Guild Wars 2

Can’t help but feel like a dweeb going into a relaxed environment like hot join with builds that are considered part of the meta.

So what are the builds you run that bring a smile to your face, regardless of its effectiveness?

Necro doesnt smile, he takes seriously every opportunity to make life of his defeated foes.Then he can laugh on his minions that follow him all the time:)

The sole purpose of the necro is to make their opponent hate themselves for fighting you.

effectiveness is the only thing that brings a smile to my face and sadly kill one target then die type of builds like the meta arent it sadly.

I play a variation of 40640 Minionmaster build. Instead of meta, i take cele amulet, pack runes, flesh wurm instead of blinding minion. Its pretty easy to play and you can keep an enemy immobed for years (8seconds). Kitten dagger 2 leeches 4k HP. Lifeblasts dont hit low either so yeah.

I play d/d 6/6/6/6/6/6 build with full celestial and divinity runes. I run a staff on the other hand. The direct damage, crit chance, condition damage, condition duration, and survivability are through the roof. With 100% crit chance in death shroud as well as increased damage while your target it below 50%, and regen inch health while in death shroud, it is possibly the most entertaining build I have played in a long time

My build, my… Lovely build…

6/6/0/0/2 zerker,pack and blood and air. A/F, S/D. Great damage, powerful control

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/SC-DA-AX-DA-build/first#post4912166 <——

Anything with chill spam

take every big condi skill then epidemic it.

I tried classic power build with dagger/focus + staff and for utilities I use spectral armor, spectral grab and well of suffering. And as elite I like golem over lich for more CC. I found today CC combo I almost found myself in Hollts video on youtube – grab, immobilize – 3rd skill on dagger, well, DS – fear, auto attack or two and back to dagger. If I land the grab it hurts as hell. Power ranger in a downed state is my favourite. ^^

Though I guess on higher rank pvp it might not work. Stun lock kills you as usual but i can do much more with my necro compared to my engi or mesmer. Maybe it fits more my style.

What I like about it is insane burst if you make the whole combo, condi cleanse is good, ranged on staff works and mark for fear to save allies from stomping. And spec armor gives great life force. I use trait for reduced DS instead the trait that allows your DS blast to pierce the target. Works great for me so far and is fun as hell. Tho hammer enemies are pain

cele nec

this is what I’ve been doing in hotjoin.

Full zerk, dagger/warhorn, axe/focus, either 6/5/0/3/0 or 6/5/0/0/3. I sometimes play ranked with either of these.