Boon Ripper Core Necromancer: Guild Wars 2 PvP Guide
Build Overview
The Boon Ripper core Necromancer focuses on Teamfight DPS, and specifically high single target burst on bunker oriented enemies. The main focus of this build is to have a single target and remove their positive effects while dealing incredible damage.
This build also has significant mobility thanks to the Signet of the Locust as well as a plethora of defensive, movement capable skills.
Weapons
The weapon choice for this build will be Axe/Focus paired with a Staff. The Axe deals incredible damage while putting on heavy stacks of vulnerability. The main damage ability is Ghastly Claws, try to use this when your target has high vulnerability stacks as this deals more damage when they are high. Unholy feast works well within close range to cripple foes and remove a few boons. The focus is another source of high spike damage with Spinal Shivers which removes 3 boons while dealing heavy damage based off of the amount od boons removed.
Your other weapon set is the Staff which works amazing as a range damage poke and defensive weapon choice as Putrid Mark removes conditions when triggered while Reapers Mark deals good spike damage and fears enemies. Use this when you need to have some separation from enemies or need to cleanse conditions.
Skills
The skills for this build focus on improving mobility and survivability for the Necromancer. Consume Conditions doubles as a healing skill and a strong condition cleansing ability which conditions are difficult for us to handle. Summon Flesh Worm is one of the best stun break abilities for this build as it teleports you to wherever (or towards) the spot that the flesh wurm was summoned. Spectral Walk doubles as a stun break but also as a juking ability. After used, it can be clicked again to teleport back to the place that you initially started! You can use this teleport to misdirection enemies or by jumping off ledges and teleporting back.
Signet of the Locust has a primary use of the 25% movement speed, but can be utilized to heal quickly and increased healing for each enemy hit. This ALSO removes boons! Your Elite Skill Lich Form focuses on heavy damage through critical hits, while also bolstering your HP by sapping life from enemies and reducing their total HP.
Traitlines
The traitlines for the Boon Strip build look to improve overall survivability while severely boosting damage in and out of your shroud ability. The Spite traitline improves Axes and focus, while dealing more damage to targets with no boons. Death Magic improves the shroud capability by offering toughness, power and even health regeneration whilst inside. Soul Reaping enhances the shroud even more giving mobility, while improving damage massively.
Amulet, Rune, and Sigils
The main choice for Amulet is the Maurader Amulet. This choice gives us well rounded damage as well as a decent boost in vitality. Your Rune of the Fighter is a great choice for overall toughness increase while also giving some great free might when using Consume Conditions.
Your sigils focus on improving the weapon choices you have. The Axe/Focus have Sigil of Revocation removes a boon on hit furthering our overall lock down damage, while Sigil of Intelligence guarantees free critical hit damage when swapping to this set.
Sigil of Cleansing and Sigil of Energy are mainly defensive options for the staff which is essentially our main focus when in this set. The fears and condition cleansing on top of the regeneration work well in conjunction with our sigils.
Build Style
The Boon Strip Necromancer has a heavy emphasis on focusing singular targets and removing all boons from them and eliminate them with heavy shroud damage. Utilizing the focus ability Spinal Shivers in conjunction with Sigil of Revocation you can essentially remove all boons from most targets.
The mobility and stun break skills focus on giving you survivability and misdirection for a number of situations. Aside from Spectral Walk, entering shroud grants swiftness on top of the bonus movement speed. Use these tools to escape, rotate and otherwise survive!
Your healing use can be used liberally as you can cleanse yourself significantly while providing a massive chunk of HP back to you.
You have a emergency button in your Unholy Sanctuary as if your HP hits zero it’ll automatically out you into shroud. Once in shroud you’ll start regenerating health fairly quickly.
Lastly Lich Form can be used after you’ve done damage in shroud and while you still have the 10% buff from the master trait Soul Barbs in the Soul Reaping traitline. Your main damage in here is going to be Deathly Claws, Summon Madness, and Grim Specter abilities. Once you are done in lich form you also receive a massive lofe force boost, allowing you to get back into shroud again!
