Everyone; help me out please!

Plastiqq

Plastiqq

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

[ILL] Nervous Breakdown

W/R

So a while back I was interested in making a MM, but then i started to get into HoH and GvG a lot more and realized a MM isn't the best choice...

I have Bortak's Bone Staff and I want to put it to use. Will someone please help me with a build so that I can find a use for my staff.

Death Magic seems almost useless...

mortalis doleo

mortalis doleo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

my house

The Cutting Edge [TCE]

N/

i dont really know the staff's stats, but for GvG/HoH/PvP purposes, a PvP weapon is probably best.
if the staff is blood-based, i guess you could be a blood spiker or degen, but for PvP, curses is the way to go...
if the staff is, infact, curses, you could go for an FoC spike build, an SS build or anything from the curses line that can support your team's build...

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

there are other death magic skills you can use besides minion master related things. my suggestion is 'create your own build' using different skills in death magic

Hendorr

Hendorr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Enschede

W.o.F.

N/Me

A Minnion master can be pretty good in de HoH, minnion factories are strong. You can farm good with a MM too (no solo farming though). So I would say keep your MM for a while then go for curses. Curses is the strongest attrib in PvP, atleast thats my opinion.

Plastiqq

Plastiqq

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

[ILL] Nervous Breakdown

W/R

What should I take for secondary as a MM?

Ranger?

kdhoney44

kdhoney44

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

Currently vacationing in reality....

Sith Jedi [SJ]

I use monk as my sceondary for my MM and usually mesmer for my curses

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

i use monk for both

Undead Preacher

Undead Preacher

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Scribes of Cantha (USoC)

N/

If you still wanna be a death necro.... try the Dark Bomber build!

Hendorr

Hendorr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Enschede

W.o.F.

N/Me

I don't use my 2nd prof if I'm MM. Many ppl use heal area, but you have the same effect with blood of the master.

This is what I use:
Death Magic: 12+3+1
Blood Magic: 9+1
Soul Reaping: 9+1

Skills:
1. Deathly Swarm
2. Blood of The Master
3. Verata's Sacrifice
4. Taste of Death
5. Dark Bond
6. Animate Bone Fiend
7. Offering of Blood
8. Rez Signet

This build works, it's not the best build there is, but it works.

Plastiqq

Plastiqq

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

[ILL] Nervous Breakdown

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Undead Preacher
If you still wanna be a death necro.... try the Dark Bomber build! What's that? Are you referring to the Dark Aura build? I didn't think that would very effective in HoH or GvG.

holden

holden

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

[NICE]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Plastiqq
What's that? Are you referring to the Dark Aura build? I didn't think that would very effective in HoH or GvG. http://www.gwkb.org/cBuild.php?mode=Show&ID=670

this dark aura build is.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hendorr
You can farm good with a MM too (no solo farming though).
Oh hell yes you can solo as a MM! I can solo the entire game upto Port Sledge as a regular MM.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hendorr
I don't use my 2nd prof if I'm MM. Many ppl use heal area, but you have the same effect with blood of the master.

This is what I use:
Death Magic: 12+3+1
Blood Magic: 9+1
Soul Reaping: 9+1

Skills:
1. Deathly Swarm
2. Blood of The Master
3. Verata's Sacrifice
4. Taste of Death
5. Dark Bond
6. Animate Bone Fiend
7. Offering of Blood
8. Rez Signet People are missing the point of Heal Area. Not only does it heal minions, it heals YOU. So you can drop Taste of Death, and still have a heal spell without losing minions in the process.

OoB, VS, BotM are all Sacrifice spells. Heal Area repairs the sacrifice damage so you can be very liberal in your usage of these spells, without having to wait and regen, or eat a minion.

And another thing... if you are running a Monk secondary, why are you still using Rez Signet? Use a renewable rez like Vengeance or Rebirth.

EDIT: I see now that you didn't say you were /Mo. But still, a monk secondary offers more that HA.

Hendorr

Hendorr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Enschede

W.o.F.

N/Me

Good poinst there, Carinae. I'll edit my build then. I'm most of time curses and I said it was a pretty good build, I never said it was "tha bomb". Anyway thanks for your advice, I'll try your ideas.
You want me to replace Taste of Death with Heal Area then?
BTW... Rez signet is the best in PvP and when you're in a MF-team you don't want to use rebirth, in PvE I always use rebirth when I'm monk secondary

BBoy_Manchild

BBoy_Manchild

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

dayton ohio

N/Mo

i still stand by ranger being the best MM secondary
healing spring heals more over time then heal area and serpent quickness makes fiends and verata sac recharge faster, your verata will recharge before the effect wears off, its great

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Yea, yea, I'm working on N/R. I need to get my Spider though.

sno

sno

Look into the Eye.

Join Date: Oct 2005

Detroit, Mi

Oh No Not These Guys [uhoh]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood
without having to wait and regen, or eat a minion. I lol'd when I read that

Archaeus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

The DeathWatch Guild

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood
Oh hell yes you can solo as a MM! I can solo the entire game upto Port Sledge as a regular MM. I can hardly get past Ascalon with my N/Mo - what build are you running for a solo N/Mo

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Vamp Gaze
Offering of Blood
Horrors
Fiends
Verata's Sacrifice
Blood of the Master
Heal Area
Vengeance (not used for soloing)

Hendorr

Hendorr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Enschede

W.o.F.

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by BBoy_Manchild
i still stand by ranger being the best MM secondary
healing spring heals more over time then heal area and serpent quickness makes fiends and verata sac recharge faster, your verata will recharge before the effect wears off, its great Thats a great idea, do you have a thread about this?
Love the ranger idea. I spider would look really good with a necro as his master.

Fungus Amongus

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

This is another viable solo build:

Glints Bane

Glints Bane

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I sleep

The Almond Brothers [Bros]

N/

Dude even thuogh you have death staff that dosnt limit you to death. You can do blood and death or forget the staff and be able to change builds when needed. I'm not sayin a MM is bad but its good to be able to change and do other stuff like solo necro or SS/SV or degen or Dark bomber. Dont limit yourself to a MM just because you got the wep for it. its easy to get a collector wep for whatever you need.