Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone…

Do you guys want to witness my power (build) ?

This is a short video with some highlights of the glass cannon power build. Some time ago someone asked for something like this, and since after this new patch (February 2013), ghastly claws spell got buffed a bit i thought i would join the trend and… exemplify…

I did not, however, prepare too much for this event. When i did my big hit you can see that i only had 6 stacks of might on me, and no additional buffs. You can actually go much higher… but for that you need proper coordination, 4 support-buff players and… for the stars to align, if you know what i mean.

I hope this video will not make people think that power necromancers are too strong now, merely that they are a viable option…

Wery nice and clear display of our dps. Poeple find it hard to believe that
dagger #1 is equal to lich #1

Few notes:
Those berserkers you fought quite a lot more damage than other mobs. (Still, its possible to reach 12k mark on normal mobs)
Lich can also be used to pierce targets in addition to being ranged damage.
I’m going to assume you didnt spec to curse 15 to get 50% fury up time (dipping into ds and getting it fast enough doesnt even interrupt your dagger chain at any part)

Still, I believe necros to be (one of) most powerful ranged single target dps for those intervals you can actually keep being in lich/specced lifeblast/channel spam in addition to being great melee single target dps at any point.

What gear are you using or did you change it from your previous glass cannon build?

/respect

I really love your videos and how well you can explain the Necromancer class, I had just put together a noobish (I give up) power build that was built around survival -and here you illustrate quite a few things I never had connected the dot on for a particular build type.

Finally I can at least play a Necromancer with the weapons I prefer and get results!

Do you mind posting the build you where using for this?

Necro bad. pvp wellbomb. the end.

Your Lich vs Dagger 1 test was invalid, you used Well of Suffering & Reapers Touch on the Dagger spamming but not on the Lich spamming.

Ascii.9726:

Your Lich vs Dagger 1 test was invalid, you used Well of Suffering & Reapers Touch on the Dagger spamming but not on the Lich spamming.

A 10%-15% difference doesnt really matter since in a team scenario they will both be upgraded by 25%. Lich is still the strongest attack in game (just by base damage to power scale), but one can come close to the numbers with other means.

Why did you not show how you fought lupicus, i’d like to see a power build against him, because i’m afraid of bringing my necro vs lupi wit a power build.

Can you post your build please?

Andele.1306:

Ascii.9726:

Your Lich vs Dagger 1 test was invalid, you used Well of Suffering & Reapers Touch on the Dagger spamming but not on the Lich spamming.

A 10%-15% difference doesnt really matter since in a team scenario they will both be upgraded by 25%. Lich is still the strongest attack in game (just by base damage to power scale), but one can come close to the numbers with other means.

15 attacks with an average of 46k per hit, he if had done a fair test he would of dealt an additional 103k damage which would of been 12/13 attacks and therefore 12.5 to 13.5 seconds (5 to 6 seconds more then the dagger.)

I think its this build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLt4dD93pU&list=PLsfTAd-qhsRxTk0WuXFF1I7qteSilnjcf&index=11

Flumek.9043:

Wery nice and clear display of our dps. Poeple find it hard to believe that
dagger #1 is equal to lich #1

Definitly not the case, lich 1 hits 4/3 as hard and always crits.

Ascii.9726:

Andele.1306:

Ascii.9726:

Your Lich vs Dagger 1 test was invalid, you used Well of Suffering & Reapers Touch on the Dagger spamming but not on the Lich spamming.

A 10%-15% difference doesnt really matter since in a team scenario they will both be upgraded by 25%. Lich is still the strongest attack in game (just by base damage to power scale), but one can come close to the numbers with other means.

15 attacks with an average of 46k per hit, he if had done a fair test he would of dealt an additional 103k damage which would of been 12/13 attacks and therefore 12.5 to 13.5 seconds (5 to 6 seconds more then the dagger.)

What i was trying to illustrate is that if you have to stay range… you have to stay range, therefor there will be no close up well of suffering and reaper’s touch. There will be just max range DPS spam, when you can get close… you do get close and run wild.

While i do agree that Lich Form 1 spam is higher DPS especially if you have vulnerability on the target from other sources, and you get to pierce multiples… but at the same time it only lasts 20 seconds. Dagger 1 spam can be done… for ever…

I wasn’t trying to make a contest between dagger 1 and Lich Form, but rather to illustrate how both of them shine. I said in the video… know HOW to burst in each situation.

edit: i also didn’t get a special team, and didn’t do everything perfectly – always get maxed buffs, always be in the right spot, always this and that… those are perfect scenarios that don’t happen to often.
I wanted to illustrate the power of less then perfect / casual play…

Draz.8620:

Do you mind posting the build you where using for this?

Zikk.4652:

I think its this build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLt4dD93pU&list=PLsfTAd-qhsRxTk0WuXFF1I7qteSilnjcf&index=11

Yes… that one, will even add an annotation to the video once i get back.

Nemesis.8593:

What i was trying to illustrate is that if you have to stay range… you have to stay range, therefor there will be no close up well of suffering and reaper’s touch. There will be just max range DPS spam, when you can get close… you do get close and run wild.

While i do agree that Lich Form 1 spam is higher DPS especially if you have vulnerability on the target from other sources, and you get to pierce multiples… but at the same time it only lasts 20 seconds. Dagger 1 spam can be done… for ever…

Any smart person (in PvP at least) sticks as close to there target as possible in Lich Form to minimize missing Deathly Claws and to land Chilling Winds.

Lich is also 30 seconds, not 20.

Ascii.9726:

Nemesis.8593:

What i was trying to illustrate is that if you have to stay range… you have to stay range, therefor there will be no close up well of suffering and reaper’s touch. There will be just max range DPS spam, when you can get close… you do get close and run wild.

While i do agree that Lich Form 1 spam is higher DPS especially if you have vulnerability on the target from other sources, and you get to pierce multiples… but at the same time it only lasts 20 seconds. Dagger 1 spam can be done… for ever…

Any smart person (in PvP at least) sticks as close to there target as possible in Lich Form to minimize missing Deathly Claws and to land Chilling Winds.

Lich is also 30 seconds, not 20.

I was talking about PvE of course… my mistake, 30 seconds… was in a rush to leave.

I demonstrated it for PvE, with PvE stats… it’s entirely a PvE power build demonstration. Like i said… i’m not trying to say one way (Lich Form) is better then the other (dagger 1 spam), but merely that they all have their uses, and most importantly they all shine…

PvE necromancers, PvE power necromancers aren’t as underpowered as people think… also axe is not the most useless weapon. I’ve seen, and maybe some of you have as well, a few dozen threads with “axe does 300 damage, my warrior auto-attack does 2000… what is this useless weapon, AN PLX FIX”.

Well now…