Necromancer Builds

[Richard]

This is for any Necromancer builds

[ss necro]

ss necro build=ownage
Necromancer/Mesmer
Level: 20

Soul Reaping: 10 (9+1) (minor rune)
Curses: 16 (12+4) (superior+head)
Blood Magic: 10 (9+1) (minor rune)
Illusion Magic: 3

Kole's torment is a good staff for this build, not to mention it's cheap. Also ALWAYS bring a wand/staff/whatever weapon that does COLD damage.

Vampiric Gaze (Blood Magic)
Steal 46 Health from target foe.
Energy:10 Cast:1 Recharge:5

Spinal Shivers (Curses)
For 42 seconds, whenever target foe is struck for cold damage while using a skill, that foe is interrupted, and you lose 5 Energy or Spinal Shivers ends.
Energy:10 Cast:2 Recharge:15

Awaken the Blood (Blood Magic)
For 36 seconds, you gain +2 Blood Magic and +2 Curses, but whenever you sacrifice Health, you sacrifice 50% more than the normal amount.
Energy:10 Cast:1 Recharge:45

Sympathetic Visage (Illusion Magic)
For 10 seconds, whenever target ally is hit by a melee attack, all adjacent foes lose all adrenaline and 3 Energy.
Energy:10 Cast:1 Recharge:30

Blood Ritual (Blood Magic)
Sacrifice 17% max Health. For 12 seconds, target touched ally gains +3 Energy regeneration. Blood Ritual cannot be used on the caster.
Energy:10 Cast:2 Recharge:2

Arcane Echo (Mesmer other)
If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill.
Energy:15 Cast:2 Recharge:30

Spiteful Spirit [Elite] (Curses)
For 21 seconds, whenever target foe attacks or uses a skill, Spiteful Spirit deals 37 shadow damage to that foe and all adjacent foes.
Energy:15 Cast:2 Recharge:10

Resurrection Signet ()
Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. You may use this Signet only once per mission.
Energy:0 Cast:3 Recharge:0

This build is what I use as SS in Sorrow's furnace, more or less same skills should apply to FoW/Uw but slight changes might be needed. If your team has some uber Minion master/bonder/healer that don't need blood ritual (rarely happens) you can substitute it with enfeebling blood or suffering.

Before battle starts cast Awaken blood and when warrior is rushing towards enemy activate Arcane echo. Then cast spiteful spirit on 2 different targets if you have a big group of melee enemies, against smaller groups 1 spiteful is enough and you can use the other on casters. Always try to use spiteful on the strongest target and/or to targets that aren't being targeted. If facing alot of melee enemies you can throw soothing images to tank after spitefuls have been cast, probably the enemies will then die without getting any special attacks in.

After spitefuls have been cast you either wait for it to recharge and then use it on enemy groups that don't have spiteful on them yet. Or if there's priests of sorrow in the enemy group cast spinal shivers on them, switch to your cold damage weapon and go close to them and just keep interrupting them. Also use spinal shivers against bosses but also put spiteful on bosses, this way you will interrupt their skills and they will kill themselves attacking but do not do this to bosses before regular enemies have been killed.

[titanfox]

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