Guild Wars 2

Remember when build threads were fun, interesting, and had cool names? Remember when we played things other than the latest pro league, metabattle, button mashing, inspiration based, spam fests, “ultra competitive”, omfgwhyamIstillplayingthisgameXD™ builds? Well neither do I! Still, it was past time to churn things up again, and if we’re honest there’s no bringing standard power shatter back.

A few weeks back someone mentioned they’d been playing power shatter, and felt that they really needed to sit and play at max range pretty much all of the time to stay in the match. When I read that I was like “I feel you buddy” because I’d felt the same way. The trouble we’d both identified was how little you can do (outside of GS AA) outside of that one f1 burst. So that got me to thinking, and the results were a big long kittenty line of craptastic builds that were somewhere between worse and awful. Honestly, in my opinion Mes was not only a steaming pile of elephant manure, it wasnt even offering up anything in the realm of fun (not so unlike a steaming pile of elephant manure -_-u )

Then I came across this gem, and while it’s not going to cut it in that thing where 30 odd GW2 players get together and kitten around for cash, it’s certainly a hoot in everymans play :D

Build (Updated)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsaRnsICNqh1oBOoBcrhlTjCd7ejvrOar2tlMAShgC-TJBCwAAeCAXOFAw2fIcZAA

Vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXNwu6Ys-sU&feature=youtu.be

I’m still amateur with it and there’s probs a better healing option (or I need to use the sig active more), but w/e, it does the trick and if you’re clever you can pull off some crazy lockdown bursts. And who doesn’t like big membersnumbers! :D. It’s all about those phantasms either side of an F1, while slipping in that super long stun. Super sexy to set up and pull off.

I need a cold shower.

Change the rune.

The no#6 is kinda bugged and will ruin rotations. Trust me on this one, tried this rune numerous times.

You will be better of with the Eagle rune + you get the ferocity.

Also with the whole, stun flavor of the build,

MoD + CS will be infinitely better than SoD (Single Target only)

CS also affects f3,Sword 4 etc.

I would swap in Signet of Midnight for Decoy as well. And I think IR is a better choice in the Chrono line which would help with the clones if you need them.

You also might try scepter/pistol instead of greatsword as your range option — since you’re gearing up for heavy phantasm damage anyway…

StickerHappy.8052:

Change the rune.

The no#6 is kinda bugged and will ruin rotations. Trust me on this one, tried this rune numerous times.

You will be better of with the Eagle rune + you get the ferocity.

Also with the whole, stun flavor of the build,

MoD + CS will be infinitely better than SoD (Single Target only)

CS also affects f3,Sword 4 etc.

Righto Stickers. Initially I was mucking around with PU and just hiding in stealth continually. So throwing in more stealth with the rune was for added fun.

MoD + CS is always a favorite, and great in your typical power shatter build. While I don’t let f1 go to waste, this build makes far more use of phantasms, and as such the short 1s cs stun isnt as strong as you might think. That and then I’d trait away from signits (and lose the bonus phant damage) which do server the purpose of cleansing a high stack of pesky poison or bleeds that’re hanging around after a disengage. Really, taking the pistol over the oh sword is probably the only way to remove the loss of that daze, and it’s not a stupid idea. I was running the oh sword mostly because its such a short cd phant, and hits hard too. But W/E. Minor details.

Ross Biddle.2367:

StickerHappy.8052:

Change the rune.

The no#6 is kinda bugged and will ruin rotations. Trust me on this one, tried this rune numerous times.

You will be better of with the Eagle rune + you get the ferocity.

Also with the whole, stun flavor of the build,

MoD + CS will be infinitely better than SoD (Single Target only)

CS also affects f3,Sword 4 etc.

Righto Stickers. Initially I was mucking around with PU and just hiding in stealth continually. So throwing in more stealth with the rune was for added fun.

MoD + CS is always a favorite, and great in your typical power shatter build. While I don’t let f1 go to waste, this build makes far more use of phantasms, and as such the short 1s cs stun isnt as strong as you might think. That and then I’d trait away from signits (and lose the bonus phant damage) which do server the purpose of cleansing a high stack of pesky poison or bleeds that’re hanging around after a disengage. Really, taking the pistol over the oh sword is probably the only way to remove the loss of that daze, and it’s not a stupid idea. I was running the oh sword mostly because its such a short cd phant, and hits hard too. But W/E. Minor details.

Oh, the stun is just a bonus, the passive trait is super good too, synergizes really well with your sigils.

55% stun duration.

and again MoD is instant, very good for interrupting resses or stomps. Signet is only 1 target, its passive is also a waste on your build.

StickerHappy.8052:

Ross Biddle.2367:

StickerHappy.8052:

Change the rune.

The no#6 is kinda bugged and will ruin rotations. Trust me on this one, tried this rune numerous times.

You will be better of with the Eagle rune + you get the ferocity.

Also with the whole, stun flavor of the build,

MoD + CS will be infinitely better than SoD (Single Target only)

CS also affects f3,Sword 4 etc.

Righto Stickers. Initially I was mucking around with PU and just hiding in stealth continually. So throwing in more stealth with the rune was for added fun.

MoD + CS is always a favorite, and great in your typical power shatter build. While I don’t let f1 go to waste, this build makes far more use of phantasms, and as such the short 1s cs stun isnt as strong as you might think. That and then I’d trait away from signits (and lose the bonus phant damage) which do server the purpose of cleansing a high stack of pesky poison or bleeds that’re hanging around after a disengage. Really, taking the pistol over the oh sword is probably the only way to remove the loss of that daze, and it’s not a stupid idea. I was running the oh sword mostly because its such a short cd phant, and hits hard too. But W/E. Minor details.

Oh, the stun is just a bonus, the passive trait is super good too, synergizes really well with your sigils.

55% stun duration.

and again MoD is instant, very good for interrupting resses or stomps. Signet is only 1 target, its passive is also a waste on your build.

Did they fix the trait + sigil bonus? In the past they weren’t working together.

Ross Biddle.2367:

StickerHappy.8052:

Ross Biddle.2367:

StickerHappy.8052:

Change the rune.

The no#6 is kinda bugged and will ruin rotations. Trust me on this one, tried this rune numerous times.

You will be better of with the Eagle rune + you get the ferocity.

Also with the whole, stun flavor of the build,

MoD + CS will be infinitely better than SoD (Single Target only)

CS also affects f3,Sword 4 etc.

Righto Stickers. Initially I was mucking around with PU and just hiding in stealth continually. So throwing in more stealth with the rune was for added fun.

MoD + CS is always a favorite, and great in your typical power shatter build. While I don’t let f1 go to waste, this build makes far more use of phantasms, and as such the short 1s cs stun isnt as strong as you might think. That and then I’d trait away from signits (and lose the bonus phant damage) which do server the purpose of cleansing a high stack of pesky poison or bleeds that’re hanging around after a disengage. Really, taking the pistol over the oh sword is probably the only way to remove the loss of that daze, and it’s not a stupid idea. I was running the oh sword mostly because its such a short cd phant, and hits hard too. But W/E. Minor details.

Oh, the stun is just a bonus, the passive trait is super good too, synergizes really well with your sigils.

55% stun duration.

and again MoD is instant, very good for interrupting resses or stomps. Signet is only 1 target, its passive is also a waste on your build.

Did they fix the trait + sigil bonus? In the past they weren’t working together.

I think so.

You can even do a dueling variant with Pistol, Imo that will be sinister with all the interrupts you get, you wont even need signet of the ether anymore.

StickerHappy.8052:

Ross Biddle.2367:

StickerHappy.8052:

Ross Biddle.2367:

StickerHappy.8052:

Change the rune.

The no#6 is kinda bugged and will ruin rotations. Trust me on this one, tried this rune numerous times.

You will be better of with the Eagle rune + you get the ferocity.

Also with the whole, stun flavor of the build,

MoD + CS will be infinitely better than SoD (Single Target only)

CS also affects f3,Sword 4 etc.

Righto Stickers. Initially I was mucking around with PU and just hiding in stealth continually. So throwing in more stealth with the rune was for added fun.

MoD + CS is always a favorite, and great in your typical power shatter build. While I don’t let f1 go to waste, this build makes far more use of phantasms, and as such the short 1s cs stun isnt as strong as you might think. That and then I’d trait away from signits (and lose the bonus phant damage) which do server the purpose of cleansing a high stack of pesky poison or bleeds that’re hanging around after a disengage. Really, taking the pistol over the oh sword is probably the only way to remove the loss of that daze, and it’s not a stupid idea. I was running the oh sword mostly because its such a short cd phant, and hits hard too. But W/E. Minor details.

Oh, the stun is just a bonus, the passive trait is super good too, synergizes really well with your sigils.

55% stun duration.

and again MoD is instant, very good for interrupting resses or stomps. Signet is only 1 target, its passive is also a waste on your build.

Did they fix the trait + sigil bonus? In the past they weren’t working together.

I think so.

You can even do a dueling variant with Pistol, Imo that will be sinister with all the interrupts you get, you wont even need signet of the ether anymore.

I’m gonna play around with this.
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAscRnsICNqhlpBOoBcrhFVjCt6SjsjMAGhireZf2qF-TJBCwAhLDsb/BAPBgLnCAA

It’s like the old phantrupt days, but with a different spin. Gonna have to work on the playstyle again XD

Ross, I’m trying your general idea with sc/p and sc/sh. People spam so fast that I get a bunch of interrupts where they interrupt themselves.

-edit- for example they try to do long cast skills while the iDuelist is firing. Maybe there’s an upside to the “button speed” meta.

Shield and Pistol seem to make good interrupters. I’m not running MoD as that has never felt good to me.