Guild Wars 2

Hmm, then I shall continue with my new character named “Murrelow Blanc”.. like the white wine, “Merlot Blanc” lol

The pet/bear/ugly-dog-thing named the “Murrelow”, is that pronounced like “Merlot”, like the wine?
Mer-Low? or Mer-Uh-Low?

So, I want to make a build that only really focuses on poison and getting as many stacks as possibly on the enemy, as fast as possible. I’m stuck between the Necro and the Thief. So, my questions are:

1. Which of these two classes would it be best to make a poison build with for the listed objectives?

2. How many times can poison stack per person on a single enemy?

Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you.

Alright. So, I did some number crunching and i’m not sure how accurate this is but i’m curious as to which is better: Arc Lightning or Lightning Whip?

Going according to Guild Wars 2 Wiki’s damage numbers, not including the extra percentages from traits, raw base damage:

Arc Lightning (3 seconds Channel) 900 range
Stage 1: 30 x3
Stage 2: 60 x3
Stage 3: 91 x4
Total: 2164 Damage over 3 seconds

Lightning Whip (1.15 Sec Full animation) 300 range
Damage: 235 x2
Total: 470 over 1.15 seconds
(For math purposes, divided 3 by 1.15 and got 2.60. Multiplied the 2.60 by 470 to make them both technically equal over 3 seconds and got 1222 for Lightning Whip.)

So all in all, I found that AL does 2164 over 3 seconds and LW does 1222 over 3 seconds. Not to mention the range advantage. Does this “technically” make Arc stronger and more viable? Can someone verify this?