Returning player Boosted Necro
It is and it isn’t.
You get soldiers gear with boost? If so that is a decent start. I cant remember what comes in the accessory dept etc, if any. That may be something to look into as well gear wise. The pre-set builds while not terrible are probably not the best bet for WvW. Meta battle’s power-well build or some variant i think is still a good option for WvW. I do run my necro when i WvW which admitiadly isn’t all that much because it can lag my system pretty hard. That and being a clothie/necro I’m squishy enough as is without dying before i even see the zerg’s push.
That said I generally enjoy the class even with all the “issues” so i try and take in stride for the most part. I don’t think that overall it’s bad class for WvW. That being said outside of Pve it can be, and usually is, a hard life for necros in a pvp environment atm.
Hopefully that helps some.
Sick Leg – Asura Necro
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“The state charges a dollar-twenty five pop.”
I believe you get all rabid gear if you boosted Necro iirc. Which isn’t really all that terrible if you want to run PvE content. I only play PvE so I can’t comment on PvP or WvW stuff.
Reapers aren’t all doom and gloom, I pug T4 fractals all the time and each group has at least 2 necros if not more. I almost exclusively play necro in fractals these days, finish the content with relative ease and I find it still plenty fun.
The problem is, before the recent nerf necros also did fairly good condi damage esp if they had druids around healing the jagged horrors and having them up forever, with the jagged horror nerfs, my necro’s damage is pretty awful in comparison to where it was before. They fell out of the raids meta comp because of this (except maybe vs mathias due to condi transfer).
Necro’s have no problem surviving HoT content, and no one cares what you run in dungeons anymore as long as you brings level 80s. So overall, necros are in an “eh” place in my opinion. I would say go on and get your reaper unlocked, then work to get ascended viper’s gear for the end game condi build.
Thanks for the reply’s. I’ve unlocked reaper and went to metabattle to look around. The GS/dagger+warhorn build looks to be the go to for pve content. I bought all berserker gear and weapons, still have the rabid trinkets though, and it’s pretty good. I miss the range a bit but overall I like it.
The GS/dagger+warhorn build […] I miss the range a bit but overall I like it.
Run GS / Axe+Warhorn if you need or want range.
Ok, so I have some laurals and want to get an ascended amulet, but I don’t know what one to buy. I made a set of exotic viper gear so I’d like on to go with the viper horror build, but I don’t see any “viper” stats on any of them in the wvw vendor. Any help is appreciated.
You can only find it from a merchant in
bloodstone fen
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Scholar_Rakka
from raid merchant
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Scholar_Glenna
or from HoT achi
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mordrem_Loop
Necro wax my 1st lvled 80. I still love it but only use it for T4 factals and rare wvw zerg blobs. The amount of work it takes to be dominant in pve or wvw is better utilized and less stressful with any other class.
Since I mainly solo everything I find more enjoyment with druid or mesmer….but I still have hope for the future
Necro wax my 1st lvled 80. I still love it but only use it for T4 factals and rare wvw zerg blobs. The amount of work it takes to be dominant in pve or wvw is better utilized and less stressful with any other class.
Since I mainly solo everything I find more enjoyment with druid or mesmer….but I still have hope for the future
Well, I have an 80 thief (this was my first and only 80 at release) and an 80 warrior. I like the thief most but I die doing almost everything solo with it ( full exotic zerker gear), and the warrior seems bleh to play. I just don’t know what to play arrrghghh..
I like berserker necromancer the best: Greatsword and dagger/horn for melee, and either staff for AoE or axe/X for range. Spite, SR, Reaper is typical. Swap Spite for Blood Magic for WvW or PvE zerg support.
For bosses that are absolutely impossible for me to solo duo, I switch to a viper’s sceptre-dagger build, then kite and res. Curses, whatever, and Soul Reaping. Sceptre builds suck for life force generation so expect to feel more glassy.
PS: I tried making Rabid work for a whole year. It just under-performs on Necromancer. The stat’s do not synergize with a build.
- The toughness draws aggro, which is unwanted in group PvE.
- Condition damage is wasted on WvW unless roaming.
- Precision is nice but, without power or ferocity, kind of relies on a sigil that proc’s on crit.
(edited by Anchoku.8142)
guild wars is a game where you should addapt your skills/traits/gear to the content you are playing in.
You cant expect to perform the same in an environment filled with core tyria moas that walk to you peck you and then flee from you at low health, raid environment with specific roles,movements and mechanics and wvw environment with 20+ players throwing everything they have at you.
I expect you to have the same problem if you do the same thing with any other profession. And this is a problem with boosted characters with professions that the player has no idea about.
I suggest going into pvp lobby trying out different skills and traits on golem dummies to learn how everything works at least on a basic level. After that read about wvw builds and roles and goals. Now that you understand how your class works, how wvw works you should be able to have a idea of what kind of build/gear stats is required for you not to be beaten like a little baby.
And then theres also that “learn to play” thing…