This build has been successfully vetted by the GuildWiki community according to the vetting procedure. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE-farming

The Death Farmer is a Necromancer build specifically designed to take on large mobs of adversaries that primarily use melee attacks. It is especially efficient at defeating Mountain Trolls at Droknar's Forge, but also works on other mobs, and with variations, can be built to farm Minotaurs, Trolls, and even various Assassin creatures throughout Cantha.

Attributes and skills

Necromancer / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Death Magic	11 + 1 + 3
Blood Magic	10 + 1
Inspiration Magic	10
Curses	1 + 1

Oppressive Gaze

Enfeeble

Virulence

Epidemic

Shadow of Fear

Blood Renewal

Channeling

Physical Resistance

Equipment

• Armor:
  • Tormentor's Armor
• Weapons:
  • The Nightbringer or Ghial's Staff can work quite well.

Usage

In order to properly use this build most effectively, you will need to learn how and when to properly cast. The basic principle is to cast Enfeeble on a target, followed by Virulence, and Epidemic to spread the -8 health degeneration to the surrounding creatures, all the while keeping your armor up with Physical Resistance, and occasionally leeching some life by using Oppressive Gaze. With this build you will be able to farm groupings of 10+ without triggering scatter, meaning that you will be able to farm large groups without getting some to pull off as with builds that use AoE to farm large groups of creatures. Oppressive Gaze will occasionally scatter these creatures, but in some cases it is necessary to do so in order to stay alive. Channeling will be used as a tool for energy-management, and Shadow of Fear is used to slow down enemy attacks so that Blood Renewal can keep your health increasing.

Counters

• Interrupts. Mountain Trolls especially slow down the process (and occasionally kill you) when they manage to interrupt you with Disrupting Chop. Putting time between Enfeeble and Virulence usually helps, and keeping Shadow of Fear on creatures will also decrease their disruption rate.

Variants

• For some creatures, Sympathetic Visage and Ancestor's Visage may be necessary to decrease skill usage.
• For further Variants, consult [1] this thread

Notes

• This build has many variants for different areas of farming. The above build is just the most general version of it, used for the most basic purpose.
• If virulence is interrupted you can always survive by recasting only Enfeelble and Epidemic.

Video

A youtube video showing the build in action.[2]