X+Focus/X+Shield

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Posted by: Sebrent.3625

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I think most of us agree that our current traited focus and the new shield look great for WvW where they can counter innumerable projectiles as well as provide solid CC via cripple, pull, and the new timelock (stun).

As such, this has the wheels in my head turning about how a build using both of these off-hand weapons would look. First, the big question is what to do about mainhands? We don’t have that many options:

  • Scepter + Focus / Sword + Shield
  • Scepter + Focus / +Shield
  • Sword + Focus / Scepter + Shield
  • Sword + Focus / + Shield

What do you think you’d go with?

After that is picking 2 more specializations … we have to take Chronomancer in order to use the shield.

What are you all’s thoughts?

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Posted by: Curunen.8729

Curunen.8729

Yeah, it’s the mainhand issue again. :/

I personally wouldn’t use both at the same time, but if I did I’d pair scepter with focus and sword with shield.
Scepter with focus because it’s the “running” set – curtain for swiftness and pulls, and ranged weapon.
Sword with shield because you should be able to do some nice ileap tricks with tides of time, and it would be the defensive/melee set.

But this just highlights how desperately we need the choice of a third mainhand…

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Posted by: Sebrent.3625

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Aye, I had that thought as well, Curunen … specifically another ranged MH (imo)

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Posted by: Me Games Ma.8426

Me Games Ma.8426

If I had to chose that choice would be easy.
Scepter has greater synergy with Shield than sword has and sword works better with focus than sword does.

  • Scepter and Shield will have a HELL of illusion generation.
  • Scepter has a Block, Shield has a block → Matches
  • Tides of Time has cool synergy with Confusing Images (quickness and stun)
  • The focus phantasm attacks while standing still → immob is needed; sword has immob

On the other hand one really cool combos can be done with iLeap and Tides of Time.

For the traitlines I can say that I will definetly try out Dueling + Chaos + Chronomancy using on-interrupt traits =)

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Posted by: Exciton.8942

Exciton.8942

I will probably take Sword/shield + staff or GS in the end.

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Posted by: Sebrent.3625

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Nice. Thanks for elaborating on why, Me Games Ma.

One thing I’m curious about is being able to combo finishers with the Tides of Time since it is an Ethereal field as well.

I’m also curious if they are going to change Temporal Curtain back from a Light field to an Ethereal field since Mesmer having retaliation doesn’t make sense to them (note: I’m aware of the other uses of the light field).

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