GW2. Best Open World Builds. Condition Core Necromancer Open World. Terror. Nightmare. Necromancer PvE.
The Nightmare is a core Necromancer build for Open World that uses the fear condition to control enemies while also damaging them due to the Terror trait which turns fear into a damaging condition. While fear does not do much damage over time, it can be great burst damage and will make enemies afflicted by it run directly away from you. This can help to keep enemies away from you, but it can also make it difficult to land more damage on them. Champions and bosses won’t be affected by fears, but their break bars can be easily depleted by fear, and your conditions deal extra damage while they are broken.
Using your positioning, you can control where elite and veteran enemies move during the fear, and you can aim them into walls or organize enemies differently by moving opposite the direction you want them to run toward. There are multiple ways to access fear, and since applying fear will give you quickness to more easily rotate through your skills you will want to prioritize using the fear skills first.
Fears
- Staff 5
- Sword 5 (or Warhorn 4)
- Shroud 3
- Lich Form 3
While most of your abilities can be used from range, your Shroud 4 and 5 require closer proximity to the targets. If there are multiple you want to position in between all of them to do a wide area of effect on them. Shroud 2 can be used to port to the target after it lands, allowing you to easily get in range to perform the rest of your shroud skills even on enemies running away from you in fear.
Skill Rotation:
- Staff 5 > 2 > 3 > Blood Is Power > 4 > Swap
- Sword 5 > 4 > 5 > Scepter 3 > 2 > Swap
- Enter Shroud > Shroud 2 > 5 > 3 > 4 > 2 > Exit
Repeat the weapon skills in reverse order until the shroud is up again, prioritizing the fear skills and Blood is Power with staff 4. Make sure to use the flip-over skill of Sword 5 to get more might to improve damage. Use Lich Form when you want an extra burst AoE fear and cast the 3 > 5 > 4 and then exit.
Use the active effect of Signet of the Locust and Sword 4 to life steal when extra healing is necessary, but when out of Shroud your condition damage will sustain you.
Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
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Helm Trailblazer | ||
Shoulders Trailblazer | ||
Coat Trailblazer | ||
Gloves Trailblazer | ||
Leggings Trailblazer | ||
Boots Trailblazer |
Scepter Trailblazer | ||
Sword Trailblazer |
Staff Trailblazer |
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Item | Stat |
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Amulet Viper | |
Ring Viper | |
Ring Viper | |
Accessory Viper | |
Accessory Viper | |
Backpiece Viper |
Optional x18 |
Alternatives
- Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality
- Weapon: Replace Sword offhand with Warhorn if unable to use Swords or for more AoE fears
Scepter / Sword | Heal / Utility / Elite |
Staff | Death Shroud |
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
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