Guild Wars 2

Hey ya guys and gals. With the recent patch and addition of traits, I’ve been experimenting with some new build combinations. The one I am going to show you, I have tried out before this new patch, but it didn’t quite cut it. Simply put, I’d like your thoughts and tips on it.

Weapons:
Sword + Torch or (sword + sword [with the reflection build])
Staff

Healing:
Signet of Ether

Utility:
Signet of Inspiration
Signet of Midnight
Signet of Domination

Elite:
Mass Invisibility (or TW)

Traits:
2/6/6/0/0
Domination
VI – Signet Mastery – reduce recharge of signets by 20%

Dueling
III – Retalitory Shield – gain retaliation when you block
VIII – Blurred Inscriptions – 1s distortion when you activate a signet
XIII – Triumphant Distortion – 3s distortion when you kill a foe (10s CD)

Chaos
IV – Illusionary Defense – +3% reduction of damage for each illusion summoned
IX – Cleansing Inscriptions – activating a signet removes a condition
XII – Prismatic Understanding – gain boons fore each second cloaked (cloaking duration +1s)

optional [illusions]
Take 2 points from chaos and put into illusions
use Masterful Reflections trait to grant projectile reflection to distortion. The only distortion that this will not work with is from Triumphant distortion.

Tip: if you use Distortion shatter right before the enemy dies, it will add distortion time together, granting 3s of distortion + reflection, then another 3s of distortion without reflection.

Reflection – this does insane amounts of damage against attacks like Barrage and the frost bow…. Plus it inflicts all conditions with the skill.

Runes:
I am looking at Superior runes of Resistance
(1): +25 Toughness.png Toughness
(2): -10% Condition Duration
(3): +50 Toughness.png Toughness
(4): -10% Condition Duration
(5): +90 Toughness.png Toughness
(6): You gain aegis for 5s when you activate a signet skill. (Cooldown: 30s)

1. would make the build so much better if it didnt have the 30s CD… id be ok with 5s – 10s CD
   Anyway, after you use a signet, the aegis is active from #6 with your distortion, so when that goes off, you block the next attack and trigger retalitory shield(retaliation for kitten

Additional:
Prismatic understanding – give aegis(triggers retaliation when hit), protection, regeneration(triggers more protection from chaos sub trait)
Triumphant Distortion – This is amazing for fighting large groups of mobs in PvE, especially prolonged fights. Even though the 10s CD is annoying, the skill last 3s and when used in conjunction with signets+distortion shatter+aegis boons+#2 sword skill+dodges, that adds up to a load of Invulnerability. Plus, there is this who controversy about the CD not being in the official GW2 patch notes, people are thinking they might change it or it might be a glitch… either way, its still very cool.

[ARMOR]
as for the armor type — I am using all [power toughness vitality], not sure how it will do with other types, havent tested. I assume zerker gear would go nicely with it.

Not In this Guide
I have not played around with sigils yet.
No skill rotation yet, ill type it up later

Dauvia The Phantom —Maguuma!

Basically, this is an updated version of the old signet troll build. It’s incredibly irritating to kill, but it’s not actually dangerous in any way.

:O never fought a signet mesmer.

I fought a Mesmer using a signet build once and it was just weird. The Mesmer did so little damage and spent so much time just running around trying to mitigate damage from me. All I had to do was wait for the Mesmer to hit an inevitable CD wall and then burst it down. It was a tedious to fight but never ever threatening.

Countless runs an decent phantasm signet build. Imo that’s the only way signet builds are viable. I have no idea what the build was though. I just know it had blurred inscriptions.