Guild Wars 2

With the recent intended fix of moving Harmonious Mantras GM trait (3x mantra charges) down a tier into Dueling, there are new build possibilities using a x/6/x/2/x template.

Specifically using:
- Harmonious Mantras (Thread Topic)
- Mantra of Distraction
- Mantra heal + Mender’s purity
- the rest is open

Please post/discuss builds that incorporate the above template.

Here are a few I have come up with:

(1) – 3/6/0/2/3 , Sw/Sw – Gs
The first is a non-traditional lockdown build with a heavy emphasis on sword/sword phantasm play and vulnerability stacking. Additionally, it uses Grenth runes for chill on heal, taking advantage of MoR’s short cd.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAscRl0npRt1oxMNcrRiqhcqmorL5CU6MlGA-TJRCwA22fAwpAwxTAAcZAA

(2) – 0/6/6/2/0 , Sw/F – Staff
A take on “Chillruption” with Harmonious Mantras + Grenth Runes, with clone spam-death traits.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsdWl0npAt1oxMNcrNyqxY6WO5lTtUpvI7AA-TZhBwAAOFAcOCA52fIyDAYcZAA

(3) 6/6/0/2/0 – Sw/Sw – Staff
Confouding Suggestions, Mesmer Runes, Sigil of Paralyzation (recently buffed to +30%.) (I don’t know the math on the durations yet.)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAscWl0npRt1oxMNcrNiphcqqkOQjBluVoFA-TJBCwAAeCABOFAhLDoc/BA

adelaide.6213:

(1) – 3/6/0/2/3 , Sw/Sw – Gs
The first is a non-traditional lockdown build with a heavy emphasis on sword/sword phantasm play and vulnerability stacking. Additionally, it uses Grenth runes for chill on heal, taking advantage of MoR’s short cd.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAscRl0npRt1oxMNcrRiqhcqmorL5CU6MlGA-TJRCwA22fAwpAwxTAAcZAA

Looks more like a Phantasm build with CC capabilities. Do you really need IC? If you want to go for Lockdown you will get a lot more out of 6/6/0/2/0. You can pick GS mastery and whatever GM trait you fancy.

adelaide.6213:

(2) – 0/6/6/2/0 , Sw/F – Staff
A take on “Chillruption” with Harmonious Mantras + Grenth Runes, with clone spam-death traits.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsdWl0npAt1oxMNcrNyqxY6WO5lTtUpvI7AA-TZhBwAAOFAcOCA52fIyDAYcZAA

Indifferent on that one. Generally, I won’t use the Focus at the moment since ANet broke it even more the last patch. It should be fine in WvW but it will be extremly bad at interrupting people in PvP. Temporal Curtain is just too slow to interrupt meaningful skills because of the activation delay. A x/4/6/2/x set up with Sw/Sw + Staff works quite well. That’s what I’ve been using in PvP for ages.

adelaide.6213:

(3) 6/6/0/2/0 – Sw/Sw – Staff
Confouding Suggestions, Mesmer Runes, Sigil of Paralyzation (recently buffed to +30%.) (I don’t know the math on the durations yet.)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAscWl0npRt1oxMNcrNiphcqqkOQjBluVoFA-TJBCwAAeCABOFAhLDoc/BA

See above. I think this trait set up is better than 3/6/0/2/3. However, apparently Mesmer Runes and Sigils of Paralyzation do not stack properly. You might want to look at this thread skcamow made. Also, stacking Daze duration while using CS is a double edged sword since probably not all boni will affect your Stun. Meaning, the stat investment could be wasted.

The first build is more about dazes/vulnerability than hard lockdown. I would consider IC necessary for this build. -40% cd reduction on 3 skills of Sw/Sw is very powerful.

For the second build, I would use the mantra to interrupt heals, while “praying” when using the focus interrupt in a teamfight.