Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing my necro a lot more lately and am playing a wells/marks heavy build, marauder amulet. D/WH+staff. Even tho my amulet is a bit glassy, between condi clears, DS, and CC I can stay alive pretty well vs most things. But thieves get me bad. A good power thief starts stealth and nukes me so fast, unless I DS immediately, I die. And if there’s any lag or no lifeforce, ect I’m SOL. Anyone have any suggestions on anti-thief play?

Normally if I expect it to come, I keep my marks dropped on point and lifeforce as high as I can so as soon as I see my stun/damage start, I DS to soak the burst. But even if I live thru it, the thief blinks away, stealths/blinds and does it again in about 5-6 seconds. So a good thief will let me exit DS bc the longer CD, or just let my lifeforce drain. Any suggestions?

Soldier’s ammy. It, combined with LF especially, can outlast most bursts And still let’s you hit fairly hard

You think the damage loss would be worth the survivability? Ik dead dps is no dps haha.

Tank/bruiser amulets are more rewarding with necro I would strongly recommend not going either glass or full condi. Can you at least fully share your build?

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You think the damage loss would be worth the survivability? Ik dead dps is no dps haha.

It absolutely would be. Necro is a build to keep others off-point and to wear them down. You can still get plenty of power, so even though you don’t crit much, you still hurt whoever you’re fighting (barring something like a Medi Guard or Ham Warrior (the CC.. Uuuughh))

Try it out, anyway. You might find it works better for you

berk thief>berk necro. With thief you either gear to outlast or you go home.

Thieves are the apex predator of the berserker specs, with mesmers now giving them some competition but a well played thief still has an edge on the mesmer.

With celestial stats playing a condi necro that heals with Wells…. well…. lets just say that thieves don’t last long lol