gw gold is full of interesting. This guide is intended to give in depth information and strategies regarding the necromancer profession in guild wars. It may be helpful to those who are considering making a necromancer or who have just made one and want to know more about the class, as well as those looking for strategies for PvP and PvE.
Is NECROMANCER the class for you? In all honesty, I can not recommend choosing necromancer as your primary class in most cases. Necromancers look cool, and a lot of people want to be that tall dark stranger with evil skills, but a necro secondary is often for the best. If you choose a /N character instead of a necro, you have still got access to all those necromancer skills. The tradeoff is the armor and the runes you have, as well as the look and the max health/energy, but most importantly, the primary attribute. In other words, do you really need Soul Reaping? The answer may very well be yes, and it may be no. Decide how you want to play and whether it is something you will need.
For those who want to be a melee fighter and tank, N/W can be pretty dangerous, but they had only be a good idea when your absolute focus is doing a ton of necro skills at close range. There are a lot of blood necro abilities in particular that are perfect for a melee fighter: Unholy feast, vampiric touch, touch of agony, signet of agony, and plague touch. However, even a necromancer/warrior with armor specialized for melee combat is going to learn the horrible truth: necros die easily. Learn from my mistake, but do not necessarily give up the possibility. N/W is not a stupid idea, just a risky one.