Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, I’d like to share a the new best Necromancer elite with you. Just hope you’re Sylvari!

Take Root is now the best elite you have access to as viper in raids (why are you even raiding on a necro?) so please use it over golem. CC should not be that much of an issue anyway.

Happy root taking!

Given how the recharge is the same as Lich Form, the turrets last as long as Jagged Horrors and attack slower, Lich Form still trumps it.

edit: Take root does has a shorter cooldown, my mistake.

Im no raid or even necro expert but do minions get the -dmg% buff in pve? Asking because if they do then they might still be better as the plants likely do not get the buff and will probably be 1-shot by hard aoe dmg.

Pretty sure the OP is joking. I hope.

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

Pretty sure the OP is joking. I hope.

You say that but I’ve had a recent fondness for Avatar of Grenth. It’s crap I know but its what I imagine Plague could become albeit a lot more powerful.

I’m not joking. It’s better than MoH and Flesh Golem is generally just weak.

Much better than MoH.

But my necro is charr

Hmm.. well Let’s..Let’s take a looksie at the 2.

Take Root

Take Root spawns 2-5 “Seed Turrets”
“This skill fires a ranged attack every 5 seconds, dealing about 300 damage per attack to a medium armor target at level 80. Both the direct damage and the condition damage are affected by the creator’s stats.”

It lasts for 30 seconds with a 150 second cool down (Same time as Lich with the cool down Trait I believe)
The Range is 1,200 – Although an individual Seed Turret has 1,500 (I haven’t yet been able to test range)
The Bleeding they do last for 10s base (So longer if Viper surely)

Mark of Horror

Lasts 30 seconds (minions die after 30 seconds)
Horrors spawn 5
“The Jagged Horror attacks once every 3.5s / has an attack speed of 0.2857 hits per second.” (So a bit faster then the Seed Turret)
Recharge 25 seconds, but with Lich it’s base 180.

Further testing is needed but on paper… on single target could be better?
Well tbf… the turrets are only better if the turrets are affected by ALL of the users stats.. Im thinking condi damage and condi Duration.

I bet next patch take root will be bestowed a 180 second cool down now…

SlaveIITheGame.3692:

But my necro is charr

As a PvE Necro using full Vipers, you can get up to 97% condition duration. Combine this with Chaarzooka, and I think you’ll can probably do fine, if not better than your Sylvari friend.

Chaarzooka applies 5 stacks of burning on the No.5 Skill and burning on the auto-attack.

I like Misfire Wolf.

afrocrusade.4253:

(why are you even raiding on a necro?)

Always have, always will. No interest in playing anything else. I never used Lich Form for it though.

HardRider.2980:

But their bleeding lasts 5 seconds and doesn’t increase with creator’s stats.

Minions only inherit the player’s Condition Damage, Condition Duration, and Boon Duration attributes – Wiki