Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone!

I wanted to make a new build including prismatic understanding (chaos XII), but all the builds I found were low dps kind of tanky builds or condition builds. Since I wanted to have this trait while keeping my high burst, I decided to make a build with not only prismatic understanding but that also includes illusionary persona (Illusions XI). The trait Illusionary persona adds to my survivability, while it is also the main source of my burst damage.

So I came up with this,
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAsaWl0zipXUzmGb9IhpHE33AH1juD+vXqwsB-jwCBYfERjUgQEEAEBgJPBK7ZZslhFRjVXDT5SIV7CSDDWKgnGGB-e

Pros:

- good survivability

- lots of stealth

- high burst

- decent toughness and condition removal

- lots of boons

- boon removal

Cons:

- low condition damage and duration

- low vitality

- vulnerable to conditions

Tips and explanation:

- For more mobility you can run portal with this build, portal allows you to finish enemies safely in wvw without getting interrupted. Since I can shatter myself for invulnerability or interrupt with a daze while stomping I don’t feel the need to run portal aswell.

- I pick desperate decoy (dueling V) because it synergizes with prismatic understanting. However, if you feel that you need more movement speed because you didn’t pick up runes of the traveler like I did ( i know they are kinda expensive atm), you can pick compounding celerity (inspiration VI) instead for more mobility.

- I use staff for more survivability, and it also provides better support when running with a group, but the sword/pistol, can be replaced with sword/sword or sword/focus without having a major impact in the build, since all these offhands have 1 skill that can interrupt. I wouldn’t recommend running a torch with this build because it has no interrupt and the phantasm doesn’t have good damage.

- I use power/toughness/vit. equipment with 2 berzerker items (head and chest), but if it is easier for you, it is also possible to reach similar stats to mine by using a mix of valkyrie and knight’s gear.

- If traveler runes are too expensive for your budget, hoelbrak runes are a good alternative, giving you power and more might duration, and also -condition duration applied to you!

I just started using this build, it worked really well for me so far! If you gave it a try and found a way to improve it or to make it fit your playstyle, please leave feedback. If you have questions leave them in the comments and I will try to answer.