Guild Wars 2

Is there anyone here who uses this trait in PvP? While zerker/marauder people may opt for Mental Anguish or Power Block, I’m wondering if the might stacking potential, as well as the nice, near permanent cripple it provides can augment some other amulets.

I’m mainly speaking of Celestial or Rampager amulets, but I have a tough time choosing the weaponset to go alongside the Greatsword. The obvious way to build is to go Dom/Dueling/Illusions. Along with the hard-hitting GS and the might stacking, using DE, Blinding Befuddlment, Ineptitude and Maim allow for some great condition pressure.

The problem is that it lacks a good bit of defense. I’d love to trait a pistol, but torch stealth is nice. And I know sword is more defensive, but the scepter does nice direct damage with confusing images now, and it offers more confusion and torment.

How are people using this (if at all)?

I use this build for dueling in Obsidian Sanctum:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAR8flknhy0YNawRNwtGLnGj5ObfDZALUQ5IrEOA-T1hFABA8EAMS53I7PkwFBANdDDq+TVKBBA-w

Recommended food and utility is Fried Golden Dumplings and Bountiful Sharpening Stones. You’re looking at ~14 stacks of might pre-engage off autos alone with everything geared properly. Attaining 25 stacks of might is not terribly hard to do, with ~20 being more commonplace.

I typically start off defensive, trading cooldowns and building up might. You can apply a lot of pressure through your illusions, with S/T being the traditional defensive set. This build doesn’t work as well against stealth classes however, so trait accordingly.

That’s using full zerk. Do you notice an improvement in dueling/gameplay picking Imagined Burden over powerblock? Especially if you’re running MoD like a lockdown spec.

CS + Power Block wombo combo is still very strong IMO. Interrupt Mesmer is probably where it’s at right now. We’ll know more once they push on the next balance patch if non CC burst style builds will be competitive.

Since Imagined Burden (IB) doesn’t rely on crits, a Soldier’s setup geared towards outlasting your opponent would probably be more effective. I made ascended Berserker’s gear because I also wanted to experiment with IB builds in PvE and zerging (link).