Guild Wars 2

So, I am planning on creating updated guides for “World Completion” builds, as I get requests for that quite often, and I have largely outdated information. Since there is no “best build”, I figured I would get input from the community, and see what everyone’s favorites are, so that I might test some of them out to see which one, statistically speaking (as best as I can test) would work for a world completion build. So I come to you now!

Two things you need to keep in mind when submitting your ideas:

1. Builds will often change depending on location on the map. I have found (personally) that I prefer a staff while in Orr, along with Diamond Skin so that the debuffs don’t slow me down. Things like this are pieces of information you may want to keep in your answer.

2. Be sure to include your specialties, healing, elite, utilities, etc. in your build along with your weapons. These heavily affect the way that the build would perform. DO NOT however include the “stats” that go with your build, i.e. power/ferocity/precision, and other things like that. The build should work WITHOUT people having to create specific stat builds, as players are more focused on world completion obviously if they’re reading this guide as opposed to making money to gear up.

Feel free to improve and offer constructive criticism on other people’s ideas. DO NOT however, tear people apart, telling them they’re wrong, among other things. Keep it friendly, keep open minded, and be smart about it. A lot of this is up to opinion, so instead of telling other people why their opinions are “wrong”, tell other people what YOUR reasons are for enjoying a specific style of play. I really enjoy doing community guides and making efforts to help others understand different ways of playing the game, so I try to make many of these and keep them up to date. So I thank you in advance, if you choose to help me out!

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Fresh air dd. I put zerker stats but you know whatever works

Bumping this thread for more combined information

akaCryptic.2389:

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Fresh air dd. I put zerker stats but you know whatever works

This build is quite nice! The expensiveness of the Seaweed might be a deterrent to newer players, but it works well without it too!

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I’m posting this as a glass cannon build, however you are free to run whatever stats you are comfortable with. Better to be alive then using a build that does not work for you.

Notes:

-Standard staff build, Berserkers works well to maximize DPS but it is not necessary. Any stat build will work, however low precision builds should swap Fire trait “Burning Precision” to “Burning Fire” and Air trait “Ferocious Winds” to “Zephyr’s Boon”. Burning Precision and Ferocious Winds are terrible traits for low precision builds. Burning Fire and Zephyr’s Boon can also be used with any stat combo.

-Signet of Air can be swapped out for any Cantrip for better survival, Arcane Wave if you need another blast finisher or Frost Bow in situations where CC is needed or if the target is stationary. Personally I like to keep Signet of Air because of the flat 25% movement speed and the signet active blind is alright.

-If you don’t want to use Glyph of Storms, it can also be swapped out for any utility. Just remember if you don’t use Glyph of Storms, swap the air trait “Inscription” to “Aeromancer’s Training”. Inscription should only be used if you plan to run Glyph of Storms.

-If Strength Runes are too expensive then go with Superior Runes of the Flame Legion, they work very well because you will being burning targets fairly often with the trait “Burning Precision” which will help keep your 7% Damage modifier from the 6 set bonus up. Other rune options are Pack Runes, Hoelbrak Runes (good for condition encounters) and Scholar Runes (if you can manage 90%+ HP). Again if you are using a low precision stat build, don’t use Fire trait “Burning Precision”. Flame Legion still works without Burning Precision but may not be as effective without the trait.

-Since this is map completion, you should run with “Conjure Fiery Greatsword” or “Rebound!”. Rebound! for an extra heal/aura or FGS so that you can clear maps a little bit faster by using the mobility granted by FGS.

-Sigil recommendations include Air, Force, Fire, Bloodlust or Energy. Again for low precision builds, do not run Air or Fire runes as you will not proc them enough to make use of them and are better off using Force/Bloodlust for damage. Energy is great if you want another dodge on attunement swap.

Last point I want to make is that positioning is the key to survival. Positioning yourself well allows you to run the glass cannon build but if you have troubles staying alive then I would recommend you run with soldiers gear. Any stat build should work but I recommend soldiers as it offers the best combination of offense and defense (Power,Vit and Toughness)