Guild Wars 2

Hey, ive been doing some spvp lately and in my true fashion of running something more random, after some testing i came up with this and o boy does it pack a hell of a punch, turns out there was a secret to using Elixir X effectively in most situations, before i get into details heres the build

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAEFVXt+KmYh8rRyLIQFAR3iXcjPzLB-TJBFwACuAAd2foaZAAPAAA

Now the things i left blank are your choice, personally ive been running shrapnel and incin powder with elixir H, the protection on it fantastic and the random swiftness can give you that extra duration to ensure you have high swiftness uptime and alot of the time i only find myself without swiftness for a few seconds, but i see no issue with running knockback turrets and taking healing turret.

Aight now on how to use Elixir X properly, thanks to the trait spread we can get either a 18 second tornado or a 24 second rampage, with the reduced cd this leaves us with a 66/60 second cd when it ends and thats pritty short for an elite so dont be afraid to pop it, now since there is a 50/50 you need to understand how to use it between each opponent and when to prematurely end it, for exampe if im running into a 1v1 i will drop my stealth use Elixir B if possible for some fury and activate elixir X, if i get juggernuaght ill use dash->seismic leap->now you have to judge your range from your opponent if your close enough use Kick and then throw boulder this will ensure maximum knockbacks/stuns and allow you to get in close to use the auto which hits very hard, if you dont think you can land Kick use Throw boulder while running towards them and then auto till they get up and use kick->charge and more autos.

if you get tornado you need to be ready to switch out of it at a moments notice, there are 2 skills you want to use, electrified tornado and debris tornado, now electrified will do the best damage when there is multiple opponents so like a ranger/turret engineer/minionmancer or and ele that has his summons out, debris tornado you want to use when its only 1 person around, you will still deal decent damage thanks to fire/air and potential rune of air procs and this will hopefully force people use there stunbreakers and stability skills, luckily tornado lasts ages so wait for them to pop them and run out of save mes then get a quick CC and end the transformation and proceed to burst them with the rifle/nade skills while they have nothing to save them, personally with a touch of luck and skillful use of Elixir X it has a bigger impact on team fights then Supply crate does.

When it comes to team fights you can pritty much use the same tactic with Rampage and wipe teams pritty easy if they dont expect it ive done quite a few 1v2/3 and won due to the very high damage output and control and a bit of surprise im not using crate factor, tornado in team fights can be amazing and bad, you need to know what your playing with, you cant aimlessly CC the field or risk saving your enemys from getting burst by your own team, but if you have ranged bursty team mates like rangers then CC them to your hearts content since knocking them around wont overly effect long range burst due to tracking, if your team is melee heavy you can shutdown enemys that arnt the target but can support or deal burst damage i especially like getting necros and rangers and you can easily stop stomps or control a downed body to stop enemys from getting a res

this is just a small amount of information about using the build and there are heaps of combos you can do with Elixirs B and S when using rifle and nades, i guess ill post more stuff as people ask question and judge the build but its all about having fun and trying something new and this actually works really well once you get the hang of it, so get out there and give people another reason to hate engineers.

Been running Elixir X for 6 months now. The best tornado moment I had was keeping a ranger stuck in a corner since he couldn’t dodge or break out of my debris knock down. Oh the rage.

Rampage is nice on a burst build, you basically nuke the point. Tornado is not as great since I find that the cc is less so I get conditioned down fast. Not sure about the 60 sec cool down, I thought it was in the 70s. It’s good to use runes that have a trigger on elite. I still use a modified version on my condition build since you can pop some additional conditions with runes of krait.

Rifle + Rampage = CC win. Rifle + Tornado = Not so much. People hate the RNG factor but since the elite pops so fast, even if you get multiple tornado’s, just use it as an aoe blind or knockback and then revert.

yup I use it in my static discharge power build. It’s nice to compensate for my lack of stability. The stability / cc field is good for denying res and getting stomps. I do wish it was just Jug though.. although syaing that, I did manage to knock 2 people off skyhammer with tornado#3 in a row don’t think they knew what was happening XD.

I also use rifle and PBR, so I have tonnes of control available.

I never used it for about 6months, mostly from ignorance to begin with. 20 sec isn’t very long to learn skill rotations. Then after that, it was more of the stigma of it being ‘sub-optimal’.

My favourite rotation with Juggernaut is;

Dash>Kick>Throw Boulder>Seismic Leap>Mash #1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1 repeat

that way you close the gap, knock back, range attack that stuns, close tha gap again and punch them in the face. I loves it.

Here’s my PvP build. I lovingly refer to it as The Bionic Commando.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUptrlcxxLkfNSeBN6rMliEyZ2PQGgFA-TJBFwACuAAv2foaZAAPAAA

(editor is out of date, launch PBR does way over 1k base and 1 sec daze)

The runes get alot of stick mostly because of the sub 2000 power but trust me, the DPS is gravy! and a stealth disenguage that procs as my healing turret and toolbelt resets CDs synergises really well. Also, when my target hits >50% HP my DPS sky rockets.