Guild Wars 2

This is a video of some fights I had in the last week, and I decided to commentate over it. This is the first time i have tried commentating so please leave some feedback. Subscribe if you liked it, I will be posting more necro and thief wvw vids.

Good video! Commentary was useful for telling us what you were doing. I’m glad you showed your gear at the end, would you mind posting the rest of your build? And does this build work pretty good in dungeons/PvE, or is it specifically built for 1vx in WvW?

My build is now in video description, sorry forgot to do that. I use my necro for WvW and fotm both with this build. In fotm I have no AR so I kinda have to retain my healing power to make up for that but if I did have AR I would go more DPS. For most dungeons you would probably want something a little more DPS than cleric , but for harder dungeons it will keep you on your feet. It is designed for instances where you will be taking a lot of DPS and staying alive takes priority over how hard you hit.

You just have to stop clicking abilities, you’ll skyrocket in skill if you do.

Yeah, I’ve been trying to get out of that habit. xD

very interesting build
and in addition to the stop-clicking-abilities, i sometimes thought that you should use Axe#3 and the DS-skills more often.

would love to see another vid from you

Why dagger-dagger instead of dagger-warhorn?

@Rashan
I try to use axe #3 fairly often for the retaliation. As far as DS goes I really don’t like it much so I mostly just use it for fear and a DPS absorber, or an occasional gap closer.

@Hammer
I dont see much of a point in having warhorn for me. I use speed signet as it also offers and active heal so I don’t need it for it’s swiftness. I don’t have trouble with kiting, and if I did I have chill and immobilize which are both better + you have to be close range for cripple so I have no need for #5. As far as #4 goes I prefer a bouncing blind and an aoe weakness/bleed to a 2 second daze.

Nice vid!! Nice to see some Necro vids man, wish there were more!

Shakezoola.8359:

You just have to stop clicking abilities, you’ll skyrocket in skill if you do.

^This.

Made same comment in the video, if you learn binding you’ll improve by 300% really.

Yeah, I’m really trying to improve on that, but I’ve been in the habit so long having trouble. xD Getting better w/ doing utils w. keys but wep attacks I’m still clicking a lot.

Curious about the choice of clerics. Im Noob to necro

Does siphoning scale with healing power?

Just re-read the comments…im lazy like that

I enjoyed this video, and it gave me several ideas for my own build. Thanks for posting it!

The life siphoning traits do not scale, however dagger #2 does, but that being said yes it is basically to maximize regen. Necro is not a great class to go cleric on however for longer fights which I usually end up having I find having good regeneration far more useful than vitality. I have tried running P/V/T and was previously using it for a couple months before I switched to cleric.

Interesting idea. I always like different takes on a build. I do have one minor nitpick outside of the clicking haha! You aren’t a power build so much as a support build. With that much healing power and control you are more of a support. Powerbuilds are based on the idea that your major stat is power with limited healing power :P.

Cleric’s gear prohibits you from calling yourself a Powermancer. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Keep up the good work!

Melee(ish) healing Necro sowwy. ;-;

Anybody tried this build in spvp/tpvp? I think its a great bunker with regeneration

Bas.7406:

Interesting idea. I always like different takes on a build. I do have one minor nitpick outside of the clicking haha! You aren’t a power build so much as a support build. With that much healing power and control you are more of a support. Powerbuilds are based on the idea that your major stat is power with limited healing power :P.

Cleric’s gear prohibits you from calling yourself a Powermancer. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Keep up the good work!

I think it’s more accurate to describe the builds along two dimensions: power vs. condition damage and DPS vs. bunker
Cleric’s gear is power & bunker, beserker’s is power & DPS, etc.
“Support” could be either cleric’s or apothecary’s, and they play quite differently.

Of course, the wider playerbase generally groups all support builds into the same bucket (but if we believe what they say, then both support builds and necros in general are useless :P).

One of the sad thing about support builds in WvW is that you have to choose between consume conditions, which is great for PvP but scales poorly with healing power, and well of blood, which is poor in PvP but scales well with healing power. In a group situation well of blood still probably wins, but in a solo situation it’s a lose-lose situation. Regen and deathly invigoration scale reasonably with healing power, but I don’t currently believe they do enough healing to justify cleric’s in WvW (I’d be happy to be convinced otherwise though). An apothecary staff/scepter build might be good though, since staff 4 might make up for losing consume conditions.