Guild Wars 2

Hi all. So I haven’t played the game since sPvP s1 ended. How is our class atm? Especially sPvP wise (tho some info about PvE would also be nice)? Reading patch notes does not really give me a clear picture, I’d like to hear some opinions. It’s not like I’m going to drop the class, just curious what will I encounter when I play again this weekend :).

Cheers.

Check metabattle for the newer meta builds, and tweak them from there. Compared to season 1, you’re in for a world of hurt. Since season 1, our chill damage & duration got gutted, Rise got nerfed…all the while we didn’t gain any defense in return.

They did buff our weapons like dagger, scepter, axe, focus, etc.. slightly. Unfortunately Greatsword is still not viable in spvp, neither are power builds if you want to contribute properly to your team.

Necros only have 1 job these days in spvp, that’s to +1 and corrupt some boons. So equip yourself properly with either some sort of Corruptionmancer or Signet reaper builds.

Watch out for fotm guards that plague the ranked games these days. Also stay away from newly buffed warriors, they’re much stronger than season 1. You won’t be able to solo druids, so don’t bother trying. Eles are no longer invulnerable hulks like they were so you can kill them, but don’t expect to see many of them this season.

All in all, kite for your life, and corrupt some boons while you’re alive. You’ll go downstate a lot even if you have good teammates. Good luck

Never 1vs1 and flee every time someone target you, expecially warriors, revenants and thiefs. They can literally kill you in 5 seconds. The same if the enemy team focus you.
The new meta is Direct RDamage Burst, with basicly only us and warriors using conditions. Beware of warriors, they play woth direct and consition builds and they can burst you with both in seconds. Even while they’re condi, our ways to send back conditions will not save us why they spam Resistance all the time they need to burst you down and can spam so much conditions that you’ll be full again in seconds. Also have a large amount of CC with high damage.
Actually we’re free kills.

Our role is corrupt boons from range, that’s the only thing we’re able to. Stop stomps or enemy ress with Staff 5 and Warhorn 4 if you can, then only AA with scepter and corrupt all the boons you can before you die.
Our only way to inflict damage is with RS5+RS4 combo, out of that we’re unable to inflict good damage, then attack only a Focused player why is useless to hit any other one.

A good necromancer can win a 1vs1 against a elementalist or a bad ranger, but no much than that. Don’t fight 1vs1 and don’t hold points. Play only in team fights and flee every time you feel the danger. No need to grant the enemy 5 points killing you.

Basicly we’re strong the same as before. More boon corruption with scepter AA but lesser damage by chill. But with the full combo RS5+RS4 you’ll inflict the same damage as the old chill, stacking a lot of bleed.

The problem is that any other class play in berserker with high defensive skills like blocks and invulnerability. A lot of them.
That make our no survavibility and our low damage a really big problem.
basicly we’re strong just a little lesser than before but every other class obtained a power up with the new meta.

That… actually sounds pretty brutal. Tho I respect that we are not really that weak because of some absurd nerfs, just that other classes got good buffs. I played both Signet Hybrid and the Chillmancer Hybrid back then and liked that I can put up a decent fight against a lot of classes, what you guys wrote tho does not sound good at all, kitten . I’ll think about it. I’ll probalby still stick with necro for PvE tho I might re-think my PvP choice.
You said the meta is Guardian heavy. Who’s good in 1v1s at the current moment? Maybe I’ll try some heavy hitters for a change.

It’s not like I won’t give necro a chance, but I don’t really like the idea of beeing a class that gets pushed around so much. I would love Power Necro to be viable one day… It’s super fun, and super weak at the same time.

For 1vs1 the best classes are: revenant, warrior, guardian. Guardian is strong but you need to make some combo with your knock back/pull skills and straps to obtain the best damage.
With the warrior and the revenant, just smash every button on the keyboard and you’ll be good.
Without jokes, actually the revenant is the best for my experiance, and the warrior is the second best for 1vs1.

We’re brutal about the necromancer, but that’s the truth.
We’re still viable, but not so good as before the last big patch.

Best 1v1 class is actually druid. Revs, warriors, and guardians all have counters in 1v1. A good druid won’t die 1v1.