Guild Wars 2

im a new player, currently at level 13. im curious if the necro pets get any better.
i tested out each minion i have and they all dont really seem to do anything besides a few dps here and there so do the later pets get any better/more useful? or is this a problem all the way to 80?

At low levels most utility skills seem pretty bad, in my experience. Especially something like minions, where you really need access to the increased HP and damage you get through traits.

so should i be specing into something that gives me minion health as i level? or…???

For now its ok to waste traits since each unlock book resets the traits. For fast leveing id suggest going either corruption utilites if you want to do condition damage or wells for power.

Theldrin.9863:

so should i be specing into something that gives me minion health as i level? or…???

You won’t see the health increase until you get to level 40. Minions die at lower levels, and they die at upper levels. The key is remembering they aren’t pets. They are minions :P

At low levels I found the most efficient way to level was by using a bunch of pets, kept alive via the AoE regen granted by the Staff #2 skill Mark of Blood.

Then at around 30ish Wells + Power build starts to pick up, also Condition Builds pick up at some point (I’m not too sure about them, I couldn’t get into it)

I recently started playing around with the Bone Minions though on my Power build, their explosion is pretty strong (For me it’s hitting about 1.5-2k at level 50), I have the trait to lower their cooldown so every 16 seconds I summon them and immediately explode both of them.

The thing about minions is that they don’t scale from gear, meaning they’ll do full damage even if you gear for high Toughness and Vitality (Also by doing so you increase the chances of things attacking you rather than your minions due to Toughness = Aggro)

what about the other pets? like flesh golem or spectral shade or whatever? im asking if they get better as they level i.e blood minion/bone minion or if i will be using a combo like flesh golem/exploding dogs etc….the bone minion/exploding dogs just seem meh to me atm…
also i just started so i have no idea what “wells +power build is” im currently putting my trait points in spite
—in response to bas i understand there minions…and most games i have played the necromancer usually has something to sacrifice the minion to gain health and/or explode them for dmg….im just saying they dont seem to do much at all

Theldrin.9863:

also i just started so i have no idea what “wells +power build is” im currently putting my trait points in spite

Wells build = A build focused around using the “Well” utilities – Well of Suffering, Well of Corruption, Well of Power and Well of Darkness.

Power builds are ones that are focused on getting high Power and getting critical chance and damage and focusing on direct damage instead of going for Condition damage.

Theldrin.9863:

what about the other pets? like flesh golem or spectral shade or whatever? im asking if they get better as they level i.e blood minion/bone minion

Some people praise the Flesh Golem as being great for tanking and doing huge damage if it’s charge is used on a target that is against a wall (So it get hit multiple times)

The Flesh Wurm also does pretty good damage even with the downside of being immobile.

The Bone Fiend does pretty decent damage and is ranged (So less likely to be hit by things) and can immobilize enemies to help control the fight.

The Shadow Fiend is the weakest of the Minions, while it does do decent damage it’s a melee minion that doesn’t have the tankiness of the Flesh Golem.

Minion Master builds (If you look around the forum for MM builds, these are builds focused around using minions) can work and also can be pretty strong.

thanks taril
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