Curse

Catalin Dracul · Oct 15, 2005, 01:47 PM // 13:47

Does anyone have a PvE Necro that uses Curses primarily? I want a pure necro so no secondary skills.

Yukito Kunisaki · Oct 15, 2005, 05:18 PM // 17:18

Then I'm not helping you because pure classes are half-assed...

jesh · Oct 15, 2005, 06:17 PM // 18:17

My brother uses something like this..

9+1 Soul reaping
12+3+1 Curses
9+1 Blood
3+1 Death

He has the blood for spamming orders if he feels like it.. I forget what his other use was. The death is for consume corpse to make a quick get away. For his build, he just uses archane echo on spiteful spirit, and mark of pain on called targets.. pretty effective. He also takes enfeebling blood to help out the warriors, along with barbs. He has seperate PvE/PvP builds, but those are just some ideas. If you find the soul reaping isn't enough, you have enough blood that you could take OoB. Although you'd lose out on all the cool curses elites.

hobo13 · Oct 16, 2005, 11:44 PM // 23:44

its really easy to have a ful cursing necro, but having arcane echo for spiteful spirit is so much better.

NekoZ · Oct 16, 2005, 11:45 PM // 23:45

Take one skill from secondary (mesmer) Archane Echo like said above. But use FoC and echo that

kawaii_bat · Oct 17, 2005, 07:44 PM // 19:44

That's a toughy
By not using maybe one or two of your secondary's abilities your Curse necro might not be as affecting as the same necro using secondaries....but I'll give it a try.

**by the way anyone can add their suggestions to the build I'm about to post***

Curses 14 (10+3+1)
Blood 12 (10+2)
Soulreaping 10(9+1)
Death 8 (7+1)

Chiblain-Curse
This causes you to become poisoned but deals damage and removes 1 enchantemnt from all *nearby* foes. The poison ability will be used for the Plague sending skill.

Plague sending-Curse
you sacrifice a measly 10% to cause a condition that you have to spread to a target foe and all adjecent foes (usually poison caused by chiblain). Very nice when in poisoned water and/or against those condition causing ranger monsters.

Parasitic bond-Curse
This causes very little discomfort but it's very little energy for a large heal when it ends and it counts as a hex for feast of corrupition.

Feast of corruption(E)-Curse
16-67 shadow damage (passes through most armor) and you gain 8-34 from each on? very nice. And chances are you'd of been able to cast suffering if they where all together like that.

Soul barbs-Curse
A good way to punish a target from recasting an enchantment you took off with Chiblain and to deal additional damage whenever you cast your hex curses.

Demonic flesh-Blood
by sacrificing a % of your health and with all the health you'll be receiving with Parasitic bond, and the feast of corruption, extra health is not unwanted

Suffering
Nice even spread regeneration you could always replace suffering with shadow of fear to help your fighters or protect yourself.

Resurection signet
Umm ya.. in PvE maybe not.... you could replace perhaps with awaken the blood plague sending would cost you 20% of your health but with more health than usual with Demonic health up before hand and/or a few Parasitic bonds in the process of going off, you should be alright. Just don't use Demonic health *after you cast it*.
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The idea that I'm using with this build is using those conditions and hexes to your advantage while punnnishing the use of enchantments at the same time. It might not be good at beggingin levels but with higher level monsters who use enchantments and deal alot of conditions this could be fun to play with

delfin42 · Oct 17, 2005, 08:27 PM // 20:27

I've been using the following as an anti-melee Curses build:

Curses 15
Death 11
Reaping 11

1) Shadow of Fear - area hex, reduces attack rate.
2) Enfeebling Blood - area hex, causes Weakness, my only life-sac skill.
3) Mark of Pain - great for clearing crowds in conjunction with...
4) Spiteful Spirit (E) - PvE enemies tend to clump and this punishes that trend in a big way.
5) Putrid Explosion - corpse denial for enemy Necros so you're not knee-deep in minions or Wells of Suffering.
6) Parasitic Bond - cheap hex to cover other Curses, quick healing when thrown on dying enemies, very short cooldown.
7) Rotting Flesh - area degen against fleshy critters, softening them up some more.
8) Res Sig

Against melee enemies, the more the merrier; use Spiteful on one, Mark on another and have teammates/henches target the Mark recipient. Add Shadow and Enfeebling as necessary. Throw Rotting Flesh on anything organic that's non-Necro (so they don't Plague Touch the disease right back to your guys). When something drops, Putrid kaboom.

jesh · Oct 18, 2005, 01:43 AM // 01:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by NekoZ

Take one skill from secondary (mesmer) Archane Echo like said above. But use FoC and echo that

The recharge on that is just too rediculous for PvE. Spiteful Spirit easily outdamages it.

Teufel Eldritch · Oct 18, 2005, 02:32 AM // 02:32

This is what I use.

For missions, areas w/o rez shrines...

For explorable areas, areas w/rez shrines...
(I will, depending on the enemies/enviroment I am facing, replace Weaken Armor with Plague Sending.)

Attributes...