pvp, build need tips

pvp, build need tips

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Posted by: Amar.1547

Amar.1547

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqel0piY3zyuF17IxoHfm0dWUhH/5hcbbaB-TsAAyCvIiRFjLGTMyYsxMK4UwsAA

So In sPvp, what i tend to do is use grenades and bombs to dominate enemys, this build has worked pretty well for me, but any pointers?

pvp, build need tips

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Posted by: Nikkle.4013

Nikkle.4013

First. You have a low crit chance but are stacking crit damage a lot. Your power is only 1640 as well but you have only 300 condi damage. It seems like your stat distribution is off. You are almost a bunker or tanky dps with good health, ok armor and healing. But you focus on getting lots of crit damage. And its not like you need the swiftness from the air runes with speedy kits.

Second, Fast acting elixirs does nothing for you. You don’t have elixirs, besides the elixir gun which i believe does not gain anything from it.

Third, Nades without grenedier is rather weak imo. Going from 2 to 3 shrapnel/poision and freeze grenades makes all the difference.

Finally, Static Discharge. I haven’t played with this for months but I don’t believe they fixed the discharge shooting into the ground on certain skills. I believe all your toolbelt skills cause this. In which case it only does damage if you use your toolbelt skills on top of people. They could have fixed this and no one told me though :P

pvp, build need tips

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Posted by: Amar.1547

Amar.1547

pvp, build need tips

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Posted by: Nikkle.4013

Nikkle.4013

I suspect it would be an improvement. Try running sigil of battle on your main hand. Get three stacks of might when you swap kits (9sec cooldown). 105 condi + 105 Power will boost your damage quite a bit. 105/1800 is 5.8% just with 3 stacks, then you get the condi damage on top. Your burning will go from 402 to 428 a 6.7% increase. Plus that might last for 20 seconds so you’ll have 6 stacks rolling in combat way more the sigil of force is giving you. I would experiment with something on the offhand as well, maybe corruption or bloodlust, depending on whether you want to do more power damage or become more hybrid. Think hybrid(corrruption) would be best with both nades and bombs ontop of the balthazar runes.

Have you tried pvping with the changes? What’s your goal with this build? To live for a while on a node or to kill everything quickly but die to a sneeze or you shooting for something in between?

Edit:Maths

(edited by Nikkle.4013)