Guild Wars 2

I have watched several videos and read a few guides, and this is the build I walked away with

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/necromancer/?5.0|b.1b.h16.8.1b.h5|7.1g.h16.d.1g.h2|1o.a2.1o.a2.1o.a2.1o.a2.1o.a2.1o.a2|211.0.211.0.311.0.211.0.311.0.2w.0|u26c.u27b.0.a1.0|g.e|3r.3x.3u.4d.0|e

Just looking for any tweaks you would consider especially in armor and runes.

I made a few minor changes, look it over see what you think
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/necromancer/?5.0|b.1b.h16.8.1b.h5|7.1g.h16.d.1g.h2|1o.7n.1o.7n.1o.7n.1o.7n.1o.73.1o.73|211.0.211.0.311.0.211.0.311.0.2w.0|u26c.u67b.0.0.a6|2m.e|3r.3x.3u.4d.0|e

I swapped in terror because as a hybrid you still want some burst ability and since you’re kinda condition heavy terror works great as a burst, and to make that possible I swapped blood line for soul reaping so you could obtain DS more and get to use doom as well as get into DS more since you chose to use reapers might. I personally always run unyeilding blast when I use reaper’s might because you essentially rip holes into your enemies and stack up that might really quickly, but if you would prefer to use a different trait skill in soul reaping use something more to your taste.

The only other thing I considered was 10 in death magic so you could get the well protection, but with only 1 well it wouldn’t really help you much. You could use it for shrouded removal though, since your only condition removal is the heal, totally up to you though. My personal opinion would be what I originally suggested with the 10 in soul reaping.

I am a fan of the changes into soul reaping. A few questions since I have not had a chance to try this build yet.

Does reapers might grant a stack per cast or per hit?
Why did you choose runes of the engineer? Verse runes of the undead?
Does terror still apply damage to champions and legendary monsters that have the defiant buff and cannot be feared? They would take the damage but not run in fear.

I know you mentioned condition removal as a possible option but between Dagur four and he’ll I feel like that should cover most cases.

Reapers might is upon landing a hit, and I chose the engineer runes because it has toughness as it’s primary rather than condition damage, but you really could run undead instead if you wanted to since you’re not gonna be full on melee range.

As far as terror on champs, I’m pretty sure the damage procs now (for a while it wouldn’t after they ninja nerfed fear). i’ve tried watching to see if it does, but with boss/champ HP being so terribly high it’s hard to see the spike and I don’t think combat log properly records it. And yeah I did take into consideration your dagg 4 cond removal, but it’s not always 100% reliable so that’s why I said it was optional for you whether or not you wanted to go death line for shrouded removal and/or well protections. I still think soul reaping would benefit you more though.

Reaper’s might triggers upon cast. If you don’t have a target and just cast DS1 at nothing you will still get the might stacks IIRC. I know you still get the might stacks if your attack is blocked or reflected or if it misses.

So I ended up with the 10 points in Soul Reaping, but chnaged the runes out for 1 Krait, 1 Necro, 4x Mad King. Gives me a bit more power than the old setup but gives me a bit longer duration on all conditions as well, along with giving me 98% on Bleeds, it seemed like a perfect fit.