Guild Wars 2

Just by taking a focus over something else doesn’t make it a boon removal build. When you asked about boon removal builds before when I told you to use the 4/6/0/0/4 along with a few other people I did say I wouldn’t use the focus with it. Going to deep into boon removal will hinder you in other ways like damage or sustain.

Condi damage is what makes condis do more damage. Having high duration will help get those high stacks but sacrificing poc for 33% duration increase that only applies to scepter skills just isn’t worth it. Especially considering high stacks are much harder to achieve in pvp. The only condi you really need duration for in the typical terror build is bleeds which is covered when you take hemophilia. To try and prevent your condis from being cleared people will use frailty sigils because they proc so often and don’t require crits, the more condis you have on someone the harder it is to clear them.

Also dark path traited with poc does more than just “maybe” removes two boons, the maybe you use their should also apply to your scepter maybe landing it’s attacks.

imaclown.1628:

Just by taking a focus over something else doesn’t make it a boon removal build. When you asked about boon removal builds before when I told you to use the 4/6/0/0/4 along with a few other people I did say I wouldn’t use the focus with it. Going to deep into boon removal will hinder you in other ways like damage or sustain.

Condi damage is what makes condis do more damage. Having high duration will help get those high stacks but sacrificing poc for 33% duration increase that only applies to scepter skills just isn’t worth it. Especially considering high stacks are much harder to achieve in pvp. The only condi you really need duration for in the typical terror build is bleeds which is covered when you take hemophilia. To try and prevent your condis from being cleared people will use frailty sigils because they proc so often and don’t require crits, the more condis you have on someone the harder it is to clear them.

Also dark path traited with poc does more than just “maybe” removes two boons, the maybe you use their should also apply to your scepter maybe landing it’s attacks.

Yeah I agree Focus alone doesn’t really make for a proper boon removal build but the build you helped me in tweaking (I posted the link to the post in my earlier replies) doesn’t only use Focus. Rotating between Spinal Shiver, Dark Path (PoC), Chill of Death and CB help in creating almost constant boon removal pressure. Adding Sigil of Nullification will provide even more boon removal but I personally feel its overkill and use Sigil of Generosity. Focus actually does a significant amount of burst damage so idk how it hinders your damage and the sustain aspect of the build is primarily in the Utility skills. And while its true that the maybe applies for both PoC DP and Scepter, Scepter #1 and #2 are greatly more reliable and likely to land then DP. But I do agree the more condi you apply the greater the chance you’ll be able to hold on to the bleed stacks.

Chaith.8256:

xDudisx.5914:

-Corrupt boon
-Path of Corruption
-Spinal shivers
-Sigil of nullification
-Null field
-Shattered concentration
-Arcane thievery
-Mind spike
-Mind stab
-Phantasmal Disenchanter
-Throw mine
-Mine field
-Grim Specter
-Larcenous Strike
-Well of corruption
-Searing flames
-Bountiful theft
-Necromatic corruption
-Chill of death

Fixed those Boon Strip options in serious PvP for ye.

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Zoso.8279:

imaclown.1628:

Just by taking a focus over something else doesn’t make it a boon removal build. When you asked about boon removal builds before when I told you to use the 4/6/0/0/4 along with a few other people I did say I wouldn’t use the focus with it. Going to deep into boon removal will hinder you in other ways like damage or sustain.

Condi damage is what makes condis do more damage. Having high duration will help get those high stacks but sacrificing poc for 33% duration increase that only applies to scepter skills just isn’t worth it. Especially considering high stacks are much harder to achieve in pvp. The only condi you really need duration for in the typical terror build is bleeds which is covered when you take hemophilia. To try and prevent your condis from being cleared people will use frailty sigils because they proc so often and don’t require crits, the more condis you have on someone the harder it is to clear them.

Also dark path traited with poc does more than just “maybe” removes two boons, the maybe you use their should also apply to your scepter maybe landing it’s attacks.

Yeah I agree Focus alone doesn’t really make for a proper boon removal build but the build you helped me in tweaking (I posted the link to the post in my earlier replies) doesn’t only use Focus. Rotating between Spinal Shiver, Dark Path (PoC), Chill of Death and CB help in creating almost constant boon removal pressure. Adding Sigil of Nullification will provide even more boon removal but I personally feel its overkill and use Sigil of Generosity. Focus actually does a significant amount of burst damage so idk how it hinders your damage and the sustain aspect of the build is primarily in the Utility skills. And while its true that the maybe applies for both PoC DP and Scepter, Scepter #1 and #2 are greatly more reliable and likely to land then DP. But I do agree the more condi you apply the greater the chance you’ll be able to hold on to the bleed stacks.

What kind of build are you even describing here?

Roe.3679:

Zoso.8279:

imaclown.1628:

Just by taking a focus over something else doesn’t make it a boon removal build. When you asked about boon removal builds before when I told you to use the 4/6/0/0/4 along with a few other people I did say I wouldn’t use the focus with it. Going to deep into boon removal will hinder you in other ways like damage or sustain.

Condi damage is what makes condis do more damage. Having high duration will help get those high stacks but sacrificing poc for 33% duration increase that only applies to scepter skills just isn’t worth it. Especially considering high stacks are much harder to achieve in pvp. The only condi you really need duration for in the typical terror build is bleeds which is covered when you take hemophilia. To try and prevent your condis from being cleared people will use frailty sigils because they proc so often and don’t require crits, the more condis you have on someone the harder it is to clear them.

Also dark path traited with poc does more than just “maybe” removes two boons, the maybe you use their should also apply to your scepter maybe landing it’s attacks.

Yeah I agree Focus alone doesn’t really make for a proper boon removal build but the build you helped me in tweaking (I posted the link to the post in my earlier replies) doesn’t only use Focus. Rotating between Spinal Shiver, Dark Path (PoC), Chill of Death and CB help in creating almost constant boon removal pressure. Adding Sigil of Nullification will provide even more boon removal but I personally feel its overkill and use Sigil of Generosity. Focus actually does a significant amount of burst damage so idk how it hinders your damage and the sustain aspect of the build is primarily in the Utility skills. And while its true that the maybe applies for both PoC DP and Scepter, Scepter #1 and #2 are greatly more reliable and likely to land then DP. But I do agree the more condi you apply the greater the chance you’ll be able to hold on to the bleed stacks.

What kind of build are you even describing here?

The one that you replied to in page 1.