Me being allergic to glasscannons was toying around with the idea of a build that is still tough and can still dish out alot of hurt. I want people to think “Ouch, was that a necro that just killed me or a freight train?”. Being able to take a few hits is paramount in WvW after all with no escape skills available or other avoidance stuff other than DS which is unreliable in my experience…
Was gonna hear with the community if there is such a thing before I start experimenting and waste hours upon hours of time with boring dungeons.
Weapons: Dagger/Dagger (Dag offhand for condition removal before people ask/AoE) and Axe/Focus
30 Points into spite means you’ll get:
300 Power
30% increase in condition duration = means your vulnerability will stay on your target longer allowing for better bursting.
Spite 10: Gives 1 might per life blast goes nicely with Soul Reaping 10 which gives 1 vulnerability so now you get 2% more damage per life blast.
Spite 20: Focus regens faster so now you can stack vulnerability faster as well as heal yourself.
Spite 30: when your enemy is at 50% health you get a 20% damage increase which is nice not much to say here.
Blood:
200Vit will bring your hp pool up to around 20,000 at level 80. Great since now your Deathshroud Pool is larger and you have more survivability.
Blood 5: Free regen @ 90% hp? I’ll take it
Blood 10-20: Vampire abilites provide a constant source of HP add some regen foods like omnomberry pies and you’ll stay near full hp.
Soul Reaping:
20% increased Deathshourd bar (your doing melee damage why not have something that helps you stay alive longer)
20% Crit damage increase (Now when you burst you’ll do even more damage).
Soul 5: Gluttony: increased life force gain is handy
Soul 10: Like I said before 1 might per soul blast + 1 vuln per soul blast now = 2% increase to your dps per attack.
Soul 15: Free protection + anti stun @ 50% hp? uhhh ya when that thief bursts you guess who’s still gonna be alive. Not to mention your lifeforce increases by 3% each time your hit it’s gonna go through the roof.
Soul 20: Locus Swarm = Free swiftness + Damage to enemies around you. So if your dieing not only will this help you get away but the AoE damage you do will also HEAL you thanks to your vampire abilities.
Ok so back to your original question why death shroud if your using dagger.
Like I said Focus 4 + Axe 2 = burst, then switch to Dagger for root + auto attack so why deathshroud.
Well dagger is a melee wep so if you enemy is to far away and you can’t catch up and your axe 2 is on cooldown. Well now you have life blast which hits hell a hard and not to mention increases your damage by 2% per hit.
So in short follow this build and you will have a optimal defense and a great offense, leaving you ready for every situation.
And do yourself a favor and use Axe + Focus once you see it criting for 3-4k per hit you can thank me later. Staff will NOT provide you with the dps you want in PvP or PvE for that matter. When your opponent is running away and you need to kill him quickly staff is not going to save the day it’s gonna be axe and focus.
Ive used a ton of builds/armor sets. I have nailed down my preferred playstyle as this spec. Its geared towards Wv3. Power Build. I use it for great dmg/and a great survivability. Very balanced.
I use all PVT armor and weapons.
Staff slotted with Sigil of Fire
Axe slotted with sigil of Fire, Focus with Sigil of Force.
Armor is all slotted with Ruby Orbs
