Guild Wars 2

Hello! I haven’t been playing my Necro in a long while now and Im willing to get back to it
Before I’m getting all the necessary gear and stuff I wanted to ask about the state of Necro currently- How well is he accepted in raids? is there really an alternative for the Condi build or is it the only way to go? [I’m not really getting suffice information from the qT website about the viability of the builds]

And about sPvP- Whats a good build to get back to solo queuing? Whats the current strengths and weakness you feel I should get updated on?

And builds, tips and info will help greatly! thank you

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Hello! I haven’t been playing my Necro in a long while now and Im willing to get back to it
Before I’m getting all the necessary gear and stuff I wanted to ask about the state of Necro currently- How well is he accepted in raids? is there really an alternative for the Condi build or is it the only way to go? [I’m not really getting suffice information from the qT website about the viability of the builds]

And about sPvP- Whats a good build to get back to solo queuing? Whats the current strengths and weakness you feel I should get updated on?

And builds, tips and info will help greatly! thank you

Condi is the only really viable build for raids atm.

Stick with the GS/ sc+d reaper build on qtfy.eu, and you should be fine. Swap out Lingering curse for parasitic contagion if you need more healing. Use spectral grasp instead of blood is power if you need more cc/LF. And so on.

I tend to use signet of spite instead of bone feind, because while minions deal more damage, they die, and require me to press an extra button. It’s up to choice. But i suggest sticking with vamp/spite signets for more hectic fights as it allows you to keep up your dps a bit better.

Ignore the fractal build. A lot of sheeple are too daft to realize its horribly outdated. And is inferior to the GS condi build.

As for pvp, I’m a scrub and only player bruiser reaper builds, so I’ll let someone else speak on that.

a) dont swap to parasitic contagion in raids if you consider yourself a decent person
b) dont swap out blood is power, this is your most important utility
c) dont use signet of spite, if you dislike minions for whatever reason, use suffer and corrosive poison field
d) dont use signet of vampirism, it’s a heal with casting time therefore it’s dps loss
e) dont ignore the fractal build on qt site, it’s been updated
f) dont use “rise!”
g) condi isn’t the only viable build, you should play power for KC and TC

In the context of raiding, I’d argue about taking parasitic contagion. We already have 2 druids dedicated to healing in raids for the most part and a majority of the damage in raids is easily avoidable and the rest caused death with no room to heal.

I’d also argue about taking off bip in raids, the bleed it does and the bleed and torment you transfer is more dps than a spectral grasp unless they gave spectral grasp a 5 sec cd and a 200% increase in its projectile speed. If the group is having troubles ccs that much, take flesh golem over plaguelands, the later isn’t that useful against bosses that move around a lot like vg anyway.

Signet of spite is decent but yes, cpc, and suffer are better options than it.

Vamp signet is a personal dps loss but it does help the group keep up their scholar runes, but again, we already have 2 druids dedicated to healing so in a raid scenario, it’s not worth taking unless your healer is particularly bad.

Using power build on kc as a reaper, in my opinion, should be a last resort kind of thing, because thief and guardi are better options than us in theory (in practice most pugs I meet struggle to get over 10-15k dps irregardless of the class on most bosses).

These are all in context of raiding, for fractals which are more disorganized, I would listen to frostdraco’s advice. (except for maybe the bip, no war means you’re on your own for might stacks) Contagion is a life saver especially when you epi, spectral grasp has its uses in there, and spite signet as well. Personally I take bip, epi and you’re all weaklings! (for the might and stun break) or epi well of power plague sig for afflicted instability/condi heavy fights.

In terms of pvp, we’re a punching bag that corrupts 3 boons on 1 person every 15 seconds base, and 1 boon on 5 people every second for 5 seconds if all 5 of them decide to kill us on point every 40 seconds base. Oh and we have some random corrupts as well on our traits, axe 3 on power, scepter auto on condi, and gs 4 if you take the clunky thing. Either way we’re dead within 3 seconds of people realizing we’re a necro unless either your opponent team is a bunch of headless chickens, or your team knows how to peel for you.