Guild Wars 2

I’ve really got my heart set on Greatsword/Sword+Sword but S+P alternate seems to be much more effective for me. I’ve been swapping back and forth.

I’m only level 17 presently and it’s starting to get rough. I need more survivability. Our healing options suck. My Silvari racial heals for way more than any of our class skills but it’s on a 45 sec cooldown. I rarely have 3 clones out when I need to heal because I’ve usually all ready shattered them for a damage burst, switched weapons, resummoned, shattered for the defense to stay alive in melee.

1v1 against an even leveled or slightly higher level mob is cake. They usually never touch me or only get one or two hits in. My issue is that pretty much aren’t that many encounters that provide that kind of scenario. When no one is around and/or respawns are too fast, I’m toast.

How can I spec, which utilities can I choose, to give myself some more survivability while still shooting for a power/precision-centric shatter build?

I’ve thought about speccing power/precision then just stacking all toughness on my gear. Right now, I’m all decked out in gear with +power as well as my accessories. I’ve started to slowly replace power jewels with toughness.

You can try getting a Glamour utility. Null Field’s a really good one overall. Feedback is very good if you are closing in on a ranged mob. Most of them double as combo fields, so you can use Sword #3 while in the area of effect to put Chaos Armor on yourself and your clones can trigger finishers. Given your level, you will probably need to go hunt down skill point challenges for the points needed. There should definitely be a few challenges that don’t have any fighting, and some where others may have already cleared out the guards for the skill point.

The only other immediate suggestion I can think of is to make sure your weapons are as close to your level as possible. At 17 I think the highest grade you can get is Masterwork (green color). Greens > Blue > White.

If you want survivability, Staff is where it’s at. Phase Retreat, Chaos Armor, Chaos Storm, and a +50 Toughness trait.

You want a Power/Precision build, though, so I guess Sword+Sword for the block. Sword/Focus can be traited to reflect projectiles, I found this and the swiftness to help tremendously in high-pressure areas. Also, save Mirror Images for just before when you want to heal, and for christ’s sake don’t use your sylvari heal, it’s really bad.

My weapons were a bit out leveled. I upgraded and then grabbed toughness rings and earrings. Just gonna carry toughness set and power for now.

I hate staff, which sucks because it has some really good skills. I’m determined to play an arcane swordsman. I just need to find the right build.