Necro is arguably the most versatile (versatile =\= powerful) class in the game.
For solo … well we all know what they can do. Ench and Shaman take the case for trophy kills but necros solo (XP) do it better than the reset other than a well played enchanter. And they can do it in a variety of different ways. Charm, rot/dot, fear kiting, heck even playing healer to their pet.
For groups? Damn it’s a long list. Even with summon pet and nukes they can hold their own and beat out or keep up with most or all melee minus the super twinks. With a charm pet they are better dps than any melee. They can CC/root. They can heal well enough for most groups of played correctly. They can offtank with their pets. Feed a needy cleric extra mana. And most of all - they are entirely self sufficient while doing it. If they take damage they can simply heal themselves so the cleric can put their mana to use elsewhere. Hell they can even rez.
In raids the job shifts roles but between DA, f/d rez … and most importantly TWITCH the fill a really valuable role.
Necro is one of the super classes in this game. Played poorly they are still pretty good. Played properly they are god tier.
I parse passively all groups I’m in. When there as a dps support on my necro leveling (now 60), it was pretty rare that any melee was laying down more hurt per mob than my necro + summon pet. Mobs die to fast to dot and necro DDs (taps and other) aren’t the best but with the lich line mana flows like wine. Better yet if that DPS is coming from taps, liberally toss out HoTs and the tapped health is put to good use.
A properly played mage is really the only class that will reliably dish out more damage (sustained and burst) if you exclude charm.
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