Build:N/Me Discordant

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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.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Skillset 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variations

[edit] Overview

This build is designed to take advantage of the Discord elite skill. It is a low-cost skill with a quick recharge, that deals a steady amount of armor-ignoring damage. The build is best complemented by teammates that can inflict hexes and conditions.

[edit] Skillset

Necromancer / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Curses	12 + 1
Death Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Soul Reaping	3 + 1

Discord

Arcane Echo

Enfeeble

Parasitic Bond

Faintheartedness

Consume Corpse

Resurrection Signet

Optional

[edit] Usage

1. Pick a target. Since the damage ignores armor, pretty much anyone's fair game.
2. Cast Enfeeble and Parasitic Bond (or Faintheartedness if it's a Ranger, Warrior, or Assassin type).
3. Cast Arcane Echo.
4. Start spamming Discord.
5. Use Consume Corpse to regenerate health and energy, or to escape when necessary.

[edit] Counters

• Dazed
• Interruption/Power Block
• Backfire

[edit] Variations

• Arcane Echo is not strictly necessary, as Discord's recharge makes it usually unnecessary to echo it.
• For Alliance battles and such, one might want to take Verata's Gaze or Verata's Aura. With the high death magic rating of this build, it's well suited to holding minions stolen from an enemy.
• Parasitic Bond can be replaced by Malaise for use against casters.
• Deathly Chill or Deathly Swarm might be taken for damage against enemies that remove hexes or conditions, which render Discord useless.
• Add in a hex/condition removal skill of choice.