Necromancer - Condi Minion Master

• Necromancer - Core MM Roamer - WvW version of the build.

Skill Variants

Utility

For the optional slot:

• 黑暗法池 - by far the most popular choice, acts as the primary defensive skill in the build. Doesn't break stun so it has to be used proactively, but it's great at shutting down melee while also putting pressure on them.

• 召唤血肉地虫 - stunbreak, mobility, minion synergy.

• 召唤骨魔 - if you want to go for the meme option and just sit back while your minion army does everything. Makes the build more passive, but also less forgiving. Very rarely seen at higher ratings.

Weapons

• Pistol over Scepter - Pistol is a faster weapon, which is quite handy in a build infamous for its long cast times. It works better under pressure and requires less setup. The only real weakness of Pistol is its reliance on projectiles, which could make it harder for you to pressure certain specs like Elementalists with off-hand Focus. Pistol is usually worth it, but requires the Secrets of the Obscure expansion so it's not an option for F2P players.

Elite

• 召唤血肉魔像 - more minion synergy, relatively low CD for an elite and some extra CC. You lose out on burst damage by dropping 巫妖形态 however.

Variants

• 幕化移除 makes your minions a bit more squishy but improves your condition cleansing.

Equipment Variants

Amulets

• 圣者项链 - this will lower your damage but give you better healing capabilities, mostly due to scaling up 鲜血输送. Your minions become more durable as a result.

Runes

• 幻象术士符文 - tanky amulet with good damage. Worse against conditions than Orr, but better vs direct damage.

Sigils

Scepter/Dagger

• 厄运法印 over 洁净法印 - if you don't need the condi removal and want to focus more on pressuring targets.

• 净化法印 over 暴露法印 - if you need better condi cleansing.

Relics

• 恶魔女王古物 - stronger healing reduction on 中毒 you apply, makes it a bit easier to kill tanky builds. 猞猁符文 should be considered with this relic in order to compensate for the loss of Wayfinder's mobility boost, but by doing so you're going to lose some damage as well as defense against conditions.

General

• MM Necro is viable both in teamfights and smaller skirmishes on side nodes.

• Use Scepter and 死亡之幕 to pressure enemies.

• Entering shroud is your primary method of surviving enemy focus.

  • Shroud is instant and you can enter/exit even while stunned, granting you a second health bar.
  • It procs 孱弱之血 which is a great way to apply AoE 虚弱 to melee enemies even while you're stunned, mitigating their damage.
  • 传播瘟疫 provides cleansing, and it can proc when Enfeebling Blood hits a target.

• Both weapon sets and even shroud has access to condition transfers, this is where most of your active cleansing comes from.

  • 致命虫群 on Scepter/Dagger.
  • 腐烂印记 on Staff.
  • 传播瘟疫 when you enter shroud.

• 唤灵腐化 provides steady passive cleansing as long as your minions live. If your minions are overwhelmed by conditions, a 鲜血输送 enhanced 腐烂印记 could bail them out.

• 巫妖形态 is where your burst damage comes from. With Carrion Amulet this skill still deals good Power damage on skill #1, and the elite even has some minion synergy. Having 激怒 from 狂怒渡化 is a plus.

• Let minions do their thing. Don't use the active of 召唤骸骨仆从 and 召唤血魔 as it kills the minions. Exceptions include sacrificing them for some value when they're about to die from damage, or squeezing out some burst damage from the Bone Fiend explosion combined with 死亡新星.

Pre-Game Life Force Stacking

• While waiting for the game to start, summon all of your minions. When the final 10 second countdown begins your minions will be killed as your skills are reset - their deaths generate Life Force for you.

• Just before the 10 second countdown starts, enter (right at the end of the ready up phase). When you're forced out of the form you'll get the LF for exiting the form.

• Resummon all of your minions starting with , and detonate them with for additional LF while you're summoning your other minions (detonating them is instant and can be cast while using other skills).

• is the last minion in the chain for summoning. You can't sacrifice this one. Now simply wait for Bone Minions and Blood Fiend to recharge and resummon them - don't sacrifice them this time around. They should be ready by the time you enter your first fight.