Necro traits

Stealth, constant immobilization, superspeed, long range high dps, stability, evasion, blocking...think necros could share in any of that? Please look into ancient seeds, trait is more broken then nerf hammer fav chill or scrounge ever was/.

Boon Corrupting is unique to Necromancer and it has multiple options to strip Boons as well. It is the definitive Boon-hate class, and with how plentiful Boons are, that's a pretty powerful thing to be a master of. It has also been the backbone of WvW zerging since the beginning, and still remains so.

You will need to put more effort in to succeed solo or small scale, but that's a small price to pay for the immense durability and Boon-hate that Necro enjoys.

If new elite specs ever become a reality, I do think Necro could benefit from something different that has high mobility, blocks or something to that effect. But the class as a whole is fine as is.

Sure you can get that, on the condition that all other classes get shroud and can tank 5+ people while regening more shroud than they do damage and if by some miracle you manage to break through the shroud, it's back to 100% as soon as the cd is up.

I mean a permastealth deadeye with shroud does not sound at all OP.

Ancient seed op lol its easy counter specially since druid over all is bad 2 traits but rest will never work well in wvw ranger is honestly not super good in wvw. They all use same tactic after all

I think the "long range" dps is already there, both throught Lich's AA and the various AoE of the necromancer's kit. I would say that there is no need for "more" of that.

• Immob: The game would be better with less of that.
• Superspeed: unneeded granted runes of speed exist.
• Stealth/stability/evasion/block: You'd have to rethink what roles the shroud/necromancer's main mechanism cover before adding those.

@"DaVid Darksoul.4985" said:Stealth, constant immobilization, superspeed, long range high dps, stability, evasion, blocking...think necros could share in any of that? Please look into ancient seeds, trait is more broken then nerf hammer fav chill or scrounge ever was/.Necro can even select whether it will counter ancient seeds on entering shroud (speed of shadows), within shroud (shrouded removal) or on leaving shroud (unholy martyr). That should really be enough to deal with it. (Besides that: melee attacks will break the roots.)

In terms of long range dps: yeah that's the intended hardcounter to necro in general. And that's the reason why speed rune is mandatory for necro, if you want to avoid that a target with strong range options has basically an "auto-win-mechanic" against you.

@KrHome.1920 said:

@"DaVid Darksoul.4985" said:Stealth, constant immobilization, superspeed, long range high dps, stability, evasion, blocking...think necros could share in any of that? Please look into ancient seeds, trait is more broken then nerf hammer fav chill or scrounge ever was/.Necro can even select whether it will counter ancient seeds on entering shroud (speed of shadows), within shroud (shrouded removal) or on leaving shroud (unholy martyr). That should really be enough to deal with it. (Besides that: melee attacks will break the roots.)

The best defense against long range dps is a blade of grass, or a bump in the ground. Nothing frustrates a ranger more than seeing constant "Obstructed" messages.

TBH, I'm still surprised that Ancient Seed still isn't deleted from game for being so unhealthy.I wish A-net would apply PvP changes in WvW for some classes.