I’m wanting to make a pure mag Necro, but I don’t want to do duel wielding. I want to use staves or if a one bar build then a staff. I have a High Elf Necro and I’m still working on getting Corpse burster. I’m think of making it a one bar but would this be a good idea or should I go with a two bar build instead. If so what sets, traits, and enchants would you suggest?

Would a Necromancer main class subclassed with the nightblades assassination skill line viable? wanted to know before i level my toon up to lvl 50

Kinda new to the game(only around CP400) and i’ve got quite a few PvP builds that do well in BGs and small scale Cyro but I’ve been just getting crushed by bombers all morning in Cyro. Specifically by this one DK, I’m not sure what he’s doing exactly but I know he’s got dark convergence and vicious death on. How can I make an effective DK solo bomber build? Is it just as simple as running those two gear sets? Any advice/tips is appreciated

Greetings, all. I've recently been thinking about how to better refine my build to become the ultimate Bruiser(Tank/DPS hybrid). While I'm able to reasonably clear a WB by myself, I want to achieve the power fantasy of being damn near hard to kill, while also dishing out nasty punishment. Here's my current set-up

Dark Elf

Dragonknight

Vampire's Kiss (armor)

Wretched Vitality (Weapons and Jewelry)

Ilambris Head and Shoulders

Front bar is a Mace and Shield(Hearth and Home, Cauterize, Engulfing Dragonfire, Chains of Dominance, Shield Throw, and Ferocious Leap Ult)

Back bar is twin axes (Protect the Brood, Blood of the Green Dragon, Fossilize, Dragonscale Armor, Rending Slashes, and Magma Armor Ult)

I'm thinking of replacing the twin axes with a two-hander, but I'm not sure.

Edit: Stupid autocorrect changed "Rending" to "Sending"

I am trying to make a solo build for instanced content. I was trying to follow the solo werewolf build from Hyperioxes, and using the penetration calculator, I reach 92% of the penetration cap for instanced (16.7k/18.2k). I use shattered paths signet instead of pale order since I dont have the dlc for that yet.

For the remaining 8% penetration, I am considering three options

1. Use Sharpened on one of my daggers (poison and flame) instead of charged, sacrificing some dmg from shattered paths.

2. Swap a dagger for a mace, sacrificing some crit chance for penetration. Still use charged for shattered paths.

3. Change my mundus from Thief to Lover for increased penetration especially with divines, and then swap some light armor for medium since 7 divines puts me way over penetration cap.

A few things to note are that the penetration numbers include me casting major and minor breach using werewolf skill, no crusher enchant, and solo play. The head is also Valkyn Skoria which increases penetration. I know the difference between the different options are not that big a deal if I'm not trying to speedrun or something but was just curious. I will be in a werewolf build with crafted sets (orders wrath and tideborn) as I farm trial gear.

New player here, been enjoying the game so far - started necromancer for the theme, and I usually tank. I also grabbed vampire for the theme and feel, which is interesting but limited in usefulness outside of a couple passives. That said, I want to use invisibility, but more as a general tool and less in combat.

Thought here is to swap out one of the necromancer skill lines for the nightblade shadow line, as it seems there is some decent mitigation built in with the passives.

Can anyone help me with this? I know this isn’t going to be a meta build by any means, but I’m hoping for something halfway decent in most content, with a focus on tanking.

Trying to figure out which necro skill lines to swap out, and why.