Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

so as the title says i’m a wvw conditionmancer and i’ve just hit 80. I know our class is more or less broken, but it’s the only real class ive enjoyed playing in wvw. So i just have a question regarding how do i make myself as powerful (as possible)?

I use my staff 99% of the time, but what should i have on the weapon swap?

Also my spec is: 20 spite/power, 30 curses/precision, 20 death magic/toughness.

Does that sound viable?

And finally, i’m trying to get the armour set from the temples that gives +condition dmg,prec & toughness as it’s the easiest for me to get. If we ever actually get the temples back in the empty zones… (i’ve leveled up in wvw so have tons of karma but am low on gold)

Is this the best set for me to be looking at?

Thanks for any advice fellow mancers

The obvious answer to what your swap should be is scepter/dagger. Precision/toughness/condition damage is definitely the best option for conditionmancer. You’re not going to be able to get a full set from the karma vendors though I can’t remember which pieces aren’t available. You can get the missing ones from the TP, along with weapons and trinkets. If you can’t get Rabid stats(prec/tough/con) Rampager or Carrion are good substitutes.

Your spec is fine, though I always run mark of evasion, my spec is 20/30/10/10/0.

Hello,

I have about 9k kills in wvw on my necro and for about the first 8k kills I was running with a mix of carrion and rabid gear on a 0/30/30/0/10 setup. High toughness (1.9k+) and high condition damage (1.4kish) and precision (45%ish), with about 22k hp. Staff, scepter/dagger were weapon sets with Earth/Corruption sigils. I was having a blast, and seeing my bleeds tick from anywhere from 120 to 150 was a lot of fun. You will have a lot of fun with this build, too, I promise.

HOWEVER!

What wasn’t so fun was seeing my stacks of bleeds suddenly disappear in just a few seconds as condition removal took place and all my damage was for nought. This was particularly disheartening when I cast epidemic into a zerg. The moment of elation when you see the screen filled with numbers, followed by the slump when you see everything get cleansed. Be prepared for this to happen a lot!

For the last couple of weeks I have been experimenting with hybrid builds so I could get some more direct damage up front to compensate for the condition removal which is rampant in this game.

There is a thread in this forum called Feral Shadowmancer (by Sheobix) which details a build I have been playing around and having a lot of fun with. It gives me high precision (60%), power (1.9k) and toughness (1.8k) while still pumping out bleeds around the 70 – 100 mark. Using a mixture of Knights and Rampagers gear and supplementing with precision/toughness consumables. Only downside is that I now only have 19k hp…but this is still much higher than many other professions and I have Death Shroud, too.

Thread is here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Feral-Shadowmancer-v2-0/first#post1065370

Check it out and keep it in mind in case you get fed up with your bleeds not fulfilling their damage potential! And have fun! Necro is great in wvw!

My advice would be to go to the Hearth of the Mist and practice with a bunch of setup ups with the free gear to see what you like before you invest into your gear. Check out top thread and see what others builds people are using. Also there are good videos from nemesis and few others in here explaining things pretty good.

Fun things I like to do in wvw is pull people off walls then stun them with dagger and watch the horde of people beat the hell out of them.

Donedusted.9846:

Check it out and keep it in mind in case you get fed up with your bleeds not fulfilling their damage potential! And have fun! Necro is great in wvw!

I can only second that. Even though this build is extremely gear dependend it is the most fun ever in wvw. I run a slightly modified version of it. Before i tried a lot of other things, conditionmancer, support builds with healing etc. but with this build i had the feeling to contribute. The AoE Damage is amazing while keeping survivability, you are getting a real necrotic bomb with all the marks, wells and life transference. If you want to check something new you should give it a try.