Guild Wars 2

> how does necros do in PvE and dungeon settings?

I’ve two level 80s – a warrior and a necro. The necro has a harder time staying alive and making an impact than the warrior, but it’s still viable in PvE and dungeons, and lots of fun to play.

Necros are very flexible: they can build for minions, damage over time conditions, fear, bursting and tanking. As Faction says, Nemesis’ videos are well worth a watch. It’s also true that the scepter – the main condition weapon – is very poor against structures.

I started levelling using minions (which have got much stronger since then). Around level 30 I switched to this build which felt squishy at first but got stronger as I levelled up. That’s a strong, standard condition build that I recommend trying. Once up to 80 I got my rabid set finished, before switching to something closer to the Juggermancer/Abomination PVT-tank builds.

Good luck with your necromancer! I hope you enjoy it as much as I’ve done.

I’ve been using a 30/0/10/30/0 build in PvE for a while – dagger/focus, staff and wells. It’s getting tankier as I earn my PVT gear. I switch the /10 in Death Magic between Ritual of Protection, Greater Marks and Staff Mastery according to need. I never used to like the Focus, but the more used I get to having Regeneration on, the more I’m coming to like it.

I’m still lacking punch in those boss fights where melee isn’t really an option. I miss ground targeted wells but can’t justify 20 in Curses. I’ll give the Axe a go, switch the two main wells out for Blood is Power and Poison Cloud, and find something else for Death Magic VIII and XII.

Hi Felseth,
If you click the ‘Zoom > all’ button you’ll see that the Scale price is falling from an all-time high. It’s spent most of the time below one silver, and almost of the time below two. You may have bought into a bubble. You could hold your stock in the hope that it may one day reach that level again, but that may of course never happen – unless you decide to spend a large amount of gold yourself to push prices back to those levels.

Another option is to cut your losses and sell out now before prices fall further, or some mix of ‘hold’ and ‘sell’.