Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone!

I am a new player (Even tho i bought the game a long time ago), and i am currently downloading the game.

I was going some research and reading online about classes and people’s opinions on them and i saw lots of dislike for necromancer in pve.

I mostly like to do PvE content and i like the looks for necromancer but i’m afraid its probably not viable for end game content or dungeons. Is that true?

Not 100% sure about dungeons but for open world they are amazing!!! I’m running a dire MM build that is using blood/Death/soul reaping and its awesome!! Gonna change reaping to reaper for rise when I get it maxed out but ya open world and events super awesome!

Arguably the best solo class, great damage, very tanky, wide build diversity…condi necro is great for high end fractals and raids. Power necro is probably outclassed by other professions in high end content, but I play a power reaper in fractals up to level 85 and have not had any problems. There isn’t really any difficult content in this game that will make a certain profession nonviable. Play what you want, unless you are running the 10 man raids with groups that want a specific group makeup you wont have any problems. Oh and I’m pretty sure condi necro is getting some buffs in the next patch even though it is already very strong.

Still my favorite pve since game launch. Followed by Guardian.

Necro used to be really bad in PvE, but it’s pretty good now if you have Reaper unlocked.

Only been kicked from 1 group for being necro since HoT, if that counts for anything. :P

Necro Reaper is my new baby and it rocks. Unless the class is butchered I’m having a hard time thinking I’ll switch again.

It’s tanky, it hits hard, it solos well, it’s 90% ranged.

Kanto.1659:

Necro Reaper is my new baby and it rocks. Unless the class is butchered I’m having a hard time thinking I’ll switch again.

It’s tanky, it hits hard, it solos well, it’s 90% ranged.

Pretty much agree. I’m using Reaper as well, and take along some minions (I really love Rise!) for mob distraction, and there’s generally not much I can’t handle on my own in PvE, even in the Heart of Thorns zones.

I have been running my necromancer with wells and full berserker. Using dagger focus/warhorn and going with greatsword for dungeons. Able to walk in and kill large groups fast and if you have to live for a bit the lf generate from daggers is pretty kitten high. Fooled around with my full viper set in open world. Things die a bit slower but again haven’t run into any real issues. Actually able to solo most hero points with vipers thanks to the range damage boost.