Guild Wars 2

I’m having success with Dagger/Dagger and Staff. The 3 skill lockdown with MH Dagger is perfect. I took the Chill on Blind Trait and the traits that add life syphon and protection to wells. I can lock someone down, drop a well at their feel to blind, chill, life syphon, and give me protection, then stab them in the face. I crit stacked so the quick dagger attacks hit crits often and haven’t lost 1v1 in PvP yet. I also took the 15% movement bonus for dual daggers so I chase down fleeing people with ease.

Staff I use mainly for groups and hit 2,3,4,5 almost always as quickly as possible. Get the bleed, then chill+poison, then Weakness Combo with 4 then Fear to make them scatter. Switch to daggers, lock down with 3, hit them with 4 bouncing blind, maybe drop a well or two and get to stabbing.

Man I love the suggestions to have attacks look like summoning minions attacking for you. What a cool idea, and perfectly in-line with a necro.

That said, I’m really happy with how the necromancer plays. It’s lower damage, but when all the big hitters are dead on the ground and I’m still up causing trouble in the dungeon, it’s a good feeling.

I agree with Wombatt. My Dagger-Dagger/Staff Necro is a monster in PvE and I’ve been having some really great success in PvP as well.

Just out of curiosity, have you tried using and speccing for Wells? They are awesome, especially the AOE Blind Pulse well. With sPvP, that specific well blinds, chills, life syphons, and added protection to allies on each pulse due to the traits I’ve chosen. It’s perfect for defense or for assists in fights and it wonderful in dungeons.

The class isn’t perfect, but it’s a long shot from broken.

I play on the Crystal Desert server and am having this same issue. I have the key, but am unable to interact with the Water Attuner.