advice on what sigil for Raiding

advice on what sigil for Raiding

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Posted by: Bast Bow.2958

Bast Bow.2958

Hello all,

I’m currently gearing up my chrono mesmer, want to use it for tanking in raids, and haven’t decided yet on what sigil I need.

I have full asc Berserker trinkets, Assassins Armor and Commander weapons, being 2 swords, a focus and a shield. Chronomancer runes.

Do I need the superior sigil of concentration, and if yes, on what weapon(s)?
And what sigil(s) on the other weapon(s)?

I know there’s a difference between having a rev along with your squad, or not.

advice on what sigil for Raiding

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Posted by: Xyonon.3987

Xyonon.3987

Heya!


http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQJAsencfC9fiFoBmfCUrhFVjiMAGhiDtLSjsrOZn2qF-TxRBQBmRJ4EfAAXR5noU/BP6B+3+DA4EAQKAAnZB-e

This is what you should be aiming for. Little things to add:

  • always put Concentration (expensive) into the main hand weapons
  • always put Force / Bloodlust / Air (cheap"er") into the off hand weapons

The most important things you *must have are:*

  • sword with Concentration
  • sword with Force
  • shield with Force
  • focus with Force
  • Spring Rolls as food
  • Peppermint Oil as utility

Ever Chrono must have those. Weapons ascended for the 5% higher stats and weapon damage, armor is ok if it’s exotic, you’ll only be missing 14 power, 20 precision and 14 ferocity, wich equals 1% damage. Trinkets should be ascended due to their 10% higher stats compared to exotic.


If you want to optimize I suggest you get yourself:

  • scepter with Concentration
  • shield with Bloodlust
  • focus with Bloodlust
  • Fried Golden Dumplings instead of Spring Rolls
  • Bountiful Maintenance Oil instead of Peppermint Oil

The scepter is a very underrated weapon. Max dps is achieved by using is together with a sword in a fancy rotation. However it’s main use is for situation where you might go ranged, like Vale Guardian while moving, Gorse no updraft no invuln no break, Sabetha last phase ranged, Matthias in general (use it here – always!), Xera. It is NOT a condi weapon only. It’s aa is weaker but the sword aa, but scepter #3 makes up for this. Highest crit so far: 34k on Vale Guardian (low armor).

Bloodlust is also very underrated. Phantasms do not inherit +5% from Force, so it fast outdamages Force if you can gather a few stacks. It’s often a “first try kill” sigil, like stacking on pre-events on Sabetha or Sloth, yet it’s always the top priotity sigil for the Trio and the Escort encounter in wing 2 and 3, since it’s easily stacked, even after a failed attempt.


If you want to heavily min-max:

  • sword with Air
  • shield with Air
  • focus with Air
  • 2nd full Berserker armor set (also Chrono runes)
  • Bountiful Sharpening Stones

Due to our low dps, Air is better than Force by around ~300 dps. It’s only good for single target fights, where you won’t cleave any adds wich might proc the sigil instead of the main target. So only for Vale Guardian, depending on tactic Gorse and Matthias. Otherwise use Force. A half stacked Bloodlust is also better than Air.

Full Berserker grants you free ~200 power in combination with the Danger Time trait. If you are running 3 shield phantasms (or 2 shield phantasms + Well or Recall in a duo Chrono setup), the enemy will always be slowed and you wil always have Alacrity. The improved Alacrity trait is useless in these situations, so you have some free 30% crit chance you can invest by not going kitten.

The most efficient way to swap between kitten and Zerk while having optimal stats as kitten is by using this build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQJAsencfC9fiFoBmfCUrhFVjiMAGhiDtLSjsrOZn2qF-TRSBQB/b/B8oHgMKFElKFA4EAcFldUSdlJ+AAMjSQSBE4ML-e

You now only have to swap the Chest, Leggins, one Ring and the utility food.


I hope this was informative!

If you have any questions, go ahead, happy to help!

Greez!

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