Guild Wars 2

Hello,
I am semi-new to the necromancer and I have been trying to find builds that suit my playstyle. I want to use Staff and some other weapon set(really have no preference I guess). All that I ask is that the playstyle be semi-involving and dynamic…abilities synergizing with each other, utilizing my own combo fields or conditions, etc. The stat choice does not matter to me, however currently I am stacking conditions utilizing a build/utility choice that puts conditions onto myself, transfers them to the mob via swarm and then using epidemic. I find that, while soloing packs of mobs is good with this, in dynamic events things die too quickly and it really isn’t fun. Its a pain to get off the rotation in time only to see the mob die before I can.

So if you guys could suggest some weapon sets/builds/stat to stack and how to utilize the abilities to synergize with eachother, that would be appreciated!

As stated, currently I am running with scepter/dagger & staff, stacking conditions, transferring conditions and spreading them.

Thanks for the help!

Dagger/Focus and staff in 2nd weapon slot.
Skill 1 – Necrotic Slash and the 2/3 swing steals life.
Skill 2 – Life Siphon – steals life and does nice damage
Skill 3 – Dark Pact – nice root and low damage (wish we got a better one)

Focus
skill 1 – Reaper’s Touch – bounces off up to 3 targets and heals caster
skill 2 – Enfeebling Blood – Inflict weakness and bleeding on target

Slot 6 – Well of blood – Heal overtime and heals allies
Slot 7 – Well of Suffering – great for the times when you are swarmed with mobs
Slot 8 – Signet of Spite – Great for bosses and hard targets
Slot 9 – Signet of Undeath (this one changes depending on what I am doing)
Slot 10 – Lich Form – SO POWERFUL its not even funny.

So as you can see, I am heavy into life stealing and I run Power and Vitality as my main stats, with toughness my secondary focus.

Tilron (Boris Pass) Lvl 80 Necromancer with 24,200 HP currently with only rare and green gear.

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Dagger/Focus and staff in 2nd weapon slot.
Skill 1 – Necrotic Slash and the 2/3 swing steals life.
Skill 2 – Life Siphon – steals life and does nice damage
Skill 3 – Dark Pact – nice root and low damage (wish we got a better one)

Focus
skill 1 – Reaper’s Touch – bounces off up to 3 targets and heals caster
skill 2 – Enfeebling Blood – Inflict weakness and bleeding on target

Slot 6 – Well of blood – Heal overtime and heals allies
Slot 7 – Well of Suffering – great for the times when you are swarmed with mobs
Slot 8 – Signet of Spite – Great for bosses and hard targets
Slot 9 – Signet of Undeath (this one changes depending on what I am doing)
Slot 10 – Lich Form – SO POWERFUL its not even funny.

So as you can see, I am heavy into life stealing and I run Power and Vitality as my main stats, with toughness my secondary focus.

Tilron (Boris Pass) Lvl 80 Necromancer with 24,200 HP currently with only rare and green gear.

So what would the “rotation” be for the dagger/focus set?

Really it depends on what I am fighting. My “Rotation” depends on who I am fighting and who is with me. It changes if I am solo, group or duo. It changes it its a single target or group of targets. It changes if it is an elite mob or not.

Normally I start with Dark pact as I am running to the mob, then Enfeebling Blood, when I reach the mob its Necrotic slash and using life siphon as needed. IF more then one mob I will use Reapers Touch or if I need extra health.

Lich Form and Spector form are both used for elites or groups of mobs.
Well of Blood gets used if I start getting low on health
Well of Suffering gets used if I am fighting a group of mobs
Signet of Spite gets used on bosses and elites and if I just want to end the fight quick.
Signet of Undeath is great for dungeons and world events (EXP for rezzing is nice)

So like I said, it is up to the fight on how I use my skills and when.

Ty for the reply. Anyone else have other options I could try?