Hey guys. It’s me Xanctuz.. so this weekend I was kinda experimenting with builds. in an an attempt to create fun non meta builds those that could atleast work in saphire and ruby divisions. I honestly prefer to play with my own builds rather then with meta builds. And this not because i want to be that special little snowflake rather I want as much of my wins to be contributed to myself as much as possible. So I’m gonna say it now. If u want to be practical. Meta Meditrapper>Condi Dragonhunter. Just so that my intentions are on the table.
Anyways. I think all of us guardians realise why burn guardians/burn dragonhunters can’t work.
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Dragonhunter_-_Burning_Arrows
It’s consistent condi removal. Actually since burning is actually one of the few conditions and really the only damaging conditions. One wouldn’t need to run much condi cleanse to render it ineffective.
But what if. U added as much conditions as possible on top of burning damage? Well this means that u have increasingly higher chances of your burns not gettin cleansed. Bassically I throw a lot of conditions as sacrifice to Ensure that burns aren’t getting cleansed that easily. Now if u play together with somebody else that throws any random condition you’re pretty much put into the role of +1 ing. And u can burst pretty much any class down, also thanx to the element of surprise.
The way it works is u set up random conditions through applying blinds, immobiles and vulnerabilities with ray of judgement and chains of light. U then switch to your sword torch which applies chilled and poison. In an attempt force them to use thier condition cleanses. Then u can apply burst burn through using zealot’s flame, spear of justice,judges intervention. and finish it with feel my wrath which applies bleeding, torment on poison on 45 sec cd. However u can also switch then sword torch burst combo and use feel my wrath first to apply a bit more pressure and then swith to dealing burn damage. Either way u a will have your burns stick most likely. And if you aren’t paying attention u will find yourself dealing with lots of conditions.
In short this build is really one big bluff. Most of my opponent seems to fall for it and wast thier condi cleanses.
Here’s the build:
It has a decent 1 v 1 potential. So far I’ve fought the standard Medi trapper,Corrupmancer, thiefs, and won most of my matches. I have to say that dh’s push me off point more often then not. This is solely based on my experiences. I encourage u to give it a try and maby try to improve it.
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