go through all that just to get to 57%.

I only use DS as an OH kitten button anyway and for strategic fears, etc…it does not bother me that bad that it is at 0% from the gate, but they really should start it at 50% for crying out loud.