死灵法师 Necromancer - Core Power

技能 Skill Bar

武器变体 Weapon Variants

利斧 is mandatory和 聚能器 is very good too. In the other weapon set, 匕首+ 匕首 is decent, but other options can be considered.

• 法杖 - good AoE, long range, and utility, but low damage. Good for tagging mobs in groups.
• 战号 - very weak damage, but good crowd control.

Players with Weaponmaster Training with the Secrets of the Obscure expansion should use 巨剑 和 利斧+ 聚能器。

Skill Variant

provides good damage and Vulnerability application, try to not remove it. is another great damage option, but can be swapped for some utility. is a generic stun break that may also provide life force. These are other skills you can consider using:

• - pull enemies to you to cleave them down.
• - useful for teleporting to places you normally can't reach with its active skill 。
• - alternative, passive DPS option.
• - a friend with low damage and decent HP.
• - destroys projectiles.
• - alternative stun break that also removes conditions.

特性 Specializations

• The choice of third specialization doesn't matter much. Curses is decent as it provides Fury： 。 You can instead use Blood Magic：some support or Death Magic：some defense.
• If levelling up, unlock the specializations in this order: Spite， Soul Reaping 和 Curses。

装备 Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required. This build uses gear similar to Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS，making it ideal for general PVE.

• 和 are interchangeable.
• You can use other relics such as 或 ，or deffensive ones such as 或 。
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.
• Players with Weaponmaster Training with the Secrets of the Obscure expansion should use 巨剑 和 利斧+ 聚能器 和 ，or ，or 。

使用说明 Usage

Damage

• Your highest damage skills are ，which deals extra damage for each stack of Vulnerability that the enemy has; ，which deals extra damage if the enemy has boons; and ，which triggers an additional strike against enemies below 50% health. All of this together with your wells 和 。
  • Ideally, open with your wells plus to inflict 5 Vulnerability and regain some life force, followed by ， 和 。 Then, enter shroud and use 和 ，followed by shroud auto attacks 。 This skill pierces enemies, so position yourself accordingly.
• Go in and out of shroud periodically to trigger 和 。 Though, ideally, you would only stay out of shroud to use your high damage skills and regain some life force, before going back into shroud, as Shroud has a stronger autoattack.
• Your biggest sourcess of life force are ，，and dagger auto attacks 。 Nearby deaths also provide life force, but finish off enemies outside of shroud, since you don't gain life force from nearby deaths while inside shroud.
• You have a lot of boon removal. Prioritise using ：that, due to its high damage, but know that you also have 和 。

Weaponmaster Training damage breakdown

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Defense

The best defense in Guild Wars 2 is evading attacks. To this end, be sure you are positioning and dodging correctly, and practice doing so consistently. Sometimes, extra defense may be needed. For this purpose:

• CC enemies to stop them from attacking
• - AoE blind
• - stunbreak + Protection
• - condition cleanse; be careful as this applys 5 stacks of Vulnerability to yoursel for 4 seconds on use, making you take +5% increased damage for a brief period of time.
• - allows you to apply consistent Weakness to enemies; this is a massive damage reduction on non-defiant enemies.

Crowd Control

• - fear ticks Defiance Break much more quickly than other conditions.
• - if using warhorn
• Soft crowd control from 或 。