Guild Wars 2

Been having fun playing a minion master build I put together, would love to see other builds from the community from other minion masters.

Post’em if you got’em!!

I’ve been playing around PvP with a minion condi bruiser build with slight supportive aspects.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNAW7Ync0A12gd1AebCs3gFqBL+DWCXhTNgKQxSKAMASZA-TZRAABccBAEc/BAOIAf8EAIrMAA

If you just look at the skills, it feels lackluster, but it’s more the trait synergy with the amulet and “Rise!” that makes it shine.

Pros:
-You are pretty much always sitting on 1300-1460 toughness via Corrupter’s Fervor and Flesh of the Master + 180 more toughness while in shroud. Combine that with 28k hp.
-“Rise!” further reduces your incoming damage by 33%.
-Minions clear condis for you passively, usually 4-8 condis every 10 seconds. Yet you still have 2 condi transfers and Consume Conditions as well to deal with condis.
-Unholy Martyr feeds your shroud every 3 seconds, bypassing the lack of Soul Reaping.
-You gain a fair amount of passive sustain from life stealing in Blood Magic as well as Regen from Mark of Evasion
- 25% increased movement speed with 1 of your weapon sets. No longer the slow reaper!
-The condition pressure is still great considering how much sustain you have.

Cons:
-Vulnerable to CC chains (Spectral armor can deal with single hits), as shroud isn’t always an option.
-Minions being minions, they don’t always behave. Even if they teleport with you down ledges.
-Only a single boon corruption skill, so you are missing one of the traditional strengths of necromancer.

This is a PvE build I have used for a LONG time. Probably very outdated and not optimal…but my minions seem to last forever. The only thing I use repeatedly is “Rise!”, obviously. The others, once I cast them, it seems like they are pretty tough to kill. I’ve found really learning and paying attention to how you set up your minions to use their “special” skill can make big differences in a fight. I often use Shadow Fiend(which many people hate that minion) when I know I will need to focus a single boss, as that damage+blind can actually save an ally or provide an opening for a big spike.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQNAW3dnM0AdbiN1Ae1As3glpBjaGcDSBxfwU4LUaAUACAA-TxSDABZp84m9HKwEHOq/kiOgUVCekSMAeAAOcFAo4gAAimBA-e

Again this is PvE…in WvW these guys melt pretty quick…lol I don’t play PvP very often, but I have done a build using Death Magic, Blood Magic, and Reaper and had good luck with it…but I can’t remember it for the life of me right now…been a long time since I have PvP’d.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBhOD7khGobTsrGwtGg9GsULYxbxy4ac6LMFiCQdtAwMA-TRRBABXt/o8zMlgUcRAoU9HAeCAAA-e

I guess you want one for Pve? Don’t bother taking Death Magic (it was only really useful for pre nerf Jagged Horrors), you’ll get more use out of Spite if you’re running power.