Guild Wars 2

I’m making a power necro for wvwvw and undecided about weapons to use…
I was going with dagger/whorn but the skills on whorn (2 sec daze and 1 sec cripple) seem a little weak.
Maybe focus?

2s AoE Daze and AoE Cripple+Swiftness in WvW is weak? What?

I personally use Focus because my build gives me 9.5s of Chill with Spinal Shivers (16s CD). The Regeneration and Vulnerability from Reaper’s Touch is a bonus. Alternatively, you can use Dagger off-hand for Condition Transfer and AoE Weakness.

You know that’s an aoe daze, 3 seconds with the trait, and that cripple is applied along with damage and life force gain every second, so much so that if you have the trait you can keep an enemy perma crippled if you stay in melee range, as each tick applies 2s of cripple.

Not to say focus isn’t good as well, but I find horn more practical in wvw where mobility is so important.

Which trait affects the cripple? I looked but did not see one

banshee’s wail, trait VIII in curses, boosts the effect of the horn, although it doesn’t display it in the tooltips.