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Necromancer - Core Power Curses

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Focused on: Strike damageDpsBurst and Boonrip

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns buildsEnd of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
Easy


Overview

A build designed to strip boons and lay down high area damage.


Skill Bar

Axe/Focus
Greatsword
Utility


Template Code

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Specializations


Equipment

Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Amulet
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Axe
Marauder
Focus
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Scepter
Marauder
Torch
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Infusion
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Relic

  • Speed - utility
  • Isgarren - damage
  • Thief - damage alternative


Equipment Variants

Stats
  • Use Berserker stats Berserker stats if you want more offensive stats (Keep in mind crit cap with Death Perception
Sigils
  • Either option is viable on axe/focus (recommended to move energy to Scepter/Dagger set)
    • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Vision
    • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Force


Consumables

    • personal food option


Usage

Overall Priorities

High
  • Wells
  • Boon rip
Moderate
  • Sustained pressure
Low
  • Single target damage


Surviving

  • This build has moderate passive defense
  • This build has low mobility skill access
    • Avoid using Dark Pursuit unless needed to survive, since it increases the cooldown of Dark Path
  • This builds has low active defenses
    • Death Shroud gives an unlisted 50% damage reduction
    • Speed of Shadows clears movement impairing conditions when entering Death Shroud
Active defense priority
  • Deathly Swarm - for Immobilize Immobilize
  • Death Shroud - for Immobilize Immobilize
  • Dodge
  • Death Shroud - general use
  • Signet of Vampirism


Detailed Explanations

Wells

  • Try to save your Well skills for the commanders call
    • If you aren't using voice communication, use your wells at the same time as the other Necromancers in your group
  • Cast Well of Corruption before Well of Suffering, due to the longer cooldown
  • Only use your Well skills at the same time, do not use one early and desync their cooldowns
  • When using ground AoEs like Well of Corruption or Well of Suffering, try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to
  • Immediately after placing both wells enter Death Shroud to activate Death Perception and remain in shroud for the duration of the wells


Boon rip

  • Use Signet of the Locust when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
    • Prioritize Signet of the Locust before going into Death Shroud, since Signets of Suffering lowers the cooldown
  • Use Death Shroud as often as possible to activate to cast Dark Path (Path of Corruption) and leave
    • When safe, be within 600 range of enemies when activating Death Shroud to proc Spiteful Spirit


Sustained pressure

  • Start fights on Scepter/Torch to maximize ranged uptime
  • Use Unholy Feast and Devouring Darkness immediately after Weapon Swap Weapon Swap and use them again immediately before swapping back
    • Delaying your Weapon Swap Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine
  • Enter Death Shroud frequently to maintain Soul Barbs
  • Save Lich Form until Winds of Disenchantment and other projectile block is used up.
    • Don't be afraid to drop form early if Deathly Claws is being projectile blocked.
  • Don't commit your Death Shroud damage unless you'll be in range long enough to finish Tainted Shackles and Life Transfer
    • Using Dark Path and immediately leaving is fine if you're at range
    • Leave shroud if your Life Blast is being projectile blocked or when Unholy Feast and Devouring Darkness are ready
Skill priority
  • Well of Corruption + Well of Suffering - always together, on commander's call
  • Signet of the Locust
Lich Form - only after projectile block is down
  • Grim Specter
  • Lich's Gaze
  • Deathly Claws
Death Shroud
  • Dark Path
  • Tainted Shackles
  • Life Transfer
  • Life Blast
Axe
  • Unholy Feast
  • Death Shroud + Dark Path - procs Path of Corruption
  • Spinal Shivers - only on single target
  • Ghastly Claws
  • Soul Grasp - only if low on Life Force
Scepter
  • Devouring Darkness
  • Death Shroud + Dark Path - procs Path of Corruption
  • Grasping Dead


Single target damage

  • Use Spinal Shivers Ghastly Claws Rending Claws to pick off isolated players


Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 1 votes.
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4 stars
Jaukk gave this build 4 stars • March 2022
Very cool and based. Can easily compete with scourge in strips due to Death Shroud/Dark Path/Path of Corruption spam and Signet of the Locust, while also adding shroud skills that are actually useful compared to scourge's shades in WvW currently

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