Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, i currently have a Necro geared with Exo sinister + sinister Trinkets that i got during HoTS release but haven’t played it for a while, and i was wondering if someone had a good build + weapons to do HoTS maps (dmg + survival) so i can play it while making the switch to Viper.

I’ve looked around a few builds, but mostly are either Power or Viper builds, and i’m not sure where Sinister stands between the two or if there is anything better specially since i haven’t been following the balance patches closely for the Necro.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBLRhG2IDN0Ujd1gbNwejjghaOD7w6GTgAICknQKUCA-ThTAQBU4ACcNlBBUfgYUilOzTR7JAaEwgSwZoBRanAgXs/ohQBHIAAcQAio6PMRphAgaA-e

I swap Vipers and Sinisters armor/weapons interchangeably on this … pretty straight forward Necro MM condi build. You can solo a few of the harder HP’s with this one too. Might be something you’re looking for.

Looks pretty good. One question tho, doesn’t Reaper help with the build or even swapping one of the minions with Risen (Dmg reduction looks pretty good even with the recent nerf). Forgot to say that i have Reaper unlocked so i don’t know if it changes anything, but it looks like a pretty good build nonetheless. Thank you.

OH, I thought you wanted a Necro Only build. Frankly, I don’t like mixing Reaper into this build; it’s already optimized with the minions and condition damage. Adding reaper would diminish it’s focus for me. I don’t like the temporary nature of Rise in an MM build; I feel the traits benefit permanent minions better. That being said, I have seen people promote ‘MM condi’ Reaper builds, but I like mine. It’s set and forget pretty much.

Yeah just wanted a Necro build in general (with or no Reaper), was just asking out of curiosity. And i’m gonna give it a try then and tweak if needed as i go along. Thank you very much again

I would use the popular Viperhorror build and slowly switch your Sinister gear to Vipers as you get it. Although for HoT maps/solo play you’d want to use Rise! over Epidemic. And probably Blood instead of Death Magic for the 25% move speed alone.

And you could swap greatsword as your off weapon instead of the warhorn for situations where you need to take down a breakbar or deal as much damage as possible in a smaller window (like Octovine). Even tho power isn’t your main stat, spamming GS 2 after 50% still deals a ridiculous amount of damage and if you can get yourself into a fire/ice/poison field will apply a lot of conditions too.