Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, so I was messing around with traits and came up with an idea for a build: 20/25/10/0/15. Weapons are greatsword + sword/torch. But the main focus is on condition damage (mostly cause I couldn’t be bothered to get a different set of gear, and wanted to use a GS). Rabid stats (precision/toughness/condition damage) on everything. Runes of the undead cause I’m poor.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAR8flwzipXUTkGbNJipCBH6DXHJFl2rVmBvdhA;TUAAzCpsWYYx2CA

I can’t figure out how to link it properly so you’ll just have to copy paste it. Sorry : (

The idea is to use the GS clone’s 3x attack for Sharper Images along with rabid gear for high crit chance, as well as punishing people for destroying the clones with the 3 ‘when a clone is killed’ traits. I usually use the sword to immobilize and land shatters more easily, and the torch is for condition removal, burning, and generally not dying.

Confusion can be applied from a clone being killed, or any shatter.

I thought about it for a while and couldn’t really find a reason why a GS would be superior to a staff, but it seems to work pretty well so who knows. Will try it out and see what happens.

So…anyone has any suggestions on how to improve it? Sorry if it’s been suggested before, but a quick search on Google + these forums didn’t turn anything up.

Here are my thoughts

1. This really isn’t a condition build. You’ll apply a few sparingly along the way, but outside of vunerability and some light bleeding there isn’t much conditions being down with a GS.
2. Your trait setup is really more of a power/crit build in which you’ll hit your opponent hard, but not as hard as if you were using berserk over rabid.
3. In the end, it looks more like a mix build that isn’t very strong at doing one thing but rather decent damage output with a few conditions to help things along.