Necromancer

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Level 80

Weapon Sets, Skills & Effects

  • Fire Attunement10
    Attunement. Attune to fire, gaining heavy damage and burning abilities.
  • Water Attunement10
    Attunement. Attune to water, gaining superior support and healing abilities.
  • Air Attunement10
    Attunement. Attune to air, gaining heavy damage and control abilities.
  • Earth Attunement10
    Attunement. Attune to earth, gaining superior damage-over-time and defensive abilities.
  • Death Shroud10
    Death Shroud. Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
    Fury: 5 s
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  • 0
    Might: 15 s
    • 0
  • 0
    Might: 15 s
    • 0
  • 0
    Might: 15 s
    • 0
  • 0
    Might: 15 s
    • 0
  • Virtue of Justice25
    Virtue. Burn foes with every fifth attack.
    Activate: You and your allies inflict burning on the next attack.
    Burning: 2 s (328 damage) (passive)Burning: 5 s (1640 damage) (active)
  • Virtue of Resolve50
    Virtue. Regenerates health.
    Activate: Heal yourself and nearby allies.
    Passive Regeneration: 3 sHealing: 84
  • Virtue of Courage75
    Virtue. Grants aegis every 40 seconds.
    Activate: Grant aegis to yourself and nearby allies.
    Aegis: 5 s
  • Mind Wrack12
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.
    Damage: 280Damage (2x): 378Damage (3x): 492Range: 1,200
  • Cry of Frustration25
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, confusing nearby foes.
    Confusion: 3 s (65 damage on skill use)Damage: 80Range: 1,200
  • Diversion38
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.
    Daze: 1 sRange: 1,200
  • Distortion50
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, gaining distortion for each one shattered.
    Distortion: 1 sRange: 1,200
  • Death Shroud10
    Death Shroud. Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
    Fury: 5 s
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    Might: 15 s
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    Might: 15 s
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    Might: 15 s
  • 0
    Might: 15 s
  • Steal30
    Steal. Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.
    Range: 1,200
  • Death Shroud10
    Death Shroud. Assume a spectral form and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.
    Fury: 5 s
  • Necrotic Grasp¾
    Send out a grasping hand that damages foes in a line and grants you life force.
    Damage: 246Life force: 4%Combo Finisher: Projectile (20% chance)Range: 1,200
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      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Mark of Blood¾ 5
    Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.
    Damage: 111Regeneration: 5 s (650 health)x2Bleeding: 8 s (1020 damage)Radius: 240
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Chilblains¾ 16
    Mark. Inscribe a mark that chills foes when they trigger it, and leaves a poisonous area.
    Damage: 185Chilled: 4 sx3Poison: 5 s (504 damage)Radius: 240Combo Field: PoisonRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Putrid Mark¾ 20
    Mark. Inscribe a mark that transfers conditions from allies to foes when they trigger it.
    Damage: 444Radius: 240Combo Finisher: BlastRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Reaper's Mark¾ 32
    Mark. Inscribe a mark that causes fear when foes trigger it.
    Damage: 92Fear: 1 sRadius: 240Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Signet of Vampirism1¼ 28
    Signet Passive: Heal when struck by a foe.
    Signet Active: Heal yourself and mark a foe. Allied players will siphon life from that enemy.
    Active Life Siphon Damage: 265Active Life Siphon Heal: 392Initial Self Heal: 3,960Passive Heal: 325x25Vampiric Mark(5s): Life is siphoned when struck by players.Passive Heal Cooldown: 1 sRange: 1,200Might: 15 s
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      Might: 15 s
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      Might: 15 s
  • Plague Signet24
    Signet Passive: Transfers conditions from nearby allies to yourself.
    Signet Active: Send your conditions to a foe.
    Passive Radius: 1200Breaks stunRange: 1,200Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Signet of the Locust¾ 24
    Signet Passive: Movement speed increased by 25%.
    Signet Active: Steal health from nearby foes.
    Passive effect: 25% movement speedDamage: 158Healing: 778Radius: 480Range: 1,200Might: 15 s
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      Might: 15 s
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      Might: 15 s
  • Spectral Armor60
    Spectral. Gain life force as you take damage. Removed when you enter Death Shroud. Also applies protection.
    Protection: 6 sSpectral Armor (6 s): Gain 8% Life Force when taking damage. (1 second internal cooldown)Breaks stun
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
  • Plague180
    Corruption. Become a virulent cloud and inflict multiple conditions on foes you touch.
    Damage: 75x3Stability: 3 s (per pulse)Poison: 2 s (84 damage)Self-Bleeding (10s): 425 DamageDuration: 20Radius: 240
    • 0
      Might: 15 s
    • 0
      Might: 15 s

Boons & Effects

  • Aegis
    Block the next attack.
  • Fury
    20% critical chance increase. Stacks in duration.
  • Might
    X damage per attack increase. Stacks intensity.
  • Protection
    33% damage reduction. Stacks in duration.
  • Regeneration
    Regenerates X health per second. Stacks in duration.
  • Retaliation
    Does X damage to an opponent each time they hit you. Stacks in duration.
  • Stability
    Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, or feared.
  • Swiftness
    33% movement speed increase. Stacks in duration.
  • Vigor
    Faster endurance regeneration. Stacks in duration.
  • Quickness
    Makes all skills and actions 50% faster.
  • Resistance
    Resistance temporarily negates the affected target of all effects caused by conditions.
  • Distortion
    Allows mesmers to evade attacks for some time.
  • Frenzy
    Increases damage taken by 25%. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
  • Frosty Armor
    Chills foes that hit you.
  • Haste
    Regenerate endurance at 50% effectiveness when under the effects of this skill. It's typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
  • Invulnerability
    Prevents the target from taking damage or receiving conditions. It is also placed on rallied players for one second.
  • Quickening Zephyr
    Prevents healing. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
  • Rejuvenation
    Regenerates health. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession through the Virtue of Resolve.
  • Smiting
    Causes every fifth attack to apply burning. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession.
  • Stealth
    Allows the user to be invisible to enemy players and avoid being spotted by enemy NPCs.

Conditions

  • Bleeding
    Bleeding is a stackable condition that deals damage over time.
  • Blind
    Causes the target's next hit to miss instead.
  • Burning
    Inflicts X damage per second. Stacks in duration.
  • Chilled
    Reduces movement speed and skill recharge by 66%. Stacks in duration.
  • Confusion
    Inflicts X damage each time a foe uses skill. Stacks in intensity.
  • Crippled
    Crippled is a condition which decreases movement speed by 50%. Stacks in duration.
  • Fear
    Causes the target to run directly away from the caster.
  • Immobilized
    Immobilized is a condition which prevents movement and dodging. Victims also can't turn. Stacks in duration.
  • Poison
    Inflicts X damage per second. Reduces outgoing heals by 33%. Stacks in duration.
  • Torment
    Deals damage every second; deals additional damage if moving; stacks intensity.
  • Vulnerability
    Increases damage the target takes by 1%. Stacks in intensity.
  • Weakness
    Causes 50% of attacks to be glancing and reduces endurance regeneration by 50%. Stacks in duration.
  • Slow
    Slow is a condition that reduces the activation time of skills and abilities.
  • Agony
    Agony is an effect unique to Fractals of the Mists that removes a percentage of the player's health every second and reduces received healing by ~50%.

Control

  • Break Stun
    Stun break is an effect which can break control effects on a character.
  • Daze
    Interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time.
  • Float
    Forces the affected target(s) to move towards the surface.
  • Knockdown
    Interrupts and causes the foe to be unable to move or use skills for a short duration. Knocked down foes fall to the ground.
  • Launch
    Interrupts and tosses a character into the air.
  • Pull
    Shortens the distance between the user and the foe by drawing one of them to another. If a foe is pulled, this can result in an interrupt.
  • Push
    Physically pushes foes away from the player and interrupts them.
  • Sink
    Forces the affected target(s) to move away from the surface.
  • Stun
    Interrupts, immobilizes, and incapacitates foes for a short duration.
  • Teleport
    Teleport (alternatively, flash) is a mechanic that causes the user or target(s) to instantly move from one location to another.
  • Taunt
    Taunt is a control effect that forces the affected target to run towards the source of taunt with all skills except stun breakers disabled while using their auto-attack skill.

Fields & Finishers

  • Dark Field
    Dark Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Blindness
    Leap Finisher: Blindness
    Projectile Finisher: Life stealing
    Whirl Finsher: Leeching Bolts
  • Ethereal Field
    Ethereal Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Chaos Armor
    Leap Finisher: Chaos Armor
    Projectile Finisher: Confusion
    Whirl Finsher: Confounding Bolts
  • Fire Field
    Fire Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Might
    Leap Finisher: Fire Shield
    Projectile Finisher: Burning
    Whirl Finsher: Burning Bolts
  • Ice Field
    Ice Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Frost Aura
    Leap Finisher: Frost Aura
    Projectile Finisher: Chilled
    Whirl Finsher: Chilling Bolts
  • Light Field
    Light Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Retaliation
    Leap Finisher: Retaliation
    Projectile Finisher: Remove Condition
    Whirl Finsher: Cleansing Bolts
  • Lightning Field
    Lightning Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Swiftness
    Leap Finisher: Dazing Strike
    Projectile Finisher: Vulnerability
    Whirl Finsher: Brutal Bolts
  • Poison Field
    Poison Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Weakness
    Leap Finisher: Weakness
    Projectile Finisher: Poison
    Whirl Finsher: Poison Bolts
  • Smoke Field
    Smoke Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Stealth
    Leap Finisher: Stealth
    Projectile Finisher: Blindness
    Whirl Finsher: Blinding Bolts
  • Water Field
    Water Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Healing
    Leap Finisher: Healing
    Projectile Finisher: Regeneration
    Whirl Finsher: Healing Bolts
  • Super Speed
    Activate your slick shoes, enabling you to move at superior speeds.
  • Revealed
    Revealed is an effect applied when stealth is broken, for example by entering combat or exiting a Shadow Refuge circle prematurely.
Combo
  • Blast Finisher
    Blast Combo Effects

    Dark: Area Blindness
    Ethereal: Area Chaos Armor
    Fire: Area Might
    Ice: Area Frost Aura
    Light: Area Retaliation
    Lightning: Area Swiftness
    Poison: Area Weakness
    Smoke: Area Stealth
    Water: Area Healing
  • Leap Finisher
    Leap Combo Effects

    Dark: Blindness
    Ethereal: Chaos Armor
    Fire: Fire Shield
    Ice: Frost Aura
    Light: Retaliation
    Lightning: Dazing Strike
    Poison: Weakness
    Smoke: Stealth
    Water: Healing
  • Projectile Finisher
    Projectile Combo Effects

    Dark: Life stealing
    Ethereal: Confusion
    Fire: Burning
    Ice: Chilled
    Light: Remove Condition
    Lightning: Vulnerability
    Poison: Poison
    Smoke: Blindness
    Water: Regeneration
  • Whirl Finisher
    Whirl Combo Effects

    Dark: Leeching Bolts
    Ethereal: Confounding Bolts
    Fire: Burning Bolts
    Ice: Chilling Bolts
    Light: Cleansing Bolts
    Lightning: Brutal Bolts
    Poison: Poison Bolts
    Smoke: Blinding Bolts
    Water: Healing Bolts

Traits

Soul Reaping

  • Gluttony
    Increase life force gain from skills by 10%.
    • Unyielding Blast
      Shroud skill 1 pierces an inflicts 2 stacks of vulnerability for 10 seconds to targets it hits. Increased number of targets pierced to 5 from 4.
    • Soul Marks
      Mark skills are now unblockable and generate 3% life force when triggered.
    • Speed of Shadows
      Increases movement speed while in shroud by 25% and decreases recharge of shroud by 30%.
  • Last Gasp
    Gain Spectral Armor when your health falls below the threshold (50%).
    • Spectral Mastery
      Reduces recharge of spectral skills by 20% and increases duration by 50%. Additionally, when you activate a spectral skill you gain 5% life force.
    • Vital Persistence
      Life force drains 50% slower while in shroud and the recharge of shroud skills is reduced by 15%.
    • Fear of Death
      Fear duration is 50% longer. When you are downed, fear foes around you for 1s.
  • Strength of Undeath
    Increases maximum life force pool by 15%. While above 50% lifeforce you deal 5% additional damage.
    • Foot in the Grave
      When you enter shroud gain 1 stack of stability for 3 seconds and break out of stun.
    • Death Perception
      While you are in shroud you have an additional 50% chance to critical hit.
    • Dhuumfire
      Shroud skill 1 inflicts 1 stack of burning for 3 seconds when it hits.

Curses

  • Barbed Precision
    Critical hits have a 33% chance to inflict bleeding. The duration of your applied bleeding stacks is increased by 20%.
    • Terrifying Descent
      When you take falling damage, inflict fear for 1 second on nearby foes. Reduces fall damage by 50%.
    • Plague Sending
      When you have 3 or more conditions on you your next critical hit casts Plague Signet on your target. This trait benefits from the recharge bonus of Signets of Suffering.
    • Chilling Darkness
      Blinding a foe inflicts chill on them for 2 seconds. 5-second internal cooldown
  • Furious Demise
    When you enter shroud, gain fury for 5 seconds.
    • Master of Corruption
      Reduces recharge of corruption skills by 33% but causes corruption skills to apply additional conditions to you when cast. (Condition applied varies per skill.)
    • Path of Corruption
      Shroud skill 2 converts boons on struck foes to conditions.
    • Terror
      Causes fear to deal damage per second scaling with your condition damage stat. Damage is increased vs foes that have at least one other condition on them.
  • Target the Weak
    Your critical hit chance is increased by 2% for each condition on your target. Additionally you gain condition damage equal to 13% of your precision.
    • Weakening Shroud
      Critical hits inflict weakness for 5 seconds (10s ICD). When you enter shroud cast Enfeeble on nearby foes (Enfeeble is functionally identical to the dagger skill Enfeebling Blood.)
    • Parasitic Contagion
      You are healed for 10% of your outgoing condition damage.
    • Lingering Curse
      Gain 150 condition damage while wielding a scepter. The base duration of all scepter conditions is increased by 50%.

Spite

  • Reaper’s Might
    Shroud skill 1 grants 1 stack of might for 15 seconds.
    • Spiteful Talisman
      Reduces focus skill recharges by 20%. Increase damage to foes with no boons by 5%.
    • Spiteful Renewal
      Striking a foe below 25% health consumes a condition from you and heals you when the condition is removed. (ICD 5s)
    • Bitter Chill
      Inflicting chill on a foe also inflicts 3 stacks of vulnerability for 8 seconds.
  • Death’s Embrace
    Increases damage while downed by 25%. Striking foes below 33% health inflicts 1 stack of vulnerability for 5 seconds.
    • Chill of Death
      Cast the focus skill Spinal Shivers when attacking a foe below 50% health. This trait now benefits from the recharge bonus of Spiteful Talisman.
    • Rending Shroud
      While in shroud apply 3 stacks of vulnerability for 10 seconds to foes around you.
    • Unholy Fervor
      Reduces recharge of axe skills by 20% and deal 10% more damage to vulnerable foes.
  • Siphoned Power
    Striking a foe below 50% health grants 2 stacks for might for 10 seconds. (1s ICD)
    • Signets of Suffering
      Reduces recharge of signet skills by 20%. Signets grant 3 stacks of might for 15 seconds on cast and convert up to 2 boons on affected foes to conditions.
    • Close to Death
      Increases 20% damage to enemies below the health threshold (50%).
    • Spiteful Spirit
      Entering shroud casts the axe skill Unholy Feast. This trait benefits from the recharge bonus of Unholy Fervor.

Stats

Primary Stats

  • Health 24812 (+5600)
  • Vitality 1560 (+560)
  • Armor 2480 (+560)
  • Toughness 1560 (+560)
  • Attack 2846 (+735)
  • Power 1735 (+735)
  • Critical Hit 31% (+31%)
  • Precision 1560 (+560)

Secondary Stats

  • Condition Damage 763 (+763)
  • Critical Damage 37% (+37%)
  • Damage 1111 (+0%)
  • Defense 920 (+0)
  • Ferocity 560 (+560)
  • Healing Power 560 (+560)
  • Might Duration 45% (+45%)
  • Movement Speed 25% (+25%)

Active Stat Bonuses

Food Nourishment

Duration:

Utility Nourishment

Duration:

Active Boons

(Click to activate a Boon or change the Intensity amount.)
  • Fury
    20% critical chance increase. Stacks in duration.
  • Might
    X damage per attack increase. Stacks intensity.
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  • Protection
    33% damage reduction. Stacks in duration.
  • Regeneration
    Regenerates X health per second. Stacks in duration.
  • Retaliation
    Does X damage to an opponent each time they hit you. Stacks in duration.
  • Swiftness
    33% movement speed increase. Stacks in duration.
  • Vigor
    Faster endurance regeneration. Stacks in duration.

World vs World Bonuses

(Click to activate bonus and change the Intensity amount.)
  • Energetic
    Faster Endurance Gain
    0
  • Scavenger
    Bonus Gold Per Kill
    0
  • Robust
    Maximum Health Increase
    0
  • Wisdom
    Bonus Experience Per Kill
    0
  • Medic
    Healing Effectiveness Increase
    0

Runes, Sigils, Accessories & Jewels

Armor & Runes

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    PvP Rune of Strength
    1. Power: 25
    2. Might Duration: 10%
    3. Power: 50
    4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
    5. Power: 100
    6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
    Infusion
      0
        PvP Rune of Strength
        1. Power: 25
        2. Might Duration: 10%
        3. Power: 50
        4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
        5. Power: 100
        6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
        Infusion
          0
            PvP Rune of Strength
            1. Power: 25
            2. Might Duration: 10%
            3. Power: 50
            4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
            5. Power: 100
            6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
            Infusion
              0
                PvP Rune of Strength
                1. Power: 25
                2. Might Duration: 10%
                3. Power: 50
                4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
                5. Power: 100
                6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
                Infusion
                  0
                    PvP Rune of Strength
                    1. Power: 25
                    2. Might Duration: 10%
                    3. Power: 50
                    4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
                    5. Power: 100
                    6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
                    Infusion
                      0
                        PvP Rune of Strength
                        1. Power: 25
                        2. Might Duration: 10%
                        3. Power: 50
                        4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
                        5. Power: 100
                        6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
                        Infusion

                          Rune Stat Totals

                          • Power 175
                          • Might Duration 45%

                          Rune Bonuses

                          PvP Rune of Strength
                          1. Power: 25
                          2. Might Duration: 10%
                          3. Power: 50
                          4. +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
                          5. Power: 100
                          6. +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.

                          Accessories & Jewels

                          Celestial Amulet
                          • Power: 560
                          • Precision: 560
                          • Toughness: 560
                          • Vitality: 560
                          • Condition Damage: 560
                          • Healing Power: 560
                          • Ferocity: 560
                          (Infused)
                          0
                            (Infused)
                              (Infused)
                                (Infused)
                                0
                                  (Infused)
                                  0
                                    (Infused)

                                    Accessory Totals

                                    • Power:560
                                    • Precision:560
                                    • Toughness:560
                                    • Vitality:560
                                    • Condition Damage:560
                                    • Healing Power:560
                                    • Ferocity:560

                                    Weapon Set Sigils

                                    Sigil of Superior Energy
                                    You gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 9s)
                                    Infusion
                                      Infusion
                                        Sigil of Superior Doom
                                        You deal poison on your next attack for 8 seconds after you swap to this weapon while in combat.
                                        Infusion

                                          Weapon Set I

                                          Sigil of Superior Energy

                                          You gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 9s)

                                          Sigil of Superior Doom

                                          You deal poison on your next attack for 8 seconds after you swap to this weapon while in combat.
                                          Sigil of Superior Leeching
                                          Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health.
                                          Infusion
                                            Infusion
                                              Sigil of Superior Strength
                                              60% chance to apply might for 10s on critical. (Cooldown 1 second)
                                              Infusion

                                                Weapon Set II

                                                Sigil of Superior Leeching

                                                Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health.

                                                Sigil of Superior Strength

                                                60% chance to apply might for 10s on critical. (Cooldown 1 second)
                                                Infusion
                                                  Infusion
                                                    Infusion
                                                      Infusion

                                                        Water Weapon I

                                                        Water Weapon II