How good is my necromancer build?
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=;044Z;1kHkC0p3FJkJ0;9;5TJJ;216A14-02;2SNH6;2jwmAjwmA2Ve
As you want a build that is ‘good’ and works for ‘everything,’ the above link fits the bill!
For some reason that says bad link for me. Anyway, there are a lot of ways to go with a Necromancer. I came up with an idea very similar to what I believe is considered a minion master type build, but instead of focusing on condition damage, It focuses more on Power/toughness/healing for survivability. It doesn’t kill as fast as some other classes, but it gets the job done and now in full exotics, I can stand toe to toe with Veteran mobs and not even flinch. I haven’t done any sPvP or WvW, but it works very well in open world PvE and very nicely in dungeons as well. My gear is all Cleric exotics with Shaman inserts except my staff which I run the superior sigil of life. The amount of healing this build and gear set puts out is amazing. You, your minions, and your allies all benefit from this build. Your marks have a nice radius. Mark of Blood is down to a 4 3/4 sec CD, which is shorter than the regen duration. You also heal yourself, minions, and allies using Life Siphon in Dagger #2, Focus #4, and DS #4. It has good condition removal and applies plenty of conditions even though the gear isn’t designed to boost the condition damage, it still adds up.
Not everyone would enjoy this build, but it suits my tastes very well. Here is the build.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQEQNAW4djEaF71aua07JCpHP7aUbSR3AHkC3LNA;TEAjGA
Ok, that says bad link for me too. Not sure what’s going on this morning. Anyway it’s 20 Spite with Spiteful Removal and Training of the Master. 0 Curses. 30 Death Magic with Greater Marks, Staff Mastery, and Flesh of the Master. 20 Blood Magic with Transfusion and Vampiric Master. And 0 Soul Reaping. I use Staff and Dagger/Focus for swap. I don’t know why our links to the build editor are saying bad link.
As mentioned above, I run Cleric gear with Shaman crests, or sapphire jewels, except the staff, which has the superior sigil of life. Standing in LA, I have 3,068 attack, 4% Crit chance (LOL), 2,730 Armor, 22,402 Health, and 1,207 Healing power with 0 stacks from my Staff’s sigil so add 250 more healing to that once those stacks are up. You probably would run a different Sigil in the staff for PvP since you’d most likely be downed before you ever got 25 stacks. And maybe this build would be totally useless for PvP, I wouldn’t know because I haven’t tried yet. Maybe others can look at it and make a call based on their own experiences.
(edited by Taywena.3915)