Have you ever felt “man I’m too good at this game, things are going too well for me. I sure do grow weary of being alive”?
THEN DO I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU!
B E R S E R K. P O W E R. N E C R O M A N C E R.
You heard me! Necromancer! The base class! Get your Reaper power-creep kitten out of here.
So here’s what you do; You take all of the things that make necromancer “survival” and “durability” possible…. AND THROW THEM OUT OF THE WINDOW.
Valkyries? More like KITTENS. TAKE BERSERKERS.
“Okay I think I see where you’re going. And then I take scholar runes for optimal dps right?”
NO STUPID. CHRONOMANCER RUNES FOR MORE BURST! You take runes of the Chronomancer so that your axe (YES I SAID AXE) can be slammed into your enemies harder and as an added bonus you can get your heal skill off quickly-er.
“But wait. You want me to run power necromancer with wells? … Not minions?”
YES. I did say this build would kill you, didn’t I?! You forgo literally any chance of being defensive. Replace your mobility and minions with wells. Maybe throw in well of power if you’re a little KITTEN. GO DRINK SOME MILK, FELINE.
But seriously well of power is very good for this build. It gives you stability quickness, protection and, its the best way you have to help your teammates and thank them for rez’ing you. And believe you me, friend. They will res you… if they feel like it and not flaming you for being a corpse.
For specializations you take Spite for bonus damage while downed since you’ll be there a lot, extra small burst from chill of death and close to death for that 20% more damage when enemies are about to bite the big one.
Next you want Blood magic because it has blood in the name . And I guess it makes your wells recharge faster and gives them protection or some crap like that.
FINALLY! Here’s where things get fun! SOUL REAPING.
Tell me friend; does that name sound cool as kitten? I THINK SO TOO. Alright. So in soul reaping here’s what you take:
Speed of shadows or unyielding blast depending on if you think your teammates love you or not.
Anything of preference from the second tier…
AND NOW! THE GRANDMASTER! It’s gonna blow your mind because it’s LITERALLY NEVER been done before a trillion and ten half times!
Death Perception for 50% crit which with chrono runes and zerk amulet will overcap you at 102 or so crit chance.
Life blast hurts. A lot of people forget that. Especially in unranked and low ranks. This is where the build shines.
In higher divisions you are going to pray to all of the gods and demons that your team thinks that protecting you is more profitable than flaming you for being blown up by a sniffle from a thief. NOT EVEN A SNEEZE, A SNIFFLE.
Lich form is going to be your team fighting presence. The autos will make everyone remember why necromancer is focused in teamfights. And then you’ll get focused and cry since you have no defense.
Did I mention you have no defensive options? I don’t think I did. Let me just mention it.
YOU HAVE NO DEFENSIVE OPTIONS. IF YOU SAY “Death shroud” I WILL EAT YOUR KNEECAPS.
DS will not save you from anything considering you have no disengage whatsover, no way to generate it safely or regularly, and no way whatsoever to tank hits since your hp is low for a necromancer. OH AND YOU’RE A CLOTH CLASS.
Your only “defense” is to well of power at your feet and consume conditions and hope to god they got peeled off of you by then. Or blast them with axe, lich, or life blast and hope they somehow die first.
“Wow murdock this build sounds really trashy. Why are you advocating it? Are you a moron?”
I’m glad you asked. The answer to all of the above is YES!
Now here have this very cherry picked video of me stomping in what is either extremely low division or not ranked.
tl;dr: something about a janky nonmeta build that’s fun to play but won’t win you friends very quickly due to its low survivability.
build link for anyone who cares:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBHbhG2IHN0Sj90gNNwhjDchCOABQLQPj24ZnZxJUFA-TZRBABkVGIiDCw/7P8wTAAgTAAA