Guild Wars 2

I am one of the few healing/ support necromancers. I have solo healed raids before. I love how Anet is able to make a necro still feel like a necro, but is able to heal. I only wish that Vamp aura was turned into a sig and made into an elite skill. I really like Vamp aura, but it is not worth taking in blood magic. With the lack of healing, or support elite skill (other than golem charge) I hope they can consider looking into making one!

Why VA not worth taking?
High healing power/shroud flash=LfD.
Low healing power/camping shroud=Vampiric Aura.

The competition seems cool, really.

Yeah, we could still use a few core-Necromancer additions to really round things out. It seems to me that the core build should at least have the basic mechanics to support the playstyles the class represents. Elites is one area we’ve got problems at, the other is weapons (heals are in a bad spot but due to balance not lack of variety).

Salamander.2504:

Why VA not worth taking?
High healing power/shroud flash=LfD.
Low healing power/camping shroud=Vampiric Aura.

The competition seems cool, really.

Not worth taking as a healer. Very nice ability otherwise.

I would argue that plague form is an amazing support option. It is often taken for personal survivability but perma weakness and blind spam does give great support in a team fight.

I think the main problem is that necro lacks offensive support. A bunker guard heals but also provide a lot of might, same for ele/tempest, a druid also increase the party damage, a chronobunker multiplies boons and also gives alacrity which is both offensive and defensive. A support necro lacks that. We can provide vulnerability and boon corruption but it is not necessarily easy to mix in a build with survivability and healing in focus. And we still have massive trouble to survive when focused, however tanky we build.