Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone. I started a Necromancer yesterday and got it to level 11 but now I’m fairly clueless about what I’m doing. Was wondering if anyone could help me with things like weapon choice, where to invest my traits, rotation and general tips on leveling a necro. Thanks for reading.

Hi, Darth. Welcome to the Necromancer path.

You are fairly low level, so my first suggestion is that you should stop worrying about weapons and equipment, and just equip the best items you get as loot. Don’t bother buying anything, at least for now.

About your weapon of choice, I suggest that you try every one of them, because all of them are very good, in a way or another. Equip them as you get them, and open all slots of its skills.

If I had to select one weapon set to use on a starting Necro, I would go with Axe/*, and Staff, since they are ranged, and you should try to keep out of enemy reach. They can’t kill you if they can’t reach you.

About your build, traits, and gameplay, I suggest that you follow the Minionmancer path (buy the traits that give your minions more power, more health, siphoning life, and so on) on early levels. Those guys will help you to kill faster and to stay alive a lot more, so that you can focus on test some changes and weapons to decide which build you will use (namely, Powermancer, Conditionmancer, or some variant).

PS: These are my opinions, and by no means they are bulletproof. Just test by yourself which equipment, traits and skills are better for your gameplay. And enjoy.

At such a low level I recommend first unlocking your various minion utilities and your 25% speed increase signet. They aren’t the smartest or strongest, but they do a nice job of soaking up threat while leveling.

I love the Axe mainhand with either dagger or focus oh, depending on your playstyle/needs.

All power here. Stack power and smash stuff while your minions ‘tank.’

Grab some traits that improve your minions and the one that improves your axe. You don’t really need to worry about builds until you get to 40+.

Oh yea, remember that DS is your 2nd life bar. Heal on CD and you’re low on health? Jump into Death Shroud for a bit until your #6 recharges. Not to mention it hits hard if traited.