Guild Wars 2

I’m doing a power/ferocity focused shroud necrosis build and I’m unsure which weapon to use. My initial instinct was axe/focus because it seems to build LF very quickly and I’m spending a majority of my time in shroud anyhow. Any other ideas?

Pve I think it’s dagger warhorn, dagger focus? I could be wrong.

PvP IMO it’s dagger/warhorn staff.

You need a staff as it increases the damage you do in shroud if you enter it while having the staff equipped.
This is due the fact shroud only uses your offhand for damage calculations(or was it mainhand?).

For pve, dagger/focus and dagger/warhorn are both good choices.
For pvp, dagger/focus is not the preferred choice.

ButterOfDeath.2873:

You need a staff as it increases the damage you do in shroud if you enter it while having the staff equipped.
This is due the fact shroud only uses your offhand for damage calculations(or was it mainhand?).

For pve, dagger/focus and dagger/warhorn are both good choices.
For pvp, dagger/focus is not the preferred choice.

This, but as far as I know it’s actually because DS damage is based on the weapon stats themselves. 2h weapons have higher base stats than 1h weapons, and staff is the only necromancer 2h weapon. Previously a trait would actually boost axe damage to be comparable, so axe was useful for DS builds, but with specializations the functionality of it was changed, so.

When Reaper happens, greatsword will also be an alternative.

radioAspen.6829:

ButterOfDeath.2873:

You need a staff as it increases the damage you do in shroud if you enter it while having the staff equipped.
This is due the fact shroud only uses your offhand for damage calculations(or was it mainhand?).

For pve, dagger/focus and dagger/warhorn are both good choices.
For pvp, dagger/focus is not the preferred choice.

This, but as far as I know it’s actually because DS damage is based on the weapon stats themselves. 2h weapons have higher base stats than 1h weapons, and staff is the only necromancer 2h weapon. Previously a trait would actually boost axe damage to be comparable, so axe was useful for DS builds, but with specializations the functionality of it was changed, so.

When Reaper happens, greatsword will also be an alternative.

Of course greatsword will be the best choice for power necros running a shroud build