Guild Wars 2

I don’t know if this is just me but I feel like with these new updates and buffs that the necro is at an unfair advantage toward other players. It’s a light armor class but it has a ridiculous amount toughness with or without using a toughness build. I’ve noticed necromancers are becoming a more frequently played class in PvP and with the army of the undead build they’re almost impossible to kill. Some might say “that’s because you suck” but that’s not the case, I’ve seen other experienced players go against this build and barely put a dent on the necro’s health bar. Maybe it’s not the Necromancer itself but the army of the undead build. Whether it’s skill or no skill the army of the undead build still is at an unfair advantage in PvP. I know because I have a friend who doesn’t know how to play that good and gets confused every now and then on what’s going on. He managed to become undefeatable with his build. He practically just stood there, put marks, and let the minions do the work. He was clueless on how to play yet he was almost impossible to kill. I gained suspicion do to the fact that my friend was new to the game so I made a Necromancer myself and tested out the build in PvP. After going on rampages by pressing random buttons and allowing minions to do all the work I came to a conclusion that the Necromancer army of the undead build is too overpower. But maybe that’s just me and I need to hear the public’s opinion but that’s how I feel.

Play one, than decide for yourself. I don’t play a MM but I play a power/tank build in WvW and I can tell you that you will feel less unfair and more like fodder in no time at all.

Never heard the name “army of the undead”, but it’s obvious it’s a minion spec based on your post. Yes, minion master builds are difficult to kill 1v1 because they naturally have high toughness (soldier amulet) with 20-30 points in death magic with maybe small siphons to sustain. Take said minion build outside of a 1v1 or anywhere else in the game (besides open world pve) and a minion build is pretty much useless. Even OP phantasm mesmers had some use in dungeons.

About the necromancers being tough overall, that’s really only with condi builds. It’s because most necros with a condi build take rabid gear because of the dominant condi damage and the precision to stack more bleeds, the toughness is just a bonus.

Play one in anything other than hotjoin pvp against noobs. Especially if your team does not build to compensate for your lack of disengage/avoidance.

You’ll change your tune.

now we are being nerf from latest patch. YOU HAPPY? sheeshh

Dethklok.4659:

I made a Necromancer myself and tested out the build in PvP. After going on rampages by pressing random buttons and allowing minions to do all the work I came to a conclusion that the Necromancer army of the undead build is too overpower. But maybe that’s just me and I need to hear the public’s opinion but that’s how I feel.

I did the same thing with a guardian and the pvp variation of the Alt healing build (im pretty much too lazy to bother in hotjoins and too bad to play with the pvpers i know), doesnt mean the build is super strong, just that the skill requirement for it is 0 and has its nieche role, as in worthless against multiple people/teamfights/any strong aoe (or condi burst/forced action/moa in the alt heal build case).

Remove them Minions and take away their armor too, oh theyz too OP!!!!

- ArenaNet loves you and listens.

They nerfed our deathshroud and staff into oblivion, they nerfed our terror, they nerf us almost every patch, but who care?Take us minions too! We will survive it – arent necros supposed to survive a lot?People are rerolling necros anyway.

PS: Its just you

“he was almost impossible to kill”
rofl… Either all other players were complete idiots (possible, but improbable), or blind (again possible, but improbable). Therefore, stop listening to every stupid chit-chat and if you are so keen to find out whether or not a certain class is overpowered and ‘unfair’, just create one yourself and test it.

Wow… he must have rerolled guardian after his cupcake warrior. Put on shamans amulet and tried to dps necro down with a mace. Thats the one and only explanation.
Oh wait.. why exactly did you attack necro?…. Oh right… because you are just trolling for attention.
The easiest spec to take out. And most widely belived to be utter garbage spec and you come over here and scream op.
yeah.

Yes necromancers are unfair. We are one of the weakest professions, if not the weakest, in the game. Totally unfair. We need major buffs. And Arena net started to do it but now they are taking it away.

But really. Necromancer’s have garbage defenses and building life shroud is our first and last means of defense. Without that we can’t survive worth jack. And anyone who knows what they are doing will easily destroy a Minion master without so much as batting an eye. Minion masters are complete garbage and need a major buff before anyone will seriously look at death magic ever again.

Kill blood fiend… and whoop goes all the healing. Kill golem… and whoop goes all the cc.
What does it take to kill them all? blazing trail/fire circle then churn and everything including necro is dead.
1 proper 4 way shatter will do the same.
etc.