Build:N/Me GvG Lingering Curse

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP GvG

This Hexway Necro is used to spread degen, provide anti-melee and generally be a nuisance.

Attributes and Skills

Necromancer / Mesmer 12 + 1 + 1 Curses 10 Inspiration Magic 8 + 1 Soul Reaping Lingering Curse Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Lingering Curse Elite Hex Spell For 28 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes suffer -3 Health degeneration, and gain 20% less benefit from healing. 10 1 15 Suffering Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Suffering Hex Spell For 28 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes suffer -3 Health degeneration. 10 1 15 Faintheartedness Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Faintheartedness Hex Spell For the next 15 seconds, target foe attacks 50% slower, and that foe suffers -3 Health degeneration. 8 1 10 Defile Defenses EotN Necromancer. Curses 14 Defile Defenses Hex Spell For 19 seconds, the next time target foe blocks, that foe takes 114 damage. 5 1 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Ether Phantom Nightfall Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10 Ether Phantom Hex Spell For 10 seconds, target foe has -1 Energy degeneration. If this Hex is removed prematurely, that foe loses 4 Energy. 10 1 5 Drain Delusions Nightfall Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10 Drain Delusions Spell Remove one Mesmer Hex from target foe. If a Hex was removed in this way, that foe loses 4 Energy and you gain 4 Energy for each point lost. 10 ¼ 5 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

• Auspicious Incantation
  Factions

  Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10

  Auspicious Incantation

  Enchantment Spell

  For 20 seconds, the next spell you cast is disabled for an additional 7 seconds, and you gain 170% of that spell's Energy cost.

  

  25

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  5
• Drain Enchantment
  Core

  Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10

  Drain Enchantment

  Spell

  Remove an Enchantment from target foe. If an Enchantment is removed, you gain 14 Energy and 93 Health.

  

  20

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  5

Equipment

• Full Survivor's. Rune of Sup Vigor.
• 40/40 Curses.
• 40/40 Inspiration.
• General Defense Sets.

Usage

• Use Lingering Curse and Suffering to spread health degen and healing redux.
• Use Faint for anti-melee, cover with Defile.
• Use Defile on targets to punish blocking.
• Use Ether Phantom + Drain Delusions for energy management + energy denial.

Counters

• General Anti-Caster

Variants

• Res Sig can be dropped for skills like Insidious Parasite, Rend Enchantments, Rip Enchantment etc.