Guild Wars 2

Hi,

Just got my 2nd Necro to 80 -Asura FTW- and have been doing some dungeons and WvW, like the build and working my way to Nightmare Rune!

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/necromancer/?5.0|6.1h.h1k|b.1h.h1k.8.1h.h5|1b.715.1b.715.1b.715.1b.715.1b.715.1b.715|1b.9b.1h.62.1h.62.1h.62.1h.62.1c.9c|0.u267.a2.0.u49b|30.d|3r.48.3x.3w.4f|e

In WvW the survivability is really nice, I like to mess players up with fears and terror hurst! In zergs bleed and poison duration really don’t matter -even in small skirmishes to that matter or even 1v1- its all about corrupt boon and epidemic! Since I hardly auto attack didn’t seem wise to use earth.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNArYWjMax7tbib8bKApCPPV47oHEHsxUKKPdA-jEyA4MBRaBI5JQpwioxWfLiGrmBTlSEV7RKiWtUAQsGA-w?

A slightly more even spread between Carrion & Rabid for roaming.

IMO stability stomping in WvW isn’t as fruitful as TPvP. The 784 health from Full of Life and 710 health + 3302 bleed damage from Mark of Evasion would be more effective.

I like the change of armour/trinkets but find myself with a question about Strength of Undeath + Foot in the Grave + 20% crit dmg + 20% Life Force Pool.

How do I put numbers to those? Power affects Staff and DS 1….DS 1 I might use once or twice in a fight so not an issue, Staff however, 2,3,4,5 is my burst chain opener then I pop DS and do my thing and off to Sceptre just until Staff is ready again.

15% Faster DS seems really nice, more fears = more burst!

In terms of damage added by the +5% damage and +10% critical damage it would be 96 onto Life Blast and 441 to 2, 3, 4 & 5 nuke (total) assuming every hit is a critical and you are above 50% life force.

Seen as your using dual Geomancy runes you will naturally be close to your target allowing you to land or even combo Mark of Evasion (dodging & swapping) much more.

Cool thanks. What about Rune of the Mad King? 10% Condition Duration / 15% Bleed Duration?

I assumed you said you was farming Nightmare Runes for there very specific fear proc for this terror build, this not the case?

I dont get why spend points on soul reaping on a condi build ? I mean the traits hardly benefit you. Crit damage in a condi build ? Life force pool ? When your running a build like that you hardly use DS for more than 3 seconds, most likely just to tank some damage and go back to staff rotation/epidemic.

This is what I sometimes run with, depending who I am facing tho.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/necromancer/?5.0|6.1b.h5|b.1b.h16.8.1b.h1j|1b.716.1b.716.1b.716.1b.716.1b.7i.1b.7i|2x.0.2x.0.2w.0.2w.0.2x.0.2w.0|0.u347.k25.k25.0|30.d|3r.3w.3x.49.4f|e

Blood magic traits can be changed on preference..
Got decent amount of condi duration, corruption traits and if you wanna be more useful to your allies/guild or however you run in WvW then theres spectral wall for you, awesome skill if placed right and leap finisher = chaos armor to get those melees a nice edge in fights along with the protection. I dont run with any stun breaker because i simply dont need it, if I get CCd I pop DS and just back off, but really as you are ranged you shouldnt have a problem. Positioning is very important :/
Sometimes I switch spectral wall for well of corruption, meaning I also switch to targetable wells and maybe even 20% cdr on wells etc, like I said depends on the situation.
That build is for overwhelming the enemy with conditions, dont try and build some sort of burst into this.

Aphix.9846:

I dont get why spend points on soul reaping on a condi build ? I mean the traits hardly benefit you. Crit damage in a condi build ? Life force pool ?

The same argument could be made about the Blood Magic line, especially if you use it to trait for hp siphoning.

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Aphix.9846:

I dont get why spend points on soul reaping on a condi build ? I mean the traits hardly benefit you. Crit damage in a condi build ? Life force pool ?

The same argument could be made about the Blood Magic line, especially if you use it to trait for hp siphoning.

Not really imo…

Blood magic – vitality, extra healing, some decent traits such as mark on dodge, 20% cdr on wells etc and the siphoning can really add up to big numbers in wvw fights
while soul reaping got a bunch of DS specific traits and crit damage which I find useless in a condi build..
oh well whatever you prefer tho