Guild Wars 2

Hey guys ive just finished lvling my necromancer to lvl 80 and have decided to go with a power build.
Im looking for a power roaming wvw necro build and would like to see what you guys are doing for builds. I’ve currently gone for knights gear and currently working on getting berserker weapons and trinket set. For weapons sets im thinking about going dagger/warhorn and either axe/focus or staff.

all criticism is welcome =]

What utilities? Most power builds will use either a well layout or a single target layout.

Id go a single target layout.

Dagger/focus & Axe/Warhorn is best for roaming power builds imo

As for utilities, Wells all the way! Suffering & corruption scale really well with power and you’ll be able to wreck ele’s / guardians or anything that favor’s boons by locking them in a well of corruption with dagger 3, if they get out focus 5 and continue to slash them.

Axe / Warhorn is good for control and getting out of sticky situations and don’t forget that death shroud is lethal with a power build (DS 1 & 4).

I go with a dagger/focus + staff setup. Wells are pretty much standard as been mentioned before. Suffering and Corruption. You root with dagger 2 and plop your wells.

Staff is a must imo as when your wells are on cooldown you really don’t have that burst anymore. Because of this, you have great kiting potential with the staff using the chill and fear. Switching between both weapon sets frequently gives you a lot of options to that well downtime.

Also use your DS often. DS (imo) is not suppose to be used for damage. We lack mobility so once we are fighting its to the death. With this is mind, DS should be used for sustain. Sitting in DS spamming 1, while it hits decent, is not smart play because your life force will drop so quickly and you will be left with nothing to soak damage. Use DS when you know that thief/ele/mesmer is going to use it’s initial burst. Get out of DS, use your skills, and when DS is off cooldown use it for a few and pop out again. This way you are absorbing damage and still maintaining life force.

Far too many necro’s use DS as a last resort and it makes me cry.

I’d only consider wells ‘standard’ if your using Dagger with a decent amount of condition duration to make the Immobilize stick. Problem with wells in solo roaming is there very easy to dodge and have a long cooldown for a utility.

On the flip side Suffering is one of the skills hardest hitting skills, so it depends on how comfortable you are in aiming your wells correctly.

Corrupt Boon & Blood is Power with Master of Corruption is quite invaluable in 1 v 1’s especially when your using Dagger and Axe main hand, nothing beats a BiP > Dagger 3 > DS in & out > Dagger 2 > Axe 2 > Warhorn 3 > DS 4 rotation.

Thx for all the helpful tips guys , much appreciated. so what kind of trait would i go for power wellmancer for roaming?
I suppose you take ground targeting wells and reduce well cooldowns as a start.