Necro in RVR?

[ISPY]

- Level 1 Minor Zombie: Nothing
- Level 4 Lesser Zombie: Procs Stun, Immune to Root/Mezz
- Level 7 Zombie Servant: Procs ABS Debuff, Immune to Root/Mezz
- Level 12 Reanimated Servant: Thrust & Shield Styles
- Level 20 Necroservant: Slash and Shield Styles
- Level 32 Greater Necroservant: Crit Strikes Styles & Procs DoT/Disease
- Level 45 Abomination: Two-Handed Styles & Procs Fire DD

I had bookmarked this post as a reminder, so I wanted to add some info from the Eden Necro Discord:

Level 1 - Minor Zombie:
No special abilities.
10% parry. 0% base melee ABS

Level 4 - Lesser Zombie:
Procs 3 sec Stun, Immune to Root/Mezz. Multi hit.
0% block/parry/evade. 0% base melee ABS

Level 7 - Zombie Servant:
Procs ABS Debuff, Immune to Root/Mezz, Multi hit.
0% block/parry/evade. 0% base melee ABS

Level 12 - Reanimated Servant:
Thrust styles (side style 30% combat speed decrease, after evade 20% combat speed decrease).
10%parry/20% evade. 25% base melee ABS

Level 20 - Necroservant:
Slash and Shield Styles (5s stun style after block reactionary & back positional snare).
20% block/10% parry. 25% base melee ABS

Level 32 - Greater Necroservant:
3 Crit Strikes Styles (40% snare, combat speed decrease, ABS debuff, & Procs Disease).
10% parry/20% evade & multi hit. 25% base melee ABS

Level 45 - Abomination:
Two-Handed Styles & can swap damage types (crush/slash) & DD procs (Ice, Fire, DoT that rupts every tick).
15% parry/20% evade & a combat speed decrease style. 25% base melee ABS

[marc8484]

Hey guys.

Many years ago on Live EU servers I had the best fun ever playing Necro in RVR with my Minstrel buddy.

-But only because the Necro was updated heavily with the pet.

Things I kind of remember that were updated:
Root/stun immunity on Necro pet.
Very high spell resistance/absorption.
Faster run speed (Pet not falling behind with Minstrel speed + sprint).
Not being spell interrupted when someone tried to cc you.
High melee absorbtion.
Faster cast speed on pets (might not have been changed). Or at least all pets having the same specs all round. So you
could just use the first zombie pet instead of the higher lvl ones.
+ probably other stuff I forgot.

Are there plans to add ANY of the above in Eden ? Or will Necros be as "useless" as ever in RVR?

Otherwise everything regarding this server looks absolutely awesome! Can't wait to return after years break (did play Phoenix some).

Thanks!

Hey, welcome back!

Cool to hear you had such a blast on the EU servers with your Necro + Minstrel duo — that combo sounds like it was pure chaos in the right hands

From what I’ve seen and read on Eden so far:

The Necro pet updates from Live (post-1.109 patch) are not implemented here.

Eden is more in line with classic/old-school Necro mechanics — so unfortunately, many of those QoL and power updates (like root/stun immunity, better pet pathing, casting through CC, etc.) aren’t in place.

Necros are still very solid for PvE, leveling, farming, and PvE group utility, but yeah... in RvR, they’re much more limited unless you play very strategically (or just love the challenge).

That said, the devs have shown they’re open to balance tweaks if it fits the server’s classic vision. Might be worth bringing up in the feedback section or Discord too.

Either way, awesome to see returning players like you jumping in again. Hope you stick around — Eden needs more good RvR stories like yours! Let’s get some Minstrel/Necro duos rolling again even if it’s a little jankier now