Guild Wars 2

All,

Nothing terribly different from what you may have seen before, but this is a build I’ve found to be rather effective.

It’s a hybrid PU build that I’ve used in PvP:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vgAQNAsaWlknpWtNqxMNcrNiY6RwhcAHpCqWpH4WudhA-TsAg1CqIKSVkrITRyisFNWY5x0DA

The traits are 10/30/30/0/0. This is a hybrid build that does good single target damage, coupled with decent condition damage. Less burst when compared to a 20/20/30, but more condition damage.

Build Highlights

1. Rampager’s Amulet. Why? Because it gives an incredibly high chance to crit. Combined with Phantasmal Fury, your iDuelist will have a 90% crit chance. This duelist is key to your damage output.
2. Duelist’s Discipline. Pumping out a duelist every 16 seconds boosts direct and condition damage substantially. With 2 duelists out, you have a very high likelihood to unload 13-16 stacks of bleeds on your opponent every 7 or so seconds.
3. PU. Like Ragu, it’s in there.
4. Good hybrid of direct and condition damage.
5. Better group fight support than conditon PU – mainly because of the superior burst damage.

Drawbacks

1. No reliable buff removal. This means this build isn’t very good against bunker guardians. Engineers are less of a problem since their condition removal tends to be rather bad. Picking up Null Field instead of Portal can be useful if you are willing to make the sacrifice.
2. Limited condition removal. Lyssa is all you get. Condition warriors can be a big problem. Picking up iDisenchanter makes handling condition classes rather easy.

Overall I’ve been liking this build more and more. Hotjoin heroes can swap Ether Feast for Signet of the Ether and blow up opponents in seconds. Opening with double iDuelist and a Blurred Frenzy combo can easily drop 17 stacks of bleeds on an opponent in the first few seconds of a fight.

From a raw numbers perspective, this build doesn’t do as much damage as a Zerker 20/20/30. However, I’ve found this build to be very good at applying consistent pressure on opponents. The combination of burst and condition damage is very appealing. With 25 stacks of Corruption and 2 duelists out, your bleeds alone will tick for over 1000 dps. The duelists’ direct damage is about as high.