Help with necro dagger/dagger-life steal ?
PvE? WvW? tPvP? Hotzerg?
Well im looking for both pvp and pve i dont WvsW much so…
See this post.
So many souls, so little time. ~ Kraag Deadsoul
Life Syphon build recipe:
- Have critical chance.
- 20 points in blood magic – Traits II and V
Do whatever you want with the rest.
PS: Don’t run Dagger/Dagger. It’s not good. If you’re running Dagger either use Focus or Warhorn. Off-hand dagger is more of a condition weapon.
20 ? 30 isnt usefull or ? Then should I go with spite or death magic ?
20 ? 30 isnt usefull or ? Then should I go with spite or death magic ?
No, no, no… That’s just the base. At 20 points you’ve maximized the “life syphon” potential, unless you also go wells or minion-based: You have Vampiric, BloodThirst and Vampiric Precision. You can dedicate the rest of the points to whatever best suits your build, depending on what that is. If you’re going dagger/something you probably want power, since dagger is a power weapon. The rest of the build is whatever you want it to be so long as you hit your opponent.
And Spite is a terrible tree for a Necro. Almost never a good reason to put points in it.
You don’t need more than 20 points unless going Wells but the fact you already have 20 points is a decent reason to go into them – it’s good synergy. Well pulses can trigger siphon-on-crit in an AoE.
Also, dagger offhand isn’t just a condition weapon – it’s a mitigation weapon that applies weakness and gets rid of your conditions. Having Dagger 4 in my experience opens the way to taking Well of Blood instead of the ubiquitous Consume Conditions which opens the way to taking Healing Power as a workable (if not necessarily competitive) stat which in turns feeds back into Dagger 2 Life Siphon.
Ok , so then I have to use dagger+ focus , and the traits ? Something like 10/0/30/30/0?
I’ve been using TheMightyAltroll’s build for my PvE purposes, and there are many times where I feel nearly immortal. I’ve tried it in sPvP with “ok” success (but I blame myself, I’m not a particularly strong PvPer). I also swapped out Knights gear for Soldiers, providing more Power and survivability at the cost of Precision. Take care and have a nice day!
My PvE is 0/20/20/30/0. For Curses, I virtually always have Ground Target Wells except for a few very specific encounters where I know I can’t use wells effectively like Lupicus in which case any of the Master traits are valid depending on what is slotted. The Adept slot is usually Chilling Darkness or Weakening Shroud. For Death, Greater Marks and Staff Mastery are no brainers if using staff as 2nd set. Ritual of Protection is also pretty good now and again when the team’s stacked and you know that either of the above two would be redundant. Shrouded Removal lets you shake a condition unconditionally every 10s and lets you afford to run Well of Blood even when every fiber of your being is telling you to run Consume Conditions like everyone else. What can I say? I like big green numbers. Finally under Blood, which i’ve always considered our strongest traitline (lack of BLood Magic is not one of my many necro complaints), virtually everything can be useful.