Guild Wars 2

Currently I run a staff support/bunker build in WvW with mostly clerics gear and some soldiers. My traits are 0 / 0 / 10 (III) / 30 (I-III-XI) /30 (V-VIII-XI). Heal-ether renewal, utilities – mist form, arcane wave, armour of earth.

It’s an extremely effective build which puts out a ton of healing when used right and has kept me alive in many 3v1s until the fighting side gave in.

nThe PvE version involves changing to aura share and protection with auras (frost spam) for group protection and a group reflect whe needed.

So now I see these traits movements for water and arcane and the amazing new grandmaster earth trait and all I can think about is… what potential bunker builds will we see with this patch? All weapons, all stats. Discuss!

Will throw out a few ideas.

1. New staff bunker build – 0 / 0 / 30 (protection with aura, armour of earth at % health, new condition immunity) / 10 (cantrips grant regen and vigour) / 30 (blasting staff, elemental attunement, evasive arcana)

Heal – ether renewal for ridiculous condition immunity/glyph for necessary regen and protection

Utilities – 1. Mist form, 2. Armour of earth
3. arcane wave slightly less useful because of cd on water skills but potentially must have for aura and spike heals/other two cantrips or arcane shield have great potential

Though it lacks in healing a bit, you can have permanent protection and therefore need less healing to maintain full health and keep the condition immunity.

Pros – conditions are a small scratch of a problem, more protection

Cons – less spike healing and potential for auras

It sounds good but not my style. With that said 0/0/30/20/20 but you could make a case for 0/0/30/10/30 for water field with evasive arcana in earth dodge. But if you really want to bunker 20-30 in water seems better.

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It sounds good but not my style. With that said 0/0/30/20/20 but you could make a case for 0/0/30/10/30 for water field with evasive arcana in earth dodge. But if you really want to bunker 20-30 in water seems better.

Yeah, the lack of healing is bugging me quite a bit. The 15 trait and water cool downs at 20 is a major problem but at the same time evasive arcana is as well. What would be worth more?

2.5k heal on 10 second cd, -20% cd on water, 100 healing power and vitality…. or
A 10 second cooldown blast and equal heal that removes a condition, 10% boon duration and slightly reduced attunement cd? I’m leaning towards arcane.

Being able to provide water fields is often crucial to WvW support so I definitely wouldn’t go any less than 20 points in water for a support-focused build.

0/0/30/20/20 seems to be the most potent one based on the preview.