Guild Wars 2

Im curious what you guys think is the best burst build for a solo roamer. I know almost everyone will say thief without considering the other professions. But i think eles, engis, wares, and thieves can all make a good burst build. Anyway, thoughts?

Thief, I didn’t even consider any of the other professions.

My full berserker static discharge build on engi is an amazing burst, thieves definitely, warrior, mesmer.

You wanna go for full yolo burst you’re looking at backstab with might on signet use. 4 sigs + basi venom and watch almost everyone get 1-shot. You’ll die even faster, but it’s absolutely hilarious.

Warrior has the simplest burst damage out of all of them, and you’ll be fine 1v1.

Thieves have it easiest, and you’ll fair better in outnumbered situations, but it requires more work than Warrior, which can basically be played on autopilot.

Oddly the Ranger has a fantastic burst but doing so makes it brittle in WvW. It can shock some people though.

Thief IMO is the best overall because its burst is more frequent than the warrior. It is also a vastly superior roaming class because of stealth. The warrior is still formidable and worthy in this scenario as well as being significantly superior in other styles of WvW play.

ive played since launch and ive seen some nasty 12k backstabs on people with full toughness gear, but lately ive been playing with a great guy on our server. Hes an eng that traits all damage and crit and grenades and a whole bunch of other stuff I don’t understand. Never the less when I go out with him before i can touch the target he will either one or two shot the target. All im there for is a stealth stomp. Its actually so ridiculous I just sit in laugh. The massive damage is more consistent than it is with thief. To be honest for a thief to one shot me he would have to c/d me for 5k and bs for 15k, which i believe is just over his limit on the bs portion. I can usually dodge the BS if im paying attention to the c/d. but never the less i would have a chance. This guys eng wasn’t giving anyone a chance!

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Thief, simply because glass thieves can still have very good survivability.

Depends on what you mean by best burst.

Raw Damage – warrior

Best Burst considering all other factors – thief

Also depends on what class/build you are ganking. Don’t expect to burst down a full PTV guardian or warrior.

I’ve been running a full burst engineer with nades and elixir s, stealth with toss elixir s → netshot→ grenade barrage on there face→ elixir s for the easy stomp→ smoke bomb and jumpshot away to avoid there team mates→ spam nades on said team mates as they try to res→ spam laugh emote when they are all downed because no one suspects the stealth engineer

well they second part of that combo is a lil harder but with the pvers around it happens more then you would think

I’d say this thing is still viable: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAoY4YlUmaOXcS4E/JFx2je6Ti6VAsaKoZL7KcVA-jkyAY/BRjtQIIIkoATFiYyrIasF3ioxqrxUuER127ioVLFQELjA-w

Basilisk→Dodge Twice→Activate all Signets→Dodge twice→Precast Cloack & Dagger→Steal (Mug)→Backstab→Heartseeker x4.
Anything that is not a tank and that didn’t see you will get killed in a second.

A full zerk S/D ele can lay down 20k-30k in a couple of seconds. But if the enemy isn’t downed after the air/fire rotation the ele is toast.

Sniper Warrior soooo fun. Drop banner activate signets have thief friend keep you cloaked and crit for 19k. Do around frequented choke point where you have upper ground for maximum lolz.

Zord.6130:

I’d say this thing is still viable: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAoY4YlUmaOXcS4E/JFx2je6Ti6VAsaKoZL7KcVA-jkyAY/BRjtQIIIkoATFiYyrIasF3ioxqrxUuER127ioVLFQELjA-w

Basilisk->Dodge Twice->Activate all Signets->Dodge twice->Precast Cloack & Dagger->Steal (Mug)->Backstab->Heartseeker x4.
Anything that is not a tank and that didn’t see you will get killed in a second.

Way too gimicky to be reliable. If they block, dodge, stun or any number of other moves the thief is going to be out of chain and left vulnerable.

Plus taking mug makes escaping from a fight all the more difficult since stealing away puts the thief in combat and breaks stealth for nominal damage and minor heal.

for all out 1-2 hit burst D/D thief wins (will die if you look at him funny)
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|8.5g.h2.8.5g.h14.d13.0.d13|5.5c.h4.d13.0.0|1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e|2s.d13.2s.d13.3s.d19.2s.d13.3s.d19.2s.d13|p49.u26c.0.0.f4|6f.1|58.5f.5h.5b.0|e

Joey.2769:

Sniper Warrior soooo fun. Drop banner activate signets have thief friend keep you cloaked and crit for 19k. Do around frequented choke point where you have upper ground for maximum lolz.

Another great reason warriors aren’t OP, thanks for the tips…….

Brando.1374:

for all out 1-2 hit burst D/D thief wins (will die if you look at him funny)
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|8.5g.h2.8.5g.h14.d13.0.d13|5.5c.h4.d13.0.0|1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e|2s.d13.2s.d13.3s.d19.2s.d13.3s.d19.2s.d13|p49.u26c.0.0.f4|6f.1|58.5f.5h.5b.0|e

I would say close to this, but if you are just setting up for pure burst, I would say pick up Assassins Signet and the Prcision one. Take the 20% more damage while target is under 50% to really push damage after the backstab or to set up for a really nasty Backstab. Ether way D/D 25/30/0/0/15 is the best burst as far as class and set up will go. It requires little to no time to set up and the full bust is less than 2 seconds.

S/D ele. They actually have more burst than thieves, more sustain, and more defensive skills. Thieves suck.

Keiel.7489:

Brando.1374:

for all out 1-2 hit burst D/D thief wins (will die if you look at him funny)
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|8.5g.h2.8.5g.h14.d13.0.d13|5.5c.h4.d13.0.0|1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e.1g.7e|2s.d13.2s.d13.3s.d19.2s.d13.3s.d19.2s.d13|p49.u26c.0.0.f4|6f.1|58.5f.5h.5b.0|e

I would say close to this, but if you are just setting up for pure burst, I would say pick up Assassins Signet and the Prcision one. Take the 20% more damage while target is under 50% to really push damage after the backstab or to set up for a really nasty Backstab. Ether way D/D 25/30/0/0/15 is the best burst as far as class and set up will go. It requires little to no time to set up and the full bust is less than 2 seconds.

reason I picked random signets is for the trait which gives 5 stacks of might when a sig is activated. essentially you will have 22 stacks of might when you CnD and BS which can be huge.

also I picked 100% crit from stealth because its 100% chance to crit lol and I like to crit

Burst guardian has really good burst as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjBWVeCRebI