Guild Wars 2

I am looking for a power burst necro that still has some decent survivability for WvW and PvE.. Anyone able to help me out? Or give me some good guide builds.. I usually play Guard but am liking necro. I just don’t want to play Condi necro.

Thanks for the responses.

I would recommend hybrid for you. Check out Nemesis’ video

I can’t remem what post it was in the necro forums, but i saw a post where some guy was saying he could literally 2 shot a thief, when he went into ds and Life Blasted him. That would be sick to run lol

That’s probably more common with a bad thief than a good necro

GC thief has like 10k hp. Lifeblast can crit for over 5k easily.

what do i need to get to gear wise to crit for that high on life blast

Full berserker. My current power necro build has full berserker armor, weapons, and trinkets with ruby orbs. Trait set is 30/0/10/0/30.

The important trait to get is Deathly Perception, which gives 50% crit rate while in death shroud. Then, with 104% crit damage, 90% chance to crit while in death shroud, you can hit easily hit for 6k+ with your attacks. You can boost it up higher using an axe with Axe Training, wielding a staff*, using Blood is power for 10 stacks of might, and probably something else I haven’t thought of or mentioned.

The good news is, with the new DS damage reduction buff and all of the increases in Life Force gain Necromancer’s received as of late, the necromancer is now innately more tanky than ever. Even in berserker gear you still have 18.4K HP at base, and a further 28.7K HP with a full LF bar for a total of about 47k HP or so. That isn’t factoring degen, though.

*Note: I have not personally tested the DPS increase from staff.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/AoE-WvWvW-Power-Necro-Build

Here, I made a topic about a toughy necro with big LF generation and high Lifeblast hits.

If you want the build here it is: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNBHhZakRrbPbTcjhPhAp49qlIFIzyQ9AeWnPE-jgyAYshIi0wIIBiyAmALiGbboIasabMlbS1vRWFDIFQEjBA-e

And in the topic there are tips how to use it.

Collecting my own berserker gear, but must admit that melee train have to be tough. Well – maybe the 22,5% LF/per sec generation is enough to beat the foe zerg hits

try checking on Ascii’s Wellomancer Build https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Ascii-s-WvW-Wellomancer-Build/first

it’s both damage and survivability

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

The important trait to get is Deathly Perception, which gives 50% crit rate while in death shroud.

In my case it seems this trait is not working right now, can anyone confirm?
38% crit chance, in normal state, still 38% in death shroud, no matter the map. Is the trait broken now?
(using Nemesis’s build, cheers mate)

shaggy.8123:

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

The important trait to get is Deathly Perception, which gives 50% crit rate while in death shroud.

In my case it seems this trait is not working right now, can anyone confirm?
38% crit chance, in normal state, still 38% in death shroud, no matter the map. Is the trait broken now?
(using Nemesis’s build, cheers mate)

Trait works perfectly, it just doesn’t show up on the hero panel.

Saschare.2049:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/AoE-WvWvW-Power-Necro-Build

Here, I made a topic about a toughy necro with big LF generation and high Lifeblast hits.

If you want the build here it is: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNBHhZakRrbPbTcjhPhAp49qlIFIzyQ9AeWnPE-jgyAYshIi0wIIBiyAmALiGbboIasabMlbS1vRWFDIFQEjBA-e

And in the topic there are tips how to use it.

Collecting my own berserker gear, but must admit that melee train have to be tough. Well – maybe the 22,5% LF/per sec generation is enough to beat the foe zerg hits

I’m actually using this same trait spread too. Though I just find myself using Foot in the Grave for WvW or harder pve stuff. It’s just more comfortable that way so I can charge into the front.

I used pack runes for even easier swiftness, but I might replace them with something else as I went a bit overkill for the mobility. ;p

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Trait works perfectly, it just doesn’t show up on the hero panel.

Oh, then i must see the diffrence from it in the crit hit numbers, ty for answer.

ArchonWing.9480:

Saschare.2049:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/AoE-WvWvW-Power-Necro-Build

Here, I made a topic about a toughy necro with big LF generation and high Lifeblast hits.

If you want the build here it is: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNBHhZakRrbPbTcjhPhAp49qlIFIzyQ9AeWnPE-jgyAYshIi0wIIBiyAmALiGbboIasabMlbS1vRWFDIFQEjBA-e

And in the topic there are tips how to use it.

Collecting my own berserker gear, but must admit that melee train have to be tough. Well – maybe the 22,5% LF/per sec generation is enough to beat the foe zerg hits

I’m actually using this same trait spread too. Though I just find myself using Foot in the Grave for WvW or harder pve stuff. It’s just more comfortable that way so I can charge into the front.

I used pack runes for even easier swiftness, but I might replace them with something else as I went a bit overkill for the mobility. ;p

Stability is useless, until you got 100% crit chance in DS. If you see hard stuff in PvE, just blow your WH5, enter DS and just watch how your LifeForce Bar at 100% at all time, even knocked down. The stability is for those, who are Shroud-dancing, for me. Best for Heal-o-mancer in trait spread like 0/0/10/30/30.