Guild Wars 2

Here’s a list of some of my favourite PvP builds, I’ve been pretty effective with them but they do have a certain playstyle to each build.

If you’re a pro player and can poke holes into the builds then awesome but this is more aimed at helping less skilled players improve upson some build diversity.

I’ll start with Necro:

1. Destroyer Ammy build Focuses on might stacking, boon corruption and high spike damage. This is a good one to run with an Ele or some sort of support due to low defensive abilities. This build requires shroud management. Adventure Runes for a 3rd dodge on demand, helps with kites.

2. Paladin Solo queue Focuses on applying max stacks of vuln to fights so your allies can benefit from 25% extra damage. Lots of survivability.

3. Terrormancer This build focuses on removing stability, applying fear and spreading that bomb across to everyone on point. It’s basically an updated version of the old terrormancer build.

Guardian. I’m not going to list all the builds, there’s not a lot of diversity here outside of what people already know so I’ll just leave my favourite 2.

1. Diviner Shout Guard This is not the easiest build to play due to the low health pool but the pay off is noticable. Strongly relies on a Necro for synergy. Boon him up, watch him wreck. This is almost a direct counter to any warriors or cc focused builds, especially on the initial team fight mid so you can push through a point like a train.
DO NOT RUN THIS BUILD WITH MORE THAN 1 ENEMY NECRO PRESENT.

2. kitten that Aegis can bomb This build I feel is almost pure genius. I got killed by it pre-season and ended up paying someone 100g for it. Give it a shot, it’s too hard to explain but basically Aegis can proc for up to 2k, combine that with the 2x Fragments of faith traps and it becomes self explanatory. Works best with Mesmers/Minion mancer but that’s because it scales better with more allies.

Warrior.

Seems like a lot onto the power GS Mace/burst now but I found this build to be similar while also countering the zerk meta.

1. Destroyer Ammy
Basically it’s a tweaked version of the Berserker build. Amplifies that confusion, bleeds and gives it a kick too. For the empty slot I take either “Stomp” or “Signet of Might” depending on enemy comp. Key points to remember – You’re activation of Berserk is AoE confusion – Mace/Shield is only for defense and bypassing Endure pains / Signet of Stones and such.

I got lazy at this point and will post some more later if this thread doesn’t turn into a salt mine.

You’ll see some builds have empty slots, I find those slots are switchable for any trait/utility/sigil depending on enemy team comps.

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