Guild Wars 2

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I’m wondering if something like this would be effective in WvW zerging. I would use carrions because it gives me the condition damage I need as well as the power I need for life blast in deathshroud. This build would be capable of staying back and utilizing conditions with staff and epidemic, but it would also be able to get in the thick of it with DS and plague. I just don’t know how effective conditions are in zergs because I’ve only ever roamed before. Would it be better to run a power build with soldiers gear instead?

Blood is Power could be more useful than Signet of Spite.

I would mainly use signet of spite just for epidemic. Does more damage than blood is power and when zerging I feel like conditions would do more for me than the might i get from blood is power, i could be wrong thought lol. I’ve never used a condition build in wvw

Signet of Spite doesn’t do that much damage, it’s just 2x bleeding and poison. The rest are pretty much cover conditions, powerful at the right moment but a random Signet+Epidemic combo cast into a zerg will usually do close to nothing.

Your trait setup is definitely better with a power build. I wouldn’t use soldiers, not exclusively at least, most of it should be gear with ferocity if you’re using Deathly Perception.
Also, drop Soul Marks for Unyielding Blast.

If you want to play a carrion-hybrid build that works in zergs, take a look at this.
I will rewrite a lot of it soon so it includes the recent patch, but the build itself will pretty much stay the same.

How about for a necro commander build? I mainly want to use necro as a commander and I’m not sure if rabid or carrion gear would give me enough survivability. Do most necro commanders use dire/ soldiers gear?

Bubblez.4612:

Do most necro commanders use dire/ soldiers gear?

Ascii is a commander and uses knight/cavalier.

Don’t rely on you gear too much, skill timing and the way you are positioning yourself contribute a lot more to your survivability.

This is ok for a zerging build, you got a good focus on aoe abilities but no real specialty. I would highly suggest picking up the soul reaping trait that makes life blast pierce though. Just kepe in mind you dont have a really good crit modifier or reliable condition stacking for bleed/poison.

Alright thanks for the replies guys I’ll probably just go more for power and use knights/cava/soldiers gear.