Guild Wars 2

I’m a newly lvl 80 necro, and currently in the process of gearing up my necro.
Now after doing some research, I’ve found that Sinister gear might be the way to go for me, especially for PvE.
I am really bored of power-necro, having leveled as a power-necro, the playstyle is not interesting to me at all, and if i wanted pure damage, I’ll either roll a thief or a warrior instead.
I’m considering to make my necro my WvW zerg/guild zerg character, but I do want to play some PvE content (probably just some living story thou).

So is sinister necro a good idea in WvW?
I might play as a hybrid condition/wellomancer, but i’m concerned about the survivability if the build. But comparing it with berserker, it may have equal/survivability, no?

For zerging your condi dmg will amount to nothing because of all the condi reduction and cleanses, trust me i tried a long time ago for a long amount of time and many have when they first started out on necro in wvw.

Also wells are meant for squishy power builds not condi dmg For zerging (Zergbusting) youll rely on positioning to make up for the lack of toughness, dont roll with the melee train behave as a backliner.

Thanks for the reply ^^
Okay, so full berserk’s the way to go then? How about roaming, like 4-5 man roaming? Still Zerk?

If its your first time you definitely want to throw in some knights to start off with rather than full zerk until you learn to position yourself well. Don’t let the crit chance go any higher than 50% because with the death perception trait you’ll have 100% crit chance for wells and life blasts (pop wells and immediately go into shroud).

I only solo roam because if you roam with groups necros always get focused first because they are very potent but also easy to snipe because we have no blocks or invulnerabilities. So it’s just really annoying having to rely on your team to protect you and just trying to survive the start of the fight until you lose aggro but I believe both Condi or power work (my advice is always pick one don’t try to do both). But yeah I’m not the one to ask for 5 man group roaming build advice.

If you try solo roaming tbh I suggest going ahead and getting two sets, the runes for each set will cost a lot but it’s worth it for the fun. I have a seperate Condi gear set for my solo roaming.

Just get 2 gearsets; 1 condi, and 1 zerk. Then switch between both depending on what your doing. Thats what I did anyway.

Yeah pick one or the other. Trying to do both will only kitten your damage. I’d immediately go zerker runes though. I tested out knights and captains runes for a while, but they barely make a difference in survivability. The lack of active defense kills us, not our health pool or defense, which is already huge due to DS.

I’m about to return to WvW after almost a two and a half year hiatus. I’ve started and maxed out tailor crafting in one day, and already at 400 on artificer on the second crafting day. All of this just to craft Ascended Sinister, and I was never was interested in gear beyond exotics. I think the set will really be worth it, and a reason why it isn’t in PvP. Sinister is condition. For a Necro, it is the glass equivalent to zerker/power. It has the power of Carrion with the precision of Rabid. There will be a noticeable difference in damage output over the previous two, as I can tell already with just the trinkets alone. The only reason Sinister hasn’t flat out replaced Carrion or Rabid, is because most of the gear can only be crafted, not bought. And if you’re going to craft it, then why not craft it right the first time. If you choose power, then zerker is still the way to go. If you choose condition, then zerker is also the way to go as long as the prefix includes Sinister.

If you are going to go sinister I suggest going Terrormancer, you back up your condi damage with your attacks actually doing damage. That being said, you are super glassy, I run my ascended sinister set with perplexity runes for the easy access to confusion. You life blasts will do around 2-2.5k on glassy people, which is enough to push people when you are also rolling 10+ bleeds on them and 1200 fear ticks.

I personally run with a few cavaliers trinkets just to give me a bit of toughness. It doesn’t drop my crit chance below 50% so I’m still running 100% crit chance in DS.
In small group, I still run wells, as they can be great for AoE boon strip & AoE bulb stacking as well as rip apart bunkers because thy are unblockable. A big decision is axe or daggers with staff off hand or run dagger/axe without staff utility. I personally like staff on my power build because it offers some good control in a group setting and in solo roaming, as well as the AA offering some 1.5k crits and 1k non-crits. I personally switch out axe and daggers with warhorn offhand depending on how I’m feeling and what I want to do. I find myself running dagger more often because of the immobilize, slight life-siphon, and astronomical melee damage. I hit 3k on the last hit of the AA chain. It’s pretty crazy.
Just the WvW perspective. I live fighting 5v5 and just watching them freak out when I drop wells down on their stack and their boons and health just starts melting while they try to get might up. Or just of they are pushing and I smack them around with staff chill, fear, and Condi transfer. Works fantastic

For roaming, zerker-ish is better. For zerging, PVT or knight’s and staying alive is more useful for your server.