Rate my first sPvP build.

Rate my first sPvP build.

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Posted by: KnarleyMarley.6937

KnarleyMarley.6937

Decide to give some sPvP a go yesterday and spent probably an hour or so putting together a build I felt worked alright and fit my play style. All in all, I’ve been having a pretty fun time with it and a pretty successful time, (although this is still like lvl 5 sPvP so who’s to say). At first I really wanted to go the GS, Hammer route aiming at a crit hammer build. But then I discovered some new traits and got my first glory reward (a torch) and so thought I’d change the build up a bit, I think it was for the best because this just works better:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUEQNAR8flYgKCHHyKEf4Eh1DC+vCWpIez7ShDhIA;TsAg0CnowxgjAHLYOwkgtsYYxmAA Let

Let me know what you guys think, goods, bads, what you may or may not change. I’ve got some questions about it myself and am still playing around with it, but for now this seems to give me the most of what I want for my play style. It’s turning out to be a pretty awesome roaming and team fight build IMO. 1v1’s I don’t have a ton of trouble, maybe just some theives and engineers now and then. I don’t know if there is a class that can pull off 1v2’s if you really outplay the others but I’ve not had much luck 1v2 just a scant handful I could barely pull off.

Rate my first sPvP build.

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Posted by: KnarleyMarley.6937

KnarleyMarley.6937

Rate my first sPvP build.

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Posted by: Ynna.8769

Ynna.8769

The build probably works. I would make a few small changes. I would consider swapping out “Stand Your Ground!” for a Signet or a Meditation, depending on how much your getting use out of the Stability.
In the Radiance-line, I’d change your second Major trait to either Inscribed Removal or Blind Exposure. Generally speaking, if you’re dropping that low on HP, you don’t need the extra damage.

You can 1v2 on a Guardian (and probably on other professions), but it takes some real effort and generally isn’t worth it.

Edit: The link doesn’t work because of a forum quirk, but if you copy and paste it, you get to the build.

“Come on, hit me!”

Rate my first sPvP build.

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Posted by: KnarleyMarley.6937

KnarleyMarley.6937

Stand your ground is one I was starting to play around with swapping out. I did find tho that I was starting to miss it. Once people start to figure out how much dps I can dish out if they leave me, especially to a group I found I was getting focus cc’d pretty hard or just focused down, this way when I need to gtfo, help the team, reflect a bit of dmg, or just land some hits I have a way to do it.

Thats the other one I wasn’t all to sure about. I just found that this spec is so good at pushing people off and out of points that as the match goes on I start to become the focus target. Generally if I drop this low I’ve popped all my other cool downs and this is when I hit renewed focus so while I’m invulnerable waiting on more CD’s I get some more burning going on to help keep pushing enemies off the point. But yeah, how much that really does for me, and the amount of times it’s more useful than some of the other traits, I don’t know.

I was wondering tho, do you know if the Sigil of Superior Fire (for weapons: 30% Chance to trigger an aoe flame blast) sets people on fire, or is it just a blast. I was trying to figure it out on the dummies and it looked like it is just one aoe chunk of dmg and does not apply burning. If this is the case I might switch my weapon sigils out.