Guild Wars 2

I just leveled a necromancer to 80 and I’m looking to get into WvW with this char after being trounced by a few zergs that ran many necros. I would like this character to be proficient in 10 person groups and 20+ zergs first and foremost. I will never roam alone but may run around with a 5 man group at times.

I am leaning towards 20/20/10/20/0. I’m not sure if the spiteful marks is worth 20 in spite though.

I’m also not sure how I should approach gear and a second weapon set behind staff. I’ve seen some builds that go with knights but how does rabid compare for a well/marks build?

Any help would be appreciated!

So for wells builds, I think people would agree that you usually want to go power heavy. That means rabid is probably out. If you want to be tanky, you’re looking at soldier’s or knight’s, if you want to go GC berserker’s, and if you want to mix in condi damage, carrion. IMO one of these has to be a main thrust of your gearing, and another can be done secondarily through gemming. Personally, I go soldier’s with knight’s gemming although soldier’s with carrion also seems appealing.

For builds, you’re going to get 20 in curses and 10 in death magic for sure. With the other 40 points, the options people usually talk about are to go deep in spite (30/30/10/0/0 or 30/20/20/0/0) or deep in blood magic (0/20/20/30/0 or 0/20/10/30/10, or something similar). I’ve played both, and I think I prefer the blood magic option. I suppose 0/20/20/0/30 would also be playable and maybe interesting.

I don’t think that spiteful marks is worth it on its own. If you go 20 into spite, you should go an additional 10 to get near to death.

For the second weapon, if you want more ranged / AOE then go scepter / dagger. If you want a melee weapon, go dagger / x. I’ve played both, and prefer dagger. I think axe is not great, although I’m sure some people would support it.