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Necromancer Ritualist Build Guide: Master of Minions with Insane DPS for Group Content and Open World!
This video presents a Ritualist Necromancer build in Guild Wars 2 focused on maximizing damage with minions and phantasms. The creator highlights that this build offers surprisingly high DPS with a simple rotation, ideal for both new and experienced players. Equipment, traits, and skill rotation are discussed, emphasizing the importance of staying in the Ritualist's Shroud to deal constant damage.
1. 🎮 Introduction to the Ritualist Necromancer Build: Surprising DPS with Minions!
- ✅ The Ritualist Necromancer build offers insane DPS, reaching between 32k and 36k, even for new players.
- ✅ The Ritualist has been significantly improved after the Visions of Eternity beta, becoming a viable DPS option.
- ⚠️ The video shows images from a distant server environment before the update.
00:00 - 01:40
1. 🎮 Introduction to the Ritualist Necromancer Build: Surprising DPS with Minions!
- ✅ The Ritualist Necromancer build offers insane DPS, reaching between 32k and 36k, even for new players.
- ✅ The Ritualist has been significantly improved after the Visions of Eternity beta, becoming a viable DPS option.
- ⚠️ The video shows images from a distant server environment before the update.
01:41 - 02:27
2. ⚔️ Equipment and Weapons: Optimizing Critical Hit and Power
- ✅ Full Berserker equipment is recommended with adjustments for Assassin stats to reach a 75% critical hit chance.
- ✅ Dragon Hunter Runes and the Eagle Reliquary are used.
- ✅ Weapons are not crucial, but power weapons such as the spear, greatsword, axe, and dagger in the main hand are suggested, along with a focus.
- ✅ The Sigil of Force and the Sigil of Accuracy are recommended.
02:28 - 03:32
3. 🧙♂️ Ritualist Traits: Maximizing Minion and Shroud Damage
- ✅ The Spite (122) and Soul Reaping (112) trait lines are used to enhance the Shroud mechanic and overall damage.
- ✅ In the Ritualist line, Explosive Growth is chosen for extra damage and a 10% damage increase when summoning creatures (phantasms and minions).
- ✅ Spiritual Strength is selected to increase the damage of creatures, including phantasms and minions.
- ✅ Full minions are used in this build.
- ✅ Persistent spirits for an additional 15% damage.
03:33 - 04:58
4. ⚙️ Skill Rotation: Unleashing the Power of the Shroud and Minions
- ✅ The rotation begins by summoning all minions and using the most powerful weapon skills.
- ✅ Then, enter the Ritualist's Shroud and summon Anguish and Passion (second and third skills).
- ✅ Spam the Shroud's auto attack, Interervate, Anguish, and re-summon the phantasms when they disappear.
- ✅ Use summoning skills as soon as they are available.
- ✅ The third spirit (Reservation) is useful for healing in the open world.
- ✅ Staying in the Ritualist's Shroud simplifies the game and does not penalize damage or utility.
04:59 - 05:50
5. ⚔️ Open World Demonstration: Experimenting with Ranged Damage and Survival
- ✅ Experimenting with the ranged damage of the Spiritual Growth trait and the Strengthening of Spirits.
- ✅ Creature damage is compared with the generation of boons, including permanent quickness.
- ✅ It is concluded that Spiritual Strength is stronger.
- ✅ The build has good CC, ranged damage, and survival potential.
- ✅ The teleport skill is reserved for emergencies.
06:02 - 07:33
6. 🏆 Defeating Champions: Demonstrating the Effectiveness of the Build
- ✅ Clips of the build destroying champions quickly are shown.
- ✅ The ease of keeping the Ritualist's Shroud active is highlighted.
- ✅ It is emphasized that there is no loss of damage or utility by remaining in the Shroud.
07:34 - 08:13
7. 📢 Next Steps and Additional Content
- ✅ The creator will explore more content from the new expansion and share it on the channel.
- ✅ It is announced that he will be live on Twitch exploring Casora and giving away gem codes and other items.
- ✅ Viewers are encouraged to visit the stream to get Twitch Drops.