Guild Wars 2

Last night was the reset night and we got plugged into T2. We went to TCBL and fought off both zergs trying to get our only keep and tower. From 1939 to 0130 when I logged, I had gained 1122 kills. Most in the guild got 800+. It was non stop fighting against BG and TC all night. And the necromancer makes a really good view point of how effective we can be.

hmm. first time i see necro who is using Staff a lot – all time

In WvW staff is almost mandatory. Personally I don’t tend to stick around in staff but to swap to it, drop the marks and swap out of it, but as the video proves there’s more than one way to skin a Charr.

There are lots of flashing lights and pretty colors, but I can’t tell what’s going on—it’s a combination of it being sped up and the fact that you’re always in the middle of a zerg (and asura).

Grimm.2906:

There are lots of flashing lights and pretty colors, but I can’t tell what’s going on—it’s a combination of it being sped up and the fact that you’re always in the middle of a zerg (and asura).

Ya, it’s a little under double speed, but I can understand if its hard to follow. Unless you WvW alot, it’s kind of hard to pick out what is going on ;-p

Oh… that looks fun. Standard question: what’s the build? And how the heck did you have 46k HP at one point? Something to do with Plague Form I’m guessing…

Also, I was surprised to see you using Plague instead of Lich like most Power necros I see.

I’m curious as to your gear setup and trait lines. I will venture a guess that you run 30/20/20/0/0? I see that you use ground targeting for wells but curious if you use the trait that makes fear deal damage or go with chilling darkness to freeze enemies when you blind them with plague? I am new to the necro class and that is what i’m running but trying to get a feel for what other necros run in wvw for killing zergs. What gear sets do you use? Runes? Sigils?

Any help/info is much appreciated.

Judging by the video his setup is 30/20/20/0/0, seems a standard Power setup but aimed at AoE rather the burst.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQFAWjMaV6hbaa87JAJFPfN0jd115IFFPMA;TEADIA

brogarn.8723:

Oh… that looks fun. Standard question: what’s the build? And how the heck did you have 46k HP at one point? Something to do with Plague Form I’m guessing…

Also, I was surprised to see you using Plague instead of Lich like most Power necros I see.

Plague Form with Chilling Darkness dominates in Zerg fights.

narcissus.6418:

I’m curious as to your gear setup and trait lines. I will venture a guess that you run 30/20/20/0/0? I see that you use ground targeting for wells but curious if you use the trait that makes fear deal damage or go with chilling darkness to freeze enemies when you blind them with plague? I am new to the necro class and that is what i’m running but trying to get a feel for what other necros run in wvw for killing zergs. What gear sets do you use? Runes? Sigils?

Any help/info is much appreciated.

Ya, I am 30/20/20. Definitely Chilling Darkness when in plague. Its a killer when fighting zergs.

I use a complete Pow/Tou/Vit gear set. Superior Runes of Vampirism (saves your kitten so many times). Sigil of Bloodlust.

brogarn.8723:

Oh… that looks fun. Standard question: what’s the build? And how the heck did you have 46k HP at one point? Something to do with Plague Form I’m guessing…

Also, I was surprised to see you using Plague instead of Lich like most Power necros I see.

Lich is horrible in WvW. It just screams, “COME AND KILL ME”.

More importantly, plague form is much more beneficial in WvW. It is a great control mechanic, support mechanic and excellent to use if you need to get away. Plague is just awesome for WvW.

Nice gameplay, after watching it I’m starting to reconsider about giving my necro a condition spec once he hits 80^^

What Accs are you using? also Pow/Tou/Vit or different ones?

Asura.5301:

Nice gameplay, after watching it I’m starting to reconsider about giving my necro a condition spec once he hits 80^^

I’ve got a conditionmancer and there are times when in a ZvZ fight you can get a good corrupt boon / blood is power / staff 4,3,2 / epidemic and watch the numbers fly, but it’ll only be 6 max that you can hit.
The bad part of conditionmancer is that conditions get wiped quickly and you’re left with cd’s OR they just back away from the front to heal and you still have your cd’s.

Plenty of times I’ve hit a full boon guardian or ele with corrupt boon only to have the conditions wiped as fast as I debuffed them.

As for the video, I’ve been in some of BT’s zerg, more likely with an alt ele I’m levelling in WvW. Most of the shots are from Bay-Briar-Vale and involved “hide and gank” tactics that let the enemy in and then outflank them when they’ve got tunnel vision.

I think these tactics are more similar to camping the JP instead of winning in WvW.

Too often I see FA take longer than opponents to take keeps/towers, forget to upgrade towers that we do take only to lose them quickly because there’s no siege/supply/upgrade/defenders at the tower.