Guild Wars 2

Title. I have now been playing druid since hot came out, for the past two weeks or so ive been playing a version of it that is basically like power ranger. and let me tell you, it is probably the best build you can get in 1v1 at the moment by far. i have been playing this in spvp and wvw and nothing seems to be able to even come close to beating it. only if i mess up my rotation in the fight etc. however most of the time i am able to recover from mistakes since this build is just plain over powered in any sort of open world pvp.
theres not really anything wrong with power ranger itself, but the druid traitline simply just offers too much.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAsYTjEqQJL2yCOsAXLWIEM4u6YttusDCAVtm5VxKGMgD-TpQaQA99HAlBAA

with this build , you have 3 stun breakers, extreme condi cleanse, improved healing, 2 second AoE daze, and when you exit celestial form you get superspeed and stealth for 3 seconds which is extremely good for kiting other players. of course theres also the 5 second immobilization if you hit your target while they’re knocked down or stunned etc. this comes on top of everything the standard power ranger offers.
i have literally won 10 out of 10 duels with this spec, and occasionally won 2v1’s.
i really think anet needs to address this ASAP.
it might not be a problem in low tiers, but once you get better and better you can really start to utilize everything and thats when this build becomes too much.

Some people wont most duels playing rangers when rangers were bottom of the pile. Winning means nothing more than a player met opponent that were of lower level or whose builds were no match/ countered by the winner’s build.
Only problem is TU charging LF at a too high rate.

Druid are truly OP.

what kitten real happening right now is that only Celestial level of druid heals like even Cleric Guardian bunker or Cleric Banner + Shout warrior level of healing, and has much more damage than them. They are even OPer than dd cele ele in terms of druid can both damage and support : dd cele ele lacks in support and their heal most heal themselves but druid, they heal allies too.

They should not have any damage at that healing support level.

What makes Druid so OP is following (when they equip CELE ammy)
1. Dmg : similar or a bit higher than DD cele ele
2. Healing Support Amount : CLERIC level of Guardian bunker or Banner Shout warrior
3. Healing range : Heal both himself and allies, not like DD cele ele can heal themselves mostly.
4. Avatar : God Heal mode.
5. OP but what about mobility? : Yes. they also do have mobility skill from staff.
6. CC? Yes, they do have.

HOW to fix druid?:
This guys should not heal allies but only self-heal (making it like DD Cele Ele Ranger Version), or has no dmg at all at that sustain level. Since they can do both some viable damage and has CLERIC Guardian bunker level of support healing with only CELE ammy, thus, currently very overpowered.

RIP hybrid (celestial) please.

online, ask yourself if Cleric Bunker Guards or Cleric Banner+Shout Warriors are viable. If you find magic answer which is “no”, you will find that you don’t want to nerf Druid to their level ;-)

Jocksy.3415:

Some people wont most duels playing rangers when rangers were bottom of the pile. Winning means nothing more than a player met opponent that were of lower level or whose builds were no match/ countered by the winner’s build.
Only problem is TU charging LF at a too high rate.

rangers were always too good in duels, rangers were bottom 5v5 because it brings nothing in 5v5.

Druid is fine. It’s not the best right now nor is it the worst. 1v1 means nothing in this game and that spec you linked is not that impressive outside of that context. Imo Druid is at an appropriate power level along with revenant and reaper. The rest of the classes should be brought on par with these 3 (either buff or slight nerf).

I’ll try it out and let you know. Seems like it wont survive though.

Honestly, this build is so middling that I question the quality of your opponents and your definition of “overpowered”. Your “extreme” condition cleanse outside of CAF is a grand total of… 6 conditions, which is easily overcome by any condition-spamming build with access to cover conditions. You have no heavy CC outside of LB 4 and CAF 3. You don’t have any access to boons, nor can you might stack for burst damage. Yet you have no extra vitality or toughness and all your defensive skills have long CDs, which makes it a mediocre attrition build at best.

Really, this is nothing more than a traditional skirmishing build with the Druid traitline swapped in for flavor. The only nerf Druid needs is to the accelerated rate at which Troll Unguent regenerates CAF. Without that, your build crumbles to pieces.

online.1278:

Druid are truly OP.

what kitten real happening right now is that only Celestial level of druid heals like even Cleric Guardian bunker or Cleric Banner + Shout warrior level of healing, and has much more damage than them. They are even OPer than dd cele ele in terms of druid can both damage and support : dd cele ele lacks in support and their heal most heal themselves but druid, they heal allies too.

They should not have any damage at that healing support level.

What makes Druid so OP is following (when they equip CELE ammy)
1. Dmg : similar or a bit higher than DD cele ele
2. Healing Support Amount : CLERIC level of Guardian bunker or Banner Shout warrior
3. Healing range : Heal both himself and allies, not like DD cele ele can heal themselves mostly.
4. Avatar : God Heal mode.
5. OP but what about mobility? : Yes. they also do have mobility skill from staff.
6. CC? Yes, they do have.

HOW to fix druid?:
This guys should not heal allies but only self-heal (making it like DD Cele Ele Ranger Version), or has no dmg at all at that sustain level. Since they can do both some viable damage and has CLERIC Guardian bunker level of support healing with only CELE ammy, thus, currently very overpowered.

RIP hybrid (celestial) please.

You realize the OP is using a Berzerker’s amulet, yes? Your entire post is off-topic.

Obvious Troll.

The build you linked is meh. Ambidexterity? Really?
You tried to put something together because you were probably rekt by a drooid.

This is a learn to play issue. Anyone moderately good would just destroy this build 1 v 1. You are gated behind your AF gen and won’t get it frequently enough to save you. When you stealth you lose the point. When you go into s/d you have 0 pressure. You are too squishy with longbow and a berserker ammy. Then the only role for this build is as a DPS, but you would get slaughtered by any decent thief.

Druid is a tad too strong but I genuinely believe its because Rejuvenating Tides is bugged and heals you even if you get CC’d. Once this is fixed and once people learn to play and realize how easy it is to stunlock a druid in avatar form people will be asking for buffs.

Also: You “extreme condi cleanse” still can’t out cleanse a reaper.

Looked more closely at build and it’s terrible.

Sorry m8, this build is kinda meha. You changed the NM/BM to druid, Both could give ya good utility and survivability, not that much of an upgrade for a 1v1 build.

I can’t believe people can think Druids are so good when they’re so easy to lockdown. Whenever I see one I interrupt the most important and obvious skill to interrupt, celestial 4, and the fights already over. Whenever I play as a Druid the same thing happens. There’s so much CC in this meta a Druid should be considered mid to low tier.

Edit: Regardless of that troll build he posted, what I said stands for all druid builds.

Lmao that build.

As if that doesn’t make it obvious enough that OP is trolling. Calm down everyone.

Hammerguard.9834:

I can’t believe people can think Druids are so good when they’re so easy to lockdown. Whenever I see one I interrupt the most important and obvious skill to interrupt, celestial 4, and the fights already over. Whenever I play as a Druid the same thing happens. There’s so much CC in this meta a Druid should be considered mid to low tier.

Edit: Regardless of that troll build he posted, what I said stands for all druid builds.

This is honestly how I feel. Druid feels subpar in the light of DH, Chrono, Scrapper and Reaper.

You also left out the fact Druid has (in a support build) no way to deal with Reaper. As well as condi bomb vulnerability after popping CAF.

Eurantien.4632:

This is a learn to play issue. Anyone moderately good would just destroy this build 1 v 1. You are gated behind your AF gen and won’t get it frequently enough to save you. When you stealth you lose the point. When you go into s/d you have 0 pressure. You are too squishy with longbow and a berserker ammy. Then the only role for this build is as a DPS, but you would get slaughtered by any decent thief.

Druid is a tad too strong but I genuinely believe its because Rejuvenating Tides is bugged and heals you even if you get CC’d. Once this is fixed and once people learn to play and realize how easy it is to stunlock a druid in avatar form people will be asking for buffs.

Also: You “extreme condi cleanse” still can’t out cleanse a reaper.

okay perhaps this build isnt super effective in spvp, but it is in dueling. ( open wvw roaming etc ) the whole point of this build is to kite like crazy. sure you dont have much burst but the sustained dmg will win you the fight over time.

Hammerguard.9834:

I can’t believe people can think Druids are so good when they’re so easy to lockdown. Whenever I see one I interrupt the most important and obvious skill to interrupt, celestial 4, and the fights already over. Whenever I play as a Druid the same thing happens. There’s so much CC in this meta a Druid should be considered mid to low tier.

Edit: Regardless of that troll build he posted, what I said stands for all druid builds.

When i play the build i posted, i only use celestial avatar for stun break, a daze, and IF there is time i can use celestial 4 for a few seconds before leaving CA for the stealth and superspeed. you think ill just let you hit me while i stand there taking your hits so you can interrupt me..?

This is sPvP, we don’t give a kitten about your roaming wvw build.