n/mes anti-warrior/ranger

darkhorse!

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

ok my build is-
12 to blood with a sup rune ill get 15
10 illusion
the rest to curse and a minor or major curse rune
and add sup vigor for lost of hp

for blood ill use life transfer to get my health in good shape and i wonder if i can spam with life siphon then ok

and illusion ill cast conjure and some other skill

and curse well ill use faint and weaken armor

gwnewbie

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Rabid Dogs From Hell - Grr

W/Mo

If your doing an anti warrior necro you might want to consider enfeeble + insidious parasite. I currently have a n/mes with points in blood, curses, and soul reaping. I use vampiric gaze, an elite(depends on which arena, sometimes well of power or life transfer), life siphon, shadow of fear, blood ritual, enfeeble, and insidious parasite (plus a rez sig).

Now this is a very effective warrior shutdown however you need a mesmer on your team to balance out your weakness to elementalists.

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

I don't understand the efficiency of anti-'anything' that isn't mesmer primary with fast cast.

A necro who doesn't use his Soul Reaping will die fiercely at the hands of the mesmers doing the same thing. [well, if not die at their hands, be out casted. If a Necro with maxed stats and no primary stat, vs. a Mesmer with fast casting and slightly lower stats duel, the mesmer's team will prevail due to the mesmer landing all the nastier hexes first...]

It's fun casting Diversion to COUNTER someone... ^_^ Fast casting isn't just there for convenience...

"In a duel vs. other casters, fast casting will give you the edge..."

Read that in a strategy guide somewhere and it makes sense. Hexes cast slow as hell anyway, why not beef them out?

Zeru

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Some skill suggestions to help you get started.

Anti-caster tools:
Power * (interrupts)
Diversion (amazing)
Backfire (meh)
Guilt/Shame
Energy Drain
Energy Tap
Arcane Connundrum
Chaos Storm
Echo
Arcane Echo

There obviously are more and I probably missed some but those are staples of many mes builds. The last two are for conjunction with other powerful skills, usually diversion or edrain.

Warrior hate:
Sympathetic Visage
Soothing images
Shadow of Fear
Enfeebling Blood

None of the skills you listed are really any good. Stuff like life transfer is just sickeningly bad.

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

Yeah, I think I should put skills in here and contribute something.

Any anti-noncaster worth half their salt will bring the uber combo:

Shadow of Fear
Enfeebling Blood

That combo alone will make any war or ranger pretty much useless for at least 15+ seconds, and less dangerous for perhaps 30s. (beware the hex/condition removal)

If you've got Curses, Rend Enchantments is the best enchantment stripper in the game second ONLY to Nature's Renewal.... You can even add Desecrate Enchantments in there. [I totally obliterated this monk and Elementalist who stood next to each other in a healing seed while the monk seemed to be using like 4 enchants on both of them... Quite funny striking two people for 150+ dmg each... Armor Ignoring mind you.