I haven’t seen it around and most of the SD builds I’ve seen used rifle as main weapon and toolkit as a kit.
Lately I’ve been playing a lot this zerker SD grenadier build which gives absurd burst:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQFAUlIqiYX7STF17IyoHkWntZgKYXfeMftFEC-jwxAYLAiCQyrIasthioxqWwUlER1ejioVLFQELjA-e and I found it very effective.
It works similar to any SD build with the difference that the toolkit is substituted by the grenade kit. The main burst comes from throwing net shot, which immobilizes and applies 5 stacks of vulnerability (trait) and then unleash your 3 toolbelt skills:
1) Analyze: 10 stacks of vulnerability (+5 from net shot = 15 stacks of vuln = 15% more damage) – SD
2) Grenade barrage: HUGE damage, since your target can’t move and all grenades hit – SD
3) Surprise shot: decent damage – SD
With this combo you can basically 1shot most “things” in wvw. Also, you can harrass zergs with your berserker grenade shower or stealthers by throwing grenades everywhere near you, crippling them.
If net shot is on cooldown, you can always do overcharged shot and immediatly use your stun breaker and, while your target is on the ground, unleash the SD combo and eventually jump shot if they are still alive.
The only downside would be the less survivability because you lose gear shield or the fun factor of magnet (<3) but I didn’t feel it much, because you put out so much stress on players that they’ll be busy healing themselves rather than actually trying to kill you.
This build is also useful for killing targets off towers because of the long range of grenades or for raiding camps, since everything dies in few secs. It also does very good in dungeons (CoF gate controller gets erased in few secs
) and the aoe is awesome. I have no way to measure damage, since we have no access to any real combat log.
I’m currently very content with this build (even though I have to admit that rifle/toolkit SD build gives out funnier, more enjoyable and more dynamic duels :> ).
Try it out
I apologize if this had already been posted in the past but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Gw2 search button doesn’t help too.