Guild Wars 2

Im currently running with GS/S/T dom/dueling/illu, im trying to find a viable roaming 1v2 type of build, im currently confused on what build and what gear should i use since i want to balance things out but effectively match an opponent, anyone willing to help? if you have suggestions on other type of builds im willing to listen.

WvW or sPvP roaming? In either case grab the most offensive stats that you feel comfortable with in your armor/amulet since this build is all about burst. If we are talking wvw, drop the Illusions line for Chaos and pick up Prismatic Understanding, this is going to give you way more utility and survive-ability than anything in Illusions even in a power shatter build. For sPvP I would consider either sticking with Illusions or picking up the shatter traits in Inspiration, both work very well.

Actually take inspiration. Pu is great but won’t help with conditions. Also power gear. Post patch only dueling is needed to be an effective shatter build. This allows you to experiment. I have ran dueling/inspiration/chaos. Imo dueling/inspiration is the core to a power shatter build and can add any 3 to finish depending on what you want. Dom=lockdown chaos=pu illusions=faster recharge weapon cooldowns/shatters.

hmm not a bad suggestion guys but im more of a roaming alone or with a small zerg, i prefer power shatter stealth type, anyways thanks for the suggestions guys

I think the strongest burst shatter roaming specs right now are Dom/Duel/Chaos PU and Dom/Duel/Insp Mantras.

Illusions can work as well but in WvW I think “I need to burst more often” is less common than “I need to run away from five people” or “I need to remove 10 kitten conditions in order to not die.”

At first I thought illusions would be ideal, but it really doesn’t give you all that much besides shatter cooldowns, some might stacking, and some torch cleanse.. and inspiration (with mantra heal and stun mantra) completely outdoes the pledge and lets you take staff over sword/torch if thats your style. And Chaos has obviously great GMs in PU and CI, which are very powerful in their own right, but the traits in the adept/master tiers aren’t as useful in my opinion as the ones in inspiration, especially with the chaotic dampening nerf.

I’m running this build:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhQQNAR8fl0nhy0YjawGNwtGLnGkZL22MOfSUuOZAWQQB-TlDFABVfQAkb/hlUiBwFAoQ1BuSJoAPAAkUO4kSCUUxJDNCppLIRVCW4IAQKgy1aB-w

It’s fairly tanky, has good healing and quite some cleanses. Charging mantras after every fight is kinda broing but you’ll get used to it.

Also, it takes a moment to get used to playing without DE, but you don’t need it.

For WvW roaming, you might also consider Dueling/Chaos/Illusions PU shatter with cleanse mantra, though i’m not a fan of condi.

either run Chaos Dom Dueling with PU, mass invis, blink, decoy + rupt mantra (if PvP then replace decoy with portal)
or Inspiration Dom Dueling with the mantra trait, the heal on shatter and the phantasmal defender on evade.
Run traveler, pack or vampirism runes. Whatever you prefer.
Do not take the heal mantra, its a lot of charging and generally really annoying. Without it you still have a lot of sustain and damage. If you go for heal mantra go for 3 charges but that kind of sucks because you have to give up on deceptive evasion which I still think it’s not worth it.
I myself run PU for PvP and swap to the inspiration build when I want to relax more and not care that much about what I do. I’d imagine PU would be better for WvW as well for disengages ect.

Charging mantras is annoying, but the heal has always been better number-wise and even more so since the cd change. Also it provides an instant cleanse when going into Inspiration.

Also, since IP is baseline, DE is not mandatory anymore and even if i were to go into Duelling, i would probably take Harmonious Mantras over it.