The Death Shroud is a state unique to Necromancers that they can enter after building
up a substantial amount of Life Force. While playing a Necromancer, you’ll notice
above your hotkeys a bar filling up as you use your weapon and utility skills. Once
this bar is full, you can activate the Death Shroud. The Death Shroud turns you into
basically a Super Saiyan version of the Necromancer. Your Life Force will slowly
drain, but it also acts as a secondary set of hit points. Congrats, you just doubled
your survivability! You’ll also gain new, more powerful abilities while using the
Death Shroud.
We’ve put together this Guild Wars 2 Necromancer guide to get you up to speed on the
wicked Profession of death in ArenaNet’s massively multiplayer role playing game.
This handy guide gives you all the most important info about the Necromancer from
Guild Wars 2 at a glance.
You Should Play A Necromancer If: The Necromancer is your go-to class for summoning
terrifying abominations, eldritch horrors, and the obtainment of mastery over life
and death. Necromancers in Guild Wars 2 don’t quite fit the tropes we’ve gotten
accustomed to, as they actually make pretty good melee fighters and have good
survivability thanks to Death Shroud. If you like to solo PvE, the Necromancer is a
fantastic choice.
Summon, summon, summon. A Necromancer is at her best when she’s sending her minions
out into the field to do battle for her. While a Necromancer can wield a small
variety of weapons, that’s not their true calling. Other than summoning minions,
playing a Necromancer is about learning to master the Profession’s unique trait: The
Death Shroud.
The Death Shroud is a state unique to Necromancers that they can enter after building
up a substantial amount of Life Force. While playing a Necromancer, you’ll notice
above your hotkeys a bar filling up as you use your weapon and utility skills. Once
this bar is full, you can activate the Death Shroud. The Death Shroud turns you into
basically a Super Saiyan version of the Necromancer. Your Life Force will slowly
drain, but it also acts as a secondary set of hit points. Congrats, you just doubled
your survivability! You’ll also gain new, more powerful abilities while using the
Death Shroud.
