Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing around with a FWA D/D hybrid spec, and I decided to try Stop, Drop, and Roll. It works wonders, allowing me to negate powerful burns and chills that would opthewise kill and ele. I’m starting to think it is better for general usage than the Frost Aura trait. What are your thoughts? This is in WvW, btw

I use it :-). It fits my build better then frost Aura, but for most builds regen + aura is much more comftable and very strong.

Depends on the size of the fights and group composition. I find that Stop, Drop, and Roll wouldn’t be that good if you have a group you are running with that has on-demand condition removal for you. The Frost Aura trait is pretty good if you run the Earth line as well with the auras grant you Protection so every 20 seconds you will have that.

It has potential. Chill is the worst condi for Ele.

When Frost Aura was 10s cooldown, it’s superior. However, it’s 20s cooldown now, and both traits seem to be equal. Picking each other depends on the situation.

Cecilia.5179:

I’ve been playing around with a FWA D/D hybrid spec, and I decided to try Stop, Drop, and Roll. It works wonders, allowing me to negate powerful burns and chills that would opthewise kill and ele. I’m starting to think it is better for general usage than the Frost Aura trait. What are your thoughts? This is in WvW, btw

I posted most of what I’m using in one of the D/D topics… Maybe we’re running the same thing.

S,D&R is the way to go, especially since the regen from soothing ice (still) doesn’t synergize with soothing wave and soothing disruption, so you don’t get a condiremove. you already have perma regen anyways, so a 20s cd frost aura is nice, but not as nice as negating chill and fire.

tanztante.6532:

the regen from soothing ice (still) doesn’t synergize with soothing wave and soothing disruption, so you don’t get a condiremove

Sounds like a bug, did you report it?

Glenstorm.4059:

tanztante.6532:

the regen from soothing ice (still) doesn’t synergize with soothing wave and soothing disruption, so you don’t get a condiremove

Sounds like a bug, did you report it?

hope you did tanztante
and hope i remember that the next time im online, the combination of 430ish healing power and condi remove on regen is pretty nice
something i would rather have than burn+chill remove, of course thats nice but having any condi removed on 20s CD as well as regen (no perma regen after boon duration nerf) and frost aura (-10% dmg + nice chillzzz) is just so good