Looking for a GS/Condi/Support build.
Wow umm, GS is bad for condi. And necro is a bad support in general. Best you can do is take vampiric aura and transfusion. And u have to decide between Power and condi.
You are already setup for it, so go full power. Obviously take Reaper with Reapers Onslaught, but then take Soul Reaping with Deaths Perception, and Spite with Close to Death. Pick the rest how you like. I run a Superior Sigil of Intelligence on my GS. I normally Shroud till <50%, then pop out of shroud for 3 massive Gravedigger attacks.
WvW Necro
Like akaCryptic said, Necro/Reaper are not that great at support. you can offer group lifesteal, transfusion or vampiric rituals GM trait, and in Plague Signet we have a way to pull conditions from our allies to ourselves. Blood Magic and Curses are definitely needed if you want to work with those, leaving your other traitline as Reaper. That’s a solid condi build with some healing.
GS is not a condi weapon, unless you are gonna use it to maximize your chill output and use Deathly Chill to apply bleeds. Even then, you would be using a weapon intended for power builds on a condi build. But that’s up to you. You can do it, but your condi damage won’t be that incredible, especially since you are only getting condi damage from your armor and one trait in the curses traitline.
That’s the best I can come up with within the parameters you have set.
So I tried this build
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Offensive_Blood_Support
Got my back side handed to me by an Old Tyria World Boss if you can believe it.
Granted I’m used to running a power build in Valk gear, so I just swapped Spite out for Death Magic, probably putting out crap damage but at least I stopped getting downed. With Blood Minion, Rise, Suffer, Locust for movement, and Flesh Golem. I guess if it anit broken don’t fix it.
I’m beginning to think Vipers is a waste of money, that was roughly 100g I put in a pile and burned.
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So I tried this build
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Offensive_Blood_Support
Got my back side handed to me by an Old Tyria World Boss if you can believe it.
Granted I’m used to running a power build in Valk gear, so I just swapped Spite out for Death Magic, probably putting out crap damage but at least I stopped getting downed. With Blood Minion, Rise, Suffer, Locust for movement, and Flesh Golem. I guess if it anit broken don’t fix it.
I’m beginning to think Vipers is a waste of money, that was roughly 100g I put in a pile and burned.
It’s not a waste, you just have half the gear for it. There are several good condi builds for necro. It’s kinda their thing. Just not with GS.
So I tried this build
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Offensive_Blood_Support
Got my back side handed to me by an Old Tyria World Boss if you can believe it.
Granted I’m used to running a power build in Valk gear, so I just swapped Spite out for Death Magic, probably putting out crap damage but at least I stopped getting downed. With Blood Minion, Rise, Suffer, Locust for movement, and Flesh Golem. I guess if it anit broken don’t fix it.
I’m beginning to think Vipers is a waste of money, that was roughly 100g I put in a pile and burned.
It’s not a waste, you just have half the gear for it. There are several good condi builds for necro. It’s kinda their thing. Just not with GS.
Problem is I had more heart set on playing the Reaper as it is thematically meant to be played, with a Great Sword; some one really needs to make a Pyramid Head mask for cosmetics.
So I’ll just bank the armor and go back to my power valk, minion master.