Guild Wars 2

Hey fellow necromancers,
been theory crafting builds for necros for a long time. The current build i’m running is based on wells, debuffing enemy boons, and high damage/survivability. The build in itself does not spec into much survivability per say, but properly using DS, fears, and chill make it EASY to kite almost anyone (maybe not thieves but who cares, 3 ticks in a well is death).

The build looks a little something like this: (at work atm and build editor wont load)

30 in spite (II-spiteful talisman for quicker/further focus skills, VI or VII-either get might from life blast or go into 10% more damage from marks.. more of a personal preference, and XII-close to death for 20% more damage.)

20 in curses (first slot is also personal preference, but I use V-33% to gain 1% LF on crit, and IX-focused rituals for ground targeting wells.)

and 20 in Blood Magic (I-dagger mastery for quicker dagger skills (immobolize), and VIII-ritual mastery for quicker well cool downs.)

For weapons, as you can probably tell already, I use D/F with Staff in the other slot for mobility and kiting. Weapons have +5% damage and sigil of rage for quickness stomps/DS damage/dagger damage. Staff uses intelligence for a nasty crit from your #4 usually dealing more than 2.5k.

My utilities include well of corruption, well of suffering, and blood is power. BIP may be one of the single most important things to pick up in this build. 10 stacks of might + stacks of might from life blast = insane burst with wells/dagger. For my elite I currently switch between lich and flesh golem. Lich is good for the occasional fight but flesh is significantly better for wells IMO. Golem charge after an immobolize is a good 5 seconds of stun on an enemy (wow wells last 5 seconds, who wouldve guessed :P)

My runes are always changing, but currently im using all ogre for the extra damage from rock dog and an extra 4% damage.

Let me know what you guys think! If your having trouble my necromancers name is Steez and i’m on the server Darkhaven currently.

Forgot to mention, if your not having the best results with BIP and your struggling at keeping enemies in wells, switch BIP to spectral grasp. Good at pulling enemies from stomping team mates and also getting them in your wells.

Spectral grasp will be my favourite skill the moment it is fixed 50% time it just don’t land and the projectile is so so sooooooo slow, i think it’s the easiest skill EVER to dodge
Waiting for your build to be upload, seems nice

@Alekto, couldn’t agree more. One of the main reasons I use BIP honestly.

A side note to add to this thread, I usually roam for my team in TPVP. At least 2 bunkers, 1 on mid and home node. With myself and a thief roaming, and a mesmer for portals. IMO (not fact but pretty kitten close) i believe that necromancer and thief are the best roam team in the game. (((((I’m looking for anyone who is a pro burst/surv thief to hit me up in game to run some strats i’ve been theorycrafting, will be on at 12 Central time tonight, send me a whisper))))

Sounds like my build for sPvP, I hope that it works out for you. I’m running berserkers or knights amulet, but I’m not too sure just yet, which one are you using?

I use berserkers, but haven’t tried knights yet. Also I was on another forum skimming some of the posts and APPARENTLY (no clue if this is true or not) if you don’t take the well targeting skills you get 7 ticks from your well, as opposed to 6 with the target trait. Anyone confirm this?

nope, but we could test it out in the mists easy enough or you could.