Guild Wars 2

So I’m thinking something with high damage here is important. Survivability isn’t as big of an influence since you’ll mainly be pulling small groups of trash mobs. Dying, though disappointing, and time consuming isn’t a big deal here since map clearing and leveling lends itself to quick turn around.

So I’ll assume GS. I’m thinking a rotation of:

Blinding Blade(5) followed by it’s pull,
Virtue of Justice (F1)
Symbol of Wrath(4),
Leap of Faith (3) [combo with symbol],
Whirling Wrath (2) [combo with symbol]

With that rotation the following makes sense to me:
http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mccz9wf9MVo (copy/paste if link doesn’t work)

The 15 in Radiance for the following.
5 points – Justice is Blind
- With aoe blind is nice stacks nice with below
10 points – Blind Exposure VI
- With all that blinding going on why not stack some vulnerability?
15 points – Renewed Justice
- Uh spam all the conditions?
Virtues
5 points – Add stacks of might for the VoJ spam

That’s where I get stuck. Any ideas?

Most people run this this. Two-Hand Mastery can be switched out for Empowering Might if you don’t mind the extra CD.

ZoroDaOtter.3859:

Most people run this this. Two-Hand Mastery can be switched out for Empowering Might if you don’t mind the extra CD.

This build does not use two-handed weapons so Two-Handed Mastery is a waisted trait. Why use Superior Aria without a shout skill? I think without shouts you would miss a lot of AHs potential. However, AH requires allies around and is thus not good for a solo build.

I’m also not sure why Healing Breez should be good for a solo build.

This is run by most people? How do you know that?

TheBlueI.3486:

ZoroDaOtter.3859:

Most people run this this. Two-Hand Mastery can be switched out for Empowering Might if you don’t mind the extra CD.

This build does not use two-handed weapons so Two-Handed Mastery is a waisted trait. I’m also not sure why Healing Breez should be good for a solo build.

Forgot to do the skills/weapon. Fixed now.

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mccz0cz9MmGNLmmGNLm0fVxGoMsqos

Try this build. With +20% boon duration you’ll be stacking on Might more effectively when you spam F1, another thing is Absolute Resolution which is really helpful when you have tons of condition on you. I remember reading about keeping 5 on Valor for the life saving Aegis when u hit 50% avoiding an unexpected one shot death.

Zoro’s build is pretty standard.
I would recommend GS/Staff.
GS is just all around solid.
Staff for swiftness and ranged pulls.

But you said solo; so I would ditch AH.
I would recommend radiance and honor, with a dash of virtue.

Yeah, Zoro’s build looks like a great place to start. Since I spend a lot of time soloing to get my exploration done, I focused on the Meditation skills in the Valor tree. Monk’s Focus pumps out some pretty nice healing when no one else is around, and between my 3 utility skills I end up with 2 condition removers, 2 free AoEs, and 2 stun breakers (normally not a huge deal in PvE, but you’ll be glad you have it for the times you run into a bunch of mobs that want to stunlock you), all of which are instant cast.