Guild Wars 2

I’m genuinely curious. I was considering leveling a necro, but when I think about it, they seem kind of bad at all aspects. I don’t THINK they do very well in pve, and from my experience in wvw they’re the worst class for wvw. Am I wrong or is this somewhat accurate?

oh and by not doing well in pve, I mean they are like worse versions of ele/mesmer

Necro is bad in PvE, but we’re pretty good in WvW

Fxxked if I care whether we’re bad or not, I love my Necro(s). We’re good at being awesome (:

WvW roaming with a team – very strong.
WvW zerging – strong.
PvP – strong.
PvE – ok, although if you are doing it with random people who want to finish 10 secs early, they might object.

PVE overall is pretty easy, so you won’t be totally kitten by playing a neco. PVE necros show their weakness in two circumstances:

#1: In dungeons. Necros are mediocre all around and have nothing special to their name, so other classes get preferential treatment. You can still find a team for most dungeons, though.

#2: In zergy overworld stuff. Necros are designed heavily to be a condi class, and the condition cap completely nullifies your damage the moment a second condi user comes around. Outside of condis, necros don’t have good range options, so you’ll be stuck spamming staff 1.

Nausiation,
I recently leveled a necro. It was the last class I’ve ever tried, and I’ve been playing since beta. I am loving it! The survivability is great for my play style. I can tank so much in a zerk DS spec and still put out enough DPS for my liking.

Will I get picked up for a speed or min/max group, no, but I don’t play that style. I do PvE and dungeons with guildies or LFG and perform quite well.

I only have two other 80s; a ranger and engi so it doesn’t hurt to role one and give it a try. I’m glad I did.

There are two types of conditions : non-damaging CC and damaging. Necro is actually much better at the first one than the second.

Whether or not a necro is good at anything is entirely up to you. I play a necro as my first character and I found her to be the one class I am the most comfortable playing as especially with minions. If anything I don’t play a necro expecting to deal as much damage as say an Elementalist, but rather to support a party in any way I can.