Guild Wars 2

Hey all!

Just wanted to share my first berserker necro compilation with the necromancer community. It is my first attempt with real video editing, so try to be kind if it is not 100% polished

The video contains some random roaming fights I have had recently as well as a little display of how my guildies kick kitten and carry me (the clip of me stomping like 4 people in a row). I know I make a lot of mistakes when I play but I hope that these videos will (1) get people more interested in berserker necromancers in WvW, (2) give people some ideas about strategies for playing berserker necromancer [by both looking at what I do well and what I do less well] and (3) give me some feedback so I can become a better player.

A few notes:
1. I know that I do not run food or oil while roaming. It is a conscious decision. I do it so that I hopefully have to play a little better to win and grow over time. I know this is somewhat hypocritical because I have ascended trinkets and a legendary axe but what can I say?

2. I tried to not use too many clips where I pop into lich form (because who wants to see 1,1,1,1,1,1,1) but I did include a couple just to show how freaking cool and powerful it is

3. I know I could have some versatility if I ran staff but I do not like the weapon and probably will run axe/focus and dagger/warhorn for the foreseeable future

4. For every kill I show in this video, I have about 10 deaths. Seriously. I have a good 3x the number of deaths of my guild leader on her main toon. I die a lot. Partially stupidity, partially testing what I can/cannot handle. One day I will post an outtakes compilation with a ton of embarrassing deaths

5. Ignore the fact that I did not hide my chat window

6. Thanks to everyone in this community for caring about this class and to all the power necros who have already posted videos. It is a fun playstyle which is refreshing

Let me know what you guys think and thanks ahead of time for the feedback! I hope to make some more of these as I get more footage.

What build do you use?

Sepreh.5924:

4. For every kill I show in this video, I have about 10 deaths. Seriously. I have a good 3x the number of deaths of my guild leader on her main toon. I die a lot. Partially stupidity, partially testing what I can/cannot handle. One day I will post an outtakes compilation with a ton of embarrassing deaths

Thats just being a necro outside of a zerg, 1vX is bleh. Due to our low mobility, people can just stick to us like glue and death shroud drains so fast and doesnt regen unless you really trait for it.

Nice video, saw a few times you were going for the cap and were being thrown around the place, dont forget you can cast plague form mid cap for stability cap, Well of Darkness could also be a big help ( though you probably know this).

20/20/0/0/30 is your build?
focus cd, axe training
life force on crit, war horn cd
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reduce ds lose, ds ability cd, crit in ds?

When you say you die 10 times for one kill I don’t think it’s a viable build.
Everyone likes big numbers but it comes at a cost. This isn’t a balanced build as you don’t have any durability nor mobility.

I’ve tried posting some necro vids in the past myself but I simply can’t anymore cause there isn’t a viable solo roaming build out there atm. No way you win against a good Ele or a good mesmer these days. Other classes as the Warrior or Guardian (thief) can just unleash everything they got on you and when kitten hits the fan they run away like nothing happened. If you’re lucky to put any condi pressure on them that is, cause they cleanse everything off so easily.

dangerdoom.3862:

When you say you die 10 times for one kill I don’t think it’s a viable build.

Hehe- I have to stress that my number of deaths isn’t just the build. It’s a combination of me playing like an idiot (frontlining as a berserker), testing what I actually can and can’t do (running headfirst into groups when solo) and until recently, not paying enough attention to my positioning. Obviously necros lack of disengage frustrates me to no end but you would be surprised how long it can stay up when you dodge and use DS (when you are not being focused by a group. As a necro, every build I have played is basically screwed when focused. Just happens a little more quickly in full berserker)

Dietzen.6127:

What build do you use?

Standard 30/10/0/0/30

Spiteful talisman, chill of death, close to death
Weakening shroud
Vital persistence (in anticipation for dec 10), spectral mastery, deathly perception

Sororita.3465:

Nice video, saw a few times you were going for the cap and were being thrown around the place, dont forget you can cast plague form mid cap for stability cap, Well of Darkness could also be a big help ( though you probably know this).

Thanks man and thanks for the tips. Every so often I’ll swap out WoC to take WoD or signet of spite for access to blind for the stomp (spite only works if the enemy spams 2 when downed). Depending how the change to weakening shroud goes, I may take chilling darkness and run with WoD.

dangerdoom.3862:

When you say you die 10 times for one kill I don’t think it’s a viable build.
Everyone likes big numbers but it comes at a cost. This isn’t a balanced build as you don’t have any durability nor mobility.

I’ve tried posting some necro vids in the past myself but I simply can’t anymore cause there isn’t a viable solo roaming build out there atm. No way you win against a good Ele or a good mesmer these days. Other classes as the Warrior or Guardian (thief) can just unleash everything they got on you and when kitten hits the fan they run away like nothing happened. If you’re lucky to put any condi pressure on them that is, cause they cleanse everything off so easily.

I solo roam with a Celestial hybrid necro and it works great.Fighting a Condi Mez can be a pain sometimes,but we have the best tools to fight them.The rest of the classes aren’t that hard to beat really.

I like zerker necro, but you are already a lightning rod and you become a liability in that build to any team comp without sufficient cover. If you have a guard and a thief to make sure hat 7k heartseeker and 10k backstab doesn’t result in you getting stomped, more power to you.

I run zerker now in ZvZ and find it quite fun, but for roaming, the classically powerful build like perplexity, regen warriors/rangers/eles, condition necros, just drop all over this build.

No offense intended, I have been trying to make this work for quite some time, and without a thief to house over me everytime I get focused, a 2vX seems nearly impossible.

Sepreh.5924:

Dietzen.6127:

What build do you use?

Standard 30/10/0/0/30

Spiteful talisman, chill of death, close to death
Weakening shroud
Vital persistence (in anticipation for dec 10), spectral mastery, deathly prescription

Those are some harsh pills

TheAgedGnome.7520:

Sepreh.5924:

Dietzen.6127:

What build do you use?

Standard 30/10/0/0/30

Spiteful talisman, chill of death, close to death
Weakening shroud
Vital persistence (in anticipation for dec 10), spectral mastery, deathly prescription

Those are some harsh pills

Hahahah thanks for catching that. kitten cellphone auto correct. Fixed

Rennoko.5731:

No offense intended, I have been trying to make this work for quite some time, and without a thief to house over me everytime I get focused, a 2vX seems nearly impossible.

No offense taken at all

I try to stay away from the zerg when running this build and my guild is very forgiving of me in small teams. I mostly try the solo roam to prevent the whole liability thing. I will usually make a quick armor swap when I am zerging, throwing on knights armor with melandru runes and exchanging some of my trinkets for knights and caviler. Also, swapping out deathly perception for foot in the grave

I like your video!

You run a pretty much identical set up to my Zerker Necro.

Nothing more enjoyable than cutting a thief in half with Lifeblast as he tries to run away.

Avigrus.2871:

I like your video!

You run a pretty much identical set up to my Zerker Necro.

Nothing more enjoyable than cutting a thief in half with Lifeblast as he tries to run away.

Thanks man – appreciate it

It is very fun to play – isn’kitten Can be extremely frustrating when focused but I like the fact that it is a somewhat faster play style for a necro

dangerdoom.3862:

When you say you die 10 times for one kill I don’t think it’s a viable build.
Everyone likes big numbers but it comes at a cost. This isn’t a balanced build as you don’t have any durability nor mobility.

I’ve tried posting some necro vids in the past myself but I simply can’t anymore cause there isn’t a viable solo roaming build out there atm. No way you win against a good Ele or a good mesmer these days. Other classes as the Warrior or Guardian (thief) can just unleash everything they got on you and when kitten hits the fan they run away like nothing happened. If you’re lucky to put any condi pressure on them that is, cause they cleanse everything off so easily.

Now I’m sorry but I disagree 100%. I only play Condi Necro since I just don’t enjoy the skills on the Axe/Dagger power builds… but I run the very basic 30/20/0/0/20 Condi build.. and mostly all I do is solo roam.. and I do amazing. And I’m not even good.. Of course I lose a few 1v1s.. but a few.. only times I really die are when there are more than 2 people or I just panic or the enemy is simply better.. but you are very wrong when you say there are no viable roaming builds.. hell, this build hes running in the video.. is fine. He even said it himself.. hes not very good. So him dying 10 times for 1 kill.. I mean I don’t want to bash the OP’s skill but he said it himself. Its the player not the build, which I think applies to you.

@ Dushnaa:

But you will auto-lose vs. any decent anti condi & cc (cleansing ire + heal signet) melandru & lemongrass warrior. Doesn`t matter whether he plays hambow or stuntastic m/s.

Since nowadays these kind of warriors are everywhere, the latter one in particular, you will have a lot of autolosses… you just cannot apply conditions long enough, the moment you feel you can fear chain him after his auto-stabi proc wears out, he will just pop bersi stance and stun you to death. Try running from a m/s and gs warrior, so disengage is not a solution.

Best regards