Guild Wars 2

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhcM6b22wsBd0ACAW4AQCoIOuHMDKClmDA-TJBBwAAuAAC3fIzDAAcZAA

I’ve been playing around with this for the past couple days. Unfortunately the Resistance rune set doesn’t seem to be on there, so I stuck on Melandru’s. The build is surprisingly deadly, mixing both raw damage and conditions to really spank lower vitality builds of all armor sizes, thanks to condi ignoring armor. The frequent blinds help you maintain balanced pressure, meaning they have to deal with both a flood of condi’s that aren’t too deadly on their own, but are disastrous to ignore, while at the same time dealing with hits in the same format.

The build’s biggest weakness is heavy condi spam, but it’s very high toughness makes it surprisingly excellent against zerk classes in conjunction with the blind spamming.

I probably wouldn’t take this to TPvP, but it’s fun to muck around in and surprise the crap out of people with something unexpected. I’m pretty sure I can actually see other player’s frustration at the constant blinds, too.

Fire 9 trait actually has an interesting synergy with signets, since it makes your signets proc on-aura traits. This gives you 100% uptime on fury and swiftness from Zephyr’s Boon, as well as around 75% uptime on protection from Elemental Shielding.

I like to run it with Carrion amulet as Fire and Earth signets do some serious condition damage now.

Same issue as you outlined, very little condi removal. It’s excellent against power builds though thanks to the protection.

My favorite thing about running the Written in Stone signet build is that it turns Signet of Restoration into a super-powered heal. You get to use the active heal every 20 seconds and you still get the heal per cast.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhcM6b22wsBd0AEAW4AQCIIOOH0DCCiuAA-TJRHwAFOBAILDA4BAQa/BA

Props to ^this build, though I can’t use D/D anywhere near the abilities I have with staff. Even with baby fields I can spank people because they’re disabled so hard.

Edit: I probably shouldn’t post this but signet passives are bugged atm, water and earth can have two passives going at a time for a duration. I suspect Anet forgot to update the duration of the special passive they put on using Written in Stone.

This is the one that Diva is running, in another thread

I can’t wait to try it out. Personally, I’m not sure if I’ll like Stone Heart or Written in Stone more. Oh, and with this you’re supposed to stay in earth for added survivability and condi removal.