Guild Wars 2

I’m new to the necromancer profession. Loving it- but should I continue outfitting my necromancer in ascended vipers gear? There is bound to be a necro PvE tone down next patch and I’m not sure if necromancer has anything else to offer PvE other than epidemic. And Anet isn’t in the habit of making sure every profession has utility in PvE

I would lie If I said that necromancer have ton of things to offer in PvE group content.

Nerfing or tweeking epidemic would just show that there is, again, some issues in the design of the necromancer. Well I still think that an healthier change of skill would be to finally get rid of the elite transformation skills. It would be a blow as well for condimancer in PvE group content but, at least, the necromancer would keep it’s worth when it come to get rid of the trashs.

It’d be really sad to me that, after making it through 4 years of nerfs relatively unscathed, it was PvE that got Epidemic nerfed. Really, really, really sad.

dont worry, epi is in a good and spot atm.

It fullfils its role, but its use isnt overflowing into other roles. Main example is VS AIr overload.
You attack 1 mob, and if more spawn and the setup is right, you can bomb the others too. For power necro youd use wells, and even tho its a mini bomb, epidemics setup and DOT time and low CD make it more useful for constant sustained aoe – best case Boss + many smalls.
Now look at ele.
What is “highest” DPS ingame? air overload
What is best single target burst rotation? air overload
What is single target sustained dps rotation? air overload
How to cleave? air overload
How to do big aoe? air overload
Want troll with no mainhand valeguard? Np, mightyteapots only air overload ele will still kill it in time.

See the pattern?
And this is for PVE – Raids only. Theres pve dung&fractals 5man, open world 1man chilling, WVW solo, WVW party size, WVW big zerg, PVP 0hour beginer, PVP low/high/tournament level play…..

So air overload was always best for almost any PVE, yet it was at max a sidedish used in PVP….it got dmg nerfed by 10% i think a while ago…which is again fine, as it brings it closer to rest of top DPS options.
Epidemic is just cheesed in Raids 2nd wing, as a way to make necro a safer ele. If they wanted to nerf if, they would have done at the condi stack patch, and it is not overperforming in other areas of whole game. Its safe.

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