Guild Wars 2

Hey Forums, So I had a great friend help me revamp my build I posted last night of my PvE roamer and this is what we came up with. Credits to NickDollahZ.5348 for all the help!

http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simulator.php#1.4.6.0.20.0.11.0.21.0.79.87.90.91.103.4.4.21.230.235.231.246.0.0.0.0.0.272.278.281.0.0.0.30.10.0.30.0

This is a PvE/PvP Roamer as I said. Focuses on Kiting, Condition damage/duration, and Boon durations/might staking. Gear is Rabid from CM dungeon and jewelry is Rabid as well. Runes are 2 runes of Lyssa and 4 runes of the Nightmare. Dual Pistol with Sigils of minor corruption & superior earth.

This build is amazing at kiting and you will have an uptime of swiftness around 70-85% in AND out of combat. Boon durations will be at about 85-95% uptime in combat and might staking will bring your condition damage up amazingly. This build is perfect for people who don’t like kits, (I find them extremely boring), and who want to laugh at mobs as they just strave them and watch them die

-ALSO- For all you PvP players… I used this build in PvP for about 15 minutes and in sPvP I rocked a warrior, elementalist, and ranger with ease.

SimpleKingly.5021:

-ALSO- For all you PvP players… I used this build in PvP for about 15 minutes and in sPvP I rocked a warrior, elementalist, and ranger with ease.

I appreciate your effort, but testing a build for 15 minutes and killing 3 people doesn’t say anything for the viability of this build for PvP.

Your right, and I have played this build longer than 15 minutes now. I’ve PvP’d for about 3 hours so far and it still stood it’s ground. Largely unkillable by warriors and guardians via stun locks and kiting, mesmers are easy because they can’t handle conditions, the only main class I really have a problem with is…. Well… None.. This build is very good PvP and PvE. With all the people saying Engi is the most UP class in the game and then using this build, I can say for a fact that isn’t true. Try it out!

I cant seem to get your link working, even with copy/paste method… (im at work though… so meh)

But, based on your description, i believe i know the build you speak of. ive done a no-kit P/P alchemist in sPvP before (which is what i think you-re describing) and kicked some buttocks…

it has its weaknesses, like Any class/build, but is very fun. Its more of a support DPS build in my opinion. Its viable, but best to stick with a partner in crime, instead of fly solo.

personally, i love this build for sPvP support, and Dungeon crawling, because i LOVE condition damage.. i love seeing the ticking numbers of dmg consistantly flying over a mobs head… more-so than seeing big crits.. (which is too kitten easy to achieve in this game.) …. BUT!! alas… until a major rework is instilled, condition damage is near useless in dynamic events…. Sure, because of the small AoE the pistols do, not to mention if you pick up the “pistol shots pierce” trait, you still tag most every mob…. but i feel like im leaching, instead of having a direct effect on the fight…

still fun tho, especially if your primary focus is group oriented PvP or PvE… but any condition build we can do, tends to be semi-lame for high end DE’s. i still rock this build every so often for sPvP, but havent spec’d this way since they stuck a cooldown on the ‘burn on crit’ …. the burn on crit used to Decimate with pistol shots piercing…. now it… Cant…

meh, just my $0.02. Dont let anyone tell you that ANY build sucks…. their is no one build to rule them all… they each have their strengths, and weaknesses…. its a matter of exploiting those, at just the right time.

I like it! sometimes I get tired of switching kits all the time and this seems to be the remedy. Although this is another one that suffers from the kittenedness of engi traits, Steel-Packed Powder becomes useless in this build where it should trigger from the pistol auto-attack Explosive shot

I like the idea of stacking condition duration too, if the new giver’s pistol worked right in PvE you could take different runes and still get 50% duration. Or take just one givers pistol and the +40% food for 100% condition duration

SimpleKingly.5021:

Your right, and I have played this build longer than 15 minutes now. I’ve PvP’d for about 3 hours so far and it still stood it’s ground. Largely unkillable by warriors and guardians via stun locks and kiting, mesmers are easy because they can’t handle conditions, the only main class I really have a problem with is…. Well… None.. This build is very good PvP and PvE. With all the people saying Engi is the most UP class in the game and then using this build, I can say for a fact that isn’t true. Try it out!

You should make a video and show us!

@SimpleKingly

So Since you found the secret build to own them all, how about you go in tPvP and show us some video? I really wonder how it will go?

I don’t think this build is bad, thatMs the usual Migh/condition build, but with some weird traits.

Why the last 10 points in Explosives? For stats? Don’t think you need so much that cripple to get steel packed explosive, which is useless in your build.

Otherwise, I think it’s a nice build! But to say : “With all the people saying Engi is the most UP class in the game and then using this build, I can say for a fact that isn’t true. Try it out!” because you ran this build in SPVP for 3 hours, is a bit insulting for anyone who work there kitten off in tPvP to be useful.