Guild Wars 2

Hello to all,

I am considering creating new alt after last patch. And i would like to ask some questions about necromancer.
How is direct dmg necro doing now after patch in all PVP, wvw and PVE now. Is bad, viable or realy good? I know it is debatable and depends on skill, but what i am interesting about are opinions of people who play necromacers. Some links to builds would help me too :-)
Also what are necros advanteges over Elementalits or warriors, which are classes i am thinking about too. Again i am not asking which class it better but there are surely some advanteges and disadvanteges compared to this 2 classes.
I know you could just tell me ,,go and try it" but I am sure you opnions can help me to decide and save lot of time spended by levling, testing and comparing :-D

Thanks for reading and have nice day :-)

I haven’t fully tested my necro (update goes live on work week -_-) but yesterday I was playing with my guardian in PvP and got incredibly roflstomped by a necro. They’re amazing now from what I’ve been able to tinker, Lich Form’s #1 Skill dealt a ton of damage to me.

IT’S MADNESS I TELL YOU MADNESS!!

I’ll update when I have played it a bit more, but I can tell you that we received some love in this patch ;D

This patch:

Direct Damage – More consistent, lower CDs, DS nuking relies on being close range and not our Life Force Pool.
Conditions – 2 more dots, better weakness, cleansed less
Life Force – A lot more generation
Class advantages – Turning boons into conditions
Crowd Control – Base fear duration increased, added fear to wall skill.
Defense – Reduced CD, usable in DS
Overall Opinion – Destroys zerkers in sPvP

Thanks for opinions :-) Necro looks like good fun to me. It has nice diversity of play styles. And I created some quick Axe/dagger and dagger/dagger build and was able to compete against other players even as inexperienced necro.
I cant say the same about warrior. It seems he deppends to much on his utility skills and if they are on CD you just stay and hope to survive until they are usable again :-D
Maybe i just need to test it more. Until that thread is still open for more opinions :-)

dacos, I played all of the professions but mesmer (can’t stand the play stile) and found that, of the three you listed, necros last longer. Also, one day I looked up health on wiki and found that wars and necros have the most max heath and eles, guardians, and thieves have the lest. The other three are in the middle. Hope that helps.

Necros sure can last in a fight. In zerg collisions in WvW I have as long as the guardians if not longer. All the while dropping wells and marks on the zerg and then popping DS then plague. Each of which helps to survive in a zerg v zerg collision, and dealing good damage with knight’s gear.

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daros, I played all of the professions but mesmer (can’t stand the play stile) and found that, of the three you listed, necros last longer. Also, one day I looked up health on wiki and found that wars and necros have the most max heath and eles, guardians, and thieves have the lest. The other three are in the middle. Hope that helps.

Yes thanks :-)
My main is thief and i also have guardian so i see difference in healh now. +/-20K HP is realy nice change :-D