Guild Wars 2

Is it worth re-rolling from a Human to Norn Necromancer just for Snow Leopard form stealth when wanting to be able to solo roam more?

I guess if you have the gems and you wvwvw enough to warrant it.

I only use Leapord form to run away if things get too hot during a fight. I don’t really roam though. Necros aren’t a very good roaming class even with Leapord form.

Snow Leopard Elite is easily the best escape option you can possibly get on a necro. But it’s not going to drastically increase how well you can roam just by having it due to the CD. Being able to bail on one fight once every couple minutes isn’t something i would reroll for assuming your already lvl 80 or close to it. You would probably be better off just practicing how/who/when/where you fight as well as watching for any incoming enemies then to reroll for one ohkitten button.

I rerolled from an asura, best thing for my playstyle.

good for running away for sure
good for catching someone too
almost guarantees you get into a keep with an enemy zerg in front of it
you can travel almost halfway across a wvw map with it, before it runs out you can get 2 charges in.
just remember to hold down the charge ability for full distance
pull off the longest spectral walk/recall you have ever done
Use stealth and end the transform early for some stealth ressing

lots of uses (some practical some not)……………..on a long cooldown

almost every time I take it off my bar I regret it.

Necros are plenty fine for roaming…I do it probably 90% of the time I am in WvW.

You just need to find good places for ambush and know where your escape routes are.

Anyways…if I had to re-roll, I would likely go with Charr or Asura… I am not sure I would use their elites…but their 6-9 skill options are pretty sweet…

I am currently Norn, btw.

@Kitedyou

Necromancer are prolly the worse solo roamer in the game.

Not because we have a bad class, but because our strenght&weakness don’t go well with roaming.

Lack of mobility, defense mecanism useless again more then 1-2 enemies, not much access to stability, low burst, low substain.

We can still do it. And if you are good you can pull some good thing, but it’s a lot harder then any other class I solo roamed with. Once you are outnumbered, you are dead in most case.

I personally roam with a small group of 2-4 players. I use Flesh Worm and spectral walk, because they are the only way I have to survive. Also never forget Dark Path, cast it on mobs, turn around in another direction so the enemy turn in oposite direction. When you’ll port they will lose contact with you, maybe giving you time to escape.

Also never forget about DS/jump to your dead. Goes as high as you can, jump down, and switch to DS. You can survive any jump, if they follow you, put marks on the ground. Might get some kills.

We do have some tools to escape, but it’s the hardest in the game.

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@Kitedyou

Necromancer are prolly the worse solo roamer in the game.

Not because we have a bad class, but because our strenght&weakness don’t go well with roaming.

Lack of mobility, defense mecanism useless again more then 1-2 enemies, not much access to stability, low burst, low substain.

We can still do it. And if you are good you can pull some good thing, but it’s a lot harder then any other class I solo roamed with. Once you are outnumbered, you are dead in most case.

I personally roam with a small group of 2-4 players. I use Flesh Worm and spectral walk, because they are the only way I have to survive. Also never forget Dark Path, cast it on mobs, turn around in another direction so the enemy turn in oposite direction. When you’ll port they will lose contact with you, maybe giving you time to escape.

Also never forget about DS/jump to your dead. Goes as high as you can, jump down, and switch to DS. You can survive any jump, if they follow you, put marks on the ground. Might get some kills.

We do have some tools to escape, but it’s the hardest in the game.

Disagree. You need to know your limitations is all I have to say. I never have any problems with roaming…that is why you have the ability to WP out of crappy situations.

Pick your fighting grounds and know your exits well and you will do great.

I’m not saying you can’t solo roam with necromancer.

I have been solo/small group roaming since release, nearly with all classe.

And among all of them, necromancer are the worse at it.

Because when you roam, you’ll get zerged. And oyu will have to escape.

WP’ing isn’t an issue, If I can WP I will do it. But I usually get jumped by a DD elem or Thief, putting my in combat. Then the rest of the zerg appear.

What server are you on? We might have different meta. I play vs Ebay, who usually only run premade zerg, so once they spot you, you won’t escape easily with a necro.

The best roaming class if you ask me are the classes that can kite people. In and Out.

Like Thief, Elem and Engineer.