Guild Wars 2

Hello I’m new as a dragon hunter and am looking for tips to fight a WvW condi bunker chrono build.

Basically he is able to generate a lot of clones in a short time and apply torment + confusion bursts very frequently.

I run the below build currently which has a lot of condi clear but I don’t do enough damage to hurt him at all before I cycle through all my condi clear and die….

I would appreciate any advise on my build for general WvW solo roaming and any tips to fight a condi bunker chrono.

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You can either play Necro and use condition transfer to beat the chrono in a finger snap or play the Guardián and run. For most of the classes, specialy in WvW in which Anet gave up any chance of balance once they chose to remove some amulets in PvP but do nothing in PvE/WvW, the only way to beat a perplex Chrono is facing a bad player.

Otherwise, use Necro or just run. With traveller’s and gs you hace the chance to outpace him (I didt it sometimes).

It is going to be a bit difficult for you to down a dire or trailblazer’s condi chrono with this build but not impossible. Your crit chance and vitality are a bit low.

Here are tips that may help you:

Your gear – good benchmarks to aim for as a guard roamer are as follows: 2200+ power, around 50% crit, 15k+ hp, 2200+ armor, 200% crit damage. These are NOT absolute by any means, but I find straying from any one of these measures will kitten you as a guard roamer.

Your build – full melee is going to have trouble vs. any class that stealths frequently. I recommend picking up scepter in place of sword, or longbow in place of greatsword.

Your skills – Purification helps a lot more vs. Condi chronos than shelter. With shelter you MIGHT cure 1 condition through blocking, but with purification you’re just going to flat out heal 5k more hp. Also, JI doesn’t help vs. Condi chrono much (unless you’re ganking). Try ToF instead and rely on your f2, GS3 or Sword 2 for mobility. Condi chronos aren’t that mobile.

While fighting:

Watch for shatters – Always. Do NOT stay close to chronos when they have 2+ clones up. When they stealth, destroy those clones. When clones are down, get in melee range so you can hit them with smite condi.

Watch for blink – after they use blink is generally a good time to land your burst on them.

Count seconds – after about 3 seconds is when they’ll reappear from stealth. Take advantage of this with your blocks if possible.

Use your condi cleanses defensively. Do not smite condi after only having a couple stacks of confusion on you. Use each utility defensively except for ToF.

Use focus 4 on a clone. The clone won’t dodge, so this is a great way to cleanse 2 condis off yourself.

Stand still and do nothing – hard pressed on condi clear? Need to wait out that 2 second blind so you can cleanse confuse and torment? Standing still and not attacking will protect you from confusion and torment a little.

Against a good condi chrono you honestly probably won’t kill them. But you CAN stalemate them or cause them to retreat. I get this outcome about 75% of the time I fight one. Good luck!

Arcaedus.7290:

It is going to be a bit difficult for you to down a dire or trailblazer’s condi chrono with this build but not impossible. Your crit chance and vitality are a bit low.

Here are tips that may help you:

Your gear – good benchmarks to aim for as a guard roamer are as follows: 2200+ power, around 50% crit, 15k+ hp, 2200+ armor, 200% crit damage. These are NOT absolute by any means, but I find straying from any one of these measures will kitten you as a guard roamer.

Your build – full melee is going to have trouble vs. any class that stealths frequently. I recommend picking up scepter in place of sword, or longbow in place of greatsword.

Your skills – Purification helps a lot more vs. Condi chronos than shelter. With shelter you MIGHT cure 1 condition through blocking, but with purification you’re just going to flat out heal 5k more hp. Also, JI doesn’t help vs. Condi chrono much (unless you’re ganking). Try ToF instead and rely on your f2, GS3 or Sword 2 for mobility. Condi chronos aren’t that mobile.

While fighting:

Watch for shatters – Always. Do NOT stay close to chronos when they have 2+ clones up. When they stealth, destroy those clones. When clones are down, get in melee range so you can hit them with smite condi.

Watch for blink – after they use blink is generally a good time to land your burst on them.

Count seconds – after about 3 seconds is when they’ll reappear from stealth. Take advantage of this with your blocks if possible.

Use your condi cleanses defensively. Do not smite condi after only having a couple stacks of confusion on you. Use each utility defensively except for ToF.

Use focus 4 on a clone. The clone won’t dodge, so this is a great way to cleanse 2 condis off yourself.

Stand still and do nothing – hard pressed on condi clear? Need to wait out that 2 second blind so you can cleanse confuse and torment? Standing still and not attacking will protect you from confusion and torment a little.

Against a good condi chrono you honestly probably won’t kill them. But you CAN stalemate them or cause them to retreat. I get this outcome about 75% of the time I fight one. Good luck!

Thanks for the insightful comments!
I always am not sure if I should kill the clones first or go after the real mesmer first =/

Also what is TOF?

I run with high fury uptime from my runes and meditation trait/utilities. So in combat I usually have around 50% crit chance. Is this good enough or should I just push for 50% base without taking fury into account?