Guild Wars 2: Necromancer Guide

This Guild Wars 2 guide will give you tips on the necromancer. The magician summons creatures from the underworld to defeat his opponents.

Guild Wars 2: Equipment of the Necromancer

As a necromancer you only wear light armor, which is why you have to do without a large defense:

Weapons: You have access to a large arsenal of weapons. In addition to the ax, dagger, scepter and staff, you carry focus or war horn in the back of your hand. With all weapons, you can conjure up skills from ranged combat. The special thing about the staff: They conjure up signs on the floor that trigger various effects such as bleeding or fear when they come into contact with the opponent.
Underwater: Equip yourself with a trident and a spear to fight in the water.
Armor: Similar to the thief, you mainly wear armor with the berserk attribute. This gives you strength, precision and additional damage to your critical hits.

Necromancers rely on the enemy to steal life. You can also do this with your summonable servants:

Fountain: With the fountain you support your group. How to remove states with "Fountain of Power" and add "Fountain of Corruption" to the opponent.
Seals: Like other classes, you also have seals that have a passive and an active effect. For example, equip "Seal of Malice" for more damage. "Seal of Undeath" is recommended for more vitality.
Servants: As a necromancer, you are sometimes dependent on your servants. "Meatworm", "Bone Servant" and the "Bone Devil" support you in the fight. The "blood monster" even heals you with his attacks.

In terms of properties, you should of course skillet what suits you. The following builds can inspire you:

Such a build is worthwhile for direct damage: the properties are designed for direct damage so that you can achieve high damage peaks.
As a necromancer, you play with bleeding, poison, and other conditions that you inflict on your opponent. With this build, you build the damage done by your conditions.

In our practical tips you will also find guides to engineers or warriors.