looking for a good PvE D/D build
Not necessarily dagger/dagger but there’s a thread about how to build a high power with high defense/health necromancer using soldier gear:
“https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Juggermancer-Final-Blog-Link”
Everlasting Sacred Path [ESP] (www.espguild.com)
As one who has run a D/D build for PvE utilizing AoE ability and precision, most notably to focus on siphoning traits in blood line for vitality substitution when faced with low defense, I would say try your luck at figuring out a mix of rampagers, berserkers, knights, with at least 20 points in blood. you can go D/D with Axe/Focus in second set.
off the top of my head, with total abandon to my rules of thumb, I would say for fun.. go Rampagers accessories and armor with berserker exquisite jewels slotted in accessories…
maybe pump condition duration through 2lyssa/2mk/2ice or just get runes of rage or runes of strength for fun, rampager weps and perhaps a..
30/10/0/20/10 spread with those above runes and a rare veggie pizza buff on at all times to get 2nd terror tick
a/f with d/d proc bleeds and stack might, siphon HP and go willy nilly without a shred of toughness.
Though, when you dungeon.. good luck! :P
to be serious though, you can roll glass cannons for PvE and be fine since player placement and intelligent movement can take care of lacks of toughness when running with any precision at all. you can just run food buffs or points in blood to regenerate health.
personally for me, my rule of thumb is to get 500 toughness in each of my builds to establish a solid amount of defense, and as long as the hp was in the 20-23k HP zone, it was tough to kill.
note that there is an inverse relationship to obtaining vitality <=> precision and a byproduct of toughness in most cases where you find vitality in gear. the exception is knight’s gear which i find to be the most useful base or secondary combination to mix in with any base otherwise.
if you decide to craft your own build, post your findings or questions so we can help, or at least weigh the pros/cons.
http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcVMzm0zMoMFTomMFToxa0f0oabMz9M8kiT7khT7khs7070M7kGo70V7ofD70m
i can’t decide what to spend the last 20 points on…if i should grab 20% well CD reduction for Well of Blood heal and Well of Suffering or scratch those two abilties and get go in blood line and get +50% effectiveness to siphon health and Vampiric Precision trait.
oh i forgot to mention i grabbed full rampager’s armor, and am going to grab rampager daggers. and like you said gonna grab rampager accessories put zerker jewels in the accessories.
(edited by Daspian.9246)
Dont get why ppl insists on D/D builds for Necro when Mainhand Dagger is clearly Power & Offhand is clearly Condition based weapon.
Underjordens Furste 80 Necro Piken-server
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Highest DPS for Necro comes from 10/30/../../20. What you do with the rest is flavor and gear. PTV on your gear and CVanything in jewelry will net you the largest DPS and a functional level of survivability.
Focusing on either damage type exlusively offers no synergy and dramatically lowers damage potential and DPS which is the purpose of a D/D build.
Also Dagger damage is extremely exagerated on these forums by people who have more time logged in to the forums and wiki, than they do in the game. So keep a grain of salt handy when looking for advice here.
Also Dagger damage is extremely exagerated on these forums by people who have more time logged in to the forums and wiki, than they do in the game. So keep a grain of salt handy when looking for advice here.
There was a thread which calculated all necro weapons’ auto-attack damage over time, and dagger out-damaged all others with necrotic bite. It was a good read, with a lot of evidences and reasoning.
There was also another thread with PvP “hitting like a truck” video that shows dagger with wells is a really effective burst build.
Edit: Finally found the threads, here they are:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Autoattack-DPS-and-cast-times
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/How-to-Hit-Like-a-Truck/page/1
(edited by Recycle.5493)