Guild Wars 2

There’s a bunch of things that could make necro more feasible in dungeons, but I didn’t want to move away too far from what necro already is.

I thought maybe they could add or replace a grand master trait with something that could break stack limitations. Right now stacks are capped at 25, but I’d like to see necro’s exclusively get a trait that could break that by double or something like +3 max stack per life burst critical hit. I’m not sure exactly what a fair balance would be, but something on those lines.

It could really help necro’s out when they’re joining dungeons and breath new life into them as a supporting role to help zerkers crush mobs down faster, even maybe an essential part of a group who would start welcoming necros more often if they traited up properly. Being able to throw another 15-20 stacks of vulnerability on champs and bosses would really help in necro’s favor as far as grouping is concerned.

Here’s a modification to rending claws and dark pact I made up for fun considering my idea when traiting for this skill.

Rending Claws:

Damage Damage (2x): 238
Vulnerability (2): 7 s
Range: 600
Stack Limit Break (2): 9s (maximum 25)

Dark Pact:

Damage Damage: 252
Immobilized: 3 s
Range: 600
Stack Limit Break (5): 9s (maximum 25)

It would help zerker necros who have “ok” dps but more importantly support the group who could kill the target faster. Maybe even add it for GS when HoT comes out for necro’s specialization which I hope would be more zerky.

Necro’s dps is not the issue. It seems condition necro might get some love if they don’t mess up the mobs and give them over 9000 vitality and negative toughness. They would not allow this imagine over 100 stacks of vuln…that would also kill the window they are trying to make for conditions. To me it would like lazy safety net like they always do those nets always break.

HoT will include changes to boons, conditions, and how they are handled. Keep your fingers crossed.