Anyone legitimately done bomb build recently?

Anyone legitimately done bomb build recently?

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Posted by: Gibbilo.3270

Gibbilo.3270

Very quickly I’m thinking something like:

30 in explosions — bomb cd, explosive damage, increased aoe
30 in inventions — bomb explosions heal allies, increased speed in combat, and whatever else.
10 elsewhere (i was thinking tools) — maybe lighting bolt on tk skills or speedy kits.

Stats prioritize Toughness and/or Vitality. Then mix in healing power, crit, conditions however you want.

p/p, toolkit, bombkit, — anything else you want to bring for your 3rd utility slot

Basically what I see here is a beefy/tank character that can apply self heal self and allies super easily, easy confusion 3 different ways (spread it out or stack it), multiple snares, lots of AoE and conditions, and perma speed both in and out of combat. If they run pull them back in with magnetic shield and snare again/confuse again/bomb them to hell. Rinse and Repeat. Too many people on you?— create space with a big bomb. If ur still taking too much heat you always have gear shield and whatever 3rd utility skill you brought.

If you decide to bring goggles as a 3rd utility that’s easy vulnerability that stacks with toolkit plus a stun breaker and if you combine with medikit then you have perma vigor. I’m sure there’s lots of other good fits for the 3rd slot.

I just had time to try it for a sec in sPvP and got top place—but that probably doesn’t mean anything. I can see this being very good for WvW or PvE.

I’m SURE someone has already done something like this. Probably better. And Ideally, recently as well. So I would like to hear more about it if this could actually be something good and not just gimic.

Anyway, g2g look forward to ur responses in my morning.

Anyone legitimately done bomb build recently?

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Posted by: Zinwrath.2049

Zinwrath.2049

bombs are awesome anywhere, particularly if your a tank build and have the healing from bomb trait. bombs “auto attack” is probably one of the highest dps attacks there is and its ae. …its just delayed so horrible for attacking something thats moving, but great in pve. PVP bombs always are amazing utility for staying alive on a point between the blind and immob and knockback. I’m not the biggest fan of using them because i find them boring and kinda weird ….but they’ve always been powerful and viable.