Necromancer - Core Condition
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on January 23, 2022 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.
Overview
A good starter necromancer build for those who do not have access to expansions. This is a simple minion master build that features moderate damage and high defense.
Template Code
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Skill Bar
Dagger/Warhorn
Axe/Dagger
Utility
Weapon Variants
- Focus - defense and life force
Specializations
Blood Magic Variant
Replace Soul Reaping with Blood Magic for extra defense.
Equipment
- Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required
This build uses gear similar to Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS, making it ideal for general PVE.
Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Dagger
Berserker
Warhorn
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Berserker
Dagger
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
- - budget DPS
Knight - defensive trinkets
Consumables
- Food
- Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
- - farming
- , - DPS
- - defense
- Utility
- (and variants) - farming
- , - dps
Usage
Damage
- Open with on Axe, then swap to Dagger and autoattack.
- Use whenever available.
- Against groups of 3 or more enemies, you can go into and use and . This deals less damage than Dagger but is able to hit up to 5 targets at once.
- Before and after using , you can throw in for more damage.
- If you don't need crowd control, you can use and for more damage.
Defense
- Against the majority of enemies, your minions should be able to draw enemy aggro and tank for you.
- Remember that you can always sidestep and walk or dodge out of enemy attacks. Not taking damage is always the better option because it lets you conserve life force (and maintain your bonus if applicable).
- can be used to blind enemies.
- If you're taking a lot of damage you can use as a second health bar.
- If you have trouble surviving, you can trait .
Sustain
- Your sustained healing comes from , , , and .
- Spam if you need healing.
- You can shrug off most conditions with , and you have a condition cleanse in . If you need more condition cleanse trait .
- If you somehow go down with this build just use to get back up.
Crowd Control
Ratings
When it comes to open world, Necromancer is a fantastic place to start. The minion variant of this build offers an excellent roaming option and a variant using wells does fairly well (hah!) in zergs. Overall a solid core spec for open world farming.
Comments
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