Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure about the rest of you, but a recent discussion lately has enlightened me as to the fact that for nearly two years now we have practically been enslaved to the Alchemy line in order to obtain a level of survivability that is deemed necessary to our overall performance. Having become bored/numb to the bunkerish direction that we have steadily been steering towards, I wanted to try something that was out of our current comfort zone. After quite a few bouts, both in single combat and team based, I have noticed that I was actually enjoying hammer for the first time since HoT release. It is my hope that those of you who gives this build a try end up experiencing the same thrill that it is currently providing me. I present to you Not for the faint of heart.

Unfortunate as it is, I realize that Tools is a pale shadow of what it once was after the vigor nerf. However, this is providing a rather pleasant amount of synergy with the offensively oriented side of Scrapper through a free stun break outside of stab generation and the ability to easily reveal an opponent through cleave and aoe; meaning you can drop Stealth Gyro in favor of Mortar Kit for more active play. Reluctant as I was to pick up Gadgeteer, it actually turned out to be the best option available for me as utilizing Elixir R frees up a slot for the improved version of AED (longer duration, shorter CD). At first glance AED appears to be more pain than what it is worth, but considering the sickening amount of condition bombing that is occurring the super cleanse is actually… surprisingly helpful.

The objective here is rather simple. You are a roaming +1 that is intended to not only offensively assist your team, but to also instantly res your party members. This is made possible through abusing the recently reduced CD on Toss R, Funtion Gyro and physically ressing (possibly with Bulwark if necessary). Combining the Demolisher amulet with toughness to power conversion and reliable might stacking means you are going to hit for a more than an acceptable amount. Rune choices are still up for debate, but I have been hovering between Leadership and Lyssa, which basically comes down to either higher boon upkeep or greater cleanse potential through Mortar Kit swapping.

This is merely a build for those who are looking to try something new and have a little fun in the process. I hope that those of you who give it a test will have a positive experience.

Final salvo is pretty wasted by only having a single gyro.

Dawdler.8521:

Final salvo is pretty wasted by only having a single gyro.

Bulwark and Function makes two. Function is the one that arguably needs it the most for those resurrects and long range stomps. The additional stab generation from Salvo is also a very useful commodity.