Guild Wars 2

nemesis hybrid build is working great for me. Whats everyone using these days? most pugs I see are running straight condis

I swapped over to 20/0/20/0/30 build using a full bar of minions (I’ll swap out Blood Fiend for other heals depending on content). Part soldier gear, part berzerker (eventually I plan to get Cleric’s gear), the build basically just uses minions to face-tank mobs and make your general PvE experience much easier on both yourself and the group, and I sit in DS using a fairly standard, though slightly weaker, LB build.

s/d rabid condi: bip-4-aa-aa-aa-2-5-epidemic-repeat

I use my WvW build, because the dungeons I run are easy most of the time.

Bhawb.7408:

I swapped over to 20/0/20/0/30 build using a full bar of minions (I’ll swap out Blood Fiend for other heals depending on content). Part soldier gear, part berzerker (eventually I plan to get Cleric’s gear), the build basically just uses minions to face-tank mobs and make your general PvE experience much easier on both yourself and the group, and I sit in DS using a fairly standard, though slightly weaker, LB build.

speak of the devil, just did fractals with 2 minion master necros and it turned out quite well. What weps are power necros even running now?

I personally run Axe/Focus Dagger/Warhorn or Dagger, with a staff kept in my bag just in case I need it (I’ll rearrange my sets as needed).

Axe w/ Axe training makes Axe really good for LB builds, otherwise you’ll want staff, Dagger is pretty much a constant unless you won’t be meleeing at all.

I am currently using a tanky powermancer, 30/0/0/20/20, PVT, dual dagger / staff. So far, so good. You can see it here: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNAoYWjMaV6hbGbM8JiJFfTbQP617dGlC3tOA-jwDBYLJDdRQkgIgkGI0HQ0IYZPFRjtcqIasqHY6SJV9SQ2qDwMGySG2DQZFA-e

i use my wvw-powermancer gear with 30/x/x/x/30. PvE isnt worth it to get special equipment for it.

or i just use my warrior

So many bad players…..it’s PvE, if you’re going with a power build you should be in berzerker armour, not that other trash, especially if you’re running with minions.

PVT, clerics…I wish they would put in templates you can ping so I could more easily avoid such time wasters in PuGs.

Chullster.3608:

PVT, clerics…I wish they would put in templates you can ping so I could more easily avoid such time wasters in PuGs.

I wish they would put in an ignore-function in these forums so i could more easily avoid such air wasters like you.

it’s PvE, which is easy as hell. just use whatever you want or think is fun (as long as you manage to stay alive with that)

Bhawb.7408:

I swapped over to 20/0/20/0/30 build using a full bar of minions (I’ll swap out Blood Fiend for other heals depending on content). Part soldier gear, part berzerker (eventually I plan to get Cleric’s gear), the build basically just uses minions to face-tank mobs and make your general PvE experience much easier on both yourself and the group, and I sit in DS using a fairly standard, though slightly weaker, LB build.

Im running 30/0/20/20/0 full MM with a similar play style. I pick up Vamp Master for the minor boost to minion DPS and I use dageer #2 and Axe #2 for dps. 20/0/20/0/30 looks like it would be fun though and probably push more dps. I have also been thinking of a 20/30/20/0/0 Dire build.

I’m running a full cleric wellmancer spec using Axe/Dagger and Staff.

Using something similar to this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQIQRBIhdu1IhWtenm0GDnCZSB30NQFevoCID1D3Zd+QA-jADBIMBCnJ0UAAUEwUGQEBgZPCipQKrFhFRjVVjIqWvAzpATKABVGB-e
but I swap around different gear as needed and sometimes shuffle utilities. It’s basically just a DS critting machine. Things melt before my shadowy onslaught and my LF regen is amazing. Edit: I looked at what I linked…disregard if you already saw the original lol. Idk wtf that was, but here’s the proper version:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQIQRBIhdu1IjWtenm0GDnCZSB30NQFevoCID1D3Zd+QA-jAEBYLBCfRhGhBjUAjiAgyAiIAmKIhpPFRjtIsIas6eRWvAT1CQ3Kp+EYOFER1SBIoyI-e

Since day 1 of headstart, I’ve been running condition builds. My current setup is 20/30/0/20/0 (I like Wells, but may be swapping some of these points elsewhere).

I rather like it. I don’t get high bleed stacks on my own (I typically hover at 10-12 bleeds), but I went the route of maximizing condition damage instead to make those team-supported Epidemics oh so wonderful.

tattoohead.3217:

Im running 30/0/20/20/0 full MM with a similar play style. I pick up Vamp Master for the minor boost to minion DPS and I use dageer #2 and Axe #2 for dps. 20/0/20/0/30 looks like it would be fun though and probably push more dps. I have also been thinking of a 20/30/20/0/0 Dire build.

The 30 in SR lets me pick up Deathly Perception, which along with the two LB traits really helps push my DPS up there, especially since I can still have some Soldier gear mixed in and not lose much crit chance. And this upcoming patch is going to see some boosts to at least one trait for my build (the one that makes DS drain slower).

I now take my Guardian.

Azure.8670:

nemesis hybrid build is working great for me. Whats everyone using these days? most pugs I see are running straight condis

Using mainly my guardian or warrior. Sometimes i get my mesmer, but im so noob with it that i dont want to be a dead weight for the group.
Oh, you asked about necro … Well, its on the shelf, covered in tears and sorrow.

I run minion master (always have) 20 0 30 20 0 when i get serious and greatsword warrior when im trolling ;D
but honestly im planning on running phantasm mesmer soon as my second serious alternative

Reading through this has confirm my non acceptance of necros in arah runs….

Cat Has Ducks.1982:

Reading through this has confirm my non acceptance of necros in arah runs….

Which is really sad, because more necros want that armor than any other dungeon armor.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Which is really sad, because more necros want that armor than any other dungeon armor.

Depends on your character. Female human Arah is a god awful set, compared to the otherwise pretty solid (albeit kittenty, not that I’m complaining) sets.

Bhawb.7408:

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Which is really sad, because more necros want that armor than any other dungeon armor.

Depends on your character. Female human Arah is a god awful set, compared to the otherwise pretty solid (albeit kittenty, not that I’m complaining) sets.

I was only comparing it to other dungeon armors :p

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

I was only comparing it to other dungeon armors :p

CoF, CoE, HotW, SE, TA all better armors for my character. Arah just looks ugly for some. Male characters got it way better than creepy zombie-boobs.

I run a MM build too. Used to go the standard 20/0/30/20/0, but switched recently to 0/0/30/30/10. It’s a very tanky build and damage output is pretty good.

death: III, X, XI
blood: VI, VII, XI
soul: VI

Full minion bar, though sometimes I swap bone fiend with plague signet if party members are getting too many conditions. staff / d+w. Life Force fills up very fast and switch to DS when minion skills are recharging.

First I log out and get on my war.
Then I …. well doesn’t really matter cause you know Warrior and all.

rabid condimancer 10 30 10 20 0 nothing unusual. but whenever I tell my buds im bringing my necromacer, they get silently upset and I know it.

pretty sure if they had to pick, they would even rather pick my wvw zerk meditation guard instead with 0 support xD

RashanDale.3609:

Chullster.3608:

PVT, clerics…I wish they would put in templates you can ping so I could more easily avoid such time wasters in PuGs.

I wish they would put in an ignore-function in these forums so i could more easily avoid such air wasters like you.

it’s PvE, which is easy as hell. just use whatever you want or think is fun (as long as you manage to stay alive with that)

And WvsW is hard? Made my day. Following a blue lantern is not that hard.

If u go with a useless WvsW Build and equiptnent in a dungeon u´re dealing about 1/10 of the dmg a PvE specced necro can do, so u´re wasting time not more.

Dagger+Zerk=ok go with us even if another class would be better.
Everything else=Kick

Sure PvE is easy if u can be useless for your groups and facetank everything…. oh whait can we do fotm 49 or 50? I want to see your face when u get a 1hit with 30k health and 3k thoughness from an ascalonian soldier!

Norjena.5172:

And WvsW is hard? Made my day. Following a blue lantern is not that hard.

yeah, do you realise that there are a lot more things to wvw than karmatrain? like fights between two actually organised groups? roaming?

Neither of which is innately harder than anything that can be done in any other game mode. All three of the game modes have parts that are very easy (general PvE, anything unorganized WvW, hotjoins), and things that are hard (high level fractals/“challenges”, GvG, high level tPvP).

I usually bring my Elementalist.

Bhawb.7408:

Neither of which is innately harder than anything that can be done in any other game mode. All three of the game modes have parts that are very easy (general PvE, anything unorganized WvW, hotjoins), and things that are hard (high level fractals/“challenges”, GvG, high level tPvP).

It’s a pitty this is too much text for a signature. I am so sick and tired of all this “XY is so easy you can do what ever you want anyway” bs…

@topic: I play conditionmancer, because its fun. If I want to be usefull, I don’t use a necromancer.

Cat Has Ducks.1982:

Reading through this has confirm my non acceptance of necros in arah runs….

^ reading that has confirmed my non acceptance of non-guild groups in arah. I can promise I’d have a much smoother and much more enjoyable run without people like you in my party.

I run hybrid and use my Necro in fractals and open world stuff. When I do dungeons, though, I usually bring my zerk thief.

Necro is my favorite, but I know my place :p

I don’t think my dungon build has changed much with the updates. Still going to use a 30/10/0/0/30 Deathly Perception build. Full berserker gear, scholar runes, sigil of bloodlust, you know the drill. The update to Vital Persistence actually helps, and it seems like I can sit in DS forever now.

I also have the condition spec for a fun build. 30/30/10/0/0, full carrion with a few rampager pieces. Full torment runes, 100% torment and bleed duration, but otherwise pretty standard. It sucks how much weakening shroud was nerfed in both builds, since I really used that for group weakness and additional damage.