Guild Wars 2

Could anyone direct me to some good builds for a Necro that include gearing & traiting?

I have a 80 Guardian so I’m not new to the game, so I have some sort of idea of how things work. I’m looking to be a damage dealing necro that gives support through healing or condition cleansing,

check out the necro tutorial threads at the top of the page. lots of very good information in there.

I will give you my three step process to learning about the Necromancer

1) CHIPSSS Encyclopedia of Necro skills

2) Nemesis Tutorials

3) SOACGaming Podcast - sittingonacouch.com for audio only

Each of these are fantastic ways to get immersed into the spirit of the Necromancer and what they bring to the table.

Ignore the hate. The Necromancer does have a learning curve, but the more you play it the more you will enjoy it or find that maybe it’s not for you.

Good luck and if you have any specific questions as you level, don’t be afraid to come back here!

If you want to try playing as a Condition Necromancer, I highly recommend Lopez’ guides. He has one for PvE, WvW and Fractals.

http://lopezirl.com/2012/12/19/a-condition-necromancers-guide-to-pve/

Its focus lies mainly with Epidemic and Bleeds. If you equip the recommended gear, sigils, runes, traits and skills, you can easily get around 15-16 stacks of Bleeding and then spread it all around with Epidemic for great AoE damage.

For lower areas (and i guess leveling) I really like axe/focus + dagger/warhorn because you kill single targets fast, move fast and have good DS fillers.

With more dangerous content I switch to the hybrid with scepter/dagger and either axe/focus (solid single targets) or staff (more aoe/utility). This is very close to Nemesis hybrid Bas has listed.

But of course reading all the good guides here will give you the best knowledge and there are far more builds that could work for you. Have fun and don’t get caught by the ‘I hate my profession’ fever

Sounds like you want a wells dps build. Using well of power to give your team a bit of support by converting conditions into boons. You want to go zerker or knights and then trait into spite and soulreaping with some traits into other places such as blood magic and curses. Just look through the traits and use what you think fits best to how you want to play. Dont go soldiers armour though, you will be sacrifing a huge amount of dps for no reason. You always want power and precision unless you’re going for a full condition damage spec. Damaging wells can crit for some pretty massive damage.