Guild Wars 2

Hey guys. I have played this build for a while now. I wanted to able to play an alternative for the (standard) condi necro. I came up with this Marauder build. I tested more power necro variants, but most of them do not work. The GS is too slow, and the Axe seems to have a lack of burst and utility possibilities. The dagger however is quite decent I feel. Check the build below:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBmQD7kjGoaTsmGw4GgeTsgLYUph2wzK+K2FDjQXtAwBA-TZBFABAcEAEvMQDPAAGuIAus/AA

The staff is for decent LF generation, condi cleanse and keeping enemies off you. You basically perma chill your enemy with this build, and your damage output can get very high. The unblockable utility is very handy against guardians, engi’s, revenants and warriors. Use it in a combination with Chilled to the bone. If the enemy team has a lot of condi output, you could change ‘’Nothing can save you’’ for ’’Suffer’’. Also the Spiteful Spirit trait is much better than I would have expected. Plus Blighters boon comes in hand with the Spite traitline.

Give it a try boiz. I consider myself a decent player (not absolute top tier) but I have had succes with this build against many good opponents as well. However, if your team is bad, this build won’t allow you to carry. Good luck.

Give Demolisher Amulet and Plague Signet instead of Spectral Walk a try!

Demolisher for more direct damage sustain and Plague Signet as a third condi cleanse to compensate the lower health pool when condi bombed. On top of that it is a 30 seconds stunbreak instead of 50 seconds.

Your traits are the defacto standard for power reaper, so I would use them too. You could think about Foot in the Grave instead of Death Perception for another stunbreak and Speed of Shadows instead of Soul Marks as you already have enough unblockable attacks and your life force generation through chills and boons is strong even without LF generating marks.

I would consider axe/focus with a strength sigil instead of staff. With this combo every skill on the axe will grant life force because of traits you already take anyways ( CV and BB ) so this frees up the first tier soul reaping traits. Means I can do shroud things faster with speed of shadows ( good cause of SS/FitG if you take them plus you will always have a lot of LF to use ) or drop vulnerability on chill for the focus trait ( more boon hate as CoD and Spinal Shivers proc/can be used more often for better boon hate and more damage )It’s also better at countering boons

I also find retaliation and cripple under rated. Between axe 3 and spiteful spirit you have near 100% uptime on the boon and condition.