I like a challenge so I’m picking up my baby level 15 necro to level her despite (or perhaps because of) the changes of 23 June. I understand that condition based builds are now not a good idea so what would you recommend for a purely soloing levelling pve build and which weapon sets should she concentrate on acquiring. I prefer something with a bit of survivability and which won’t be needing lots of corpse runs even if this is at the cost of faster dps – corpse runs are dull – slower killing is still playing the game to me.
I love the pet tanking mechanic as Ranger and in other games (eg demonology in WoW) but also open to being a tanky clothy myself given a large enough health pool.
I see lots about pvp, wvw and end game builds but nothing for us budding necro babies.
TL:DR solo leveling necro build please with which weaps?
I use something close to that for my world completion but honestly, any power build with Wells and a stacking Bloodlust sigil (buy a cheap green one every 5-10 levels) is pretty much 99% of the build. You really can’t screw up while levelling and I’d encourage you to use that time to experiment.
Don’t let the negativity floating around this board get you down but at the same time, be a realist about your goals for this profession and know that some tiers of play will be barred from you. If you can keep your expectations low, you might just enjoy yourself.
Edit: if you are dead-set on the pet nature of the class, drop Soul Reaping for Death Magic and use the Golem for your Elite and drop BiP for a pet of your choice. Once you’re frustrated by their AI (or the lack thereof) you can experiment with other specializations or utilities. Again, you really can’t go wrong while levelling.
Thank you so much Warcry – this is exactly what I needed. I’m out there with her right now, armed with a dagger and warhorn, having a blast with the help of your advice regarding the well of blood and well of suffering . I’m trying with bone minions as I have a spare slot for them at this level and they are proving rather useless.
You should prolly try taking staff as backup since it’s been greatly improved with the patch. It may look a bit strange with all those circles to place, but it’s actually a pretty kitten good weapon. Think teleporting bomb weapon rather than magic missile shooting fairy stick. It’s all your AOE needs plus range for when the going gets tough. At 80 I dont really use staff, but it helped tremendously while levelling.
If i had to level up again, i would use a Minion build. It’s easy, powerful and you can solo everything on the way, even champion mobs with relative ease.
Weapon: Staff, 2nd Weapon set whatever you prefer
Skills: Signet of the Locust for runspeed, Shadow fiend, Bone Fiend, Elite: Flesh Golem
Traits: start with Death Magic, then Blood Magic, 3rd Traitline whatever you prefer
If i had to level up again, i would use a Minion build. It’s easy, powerful and you can solo everything on the way, even champion mobs with relative ease.
I am leveling a necro right now with minion build. The minion AI still in bad shape, Flesh golem AFK all the time, and my bone minions stand besides me during fights and when I want to explode them they are never close to the enemy, so it is a waste. Please fix the AI.
Power armor only but do not worry about critical hits because precision is so low at lower levels. Vitality, healing, and toughness are acceptable secondary stats until you can critical hit more.
Dagger horn until you can get Locust Signet or the new dagger trait for 25 per cent travel speed bonus. Then, you can use dagger dagger or dagger focus. Staff for ranged utility.
Minions except blood fiend help with solo play or you can try vampiric wells. Wells, especially, seem better post patch. If, and only if, you run minions, axe is acceptable for staff alternate.
Avoid the Curses line for now. Spite, Blood, Soul have been what I ran the last couple of days.
