Guild Wars 2

Which elite skill is better and why?

Plague Form.
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Depends on situation.

PvE.
Flesh Golem can tank for you. Lich Form for champions if you in a zerg.

WvW/sPvP
Plague Form #3 for group/zerging.
Lich Form if you alone/in a small group. Especially great with mesmer’s Time Warp.

Dungeons
Lich Form for bosses. Again – mesmers are our dear friends.

Depends where you use it, in PvE I prefer Lich – boost to crit, damage and hp = 2.5k damage per hit, in sPvP Lich is a bit clumsy, you can do a lot of damage if you attack from a side, not in a middle of battlefield between warriors/thiefs and other melees, but then again you can get unnecessary agro like “kill that big dude”, golem is nice addition to annoy and knockdown foes, not to be relied on, but it’s always better to be 2v1 than 1v1=)

i only used Flesh Golem from 30 to 80.

When i saw the 180 seconds cooldown on Plague and Lich i had to laugh and at the same time been kitten off. not even enough time to experiment with the skills so fast it ends and then wait 3 minutes to test again ?

i took them both anyways around level 70 but i am not impressed and the 180 sec cooldown prevents me from using the skills.

So overall i have used lich once and plague once in a few days and kept the broken Golem which prefers to stand around and do nothing.

In PvE I personally don’t think you need a tank. Necros are just so good in PvE its almost a waste of an elite, unless you just like to stand by and watch the battle. Personally I used Plague in PvE. It has more vit and toughness than Lich Form and can be used to good effect against large groups of enemies if you accidentally aggro 5 too many

im biased.

but..

power necro?

lich form..

um… lich form..

aaaaand lich form..

ooh! i think lich form is good.

pve/wvw/dungeons

pvp?

maybe lich form. but probably plague. aoe blindness/weakness is really good for screwing up combos.

Flesh Golem currently has issues where you rez his body to serve you but most of his mind does not follow. So he has… issues. Like he can charge an opponent, knocking them down, but then can’t seem to find the opponent for a while. (“He wuz right there in fronta me! Where’d he go? Oh, he’s behind me now, cause I ran over him and kept running. Silly enemy!”)

Enter Plague Form and press 2 (one time is all you need to do it, don’t mash it) and you’re doing an AoE attack and blind every second for 20 seconds. Plus you get bonuses to your health and armor while you’re in there. And stability (thanks Abigor).

Enter Lich Form and you get bonuses to your attack and you get stability. And you look good doing it, floating above the ground.

I can’t speak to PvP, but basically the choice I see is: Plague for defense/support, Lich for offense. Flesh Golem when you’re not on defense, offense, or support.

You get stability in plague

i only like flesh golem if im trying to troll with a serious well bombing rig.

as many people have said before in the past.. flesh golem charge> dag3> wells.

win.

even a couple fears to get em back in those wells makes it work.

Power necro and lich means someone is going to die. Time warp lich will kill a team extremely fast.

IMO:
WvW = Plague (tank around and take pressure off your team)

Dungeon = Lich Form (more practical than plague for boss fights)

PvE = Plague (with group) or Golem (solo)