Guild Wars 2

Is it just me or has there been a huge increase in necromancers?

I’ve been seeong a lot more necros in every starting zone and dungeon LFGs.

I took a long break from GW2, shortly after ascended armor came out to just before HOT. When I left, GWEN wasn’t really a thing yet; at least not on my server. When I came back… there’s necro’s everywhere. I guess there’s more after this most recent balance patch than before, but it’s a smaller difference than from when I left a few years ago.

The Reaper specializzation made the necro viable in PvE and useful in Raids for his corruption ability.
Simply is funny to play and strong enough to be good in dungeon.

Reaper is a very “cool” specialization both aesthetically and thematically. With it’s release, I think it became one of the go-to professions for people new to the game with knowledge of it’s existence.

I mean butterfly’s and time manipulation, ninja with staff, paladin with bow or death himself with a massive scythe and blackened aura.

Necromancer is great in HoT where mobs are more dangerous. The pure zerker dps instant win professions have to work more than in older PvE.

It’s because condi reaper is now part of the raid/high fractal meta since condi became very good for them.