Build:Me/N Mass Epidemic

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This build is not favored by the GuildWiki community. The general consensus among users of GuildWiki is that this build is not viable. This build was voted unfavored for the following reasons: no energy no defense no spike

Contents 1 Attributes and Skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variants 6 Notes

This build is the massive condition causing enemy of all foes without condition removal. And even those who do have it can only remove it from a few allies; but this build sends it to all foes!

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Mesmer / Necromancer	Attribute Rank
Fast Casting	8 + 1 + 1
Illusion	10 + 3
Death Magic	12

Resurrection Signet

Ethereal Burden

Fragility

Accumulated Pain

Virulence

Epidemic

Plague Touch

Hex Breaker

[edit] Equipment

• I recommend using Enchanter's Armor for a very large energy pool to use.
• Some kind of 20/20 normal hand and preferably a HSR and Illusion +1 off-hand, like the Wayward Wand on the Divine Path.

[edit] Usage

• Try and find a large group of enemies that are all bunched together, not separate and loose. Otherwise the effects of Epidemic won't be very effective and only affect one or two enemies.
• Start off by using Ethereal Burden and Fragility so your target cannot escape and they take extra damage when targeted by conditions.
• Hit them with Accumulated Pain before the effects of the previous two hexes runs out so they will have a deep wound. This is where the real fun begins.
• Use your Elite skill, Virulence, to hit your target with Weakness, Poison, and Disease all at once. Combine this with the condition spreading of Epidemic used multiple times over, and your enemy Monks have one huge hassle to deal with. Massive degeneration all round, and no way to clear it all up at once.
• Plague touch is useful if you are targeted by a Tank or Assassin and they cripple you or cause oter negative conditions. Send them back using this skill, but only if your foe is within melee range. DO NOT use plague touch to charge into the center of the battle, for this will cause people to start paying unwanted attention to you.
• If there is a hexing Mesmer or Necromancer or other foe using hexes for damage, use hex breaker to defend yourself.
• If a nearby party member dies, use Resurrection Signet to bring them back up and fighting quickly.

[edit] Counters

• Life stealing like Life Transfer and Vampiric Gaze can be great help, as well as frequently used Heal Party or Healing Circle.
• If timed correctly, well placed interrupts could destroy the entire foundation of this build: Virulence. Fast Casting is meant to prevent this, but it is possible, albeit difficult.
• The occasional monk may cure Deep Wound unsuspectingly before it can be used to its full potential with Virulence.

[edit] Variants

• Instead of Hex Breaker, you can use Distortion or even Illusion of Haste if you plan on catching up to fleeing foes and when it ends, you can Plague Touch them to cripple them.
• For a wider spread of your conditions, at the cost of taking more time to cast them, Virulence could be replaced with Fevered Dreams and instead of the starter three hexes, use Necromancer Death Magic Spells like Rotting Flesh, Necrotic Traversal, or Death Nova.
• If playing in an Alliance Battle or other arena where players automatically respawn, replace Resurrection Signet with Ancestor's Visage of Sympathetic Visage.

[edit] Notes

This build can be used in either PvP or PvE, but in PvE it would be more effective because monsters frequently bunch up inside there little aggro bubbles, which makes Epidemic hugely more effective.