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Elite Specializations are a feature that can change the way you play your traditional class in Order Wars 2. With each new expansion released, there accept been Aristocracy Specializations released besides, and with End of Dragons around the corner, in that location's a whole new attack the way.

For the Necromancer, there are 2 choices for Elite Specializations, the Reaper or the Scourge, each with its own unique playstyle. One of the draws of Guild Wars two remains the freedom to switch your character between a pure DPS build, to a tankier one and then back again without much endeavour. It's also what makes it so confusing, only in this guide, nosotros'll show you the best Scourge build for your Necromancer.

Condition Based Scourge

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For this you'll demand to make sure that the post-obit weapons are beingness used:

  • Staff
  • Scepter and Torch or Dagger

The Staff gives your grapheme the typical Necromancer skills, allowing yous to move outside of dangerous melee enemies. The Scepter stacks bleeding on its auto-attack, and the two attacks provided by the Torch or Dagger can stack a ton of conditions such every bit Torment, Bleeding. The Torch grants the added do good of Might when the number 5 skill is used; withal, the number v skill of the Dagger corrupts Boons on enemies into Conditions. Which one you'd like to use is a personal preference.

For your Healing and Utility skills you lot'll want to select the following ones:

  • Sand Flare
  • Claret is Power
  • Signet of Undeath
  • Trail of Anguish
  • Plaguelands

These tin can be inverse out based on your personal preference. For instance, if you'd like to run a Minion build, you tin place those in the Utility skills. Even so, these are the skills that requite you lot the most survivability, status impairment, and support adequacy.

For your Traits you'll want to select the following:

  • Soul Reaping – Unyielding Boom, Soul Barbs, and Dhuumfire.
  • Curses – Plague Sending, Master of Corruption, Lingering Curse/Devouring Darkness.
  • Scourge – Barbarous Beacon, Desert Empowerment, and Demonic Lore.

It is possible to swap in the Decease Magic Trait line instead if you're running Minions.