Guild Wars 2

So I’m gonna try playing Necro again after months of not touching it, I come in and whoah. My gear is full carrion, not bad but, no set of Runes, carrion staff and switch, both have no sigils, and my backpack and trinkets is Tough,Vit, Condi, everything Exotic

So before I start trying to fix up my Reaper, I do remember having an awful time trying to make a power build and my condis not even being up to par so really I need tips on
both

Condi build
Power build

For Condi I seem to have been using Staff with a Scepter/X switch, seems good still I guess
And for Power I assume GS with a Axe/X switch would be good?

My main concern is stat sets
Friends told me Dire is better than Carrion until I can craft something like Trailblazer’s so okay good I guess but
What’s good for Power? From hearing about other builds I was thinking a mix of Zerk and Cavalier (3 piece zerk, 3 piece cava, weapons probably zerk too) with Wurm runes, until I can craft like Marauder’s

And for both will probably just use my Celestial ascended Accessories, Rings, and Amulet I own.

TL;DR Any help is appreciated.

Which game mode?

Famine.7915:

Which game mode?

Sounds like PvE to me.

Metabattle should have what you are looking for. Dire might be decent enough in WvW. Power builds and MM builds are flexible enough for nearly all PvE so get a set of Berserker, Valkyrie, or a mix. Condi for raids, high fractals, and PvP. Raids use mostly Viper’s.

It sounds like you have been away a while so take your time trying different builds and learning about the most recent changes. Metabattle has enough variety to get you going. You can modify builds to suit your needs once you are re-familiarized with the profession.

Dirame.8521:

Famine.7915:

Which game mode?

Sounds like PvE to me.

I do a lot of all three, sorry

Anchoku.8142:

Metabattle should have what you are looking for. Dire might be decent enough in WvW. Power builds and MM builds are flexible enough for nearly all PvE so get a set of Berserker, Valkyrie, or a mix. Condi for raids, high fractals, and PvP. Raids use mostly Viper’s.

It sounds like you have been away a while so take your time trying different builds and learning about the most recent changes. Metabattle has enough variety to get you going. You can modify builds to suit your needs once you are re-familiarized with the profession.

Yea I can’t make Viper’s atm though, I don’t have any crafting professions leveled haha, def been away from Reaper since HoT release basically so yea.
Thanks.

Keep your Carrion set for practicing a condition damage build in PvE. Almost all condition damage comes from scepter and Carrion has Power to supplement condition damage. Dire trades Carrion’s power for toughness, which you will not need in PvE once you get back up to speed.

Sinister is all offense and could be your next step in PvE for a condition damage build when you feel comfortable in an all-glass build. It is cheaper than Viper’s. However, glass power has more sustain than glass condition damage due to trait and skill differences. Playing scepter in PvE for max dps means avoiding Shroud and other disruptions in order to keep bleed stacks as high as possible, though it only really matters in the most challenging group play.

Power is much faster for map completion and MM (wearing anything) is like riding with training wheels for more casual play.