SilentSnowdrop.1368 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I've been playing for...well, I had to take a break in there, but I finished Path of Fire yesterday, so long enough. In my time, I've discovered two things: one, I tend to end up running solo, and two, I die a lot. Doesn't matter if I'm Scourge or baseline Necro, I die. A lot. It's annoying. So I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on Trailblazer gear for Necromancers. I looked at Viper, and it's not really what I want--I prefer to be able to wear something down rather than kill it all in one go, because I am really, really bad at playing glass cannons. If you have another suggestion, I'd love to hear it; I have a lot of Marshal gear right now, but it's not really doing what I want either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justine.6351 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 The tankier you are the more sustain you will need. Trailblazers doesn't give sustain, it just lets you die slower. If you have HoT you might consider running a power reaper with blood/wells. Protection, Leeching and are supportive of allies. The leeching wells scale with more enemies too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSnowdrop.1368 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 > @"Justine.6351" said: > The tankier you are the more sustain you will need. What do you mean sustain? And I'm halfway into my Scourge specialization, so Reaper isn't exactly...helpful right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justine.6351 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 > @"SilentSnowdrop.1368" said: > > @"Justine.6351" said: > > The tankier you are the more sustain you will need. > > What do you mean sustain? And I'm halfway into my Scourge specialization, so Reaper isn't exactly...helpful right now. Health upkeep. Barrier should help from scourge but it is preemptive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSnowdrop.1368 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 @"Justine.6351" Ah, ok. Hmmm...I'm doing acceptably at being preemptive, and I do have vampiric aura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egorum.9506 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Take parasitic contagion in curses, now you never die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratpirat.6137 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I use trailblazer/dire/rabid mix with minions. Minionmaster is king in soloplay, the only annoyance is that minions aggro a lot. Minionreaper is also an option ift you have powergear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSnowdrop.1368 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 @"Egorum.9506" ...That...actually isn't a bad point. I'd have to drop Scourge, but...hm. @"Bratpirat.6137" I've been using minions a heck of a lot; I have the thing that makes your Minions give you toughness. What do you have each trait combo on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galmac.4680 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I'm running with trailblazor armor and viper weapons on my scourge and quite happy with that. Jewellery is mixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratpirat.6137 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 death magic 111 blood magic 233 <- this is where all the healing comes from curses 333 <- you can change this to reaper if you use power gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egorum.9506 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Eternal scourge fun times: curses 1, 3, 2. Soul reaping 1, 2, 3. Scourge 2, 2, 2. You can face roll your keys into any number of enemies and you will never, ever, die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aslakh.3072 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I disagree with Justine as Trailblazer helps with sustain alot as it has primary toughness that reduces damage taken and therefore makes any healing you do more effective. The health it gives does not help sustain but does give you more lifeforce and a greater buffer before you go down. Using Trailblazer armor to maximise condition damage specifically and then parasitic contagion to heal from it gives more than enough sustain to then focus on only damage traits and skills. Combined with toughness reducing the damage to your barriers makes you extremely resiliant. Conditions will ignore your toughness but with Nefarious favour clearing 2 conditions on a 4 sec cooldown and plague sending transfering 2 conditions on an already extremely good move, conditions are never a problem in pve I find. I find this build noticeably tankier than power reaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSnowdrop.1368 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 @"Bratpirat.6137" Thank you very much! @"Egorum.9506" I will try that too @"Aslakh.3072" Good to know. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchoku.8142 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 SS, I suggest you forget trailblazers. Use Carrion until you have Scourge and can try Shaman's. They are cheaper but, more importantly, you will not steal hate from your minions nearly as much, if ever. Toughness denotes a tank so the more you have, even with minions, the more often you will be focused. Your minions have lots of toughness for the very purpose of drawing aggro. Use them like that. With this, you should have an easier time and not die as much. Modify as you like. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vREQNArYWjM0QTN2WDe1A7NOCGqYSHAl7cGm6cQeCpQ6C-jRSAAByoPojDBAUK/A4BAQrSwgU/xjjAQP7PQxJAAA-e Ps Once you have Scourge... Well, Scourge has no synergy with minions. Either drop Curses and cripple your condi dps, Blood Magic's minion healing, or Death Magic's minion buffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSnowdrop.1368 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 @"Anchoku.8142" I've already invested in a mostly-Dire based set right now, but I will look into Shaman. I have at least one Shaman bit, so I will look into that. I've decided to drop an elite right now; I'm having better luck using a full core set. Ritual of Life has actually been saving my life, oddly enough, and Unholy Sanctuary works better on a normal Necromancers as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aslakh.3072 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Yea, Dire style gear isn't as helpful on scourge when running minions. I run Curses/SoulReaping/Scourge with Trailblazer so that you can maximise your damage to leech more with parasitic contagion. I find that build out does a minion build in both damage and defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchoku.8142 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Good luck, SilentSnowdrop. Feel free to link your build for review and comments. Dire is good for WvW condi builds so I recommend keeping it for that purpose, at least. Toughness decreases incoming damage but comes with some issues for Necromancer: 1.) Toughness draws aggro, 2.) Toughness is ignored by Agony, Vitality increases health pool and comes with these added benefits for Necromancer: 1.) Vitality also increases Life Force capacity, 2.) Vitality has some very small benefit against Agony because Agony saps Health by a percentage. Of course, Toughness and Vitality, together, make a person very resilient but the trade is for dps. Fortunately, minion dps is mostly independent of your own stat's and the minions will be a large portion of your damage and your defense. If you are not using Death Nova, remember to heal your minions during any battles. Blood Magic has several traits that can do this and staff's Mark of Blood has regeneration for you and your minions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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