Necromancer build

[Flamburt]

I know it's still far away from release (possibly? I've heard rumors of early to late summer, so at least we are getting close!), but I really like how the necromancer looks in GW2 and I didn't want to waste game time trying to figure out a build that I like, so I wanted to see what you guys thought of the build I made. It's a pure MM, sort of like what could be played in the original GW, but this new game adds a twist: life stealing. I built the character mainly around buffing the minions, and life stealing abilities, then gave them the ability to steal life for me. I think I should be fairly durable with 14 life stealing minions, and the life stealing capabilities of the dagger. What do you guys think?

Here is the build http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3837004m4q4p8blna5a0uu04q5f5h5j5r5u60

P.S. I wasn't sure on whether to go with dagger cool down reduction or speed boost while wielding a dagger for the last major trait in blood magic. What do you guys think would be better? For both PvP and PvE, if you think it changes.

[justthedrummer]

sorry it took so long to reply to this but i was also doing some extencive research into necromancer because i will be playing it as well. if you are looking for a PvE/PvP build i would recomend his http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3810004m4qih8bln3e00uua5f5j5r5t5uhehn

The staff uses AOE or area of effect skills that target more than one opponent good for large mobs of PvE and also protecting against multiple attackers in PvP. i also added the dagger as the secondary that way when life gets low you just switch and suck (life) also instead of the Bone Fiend i added Spectral grasp into the mix so you can pull a fleeing opponent to you and your minions attack them like with a single attacker in PvP.

with the traits i took off the Spite line and added it to the Soul Reaping so it boosts your life just a little more. also i added for the last Death Magic a minion skill Recharge reduction.

Let me know what you think and I hope it help ^_^

[Lachanche]

I don' t think you can summon more than one pet at once, it would be a little op if you could.

that' s why i' ll be playing mostly around conditions with wells and marks -> http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3810004n88cmh84uaeakkk05i5ph4h7hahghm

and when i' m sure my foes have enough conditions on them i switch to axe and i let the unholy feast begin :D

[justthedrummer]

I don' t think you can summon more than one pet at once, it would be a little op if you could.

that' s why i' ll be playing mostly around conditions with wells and marks -> http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3810004n88cmh8lnaeakkk05i5ph4h7hahghm

and when i' m sure my foes have enough conditions on them i switch to axe and i let the unholy feast begin :D

you can have one of each minion summoned unless it says more than one like summon 2 bone minions lol so yea you can have a lot.

[Flamburt]

They changed a lot of the traits since I posted the original build, so it isn't really that viable anymore haha. I like what you did with a lot of the traits, but with some of the new iterations, I am kind of liking using the scepter because of the easy bleeding stacks. Couple that with the malice trait and the increase in bleed durations in the curses line, and I think you could do some serious damage. I would want to keep the minion as opposed to the spectral skill, as I loved to play MM in GW1. I was never any good, but it was so fun haha. I think your idea for the staff is much better, as it will allow for the engagement of multiple enemies. Or incase your minions agro some things they shouldnt have. I kept up with the idea of taking off spite in favor of survivability, so I kept the points off there and left them in blood magic to get a little extra vitality as well as the ability to drain life on hit. Probably a little OP, but that's ok haha. This is what I ended up with http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3822g04m4q4p8bln100puf0565f5j5r5t5uh8hehn

[justthedrummer]

nice idea flam