Just wanted to create a positive fun topic about what do you think are the best looking duels there are? Abit in the topic of “Meta Build 1v1 Matchup Chart Project 8/10/13” but from different point of view.
What I have always complimented GW2 for is the great visually appealing, fast and mobile combat. And watching even just a duel can be enjoyable for the eye and raise your heartbeat. You could watch some of the best matchups with someone who has never played GW2, while explaining some of the details happening. And that someone would prolly say “woah that looked great!”. Something that I could not say AT ALL from any of the previous MMOs I have played.
So what do you think are the best matchups. Those that are just great and impressive to watch. Tight and close while playing, lot of visual ques for important moments in the fight and so on.
I have to give my favorite for:
Scepter Dagger Fresh Air elementalist, berserker versus
Mace&shield/Greatsword or Hammer. Or add in a Axe for Stun->Evicerate. Lets use the “Stance warrior” as general description for any of the common bursty CC warriors we see nowadays, berserker.
This fight really is on a knifes edge and has very nice visual appeal from the constant dance between melee and mid range, and big visual ques from the warrior. The Ele might be paying close attention in blinding the burst spells and the warrior could be juking patiently dodges out of the Ele with autoattack, saving his stun for when it lands. Mayby warrior knows that Earth swap in close range can only mean one thing and one thing only, Earthquake and that is avoided.
Viewer notices blink and arcaneshield/mistform has been used, knowing a single landing stun on the ele will finish the fight. Mayby blink is used offencively, which is a massive risk. This fight really shows the Active defences and dodgeing, instead of passive defences and whitteling down.
Adding a control point on this makes things even much more interesting. Warrior doesn’t want to get free nuked by the ele, ele doesn’t want to loose the cap but doesn’t want to stay in melee range either, but has to come melee for the burst damage. This is the dance that makes it exellent.
This can often up in a both 10% health doing a mad dash for escape with their mobility skills, which ends up in ALL IN blow everything climactic finish.
Warrior in general brings nice dynamic fights.
Another great one would be something with old schoolish Shatter mesmer (no greatsword!), and mediumish range, abit defencive enemy. Mayby bomb engineer, add in toolkit to avoid shatters and forceing melee range. Againg this would have the dance of melee and range, with large visual burst combos and avoiding those. Or mayby against DD ele. Would bring another dynamic for mesmer needing to actively avoid certain spells.
Worst one would prolly be necromancer versus a spirit ranger. That would look like just pure AoE spam.
What are your favorites to play and watch?