Scourge - Cele Alac

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Focused on: Strike damage, Dps, Burst, Boonrip and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A build designed to strip boons and lay down high spike damage while applying Alacrity.

Skill Bar

Weapon 1: Axe

Weapon 2: Focus

Weapon 3: Greatsword

Weapon 4:

Healing skill: Sand Flare

Utility skill 1: Well of Suffering

Utility skill 2: Well of Corruption

Utility skill 3: Trail of Anguish

Elite skill: Ghastly Breach

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Specializations

Spite: Top, Top, Bot

Variants

• Awaken the Pain slightly higher DPS

Curses: Mid, Mid, Bot

Scourge: Top, Top, Bot

Variants

• Nourishing Ashes if Life Force generation is an issue

Equipment

Rune: 6 Superior Rune of Durability

Infusion 1: 18 Concentration WvW Infusion

Infusion 2:

Relic:

Weapon 1: Axe

Weapon 2: Focus

Sigil 1: Superior Sigil of Concentration

Sigil 2: Superior Sigil of Energy

Weapon 3: Greatsword

Weapon 4:

Sigil 3: Superior Sigil of Concentration

Sigil 4: Superior Sigil of Energy

Main stats: Celestial

Relic

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

Equipment Variants

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Bounty

Consumables

• Plate of Peppercorn-Spiced Poultry Aspic
  • Any 100 concentration personal food is viable, since most commanders won't drop this feast
• Magnanimous Maintenance Oil

Usage (WIP)

Overall Priorities

High

• Wells
• Boon rip

Moderate

• Shades
• Sustained pressure
• Single target damage

Low

• Support

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has no mobility skill access
• This builds has low active defenses
  • Be conservative with Trail of Anguish, it is your only stunbreak
  • Don't use Sand Flare if the cast is likely to be interrupted

Active defense priority Trail of Anguish - for stunbreaking Dodge Sand Flare Sand Cascade Desert Shroud

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

Boon rip

• Use Ghastly Breach and Nightfall when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
• Avoid casting Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor when there is 12 seconds or less left on Desert Shroud's cooldown
  • Save your final charge of Manifest Sand Shade when there is 15 seconds or less left on Desert Shroud's cooldown
• While Trail of Anguish is your only stunbreak, it can be used for unlimited target boon rip if you feel your party support is good enough

Shades

• Your shade spike consists of casting Manifest Sand Shade before casting, in order:
• Desert Shroud
• Nefarious Favor
• Garish Pillar
• Sand Cascade
  • These are all instant and can be cast at the same time, but drop skills from bottom to top if limited on Life Force

Sustained pressure

• Use Unholy Feast immediately after Weapon Swap and use it again immediately before swapping back
  • Delaying your Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine

Skill priority Well of Corruption + Well of Suffering - always together, on call Ghastly Breach Desert Shroud Axe Unholy Feast Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor - procs Path of Corruption Spinal Shivers - only on single target Ghastly Claws Soul Grasp - only if low on Life Force

Single target damage

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

Support

• Barrier lasts 5 seconds after application before decaying
• Use Sand Flare and Sand Cascade before pushes and during extended engages
• Pay attention to allies with Illusion of Life used on them, apply barrier before the buff times out
  • Illusion of Life begins flashing on the buff bar at 5 seconds remaining
• Use Nefarious Favor as a desperation condition clear if you have no other options