Scourge - Support Scourge (WvW)

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Focused on: Healing, Boon removal and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on February 11, 2025.

Overview

A build designed to strip boons, provide barrier and bring rez utility with

Transfusion

Skill Bar

Axe/Warhorn

Greatsword

Utility

Variants

Weapons

• Axe/Warhorn ⇒ Spear
• Warhorn ⇒ Focus

Utility

• Serpent Siphon
  - Barrier
• Desiccate
  - provides party Might and Fury

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

• Blood Bank

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Axe
Minstrel

Warhorn
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

• Outgoing healing can be swapped to boon duration at the cost of less rez power

Relic

• Relic of the Flock
• Relic of Cerus

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Bounty
• Superior Sigil of Concentration

Consumables

• Bowl of Fruit Salad with Mint Garnish
• Bountiful Maintenance Oil
  • Alternatives:
    Sharpening Skull
    or
    Holographic Super Drumstick

Usage

General

• It is extremely important to use
  Garish Pillar
  deliberately to proc
  Transfusion
  , do not waste it.

Overall Priorities

High

• Wells

Moderate

• Boon rip
• Support
• Transfusion

Low

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has no mobility skill access
• This build 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 Cascade Sandstorm Shroud Sand Flare

Detailed Explanations

Wells

• Save your
  Well of Corruption
  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
• When using pulsing ground AoEs like
  Well of Corruption
  , 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
• Use
  Unholy Feast
  off CD whenever the enemy group is in range
• Your Punishment skills all remove boons, but with the exception of
  Ghastly Breach
  should be prioritized on allies
  • Try to aim them to hit both allies and enemies as much as possible

Support

• Use
  Sand Flare
  and
  Sand Cascade
  as often as possible on pushes and during extended engages
• Barrier lasts 5 seconds after application before decaying
• Make sure to use
  Manifest Sand Shade
  on your group before casting
  Nefarious Favor
  ,
  Sand Flare
  or
  Sand Cascade
  • Save your final charge of
    Manifest Sand Shade
    when there is 12 seconds or less left on
    Sandstorm Shroud
    's cooldown
• 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

Transfusion

• Use
  Garish Pillar
  to activate
  Transfusion
• After transfusing, interact with the rez to activate
  Ritual of Life
  and quickly revive them
• Don't stay rezzing a downstate when the enemy group is pushing to or spiking it, its more important to keep yourself alive