Guild Wars 2

goal here is to keep DS up as much as possible

and get lots of life force when not in DS

gear suggestions welcomed as well as alternate (better) trait setups / weapon choices

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNBIhZ6kkmGRt202s2mzGG3k2g/GTsLUQHAp5yG5G8BUeGVBA-e

posted this in the big build thread and no response so figured i’d post it again

What game type PvE PvP or WvW?

sorry i do mostly PvE

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQRBIbdG2JHNNiquptZLNnNspJtB7NmoWoguODgZIqTg62YOqWA-ThRBABXt/o8DP9D5dSAA4JAQp6PmpEUUARE-e

You dont need to worry about lifeforce that much in PvE. Video showing the fully repeatable damage rotation:

http://youtu.be/zVUs752OFmc

thanks for the response i can’t watch the video right now (at work) but will check it out later, the spectral skills looked good to me because i thought the trait said they no longer had durations but that was obviously not true (would probably be too powerful )

Spectral skills have very little use in PvE as lifeforce is easy to come by. The only reason to use them is if you need swiftness from spectral walk or a stunbreak.

spoj.9672:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQRBIbdG2JHNNiquptZLNnNspJtB7NmoWoguODgZIqTg62YOqWA-ThRBABXt/o8DP9D5dSAA4JAQp6PmpEUUARE-e

You dont need to worry about lifeforce that much in PvE. Video showing the fully repeatable damage rotation:

http://youtu.be/zVUs752OFmc

Do you really need full zerk for a DS build? I mean, your crit rate is going to be a whopping 94-95% when you’re doing the most damage, when the sweet spot is a “mere” 73%. I’d think you could swap out a couple pieces for Valkyrie and give you extra health that will keep you in DS while under fire a little longer.

man i really need to read the tool tips better i haven’t been using consume conditions as i thought it would only heal if you had a condition

also question due nec have access to any combo finishers? i ask because the well skills give a dark field it’d be nice to pull off a combo on occasion when going solo

Nope necros are severely neglected when it comes to finishers. Its one of the reasons they are so unwanted in casual groups.

If you use valk your dmg drops when you use dagger to refill lifeforce. Also you want to be at 100% crit chance ideally. This is why the dagger build uses assassins gear. Not all groups stack fury and banners and even if they do you still want to go as high as you can. Vitality doesnt really do anything for you.

spoj.9672:

Spectral skills have very little use in PvE as lifeforce is easy to come by. The only reason to use them is if you need swiftness from spectral walk or a stunbreak.

I love spectral walk when doing puzzles cheating death is so immersive

tried the build spoj.9672 posted here last night (well as well as I could given no grand master traits (haven’t hit 80 yet)) and it was very fun to play dagger auto destroyed most open world mobs even without being lvl 80 i felt i was a good contributor doing CoF story and path 1, i see the benefit of zerker gear might use some ravager sprinkled in to get some higher condition dmg though (or whatever happens to drop )

once again thank you for the suggestion and knowledge of what to use and how to play it