Guild Wars 2

A lot of people have been asking for it and, for those that did, this post is for you. Here’s the 3 main trees:

Control/PVP/Support

*CONTROL
PvE Control focused Necromancer

*Stat Priority
Vitality >= Toughness > Boon Duration > Condition Duration > Power

This build maximizes your survivability and defensive capabilities so that you can help control the battlefield. Axe + Warhorn and Staff weapons apply several Daze, Chill, and Cripple conditions allowing you to control damage and movement. Your Spectral skills provide Protection boons to keep you in the fight. This build relies on entering Death Shroud to soak damage with your Life Force instead of your Health.

Points in the Death Magic, Blood Magic, and Soul Reaping trait lines boost the preferred stats for this build while unlocking key traits including Reaper’s Protection, Spectral Mastery, and Foot in the Grave.

-Traits

0 Spite / 0 Curses / 30 Death Magic / 10 Blood Magic / 30 Soul Reaping

-Skill

Consume Conditions / Spectral grasp / spectral wall / Spectral Armor / Lich Form

-Weapons

Axe / Focus / Staff

*DPS PVE Build

This build maximizes your offensive capabilities so that you can kill as quickly and efficiently as possible. Scepter + Dagger provide consistent Bleeding for single target damage and the Staff provides strong AoE utility. This build benefits from regularly entering Death Shroud to stack Might boons.

Points in the Spite, Curses, and Soul Reaping trait lines boost the preferred stats for this build while unlocking key traits including Reaper’s Might and Hemophilia. Explosives is picked up for passive Burning procs from Vital Persistence.

*Stat Priority
Condition Damage = Precision > Condition Duration > Critical Damage = Power

- Traits
30 points Spite / 30 points Curses / 0 death magic / 0 blood magic / 10 soul Reaping

-Skills
Well of blood / Epidemic / blood is power / Poison cloud / Plague

-Weapons
Dagger / Dagger or Scepter / Dagger

Runes: 3x Superior Rune of the Afflicted 3x Superior Rune of the the Krait

Scepter + Dagger
Superior Sigil of Earth + Superior Sigil of Geomancy

*SUPPORT PVE

This build maximizes your support capabilities so that you can heal and buff all those around you. The Staff and Scepter + Focus are strong Support weapons and provide access to Regeneration boons as well as several control oriented conditions (Chill, Fear, Cripple, etc). Wells provide the majority of your Support by providing combo fields, healing, Blinds, and condition removal. This build uses Death Shroud to provide healing and support.

Points in the Spite, Death Magic, Blood Magic, and Soul Reaping trait lines boost the preferred stats for this build while unlocking key traits including Ritual Mastery, Staff Mastery, and Path of Midnight.

*Stat Priority
Boon Duration > Healing Power == Condition Duration > Condition Damage

-Traits

10 Spite / 0 Curses / 20 Death Magic / 30 Blood Magic / 10 Soul Reaping

- Skills

- Well Of Blood / Well Of Power / Well Of Darkness / Signet Of Undeath / Plague

- Weapons
Staff