Guild Wars 2

I’m a new Necromancer, drawn to this profession largely due to the potential of the Blood trait line and the possibility of being a life siphoning, clothie tank. While I don’t have nearly as much experience with the Necromancer as most of the people posting here, I do have plenty of experience with life siphoning classes. So, here are my humble suggestions on how Blood can be improved in HoT.

A note on DS: part of my thought process here is that the way that AreaNet can fix DS is to allow each trait line to synergize with/improve DS while having it offer group support in a manner that is thematically appropriate to the trait line. The only base-line improvements I’d suggest to DS be the use of utilities and that (non health siphon) healing grants life force while in DS (with a Soul Reaping trait that converts excessive life force to healing).

Numbers are just for example purpose and may be under- or overpowered.

Minors

Adept: Vampiric – Siphon health equal to 25% of all damage dealt, works while in Death Shroud. Proportion of health returned is increased by Healing Power.
Master: Full of Life – Gain regeneration while health is below the threshold and regenerate health while in Death Shroud if activated below the threshold.
Grandmaster: Transfusion – Siphoned health also heals nearby allies.

Majors

Adept
Ritual of Life – <unchanged>
Mark of Evasion – <unchanged>
Quickening Thirst – Increases 25% movement speed while wielding a dagger and reduces recharge on dagger skills by 10%.

Master
Blood to Power – Power, Condition Damage and Healing Power is increased while below the threshold.
Bloodthirst – Increases siphoned health to 75% of damage dealt.
Vampiric Glutton – Power and Condition Damage is increased by Healing Power, increases Healing Power’s effect on siphoned health proportions. <note: the idea here is to allow for stacking of Healing Power in order to make siphoning health do more healing then damage without nerfing itself.>

Grandmaster
Vampiric Rituals – <unchanged, but the amount of health siphoned is determined by your damage to siphon health ratio.>
Unholy Feast – Draws conditions from allies and yourself while in Death Shroud. If there are no more conditions to draw, grant Stability. Gain Life Force for every condition drawn.
Vampiric Master – Grant the effect of your Vampiric <with your damage to siphon health ratio> to all nearby allies and increases the amount of health you siphon while in Death Shroud.

If you want to be a Vampiric Lord and thought Necromancer would help you, you have been grossly misled.

Psnacky.7936:

I’m a new Necromancer, drawn to this profession largely due to the potential of the Blood trait line and the possibility of being a life siphoning, clothie tank. While I don’t have nearly as much experience with the Necromancer as most of the people posting here, I do have plenty of experience with life siphoning classes. So, here are my humble suggestions on how Blood can be improved in HoT.

A note on DS: part of my thought process here is that the way that AreaNet can fix DS is to allow each trait line to synergize with/improve DS while having it offer group support in a manner that is thematically appropriate to the trait line. The only base-line improvements I’d suggest to DS be the use of utilities and that (non health siphon) healing grants life force while in DS (with a Soul Reaping trait that converts excessive life force to healing).

Numbers are just for example purpose and may be under- or overpowered.

Minors

Adept: Vampiric – Siphon health equal to 25% of all damage dealt, works while in Death Shroud. Proportion of health returned is increased by Healing Power.
Master: Full of Life – Gain regeneration while health is below the threshold and regenerate health while in Death Shroud if activated below the threshold.
Grandmaster: Transfusion – Siphoned health also heals nearby allies.

Majors

Adept
Ritual of Life – <unchanged>
Mark of Evasion – <unchanged>
Quickening Thirst – Increases 25% movement speed while wielding a dagger and reduces recharge on dagger skills by 10%.

Master
Blood to Power – Power, Condition Damage and Healing Power is increased while below the threshold.
Bloodthirst – Increases siphoned health to 75% of damage dealt.
Vampiric Glutton – Power and Condition Damage is increased by Healing Power, increases Healing Power’s effect on siphoned health proportions. <note: the idea here is to allow for stacking of Healing Power in order to make siphoning health do more healing then damage without nerfing itself.>

Grandmaster
Vampiric Rituals – <unchanged, but the amount of health siphoned is determined by your damage to siphon health ratio.>
Unholy Feast – Draws conditions from allies and yourself while in Death Shroud. If there are no more conditions to draw, grant Stability. Gain Life Force for every condition drawn.
Vampiric Master – Grant the effect of your Vampiric <with your damage to siphon health ratio> to all nearby allies and increases the amount of health you siphon while in Death Shroud.

necromancer is a vampiric lord just like count chocula is an elder vampire from underworld

the potential of the Blood trait line

You probably mean the concept.

Adept: Vampiric – Siphon health equal to 25% of all damage dealt, works while in Death Shroud. Proportion of health returned is increased by Healing Power.

This trait would already make the necromancer immortal

Bloodthirst – Increases siphoned health to 75% of damage dealt

thanks for the laugh

Psnacky.7936:

Bloodthirst – Increases siphoned health to 75% of damage dealt.

So, realistically I could be healing myself for ~5k each time I land a Life Blast. That is not counting piercing from Unyielding Blast trait, and other big sources of damage. This would make any necro zerker build pretty much unkillable.