Guild Wars 2

have you ever seen this in pvp? i didnt realize i was taking damage from necrotic grasp while fighting other guys.

23k is a lot. I wounder how that necro speced.

I’m really surprised by the damage, could be a power/crit build.

I seriously never considered using a staff in a pow/crit build.

DoctorWhy.3847:

23k is a lot. I wounder how that necro speced.

it has 1,200 range. i hope they make a trait that buffs necrotic grasp.

It’s 17 hits, which means 1.350 per hit. What’s so powerful in that?

forice.3165:

DoctorWhy.3847:

23k is a lot. I wounder how that necro speced.

it has 1,200 range. i hope they make a trait that buffs necrotic grasp.

How is range relevant to damage? :-D

HappyCerberus.3178:

forice.3165:

DoctorWhy.3847:

23k is a lot. I wounder how that necro speced.

it has 1,200 range. i hope they make a trait that buffs necrotic grasp.

How is range relevant to damage? :-D

if the range is short, you can’t even try it.

Arcades Saboth.5139:

It’s 17 hits, which means 1.350 per hit. What’s so powerful in that?

That’s a lot for a staff.

Plus the attack speed on a staff isn’t that bad and with the range….

Big whoopidydoo. Warriors sneeze more damage than thAt.

1.3k is not that much. It’s pretty low for full power necro.
Putrid Mark with 3.7k crit is another hint for power necros.
But the travel speed of the grasp is waaaaay to low and the cd on putrid mark too high to even bother with these skills

While staves are the greatest thing we have, maybe the only thing which, for now, give a sense to the necromancer, I don’t find their use on PvP effective. At least on sPvP, in World vs World they are wonderful instead.
First of all the projectile speed of the staff is low: if you need the auto attack for give the last damage it’s vital to reach the target as soon as possible. Second, I don’t consider the staff attack speed enough for sPvP.
The marks are great but target them is a pain even with smart cast (auto target on mouse position) but I admit they synergize very well with wells.

What is this? I don’t even…

Were you AFK, letting him auto attack you for a minute straight?

Oh, and double posting in a troll thread.

@Arcades Staves are amazing man. Most utility fastest life force gain, and AoE conditions. Combo fields also. I use it as my primary in sPvP. I made a guide about the necro build I made. However, I recently updated and improved it, which I haven’t shown yet cause too lazy.

17 autoattacks lol…you were in the bathroom, right?

if a warrior finds you afk, you will be dead in 2 seconds top

Also, he got hit by Pulverize, meaning he had at least 4 stacks of vulnerability (Warrior mace off-hand 4 skill, damage + 4 stacks of vuln).

Maybe that was me hitting you.

Edit: also hitting 5k+ life blasts

@deistik

Spec and gear please

I am getting tired of conditions. Tried 30/30/0/0/10 and 10/30/0/0/30. The first one is nice, since axe mastery also makes your ds hit harder, but I am missing alot of crit.

Deistik, you have classes that stack vulnerability on auto attack in your PvE party, so i don’t really feel those screenshots are too relevant

On second thought forice is legendary fail so he probably did have a ton of vuln stacks on him… after all he got hit by 17 necrotic grasps(lol are you kidding me) and then came on the forums to complain when he stood there for about 70 seconds while those 17 hands hit him every 4ish seconds

…In that case, your screenshots are completely relevant. Carry on.

@Berullos
I agree that staves are amazing, I like and use them a lot. But not in sPvP, mainly due to the targeting system. I guess it could be improved a lot by one simple thing: do not hide mouse cursor when using the orbital camera (when you keep your right mouse pressed) or at least an option to choose if hide or not the cursor.

Spec is 10/30/0/0/30 and gear is all power/crit/crit dmg (85%+ crit and 100%+ crit dmg)… @Mathemagician: I also stack vulnerability like mad in this build, so even solo, I can get to those numbers, but yea, having people that know how to play to run with? Priceless.

Wear full Berserker + Ruby Orichalcum accessories will get you big numbers.

But you will explode if/when people focus you…so user beware.

It’s a lot of fun in WvW and sometimes PvE…not so hot in sPvP.

I’ve been killed by mesmer sceptre hitting me like 50 times for 250 dmg, nerf it right?

With how slow staff auto’s fire 17 hits would take forever. Even a power/crit Longbow Ranger can get 2k hits easily, and Longbow is bad, atleast compared to Shortbow.

forice.3165:

have you ever seen this in pvp? i didnt realize i was taking damage from necrotic grasp while fighting other guys.

that’s a default attack, that move takes at least 1 second to cast. he could have killed you much faster if he never used that move, that move is really bad.

Deistik.7802:

Maybe that was me hitting you.

Edit: also hitting 5k+ life blasts

in spvp your life blast wont hit that much. it lowers it randomly.

Yea, was a joke, as obviously I’m in a dungeon :p

This is more of a PvE smashing build (would probably be good in wvw too though) because with 25 stacks of accuracy, I can hit 96% crit and 109% crit damage… with wells, marks, and piercing Life Blasts, I can inflict quite a lot of damage on quite a lot of mobs in very little time. Oh, also, I’m using Withering Precision in the Curses line, and I can maintain weakness with a LOT of uptime. So, that helps with the glass cannon type of build, and also helps your group survive.

Either way, I’m enjoying it