Guild Wars 2

I use the hybrid build nemesis has stickied at the top of the forum. I was interested to know if that is viable for fractals and legit dungeon runs (not cof path 1). It really doesn’t offer much in the way of supporting skills but does heavily use bleeds and weakness. Do I need to redo my talent points for a well build in order to be useful in fractals or can I be efficient the way I am specced?

You can do every dungeon with every single posible build, they are all easy (it may take a bit longer with some stupid builds though xD)
For fractals: you can’t reach the effectiveness of guardians, mesmers or thiefs, no matter what you do as necro simply lacks reflects and decent support.

Doesn’t nemesis in the very same video in which he demonstrates the build play in fractal lvl35?
Anyway, I wouldn’t say it’s less “effective” than other classes in general, but I could imagine that this build would work better in certain group setups than others. For instance hitting the bleed cap solo can be an issue if other bleeders are involved. On the other hand, if the group allready has 4 of those highly praised guardians then I’m sure they’d take a hybrid necro over a 5th guardian.

flow.6043:

Doesn’t nemesis in the very same video in which he demonstrates the build play in fractal lvl35?

Well yeah, but its against the Shaman in the Snowblind Fractal, which is an incredibly easy fight where you hardly take any damage if you’re fighting from range…

Ichor.9360:

flow.6043:

Doesn’t nemesis in the very same video in which he demonstrates the build play in fractal lvl35?

Well yeah, but its against the Shaman in the Snowblind Fractal, which is an incredibly easy fight where you hardly take any damage if you’re fighting from range…

I think it’s safe to say that at some point up to this lvl (or since then on even higher ones) he has encountered the harder bosses too.

Hello ,
I’m a french player and this is the first time i have a look on the english GW2 forum.
Please excuse me for my bad english…and for my president…

I just played with Nemesis in frac 26 and he was using his hybrid build. We didn’t had any problems during the dungeon.
I’m following Nemesis and i played every build he has done, and the hybrid is one of the more effective in fractals

Sorry again for my language , i hope you understood what i wanted to tell x)

flow.6043:

Doesn’t nemesis in the very same video in which he demonstrates the build play in fractal lvl35?
Anyway, I wouldn’t say it’s less “effective” than other classes in general, but I could imagine that this build would work better in certain group setups than others. For instance hitting the bleed cap solo can be an issue if other bleeders are involved. On the other hand, if the group allready has 4 of those highly praised guardians then I’m sure they’d take a hybrid necro over a 5th guardian.

He does use this build however I would imagine I am nowhere near as good a necro as he is and I have seen many mention their preference for other builds like the well build.

Voodoo.1709:

flow.6043:

Doesn’t nemesis in the very same video in which he demonstrates the build play in fractal lvl35?
Anyway, I wouldn’t say it’s less “effective” than other classes in general, but I could imagine that this build would work better in certain group setups than others. For instance hitting the bleed cap solo can be an issue if other bleeders are involved. On the other hand, if the group allready has 4 of those highly praised guardians then I’m sure they’d take a hybrid necro over a 5th guardian.

He does use this build however I would imagine I am nowhere near as good a necro as he is and I have seen many mention their preference for other builds like the well build.

I’ve never played with or against nemesis so I can’t really comment on his skill. I can however assess how much skill would be necessary to run fractals: not much. It’s more about experience in how to do each individual stage of a dungeon or fractal and how well the group works together. Beyond that there are many builds that will do the job equally well and it is then more about (as you mentioned) the preference for a certain build like a well-heavy one, rather than a “need” for it as if this particular build was more dungeon friendly than others.

I guess what I am looking to get out of this is if there is a generally preferred or accepted build for fractals/pve. I like my current build but would like to contribute as best as I can during pve.So if there is a build that contributes more efficiently I would love to hear more about it.

Voodoo.1709:

…if there is a generally preferred or accepted build for fractals/pve.

There isn’t.
In terms of contributions to your party, you could argue that the focus, wells and the staff provide combofields, regeneration and condition transfer, and are therefore more party friendly. The staff in general provides the best crowd control, which is why I prefer it over all other necro weapons. There are also builds that are heavy on healing power and group healing through traits, but that of course comes at the cost of damage so it wouldn’t be my first pick for dungeons.