Hello!
It has been centuries since I made a WvW video with Necro. I haven’t been solo roaming with Necro in a long, long time but Reaper has made it REALLY fun. I don’t think I’ve had this much fun with Necro in WvW in… ages. Even put my Revenant on the shelf to collect some dust :P
Here is the vid of a few fun fights of condi Reaper in WvW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aFShyZ6a8c
The build I use is this :
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZakjG6txibwvG4vxSwgFfEXiRRqrwX4XFlACAlLA-TVyCABAcIAq4EAoi+AsUOB9+D9r+TWKZo4JAMmSQyAsMHA-w
The build is very tanky and in my opinion it’s more optimal for group fights but it still rocks solo. Since they nerfed condi duration and what not, I went with Giver’s weapons and a combination of Trailblazer stats and rabid. I did this so I could use the -18% condi duration food, instead of Koi cakes. With Antitoxin Runes, food, and Relentless Pursuit, I have 43% reduction to all condis, and 76% reduction to slows/immobs while normal form and over 100% reduction of slows/immobs while in Shroud. In other words – very uncatchable – and one of the biggest gripes I had with normal Necro was the constant immobs and not being able to do anything about it.
Since I went with a more defensive trait combination, I decided to pick up Chilling Darkness instead of Plague Sending. Plague sending is amazing, but with the condi reduction in this build, so far I haven’t felt that condis were that dangerous (yet…), and Chilling Darkness provides some nice damage (Death’s Charge does AoE chill, and Plague pulses chill as well).
I am still on the fence between Terror and Path of Corruption. Terror is nice because it makes Spectral Wall really dangerous (chill+fear). Same with Staff#5. But Path of Corruption would be a spammable (and AoE?) boon corrupt which can be really powerful. Along with Chilling Darkness, Death’s Charge could become really strong, but I still didn’t test Path of Corruption in this build. I also use Parasitic Contagion because I personally notice a drop in my sustain when I don’t take it. Consume Conditions has a long cooldown and waiting 30 secs for the only source of heal is harsh.
I realize the condition damage is not as high, but in theory all the might I get from hitting chilled people brings the condi damage back up (same with Antitoxin Runes, which give 5 might).
In the video I also did not use Hydromancy Sigils (I used Torment). I think hydromancy would probably be better than Torment. Sure, torment is a nice cover-condi, but hydromancy = chill = dmg = might = lifeforce, and since Shroud counts as a weapon swap, every time you entered Shroud you’d AoE chill, and then you can slam them with your scythe to get some nice might and lifeforce when Shroud #5 is not up.
Edit: Trailblazer inscriptions (and insignias) can be bought from Nuhoch vendors. When I made this video this was bugged so they weren’t available and I was only able to get 2 armour pieces from doing the story/achievements. I also got an ascended Trailblazer amulet by finishing all Act 4 achievements (lets you choose whatever stats you want).
The full completed build is supposed to look like this, WITH Bean Buns (Bean Buns give the nice -20% condi reduction but on top of that give +15% condi duration for me, which is amazing. They’re super expensive though. They were nerfed now so they’re not as strong as in the build maker but they’re still amazing imo
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http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZakjG6txibwvG4vxSwgFfEXiRRqrwX4XFlACAlLA-TlyCQBA4QAUhTAQBV/RF6DqoyAsoUCa7PkFlMU4JAMGlgBAQAM0hO0hO0hGpA6bOA-w
53% outgoing condi duration, -44% incoming condi duration and all the other massive reductions in slows… with 2850 armour, awww yis
Anyway… hope you enjoy!
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(edited by MethaneGas.8357)
