Scourge - Power Curses (GvG)

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Focused on: Strike damage, Dps, Burst and Boonrip

Designed for: WvW GvG

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

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

Skill Bar

Axe/Focus

Scepter/Dagger

Utility

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

• Awaken the Pain
  slightly higher DPS

Variants

• Nourishing Ashes
  if Life Force generation is an issue

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

Dagger
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Use Berserker stats if you want more offensive stats

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Force
  increased damage

Runes

• Superior Rune of Durability
  defensive option

Consumables

• Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
  • Fried Oyster Sandwich
    personal food option
• Superior Sharpening Stone

Usage

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 Deathly Swarm - for Immobilize 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
  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

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

• Start fights on Scepter/Dagger to maximize ranged uptime
• Use
  Unholy Feast
  and
  Devouring Darkness
  immediately after Weapon Swap and use them 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 Scepter Devouring Darkness Enfeebling Blood Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor - procs Path of Corruption Grasping Dead

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