Guild Wars 2

Heya gang, I’ve just logged in after a long break and everything is different now.

Can anyone suggest me an easy WvW build I could use for general purpose?

Something not particularly geared towards solo roaming or zergfest, just something I could use for everything whilst I get back into the swing of things.

Cheers

Shatter still viable after all the nerfs, with mixed armor and traveler runes I still get just under 3k power with food/stacks in wvw and my survivability is good too.
so greatsword – sword/focus or I swap in pistol or torch in the offhand depending on what I am doing.
Sometimes even staff works if im looking to survive a big group fight.

If you don’t mind bringing two gear sets and running two different builds in wvw then there are a few builds you can swap between to move from solo or small team to zerg.

Pu and some mantra shatter builds mostly.

If that’s not your thing I’d roll a warrior or guard or ele to avoid getting caught with your pants down

Thanks guys, I was using a might-stacking shatter build before, I think I will try PU

PU indeed is a very good setup for general WvW’ing. Veil is the only real “requirement” in zergs and just so happens to be fit well with PU.

adelaide.6213:

PU indeed is a very good setup for general WvW’ing. Veil is the only real “requirement” in zergs and just so happens to be fit well with PU.

any nice PU build bro ?

EoLtheCroW.9176:

adelaide.6213:

PU indeed is a very good setup for general WvW’ing. Veil is the only real “requirement” in zergs and just so happens to be fit well with PU.

any nice PU build bro ?

I prefer power-PU. There are many existing threads about it. But, to get started this template should work nicely:

4: Empowered Illusions – Cleansing Conflagrations
4: Far-Reaching Manipulations – Deceptive Evasion
6: Debilitating Dissipation – Bountiful Interruption – PU
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Gear: Berserker’s
Runes: Traveler’s
Weapons: Sword/Torch + Greatsword or Staff
Utilities/Heal: Ether Feast, Decoy, Veil, Blink, Mass Invis

Some power PU builds that don’t run Torch (instead using pistol) swap out Cleansing Conflagrations for Mender’s Purity.

adelaide.6213:

EoLtheCroW.9176:

adelaide.6213:

PU indeed is a very good setup for general WvW’ing. Veil is the only real “requirement” in zergs and just so happens to be fit well with PU.

any nice PU build bro ?

I prefer power-PU. There are many existing threads about it. But, to get started this template should work nicely:

4: Empowered Illusions – Cleansing Conflagrations
4: Far-Reaching Manipulations – Deceptive Evasion
6: Debilitating Dissipation – Bountiful Interruption – PU
0:
0:

Gear: Berserker’s
Runes: Traveler’s
Weapons: Sword/Torch + Greatsword or Staff
Utilities/Heal: Ether Feast, Decoy, Veil, Blink, Mass Invis

Some power PU builds that don’t run Torch (instead using pistol) swap out Cleansing Conflagrations for Mender’s Purity.

tnx a lot why no torch ? if you can be nice and explin me

Torch is more defensive and pistol is more offensive and has a stun to interrupt heals or other important skills. Many consider the phantasm on torch to be buggy and the pistol phantasm is far superior and synergizes well with Sharper Images (bleed on illusion crit.)

adelaide.6213:

EoLtheCroW.9176:

adelaide.6213:

PU indeed is a very good setup for general WvW’ing. Veil is the only real “requirement” in zergs and just so happens to be fit well with PU.

any nice PU build bro ?

I prefer power-PU. There are many existing threads about it. But, to get started this template should work nicely:

4: Empowered Illusions – Cleansing Conflagrations
4: Far-Reaching Manipulations – Deceptive Evasion
6: Debilitating Dissipation – Bountiful Interruption – PU
0:
0:

Gear: Berserker’s
Runes: Traveler’s
Weapons: Sword/Torch + Greatsword or Staff
Utilities/Heal: Ether Feast, Decoy, Veil, Blink, Mass Invis

Some power PU builds that don’t run Torch (instead using pistol) swap out Cleansing Conflagrations for Mender’s Purity.

Hey man this seems like a cool build, the idea is you keep stealthing whilst popping out phantasms right?

Is it hard to stay stealthed without torch? cheers!

The main philosophy of of power PU is to have good uptime on the buffs it provides while waiting for the optimal opportunity to burst. This sometimes means saving your phantasms for when the rest of your burst abilities are up us well.

In contrast, condi PU uses stealth to stay alive while the enemy kill themselves on your clones through Debilitating Dissipation.

You’re not aiming for very high uptime in stealth in a power PU build; just enough to get some boons rolling and waiting for phantasm cd’s for burst when you come out. And, when things go wrong, have one or two ways to run away or reset.