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

Axe/Focus

Greatsword

Utility

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Specializations

Variants

• Awaken the Pain
  slightly higher DPS

Variants

• Nourishing Ashes
  if Life Force generation is an issue

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Axe
Celestial

Focus
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

greatsword
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

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

Expand 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

Expand 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