Guild Wars 2

I will be the first to admit, I suck at dungeoneering in GW2; hopefully this post will help me out.

It’s obvious that 5-man content is a lot more involved than the faceroll that open-world PvE content is; I pretty much run a glass-cannon ‘zerker build for roaming around the open world. I can’t cut it in dungeons with this setup though as I die pretty easily. I’m pretty sure that this is more so due to my poor skill at dodging and my lack of understanding the fights. So…

1. What are some gearing/build/technique tips for dungeons?
2. Where can I go online to learn dungeon fights?
3. Which dungeons should I hone my skills on?
4. Is there anything I can do/download to improve the obviousness of monsters’ telegraphed “tells” that they’re winding up for a one-shot? (I’m thinking of anything like WoW’s Deadly Boss Mods)

Thanks in advance for your help!

Thanks so much for the helpful responses! The Dungeon Mentors thread looks really encouraging and the GW2 Dungeon Guide is exactly what I’ve been looking for—yet somehow missed entirely—to have some semblance of a clue of what to do in each dungeon. I’ll give Obal’s dungeon guides another look as well for help with gearing/spec/technique.

First off, stick with your zerker gear. Learn to adapt to it. If you really must use a crutch to assist, swap it out for knights’ gear (not soldiers’). Obal of DnT has a good guide to building a DPS guardian for PVE stickied in this very forum.

Secondly, see the link in my signature? It’ll direct you to the Dungeon Mentors thread. Be sure to give it a good read.

Thirdly, ideally you should do all the dungeons, as your performance in them is not solely dictated by your own personal skill, but also your knowledge about the encounters within and the strategies used to tackle them. A mentor can help you with this assuming you seek one out.

Lastly, this comes under knowledge of the encounter, and there aren’t any programs that can help you with this. You’ll have to learn it yourself, reflexes are something no one can directly help you with.

:)

Yes.. read Obal’s DPS guard guide.. he has a section on how to stay alive. I watched few of DnTs video and it’s great.. just to watch it visually. I really like Brazil’s videos.. he’s one funny dude.

Anyways it takes time to get used to zerker, you will die a lot because your health pool will be even lower than an ele with the zerker build.. but you do get better over time. You can read about all the dungeon encounters on GW2 Dungeon Guide. This really helped me out with the runs and knowing what to do. It even has fractals section too.

And yes keep doing dungeons. I admit at times I got so frustrated with the times I faceplanted but it does lessen more you keep chugging at it. Don’t give up on the zerker. It’s really worth it. But I do have a secondary set, the knights as a backup since I pug almost all the time. It’s also great in fractals as you can just switch to it so you don’t have to leave for repairs.

The above advice is good but if you still can’t get the zerkers going for yourself, don’t be afraid to come back and ask again … you’re not a failure if it doesn’t work for you.