Guild Wars 2

I have been searching throughout forums for a day or two now, but I can’t seem to find what I have in my head.
I am not interested in providing support with my skills, all I want is to tag whole enemy zerg, survive and collect my lootbags.

From researching on the topic I still do not understand should I go for condition damage or power gear (or both) nor what runes would be the best (my choice would be rune of the krait)

I am looking into different ’wellomancer’’ builds but all of them try to be suportative in some way or another and I am not looking for that, if I can sacrafice my aoe blind well for something that will provide me with one more loot bag, I want to know what is it

So all in all I am looking for aoe damage build able to withstand some hits but also able to tag almost everything within seconds.

Thanks for reading, and I hope someone has a good suggestion.

Well for the most AoE you gotta go with
-the two damaging wells and corrosive poison cloud
-Staff and scepter/dagger (staff 2-5 and scepter 2 and dagger 5/4)
-condi/toughness gear with some power here and there mixed in
-staff traits and more condi dmg/duration so some in spite, death, curses and soul reaping is opptional.
-plague form

So whatcha got is 2 damaging wells, poison field for 12 sec, dagger 4 and 5, scepter 2, all your staff skills (which will be bigger with traits) DS 4/5, (optional DS 1 with unyielding blast which will hit 2-3 people, same with staff) and plague form.

This came out of the top of my head when u said most AoE. Ofcoarse don’t run into the middle of the Zerg unless in plague, and just spam your utilities and weapon skills.

Holl.3109:

Well for the most AoE you gotta go with
-the two damaging wells and corrosive poison cloud
-Staff and scepter/dagger (staff 2-5 and scepter 2 and dagger 5/4)
-condi/toughness gear with some power here and there mixed in
-staff traits and more condi dmg/duration so some in spite, death, curses and soul reaping is opptional.
-plague form

So whatcha got is 2 damaging wells, poison field for 12 sec, dagger 4 and 5, scepter 2, all your staff skills (which will be bigger with traits) DS 4/5, (optional DS 1 with unyielding blast which will hit 2-3 people, same with staff) and plague form.

This came out of the top of my head when u said most AoE. Ofcoarse don’t run into the middle of the Zerg unless in plague, and just spam your utilities and weapon skills.

I think warhorn taggs more o.o

Falcon.8713:

Holl.3109:

Well for the most AoE you gotta go with
-the two damaging wells and corrosive poison cloud
-Staff and scepter/dagger (staff 2-5 and scepter 2 and dagger 5/4)
-condi/toughness gear with some power here and there mixed in
-staff traits and more condi dmg/duration so some in spite, death, curses and soul reaping is opptional.
-plague form

So whatcha got is 2 damaging wells, poison field for 12 sec, dagger 4 and 5, scepter 2, all your staff skills (which will be bigger with traits) DS 4/5, (optional DS 1 with unyielding blast which will hit 2-3 people, same with staff) and plague form.

This came out of the top of my head when u said most AoE. Ofcoarse don’t run into the middle of the Zerg unless in plague, and just spam your utilities and weapon skills.

I think warhorn taggs more o.o

Probs true when traited, but running throughout a zerg with locust swarm Will get you killed… So dagger 5 is better from a distance, and dagger 4 gets another 3 people.

You would want to also trait for ground targeting wells in addition to the above.

I’m running 5/5/4/0/0 with full Soldier’s gear and Undead Runes. Weapons are staff, scepter/war horn. I run Spectral Wall and two wells with Plague Form as the elite. Rarely have difficulty staying alive, even running through the zerg, and with all the AOE damage I get lots and lots of tags.

if your bag farming run a power build wvw is loaded with Condi cleanses, you’ll have people say they do fine as Condi…. But that’s horsekitten you want direct damage and survivability also you still need a stunbreak in wvwiI don’t even bother with woc its damage blows and its gonna get cleansed.

if your in a zerg you have the safety of numbers. run full zerk wellomancer

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRUQNAW3Yjc00SbNNO3wfbiahC66MAmho6Aqbj3oaB-T1hFABAcRAG4JAYkyvR2f4MdDDq+TVKBDAgAczbmNbzgje0je0je0u5Nv5Nv5NLFwALjA-w

Please don’t run a condition build in a zerg, your damage will be very minimal compared to a power build. Brandos link is good. I’d still take warhorn in that build for swiftness, but the condition clear on dagger 4 is nice along with another aoe. If you want all the aoes on lower cooldown spec 6/2/2/4/0 with close to death, axe training, ranged wells, staff mastery, and well cooldowns in full zerkers. Your have a higher aoe uptime, but slightly less damage.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRUQRBHRhG2IHN102SjRNc4moWok6IgeODgZI6OIEKBA-T1REABI8iCWS53J7Pwm+HAOqCIq+jWKBDAcAMchLchL8wDP81Xf91Xf9Ge4hHe4hLFwo6qA-w is most damage physically possible on a necro subbing dagger/horn for staff will provide a little more aoe power but limit your single target clean up skills

Oh I just remembered, instead of corrosive pioson cloud you can go spectral wal and pick up the terror trait. Drop it right when two factions clash and you tag a lot op people, while also giving your allies protection.
Also, she wasn’t asking for a lot of damage, but how to tag as many people as possible. Dagger 4/5, scepter 2, plague, and your wells all do a bit of damage.
Fun tip – if you have round 100% crit chance in DS with deathly perception you can drop a well and go into DS and have all of the wells crit! So my well of suffering with 3200 normal (6x) does about 6000 dmg!

idk i find i tag enough people in my nuke’em spec if i lay all my wells out in a line and run thru them using life transfer tho i guess i would use staff if i was more focused on tagging for personal gain than actually helping my zerg

Holl.3109:

Oh I just remembered, instead of corrosive pioson cloud you can go spectral wal and pick up the terror trait. Drop it right when two factions clash and you tag a lot op people, while also giving your allies protection.

Uhm what? Don’t think you’ve played much wvw. Right when 2 groups collide is when everyone will have stability up. Spectral wall is actually useful if you save it and when the tail is trying to regroup on their commander and you fear them off to be picked off.

seanshine.8791:

Holl.3109:

Oh I just remembered, instead of corrosive pioson cloud you can go spectral wal and pick up the terror trait. Drop it right when two factions clash and you tag a lot op people, while also giving your allies protection.

Uhm what? Don’t think you’ve played much wvw. Right when 2 groups collide is when everyone will have stability up. Spectral wall is actually useful if you save it and when the tail is trying to regroup on their commander and you fear them off to be picked off.

this is a good point and is actually important never forget about what happens right before collision a lot of teams stack which is why corrupt boon skills are absolutely devastating

Holl.3109:

Oh I just remembered, instead of corrosive pioson cloud you can go spectral wal and pick up the terror trait. Drop it right when two factions clash and you tag a lot op people, while also giving your allies protection.
Also, she wasn’t asking for a lot of damage, but how to tag as many people as possible. Dagger 4/5, scepter 2, plague, and your wells all do a bit of damage.
Fun tip – if you have round 100% crit chance in DS with deathly perception you can drop a well and go into DS and have all of the wells crit! So my well of suffering with 3200 normal (6x) does about 6000 dmg!

So you want to do a bit of damage while not being very tanky, you must really not care much about winning. In a zerg it is best to use direct damage. Furthermore, warhorn it’s in an aoe cone, and will help you get away if some melee characters are right on you. It is in general a better choice for zerging.

I’ve tried many builds, yet my favorite one is still dire condition build. I have 2400-2500 condition damage when my wvw veteran buffs, corruption stacks and sigil of battle are up. Go only for condition damage, don’t even care about duration because they get cleansed fast in zergs. I easily tag many people, only my staff #2(3 stacks of bleed) deals ~500 damage per second to each target. Plus I have tons of aoes thanks to scepter/dagger – staff combo. I use 2xwells and poison cloud as utilities. It’s also the most tanky necro build along with these, thanks to dire stat combo.

Holl.3109:

Also, she wasn’t asking for…

I don’t know how did you conclude that I am “she” (Always thought that dubak sounds manly)

but anyways, I am thinking of going with power/vitality/condition dmg gear, I have a question though, are marks able to hit critical damage and would stacking power make them stronger the way the power boosts wells’ dmg (and is it viable to do that)?

dubak.3042:

Holl.3109:

Also, she wasn’t asking for…

I don’t know how did you conclude that I am “she” (Always thought that dubak sounds manly)

but anyways, I am thinking of going with power/vitality/condition dmg gear, I have a question though, are marks able to hit critical damage and would stacking power make them stronger the way the power boosts wells’ dmg (and is it viable to do that)?

Oops, my bad :/
and yes.

zapv.8051:

Holl.3109:

Oh I just remembered, instead of corrosive pioson cloud you can go spectral wal and pick up the terror trait. Drop it right when two factions clash and you tag a lot op people, while also giving your allies protection.
Also, she wasn’t asking for a lot of damage, but how to tag as many people as possible. Dagger 4/5, scepter 2, plague, and your wells all do a bit of damage.
Fun tip – if you have round 100% crit chance in DS with deathly perception you can drop a well and go into DS and have all of the wells crit! So my well of suffering with 3200 normal (6x) does about 6000 dmg!

So you want to do a bit of damage while not being very tanky, you must really not care much about winning. In a zerg it is best to use direct damage. Furthermore, warhorn it’s in an aoe cone, and will help you get away if some melee characters are right on you. It is in general a better choice for zerging.

He didn’t ask “how do I best help my team in a Zerg?”, but asked “how do I tag the most people”….
Read what he’s asking

zapv.8051:

So you want to do a bit of damage while not being very tanky, you must really not care much about winning. In a zerg it is best to use direct damage.

I have done my part of porting/veiling, bannering, might stacking, water blasting, defending and such;
Being on SFR since the begining I do not have a wish to contribute but just take everything I can. Maybe I sound selfish and probably I am

I miss the good old small, pro, 1337 community we had, as of right now, I dont plan on helping sfr roflstomp blob if it gets in my way of collecting lootbags.

if you wanna be a necro that tags everything and supports his zerg why not go well bomber? necro have this beautiful ability to carpet bomb the battlefield every 40 seconds with massive damage boon corruption blindness and chill it forces the enemy zerg to break its formation and gives your team a headstart in the team fight on the otherhand you blow all your CD at the start and you have no utilities in your special so if your not a kitten good necro you will drop like a rock but you know it works for me