The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Hybrid damage and Sustain
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: Secrets of the Obscure builds
Difficulty: Easy
Beginner friendly This build is beginner friendly.
This build was last updated on March 28, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
An easy to play core Celestial damage Minion Master Necromancer build for WvW roaming. The build has surprisingly high damage along with decent sustain, although it gets overwhelmed easily in outnumbered situations where minions don't last long and your lack of mobility will keep you from disengaging. It's also available for F2P players, albeit with weaker weapons.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Weapons
- If you don't own the Secrets of the Obscure expansion you're going to have to play with Scepter/Dagger instead of Pistol/Torch.
Utility
黑暗法池 over 
鬼灵影步 - you sacrifice your only stunbreak and some cleansing but gain a powerful defensive tool that can significantly mitigate incoming damage for you and your minions. Could also be used offensively for damage and Chill Chill.
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Equipment
Stats
- Running a full set of Trailblazer Trailblazer for maximum tankiness and more focus on condition damage also works.
Relics
寻路者古物 - you may choose to sacrifice the relic slot of the build for passive mobility, freeing up the rune slot for something better like 
超级陷阱师符文.
Consumables
Food
Utility
Usage
General
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Summon your minions before you mount up and leave spawn so they can be ready by the time you need to fight someone.
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Entering shroud is your primary method of surviving enemy focus.
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Both weapon sets (when playing with offhand Dagger) and even shroud has access to condition transfers, this is where most of your active cleansing comes from.
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唤灵腐化 provides steady passive cleansing as long as your minions live. If your minions are overwhelmed by conditions, the 
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 Celestial 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.
Related Builds
- Necromancer - Condi Minion Master - Conquest PvP version of the build.