Guild Wars 2

Hey necro community! This is my first time making a thread, but that’s aside from the point I wanted to make. I’m sure this topic has come up before.. but I just wanted to get a new viewpoint since I haven’t seen this topic brought up.

Anyways, as we all know, every class has a special mechanic. Thief = Steal, Warrior = Adrenaline, Mesmer = Shatters, etc. etc. Anyways, all these special abilities require little to no set up. What I mean by that is that as an Elementalist, I can switch attunements freely or as a mesmer I can shatter as long as I have one clone up (or you can act as a clone if you’re traited properly).

But when I play necro, especially in PvP, I find myself being a walking target. It’s bad enough that necros have very, very limited stunbreaks/escapes, but the fact that we have to build LF to even access DS is a serious disadvantage, especially in a competitive, PvP scenario.

So my questions to the community is, is there a way to build LF prior to engaging in combat? Or, do you guys have any possible solutions that ANet could implement that could (not increase the rate at which LF is generated, that could be seen as OP) allow necros to at least begin a fight with 25%-35% DS? I hate starting a PvP match or just roaming in WvW, getting attacked, and just having to soak up dmg until I can build just enough LF to mitigate the dmg from one attack.

Don’t wanna sound like I’m QQing, just wanna get feedback from my fellow necros.

Thief because I prefer a high-risk/high-reward playstyle and an S/D build because access to evasion > access to stealth

Hit me up as well! The name’s Azrah Moh and I also main thief. See you on the battlefield!