Guild Wars 2

I’ve been running classic shatter and zerk gear for quite a while now and getting along just fine. (PvE) But then I was talking to a friend with an ele and he’s into might stacking… and so I asked, with the new tweaks, why not try it on a mes?

TL;DR – Recently improved Bountiful Interruption joins other mes skills/traits to give an easy 25 butt-kicking might! 0/20/20/0/30, Might dur runes, GS / Sword-Focus (Sigils: Bloodlust, Force, Battle)

Combo chain: GS2, stuff, GS2, GS5, swap, stuff, shatter, focus4, stuff, signet of insp, repeat

There are two approaches: you can either stick with domination traits for the shorter GS cooldowns, or trade that for 20 in chaos for the new and improved Bountiful Interruption.

Interrupting is a little trickier, but better for burst might stacking (it does require large groups of mobs to interrupt). Picking domination will give you about the same dps (I ran the numbers carefully), but fewer stacks of might (less to Signet of Inspiration to your team). Plus, the extra defense from Chaos is nice.

Then, of course, you want more boon duration. I chose to go for pure might duration runes (2x each of Fire, Strength, Hoelbrak) for +60% might duration. Combined with 20 in Chaos that gives a whopping +80% might duration. You could take standard boon duration runes, but since I’ve been using an (almost) pure damage philosophy all along, I wanted to stick with that.

For traits, dueling can be whatever (I use X for more clones to shatter). Obviously VIII in Chaos (Bountiful Interruption). In Illusions, VII (extra bounce) is essential – GS2 will give you 6 might per throw instead of just 3! Finally, Illusions XII got a buff too, and it can potentially interrupt a ton of targets at once (I don’t know if it is 5 max, or 5 per shattered illusion. In any case, a nice AoE interrupt).

I slapped Sigil of Battle in my focus more MORE MIGHT. There are probably lots of viable sigil arrangements, but this worked well with where my other sigils already were.

I took all this to Orr and beat up some random vet, getting and sustaining 25 might rather easily. Basically, throw GS2 (6 might), iZerk, GS2 (6 more), GS5 (5 more) any time he is in an animation for the interrupt. Swap (3 might), maybe shatter around here somewhere (3 more), maybe a sword3+2, focus4 for another interrupt, and you’ve already passed 25 stacks! Then signet it to your pals and repeat.

Of course, in a party, you’re probably already getting a base 5-10 might without doing anything, so that makes it even easier to max the stax ^__^

If anyone feels like trying this out too, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Here’s my boon duration. 2x water, 2x monk, 2x strength, atleast 20 in chaos, signit of midnight in a fractal or whatever (unless I want something special for whatever reason), and chocolate omnomberry cream for another 20% (and good old magic find).

That’s 80% boon, and 100% might duration.

I’ve been trying to put together a Might stacking build, but I’m just afraid it won’t work out in dungeons/fractals. It seems you have to ensure you’re the closest one to an enemy to be sure you get the GS2 Might. Also, I’d be worried about using GS5 because of the knockback and though they’d be getting Might, melee probably wouldn’t be happy. I suppose I could explain my build ahead of time if it’s a PUG.

Anyway, the build looks awesome, but I was wondering if you had any experience with it in dungeons/fractals yet.

Yeaaaah,
I switched one trait out of my 0/20/20/0/30 Shatter build from Staff CD to Bountiful Interruptions and it was one of the best ideas I’ve had.
25 stacks of Might is easier to achieve now than it was back during that little while that Shattered Strength gave 3 stacks of Might per illusion shattered.

Even without Mirror Blade helping out, that’s just from shatters and interrupts

I’ve played with mes might stacking a few times. Here’s my input:

Pickup the extra bounce trait. Mirror blade is your single best source of might, aside maybe from sigils of battle. Staff and GS actually synergize well together, and it will help both weaps.

Bountiful Interruption gives 5 stacks, but only 10sec duration. Not saying it isn’t worth taking, but I wish it were 2-3 stacks for 20sec. I feel like I have to work to make this trait work for me. Would rather have the staff cd’s if I have to choose.

Try using signet of inspiration…. It’s pretty fun dropping aoe ret and might stacks on your team.

kodesh.2851:

I’ve played with mes might stacking a few times. Here’s my input:

Pickup the extra bounce trait. Mirror blade is your single best source of might, aside maybe from sigils of battle. Staff and GS actually synergize well together, and it will help both weaps.

Bountiful Interruption gives 5 stacks, but only 10sec duration. Not saying it isn’t worth taking, but I wish it were 2-3 stacks for 20sec. I feel like I have to work to make this trait work for me. Would rather have the staff cd’s if I have to choose.

Try using signet of inspiration…. It’s pretty fun dropping aoe ret and might stacks on your team.

While yes, it’s hard to maintain 25 stacks far an entire fight,
I usually time it for before my burst, if I can.

Chaos Storm and Counter Blade are fantastic sources of multi-target interrupts that, if aimed properly, can sit me at 20-25 stacks of Might on their own without having to pop any of my DPS skills or make any clones.

EDIT: I should clarify that I very much agree that Mirror Blade is a fantastic source of Might. But I dropped using the Greatsword some time ago because I find it loses viability in group battles. It’s still good, but the Staff gets far more useful against 5 opponents than it is against 1.

The greatsword is my single favourite weapon to use in 1v1s (Which is also the only time you can reliably get Might from Mirror Blade) though, it’s intensely gratifying.

Also, the above is from a WvW perspective. I take my Greatsword everytime I step into PvE.