Guild Wars 2

I’m a WvW lifer only appearing in PvE to do holiday events and living story stuff. I’ve done maybe 4 fractals when they very first came out and started playing WoW (yeah, I know, it is what it is) shortly after raids were introduced; maybe… I think…

I keep reading that current raid environment meta is Condi Ele/Teef, with Necro’s being pushed to the bottom of the pack (as per usual).

So, the question to my fellow Necro brethren is: What’s the viability of Necro in Raids and should I dust off my Ele or Teef to start seriously raiding?

Note: I don’t mind playing another class for PvE (hell, I’ll play Mesmer if I have to ha!) since I’ll always main Necro in WvW.

It makes 2 or 3 bosses easier because of epi, namely mursat overseer (normal and challenge) and deimos challenge. They’re a bit double edged on sloth because an ill-timed epi will end the boss fight then and there, but a well-timed one will put pressure off the group by killing slublings without the need to re-target to them. They’re passable on vg, and 2 of them will allow epi bouncing. If you’re planning on pugging, then yes I would recommend ele/thief only because pugs aren’t known for their flexibility for the most part.

If you are planning to get into raiding though, I would suggest you start by practicing your rotations, then watching videos on bosses irregardless of what class you play.

Necro is pretty good if you know how to play it, which is not that hard, BUT and here is the big but… Unless you have your own group or you are lucky enough and find the commander that is not delusional and narrow minded, you will have very hard time finding group. People are just sheep and follow the so called “meta”. That’s why I stopped playing my necro, since I no longer have dedicated raid group.
gl/hf

you can make 2h raid clears if you’re good and with a good team. you need to know what utilities to use on different bosses and know your rotation 100% (i recommend Farbstoff’s yt channel for necro rotations, qt one is kinda suboptimal since it ignores Chilling Darkness ICD)
also epi stray mobs around boss to increase DPS whenever applicable. this may get you on top1 in dps meters if done correctly – specifically when mobs are pulled by mesmers and they get 25 condis immediately. you also need to know how combo fields work to increase your chilling whirl finisher uptime.
for KC you need a power build of course. you will deal about 58-60k dps so like 4-6k less than power engi but still can do 4 orbs kill with some eles

that being said, people are very narrow minded and probably wont believe in you as a necro. especially with these trash necros in fractals who still run 4 necro 1 druid comps and use parasitic contagion, rise and other garbage. it’s all about finding a premade that will accept you